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"Microslop" trends on social media

93 points by 01-_- 10mo ago

jsheard 10mo ago
Nanoraptor kindly fixed their logos for them: https://bsky.app/profile/nanoraptor.danamania.com/post/3mbifeogalc2t https://bsky.app/profile/nanoraptor.danamania.com/post/3mbif...
- mikestew 10mo ago
  That kerning is painful on a few of those. Cleverly done, though.
msuniverse2026 10mo ago
Reminds me of when the xbox one came out and everyone was calling it the X bone because it had no games and cost a million bux.
CrzyLngPwd 10mo ago
Microslopt seems a better fit. Maybe with a German accept :-)
rasmus-kirk 10mo ago
Microsoft invested heavily in cloud, when LLM's came it was an obvious way to increase profits if they made everyone use their cloud for "AI". I don't think they realize just how much of the current LLM hype is just that, hype. I think they will be severely burned. Yes, LLM's are useful and valuable, but no, they won't be replacing major sections of the workforce any time soon. I don't need an LLM in every facet of my operating system, just like I didn't need Cortana integrated everywhere in Windows 8. And LLM's are obviously not worth the billions upon billions that are being invested currently.
- deleted 10mo ago
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- diamond559 10mo ago
  Useful in some limited circumstances, the only "value" they produce is pumping the bubble stock prices higher for now.
kerpal 10mo ago
Good screw them. They put a god damn button on the keyboard for their crap AI. Everyone just uses the smartest AI and has zero loyalty to your garbage AI. Look how quickly Meta abandoned open-source AI when they got behind. Windows 11 is bloated, loaded with telemetry, won't stop nagging you about OneDrive and Office365 and now mandates sign-in with a Microsoft account while forcing 400+ million devices to not have security updates. I'm willing to bet most of Microsoft's engineers are using Claude, not their own garbage.
- ta9000 10mo ago
  Just install Linux. You’re only doing this to yourself at this point.
  - Flameancer 10mo ago
    I keep coming back to see if Linux is usable for daily driving. I still dual boot but for the past 5 years if I don’t update my Linux partition for a few weeks due to going on holiday or visiting in-laws then I always run into boot issues. Mostly it’s been the OS booting to a black screen. At least windows doesn’t give me login issues and just works with any peice of hardware I want. It saying it’s perfect but even as a daily driver of windows canary, my windows system is much more stable than my Ubuntu/Arch System.
    - ta9000 10mo ago
      I’ve only ever had this happen with dual booting as Windows is a noisy neighbor. Try doing a fresh install of just Ubuntu or PopOS.
      - Flameancer 10mo ago
        It’s been a reoccurring issue for the past four years and I make sure that both my Linux and windows storage/boot drives are on completely separate drives. I also have a current issue on my Ubuntu server that’s plugged into a KVM where if I don’t have the sever as the active input, if switch back I won’t get a display unless I reboot the server. Honestly I mostly use it headless anyways by removing in via ssh, but it’s nuances like that’ll where I treat Windows the same way as Linux.
throwacct 10mo ago
I mean, they wanted to put "AI" on everything, knowing "AI" is not AI. Could "there is no such thing as bad publicity" apply here? At least they're trending, don't they?
ta9000 10mo ago
The only way AI is going to kill me is by reading all the constant negative bullshit about “slop”. Seriously, it seems like a quarter of the posts on HN now are bitching about AI. If you don’t like it in Microsoft products, install Linux. I’m now running a fully Microsoft free house for the first time ever. It’s not that hard.
- pjmlp 10mo ago
  Except that if you are using systemd, or Linux with Rust written drivers, it isn't Microsoft free, as they are the ones paying part of those salaries. Thanks to Satya, even if Windows goes under, Microsoft has enough tentacles in all key FOSS projects nowadays, to exerce their influence.
  - ta9000 10mo ago
    If they put AI into systemd I’m retiring to a cabin.
    - metadope 10mo ago
      > If they put AI into systemd I’m retiring to a cabin. Mot bad They'd call it systemaid
  - hulitu 10mo ago
    Yeah, better use something else than Linux. Linux is now in the "extend" phase.
tjpnz 10mo ago
My mother who was an avid user of Microsoft Office recently asked me what Microsoft 365 Copilot was and whether it has any impact on her plans to upgrade her laptop. I told her to buy a Mac and look at Pages/Libre Office.
fileseeder 10mo ago
Nobody wants intrusive ai in their productivity apps, especially if it's enforced. But as long as we keep using their apps they'll keep pushing for it. So important to try alternatives (eg ddocs.new instead of word / brave instead of edge / proton mail instead of outlook)

93 points by 01-_- 10mo ago

Nanoraptor kindly fixed their logos for them: https://bsky.app/profile/nanoraptor.danamania.com/post/3mbifeogalc2t https://bsky.app/profile/nanoraptor.danamania.com/post/3mbif...

mikestew 10mo ago
That kerning is painful on a few of those. Cleverly done, though.

msuniverse2026 10mo ago

Reminds me of when the xbox one came out and everyone was calling it the X bone because it had no games and cost a million bux.

