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Good. Welcome to the dark side and we have cookies. I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too. CheckMag With the growing number of users jumping from Windows to Linux, I decided to fully take the plunge and dive deep into the Open Source ocean. A few months and several headaches later, it has proved to be the best computer-related decision I've made in over a decade (and perhaps in my entire life).
This chart shows the total number of Stack Overflow questions asked each month. As you can see, AI summaries in Google and AI coding tools have nearly killed the site. It is only a matter of time before the site shuts down completely. The golden age of independent news, blogs, forums, and specialized sites like Stack Overflow is over. Whether this is good or bad, only time will tell. Personally, I think we are now restricting all internet traffic to just a few Gen AI apps https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1926661#graph image
Microsoft Chief Slop Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella wants you to stop using word AI 'slop' in 2026 πŸ˜‚ He is upset with that term and restored to the old art of human writing (he started a blog) and talking about it πŸ˜‰ That blog itself looked like written by AI with so many buzz words.
If IPv6 was a human, its mum & dad would be having a serious conversation right now. Something like "Look, son, you're 30 and we love you but you can't just keep relying on Dual-Stack to pay your bills. You need to get out there and route on your own." Mum will be like: Sush, Dad. Well, I guess Happy Birthday IPv6! Dad will be like: IPv6 you are the "Linux on the Desktop" of the networking layer.