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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Microsoft Sharepoint has a Wiki. The Wiki can not generate a table of content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Sims freeplay. Haven’t used it for a long time but it sure asks for a LOT of money for a free game 😂

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

All the free widgets that used to come preinstalled in Android before Google killed them to save the extra $2 of development cost from their yearly interns.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Full price EA games with F2P-style microtransactions and ads

And this isn't useless, but I can't believe that to rent Photoshop for $20/mo, your creative projects are not your IP...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

to rent Photoshop for $20/mo, your creative projects are not your IP

How is that even legal?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think that's true.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry but the same article links to an update that backtracks.
There's just no way this would ever pass without them losing all their business customers, any legality of such disclaimer aside.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I stand corrected. Still though, it shows that they at least wanted to have this happen, which breaks my trust in them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They probably wanted to sell it as AI training data.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Yes, that's kind of the point. They wanted to steal every artist that uses their software's work, and then use it (or sell it) to train AI to put those artists out of work.

It feels like the epitome of "short term profits at the cost of long term gain". No one's going to be using your software if you put them out of work. But I guess when you're a monopoly the only direction to go is down.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And that despite charging for it, they fill many versions of it with adverts, install without asking bloatware and crap paid for by other companies to shove down your throat, and also sells your personal information to (checks) at least 801 third parties.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Hey! Those 801 third parties are trusted third parties. All of them were properly vetted when they said they wouldn’t misuse our personal data.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I was legit baffled by how such a shit peace of software could become so ubiquitous – until I got to know SAP and realized that Teams isn't even in the bottom half of enterprise software quality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

A someone who has used and supported teams, WebEx Skype and crazy shit I don't even remember anymore, Teams is downright reliable and user friendly.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I thought SAP was shit until I worked with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, an ERP from alternate 1990s hell dimension. It has a built-in IDE that uses its own language called C/AL (syntactically similar to Pascal). The only source control is developers' ability to lock files they are working on. And the code editor is worse than notepad. Seriously, it does not allow to select or paste multiple lines, and in general, acts as if each line is it's own textbox. Forget about syntax highlighting or anything else other than black text on white background.

And, AFAIK, if your company needs to customize it, you are required to hire a "Microsoft-certified" NAV developer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Allow me to regale you with a tale of Sun Identity Manager and XPRESS. A strange mangling of xml and pseudo javascript-esque pile of shit used for identity transformations for disparate systems.

On second thought, let's just not. I'd rather let that PTSD inducing memory slowly fade away, much like SunIDM did after Larry bought them to poach their customer base.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, you're going to update without notifying me and then not restart?

You truly are the paramount of usefulness, Teams.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

and then not restart?

I had Teams restart, twice, during an incredibly important meeting with the government, because it updated itself without my consent.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The German Dreckstool website (meaning shit tool) hosts a hitlist of shitty tools/software. I don't think it's that popular, but the top/high-scored of the list may be indicative of some of the worst.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Outlook should be way higher. I cannot believe how in tarnation I cannot view the reply they gave me if I'm standing in my sent folder. I have to copy past the subject and searchthe mail again on my inbox. And the ficking alerts that don't trigger at friggin all WTF?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I hate the sent folder in the first place.

Old outlook had a setting to place sent emails next to the replied to email. That worked for all folders, except the inbox.

In Thunderbird I let it place sent emails always next to the context.

In the new Outlook, after every send, I have to go into sent and move it to the correct folder. (I have many folders for structure of various concerns.)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Crab Rangoon's. I just don't like them. I mean it's just fried cream cheese.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where the crab come into it? Deep fried cream cheese sounds awesome

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fun fact, they aren't called crab Rangoon's because they're supposed to include crab meat. That's called that because when they're folded up on four sides they look a bit like crabs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Huh. Damn today i learned.....something awesome!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

THEY ARE GLORIOUS

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[–] [email protected] 227 points 3 days ago (20 children)

Paid calculator apps.

Not only are many of them paid - but they are subscription as well. Imagine paying a monthly fee for your goddamn calculator.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Calculator emulators are the way. Wabbit for ti-84 and similar, and hp prime (official) for a full CAS.

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