XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:41:39 -0800, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
      
   > On 1/7/26 08:57, John Ames wrote:   
   >> On 7 Jan 2026 02:00:12 GMT rbowman  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/dells-xps-revival-is-a-   
   welcome-   
   >>> reprieve-from-the-ai-pc-fad/   
   >>>   
   >>> Does Dell see a little gnome with a pin approaching the bubble?   
   >>   
   >> Shockingly, it turns out that businesses do better when they make and   
   >> sell things that people actually *want* o_O   
   >>   
   >>   
   > 		Amazing but still I bought several (used) Latitudes and   
   will miss   
   > 		being   
   > able to shop for those if I ever have enough cash for that sort of   
   > thing.  I am glad I go my Precision when I did.  I think that AI could   
   > be used on a proper computer system to do all the little annoying things   
   > that people as ignorant as me have to ask experts about.  Backups,   
   > defragmenting routines, checking for updates, changing ownership on   
   > disks and volumes and applying patches but my model of AI would be   
   > running only on one's computer and be active when the processor(s) have   
   > enough free cycles to be useful.   
   > 	Now when they get that sort of tool if I am alive and in funds   
   then   
   > an AI computer might be halfway interesting.   
   > 	After all I have spent nearly 88 years developing my own   
   intelligence   
   > and it seems to work very well for my purposes. (Some may disagree!)   
      
   One of the things I looked for when interviewing candidates was their   
   ability to search out and apply documentation, whatever the source. I   
   didn't care that they were experts with, say, React, but whether if we   
   decided to use React for a front end if they could figure out how to make   
   it work.   
      
   Admittedly this reflects my experience. It would only be a slight   
   exaggeration to say NONE of this shit existed when I walked off the podium   
   with a degree in hand. It's all been OJT, trying to stay far enough ahead   
   of my boss that he wouldn't realize I didn't have a clue.   
      
   Somehow I don't think getting an answer handed to you by CoPilot is quite   
   the same, even if it is a valid answer.   
      
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