Laurie Kirk, a Google researcher and former Microsoft reverse engineer, recently reignited the OS debate by arguing that the Windows NT kernel’s foundational architecture outclassed Linux—especially in handling security, resources, and modern autonomous software. She suggests Microsoft should have launched an “Open NT” in the early 2000s, enabling hyperscalers like Amazon to build tailored commercial…

👀 https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/microsoft-abandons-personal-ai-chatbot-race-with-copilot-reboot-126092501100_1.html

This is insanely good and mimics my personal experience of Windows these days. I literally say “pop-up! pop-up! pop-up!” out loud during a normal workday where one pop-up or prompt is rapidly replaced by another. Same app or different, doesn’t matter, there’s always something trying to grab attention on a Windows desktop unless you configure…

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jensen-huang.html Whoo boy this accelerationist uber-privileged a-hole gives Altman a run for his money in the cartoon-but-actually-real-life villain space. You need to understand that this is the direction the AI industry wants to take us. We are soylent green. We are meat for the word guessing grinder.

https://www.axios.com/2026/09/25/openai-models-posted-user-images-online-in-latest-security-episode They’ve seriously lost control over this BS. Altman should be in prison.

This turned up on Bluesky: A new method for skipping the mandatory Microsoft Account login in Windows 11 Home Edition has been discovered… just simply click on the small Learn more hyperlink on the Microsoft Account login page. — Bob Pony (@bobpony.com) 2026-09-12T17:28:18.570Z