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In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you” (arstechnica.com)

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I first ran into the Copilot integration in Notepad a couple of days ago and immediately turned it right the fuck off.

In November, Microsoft began testing an update that allowed users to rewrite or summarize text in Notepad using generative AI. Another preview update today takes it one step further, allowing you to write AI-generated text from scratch with basic instructions (the feature is called Write, to differentiate it from the earlier Rewrite).

Like Rewrite and Summarize, Write requires users to be signed into a Microsoft Account, because using it requires you to use your monthly allotment of Microsoft's AI credits. Per this support page, users without a paid Microsoft 365 subscription get 15 credits per month. Subscribers with Personal and Family subscriptions get 60 credits per month instead.

Microsoft notes that all AI features in Notepad can be disabled in the app's settings, and obviously, they won't be available if you use a local account instead of a Microsoft Account.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I got the most badass mousepad I've ever seen in Germany. It was a cartoon of someone trying to sell an abacus to the king with a mouse (an actual one) with its tail nailed to it, and his advisor suggesting he wait, as in (some number of months -- I got it in 1995, so details are a bit hazy) it will cost half the price.

I only remember some of this verbatim, but it was absolute gold because of double meanings.

Ihr solltet noch warten ... inclusive Maus ... auf Festplatte

The mouse is easy enough to jump language comprehension (though "inclusive" is pronounced differently), but Festplatte means both a wooden board, as the base of the abacus was, and hard drive.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This one, I guess.

"The latest generation of 'calculators' (German synonym: computer), 16 colors, on a 'solid plate' (syn: hard drive) including mouse."

"You should wait - it's half the price in six months"

by Uli Stein

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's the one! Awesome! Thanks for the link.

I didn't realise he was from Niedersachsen ... that would explain how I ran into it in Hameln.

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