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marcduck

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marcduck··on Windows 11½
What WM/DE do you use? As much as I find Windows annoying sometimes, I haven't found anything for linux that feels as polished.
marcduck··on ChatGPT Knows Who It'll Recommend Before It Searches
The first sentence in the article immediately sounds AI written and also doesn't really make sense.

"I asked ChatGPT for the best AI note taking app. Seven words, no brand names." - The question was seven words? But later on the article says the prompt was "best AI note taking app 2026".

I don't know if there's a name for that AI writing pattern where it says something like "(Number) x, no y." but I see it all the time. It seems similar to https://tropes.fyi/tropes/negative-parallelism

marcduck··on How to Read a Painting
The nonsensical headings and CTAs are so frustrating to read.

"Watch it work once". What what work once?