CrzyLngPwd 10mo ago

Microslopt seems a better fit. Maybe with a German accept :-)

rasmus-kirk 10mo ago

Microsoft invested heavily in cloud, when LLM's came it was an obvious way to increase profits if they made everyone use their cloud for "AI". I don't think they realize just how much of the current LLM hype is just that, hype. I think they will be severely burned. Yes, LLM's are useful and valuable, but no, they won't be replacing major sections of the workforce any time soon. I don't need an LLM in every facet of my operating system, just like I didn't need Cortana integrated everywhere in Windows 8. And LLM's are obviously not worth the billions upon billions that are being invested currently.

deleted 10mo ago
[deleted]
diamond559 10mo ago
Useful in some limited circumstances, the only "value" they produce is pumping the bubble stock prices higher for now.

kerpal 10mo ago

Good screw them. They put a god damn button on the keyboard for their crap AI. Everyone just uses the smartest AI and has zero loyalty to your garbage AI. Look how quickly Meta abandoned open-source AI when they got behind. Windows 11 is bloated, loaded with telemetry, won't stop nagging you about OneDrive and Office365 and now mandates sign-in with a Microsoft account while forcing 400+ million devices to not have security updates. I'm willing to bet most of Microsoft's engineers are using Claude, not their own garbage.

ta9000 10mo ago
Just install Linux. You’re only doing this to yourself at this point.
- Flameancer 10mo ago
  I keep coming back to see if Linux is usable for daily driving. I still dual boot but for the past 5 years if I don’t update my Linux partition for a few weeks due to going on holiday or visiting in-laws then I always run into boot issues. Mostly it’s been the OS booting to a black screen. At least windows doesn’t give me login issues and just works with any peice of hardware I want. It saying it’s perfect but even as a daily driver of windows canary, my windows system is much more stable than my Ubuntu/Arch System.
  - ta9000 10mo ago
    I’ve only ever had this happen with dual booting as Windows is a noisy neighbor. Try doing a fresh install of just Ubuntu or PopOS.
    - Flameancer 10mo ago
      It’s been a reoccurring issue for the past four years and I make sure that both my Linux and windows storage/boot drives are on completely separate drives. I also have a current issue on my Ubuntu server that’s plugged into a KVM where if I don’t have the sever as the active input, if switch back I won’t get a display unless I reboot the server. Honestly I mostly use it headless anyways by removing in via ssh, but it’s nuances like that’ll where I treat Windows the same way as Linux.

throwacct 10mo ago

I mean, they wanted to put "AI" on everything, knowing "AI" is not AI. Could "there is no such thing as bad publicity" apply here? At least they're trending, don't they?

ta9000 10mo ago

The only way AI is going to kill me is by reading all the constant negative bullshit about “slop”. Seriously, it seems like a quarter of the posts on HN now are bitching about AI. If you don’t like it in Microsoft products, install Linux. I’m now running a fully Microsoft free house for the first time ever. It’s not that hard.

pjmlp 10mo ago
Except that if you are using systemd, or Linux with Rust written drivers, it isn't Microsoft free, as they are the ones paying part of those salaries. Thanks to Satya, even if Windows goes under, Microsoft has enough tentacles in all key FOSS projects nowadays, to exerce their influence.
- ta9000 10mo ago
  If they put AI into systemd I’m retiring to a cabin.
  - metadope 10mo ago
    > If they put AI into systemd I’m retiring to a cabin. Mot bad They'd call it systemaid
- hulitu 10mo ago
  Yeah, better use something else than Linux. Linux is now in the "extend" phase.

tjpnz 10mo ago

My mother who was an avid user of Microsoft Office recently asked me what Microsoft 365 Copilot was and whether it has any impact on her plans to upgrade her laptop. I told her to buy a Mac and look at Pages/Libre Office.

fileseeder 10mo ago

Nobody wants intrusive ai in their productivity apps, especially if it's enforced. But as long as we keep using their apps they'll keep pushing for it. So important to try alternatives (eg ddocs.new instead of word / brave instead of edge / proton mail instead of outlook)