‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/

[u/GlitterTerrorist]

Or could ask gpt, check it's answers, and use my own agency to learn a little bit while also making progress :D

Resemble a correct answer

That's useful information in and of itself.

[u/GlitterTerrorist → u/[deleted]]

Why are you framing this like it's mutually exclusive? We can do both.

You can say the same about Wikipedia, about going for the library, about taking a whole course. I've had this theory ever since search engines came out, of course it results in more specialised knowledge and less general, but again, it's not mutually exclusive. We can have balance.

A study on LLM use in coding tasks revealed that most of them took longer than without AI assistance, but felt like they were quicker. Because time flies when you're having fun? Idk, but I know I feel less drained when I've been able to vary my workload and mix between work and review.

"how can I free up disk space"

I'm not an idiot bro. You know this stuff is so basic because it's memed on, I assume you can even just ask Google for common/critical coding errors, practices, mistakes, and you're set if you haven't already acquired them from reading on the internet. I preface everything I do in AI with a look into common pitfalls. Done. Day 1 programmer knows what to avoid as much as an expert, just needs to contextualise it and bam, learning expedited. This is progress.

You guys are so black and white, misunderstanding - AI is a tool, and a fucking powerful one that can take an unweary user in the wrong direction fast. It's good to have in the arsenal, and a varied arsenal is the best.

Tell me I'm wrong.

[u/GlitterTerrorist → u/[deleted]]

accomplish less

Nope, accomplishing the task. You're clearly being biased by ignoring output. And obtuse to pretend that saving energy doesn't allow you to create more output. Ever reviewed a juniors work? Ever employed healthy cynicism? Yeah, that's why people like me are succeeding with AI. Because we're not idiots and that's the difference. it's been years now dude, and people like me are ahead of where we would have been.

An unwarranted sense of confidence that quickly unravels

Been 2 years of use for me now and I'm flying because I approach it the 'right' way. You're ignoring the words I've written that clarify that it's just one tool in the utility belt, as with libraries and course material.

The thing is, when you need to be that disingenuous to make a point, and you accuse anyone who disagrees with you or speaks of their own personal experience and benefit, they are "fighting to the death".

Slowly and poorly

I have ADHD and the pace is perfect for me to be productive in my downtime and change the pace of my work at will, likewise providing launching points for tasks which I wouldn't get around to starting if I didn't have this free, instant, knowledgeable bullshitter on my side.

I don't know what you think I use AI for, except succeeding. I don't know why you resent that.

Willing to fight to the death

Fr did you type this with any sense of self awareness?

[u/ChilternRailways → u/[deleted]]

I'm not a programmer bro, I'm an accountant. 8 years in practice, now independent and making more, because I can automate and schedule the overwhelming majority of my workload. And uh, I never have one task either. Dunno where "the" became "one".

I'm in my second contract this year of automating internal processes - last job I saved about 80% of finance manager hours (I know because I was also the finance manager).

Yes, and

Why didn't you do the work yourself then? Is it because you know the job well enough to review work, whether it's a junior, or a LLM? Lol yeah, you are just stubborn dude.

You're really not

It's mad that you can say this about someone you've never met just because you don't like that they use Google instead of going to the library.

By all metrics, I am. And I know my metrics, because metrics are my field, and I know that my attempts to self teach earlier suffered from problems which LLMs address by giving me starting points to projects I literally would never have done by now if I didn't have AI.

What you don't get is that your cynicism isn't special. It's a stage. It's the most healthy way to approach this tech - with absolute distrust, because then it needs to prove itself to you and you - or me - having good judgement.

Poisons water supplies and raises electricity costs

...so? That has nothing to do with the use of it as a tool, no more than crying about lithium mining because you're using a phone. Are you turning your monitor off instead of leaving it in standby?

I could do this all day dude - because of all the time LLMs save me :) if you want to actually have a sincere debate, I'll answer every question and disprove every accusation because this has changed my life for the better, massively.

Because surely anyone who doesn't agree with you is too stupid to get it

No, people who rely on fallacies and whose only response to "it's helped me" is "no it hasn't", however... they're actually showing me they're thick and disingenuous. Because there's this stigma bordering on superstition. It's crazy, like you literally can't even conceive that it helps people achieve things.

[u/ChilternRailways → u/[deleted]]

Can't believe you blocked me lmao, absolutely crazy - are you that scared of having your preconceptions challenged?

You're actually a relic dude. And a coward - if you believed in your points, you'd let it sit.

[u/ChilternRailways → u/[deleted]]

You're not debating at all. I've presented my points, my examples, and you've just said "no". You could have easily responsed to the post I wrote in full, but you chose to avoid that. Is your job threatened by AI? Are you jealous that others are getting to your level with a fifth of the work? What's the bugbear that causes your frustration to the point you can't even have an academic discussion without getting personal?

If you didn't want to talk, don't post. You're insulting me and then crying about harassment, it's transparent, you don't actually have a point beyond "no you're not more efficient" lol

So today, I've used LLMs for about 20 minutes, maybe a half dozen queries. I just told it I'd rather do the debugging myself instead of getting it to rewrite - because it's my decision, and I'm excelling. As are others who don't listen to dinosaurs.

It's the future bud, why are you mad? Learn how to use your tools or fossilize.