If you want people to update, you have to push out tested solid updates. Otherwise, the risk outweighs any potential benefit. Watching the windows 11 updates has been so weird
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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On one of my test machines I've noticed it's installed the same update three times in a few days. No errors, I'm wondering if it'll happen a fourth time.
I updated... to Linux
Those layoffs are going well, lol
The vibe coding too
Can't harvest your data when shut down? They have fixed that problem!
My Surface Pro 7 has refused to actually sleep or shut down for years at this point. I have to hold the physical power button for a while to actually get it to shut off. I've often awoken to a dead battery because I forgot that step.
Vibe update