<![CDATA[Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more.]]>Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more.

It's true, relying on AI *really does* rot the brain.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/8e2f4330-6a09-4d72-bae7-07acb5743bd3/microsoft-can-t-afford-to-proofread-the-slide-decks-for-their-high-profile-public-presentations-by-the-ceo-any-more.RSS for NodeMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:32:25 GMTThu, 08 Oct 2026 19:33:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:50:03 GMT]]>@davidgerard @zzt @cstross Might be easier to just have a museum of success. Like this:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/117407259289489554https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/117407259289489554Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:50:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:48:12 GMT]]>@cstross well, they got 7 out of 8 words right...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/117407251956087413https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/117407251956087413Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:48:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:47:34 GMT]]>@zzt it doesn't even look like the lid edge is flush with the body

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/117407249479383970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hci.social/users/fasterandworse/statuses/117407249479383970Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:47:17 GMT]]>@cstross lol. but also... there don't look that many ports. is that really the most ports ever on a surface?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/117407248402015422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dysfun/statuses/117407248402015422Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:47:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:46:26 GMT]]>@cstross

Unites States

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/117407245055346735https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/117407245055346735Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:46:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:45:11 GMT]]>@zzt @cstross https://museumoffailure.com/ai-failure

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/117407240133454306https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/117407240133454306Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:44:57 GMT]]>@cstross Huh, I actually _just_ noticed the mistake. Explains why I’ve been pronouncing it “sura-che” all week.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/corafeita/statuses/117407239214446607https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/corafeita/statuses/117407239214446607Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:44:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:42:18 GMT]]>@zzt @cstross it’s the Arial of graphics design

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/petrillic/statuses/117407228784662223https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/petrillic/statuses/117407228784662223Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:42:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:41:27 GMT]]>@cstross what I’m saying is it belongs in a museum

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/117407225465617905https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/117407225465617905Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:41:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:40:58 GMT]]>@markotway @cstross

/me looks at actual use cases:

two laptops: not plugged into anything except power, regularly.

one laptop: plugged into keyboard, mouse, external USB microphone, DAC, network, two monitors, power and an external disk.

If you don't have enough ports, you lock yourself out of possibilities.

Though I wasn't going to buy a machine from Microsoft anyway.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/dashdsrdash/statuses/117407223571273776https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/dashdsrdash/statuses/117407223571273776Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:40:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:40:34 GMT]]>@cstross also, to beat a dead horse:

(The)
Most ports
_ever on a Surace Laptop_

and then directly underneath that there’s a giant image of the side of the laptop that has noticeably fewer ports, and the side with more ports (still fewer than a thinkpad but whatever, I realize they think they’re going after Apple) is in shadow and framed so you see much less of it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/117407222003782993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/117407222003782993Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:40:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:39:55 GMT]]>@cinebox @cstross https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/117407219431672228https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/117407219431672228Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:39:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:35:28 GMT]]>@cstross "Surace" to rhyme with "Versace"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/117407201922774464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/117407201922774464Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:34:06 GMT]]>@cstross@wandering.shop Surace 🤌

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://netzkae.se/notes/as3k6mh2u6060jx0https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://netzkae.se/notes/as3k6mh2u6060jx0Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:34:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:31:48 GMT]]>@markotway @cstross Most ports isn't important. But at least give me a full sized hdmi and a type A for a mouse or thumbdrive.
At home I have all I need, customers and conferences.. not so much.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Fooker/statuses/117407187506010170https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Fooker/statuses/117407187506010170Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:31:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:30:53 GMT]]>@cstross 3 entirely different font styles, and it looks like they don’t line up on the left margin or have sensible line width between them

maybe that’s minor compared with the obvious but this slide keeps getting worse every time I see it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/117407183869134611https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/zzt/statuses/117407183869134611Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:30:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:25:22 GMT]]>@cstross Missing the main point too - wgaff how many ports a laptop has? Give me 2 or 3 USB-C ports and I have everything I could ever need. Do Microsot (sic) still think it's the 90s?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/markotway/statuses/117407162191446522https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/markotway/statuses/117407162191446522Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:25:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:24:15 GMT]]>@HeptaSean @cstross Surface Laptop is a specific model so it gets a pass, but "Most" should be lower case. But then it'd look weird because of how much they de-emphasised the "The". I think whatever they did it'd look goofy, but they obviously don't care anyway given "surace".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/flexplate/statuses/117407157817620777https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/flexplate/statuses/117407157817620777Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:24:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:14:02 GMT]]>@Uilebheist My eyes keep correcting that as "moist parts"

@cstross

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/eedly/statuses/117407117629819925https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/eedly/statuses/117407117629819925Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:14:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:10:13 GMT]]>@Uilebheist @cstross ah yes and who isn’t excited for experiencing the moist farts on a surace plopplop? I know I am!

Oops sorry I accidentally dogfooded the AI and it further degraded the presentation

Oh well at least we used a bunch more tokens!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/scott/statuses/117407102611711107https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/scott/statuses/117407102611711107Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:10:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:02:19 GMT]]>@cstross also please let “most ports” be the new tech trend it would be so funny

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cinebox/statuses/117407071574037729https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cinebox/statuses/117407071574037729Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:02:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:01:34 GMT]]>@cstross I hope they go completely tits up when the bubble pops. Talk about a paradigm shift.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/117407068642405296https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/117407068642405296Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:01:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:01:19 GMT]]>@cstross Next time they'll add the missing letter: "Moist ports".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polyglot.city/users/Uilebheist/statuses/117407067605978574https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://polyglot.city/users/Uilebheist/statuses/117407067605978574Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:01:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Microsoft can't afford to proofread the slide decks for their HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS by the CEO any more. on Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:54:58 GMT]]>@cstross at least their LLM has spellcheck turned off..

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116624725677464866/statuses/117407042692520927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116624725677464866/statuses/117407042692520927Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:54:58 GMT