Forced E-Waste PCs and the Case of Windows 11’s Trusted Platform

I thought this was a very good post from the guys at Hackaday. Most of us who use the Windows platform will have probably come across this issue in the last year or so. Being told your perfectly good computer is not up to running Windows 11 when in fact it is probably more than capable.

Is it no wonder people are moving over to “The dark side” (Linux) in droves….

Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current…

Forced E-Waste PCs and the Case of Windows 11’s Trusted Platform

Overrun by AI images

Why does almost everyone on WP have the inherent need to use over processed AI images?

Of all the many trillions of photographs already out there, it surprises me that people become reliant on images that look false, are patently over processed and that don’t look the slightest bit realistic.

Technology is a good thing but in my opinion this is a step too far, it’s unreal, it’s not realistic and people are preferring to create a life in photo form that they would like to see, rather than what they do actually see. Life unfortunately isn’t as perfect as the AI gods would have us believe.

I guess my many decades in this particular trade amount to nothing and I just see it as pure laziness to use such techniques. In a few words I can have a perfectly presented representation of a smiling cherub like child in the most perfect sun infused and idilic environment, that in all seriousness is as false as a suspended ceiling in a Victorian property. It’s just not right.

Yep you’re right I don’t like it, condone it and will never use it. My choice, my blog. I’ll never see it differently I’m afraid.

Take the time to either obtain a picture that someone has spent good time composing, and working hard on to get right, or just go out there and do it yourself. But that’s the problem isn’t it? Technology has made us lazy, let’s leave it to someone/thing else.

I know let’s use a faceless blind computer with overactive memory banks.

That’s A.I in my view.

Have a peaceful day.

This is it

In what ways do you communicate online?

This blog. That’s it really. Anyone who knows me knows that I am very anti – antisocial media. I don’t need it, never have needed it and apart from this blog site that’s the only thing that really lets me down. And to be honest once I’ve had enough of this I’m liable to drop it just like a hot potato.

I really don’t see the fascination of it all. It’s great for gaining information and “Facts” however half the facts are false and not to be believed. I have no wish to connect with people I went to school with, I couldn’t wait to get away from them, and as for seeing what someone just had for dinner…..just go and give your head a wobble. “Influencers” are just another bunch of hopeless dreamers who think they know what’s good for you when they don’t even know what’s good for themselves. Don’t get me started.

I do use YouTube, however in the main I find that educational, especially the channels I tend to view.

It’s not for me, and as you can gather I dislike it. Get out and see the world and enjoy it. Just don’t flounce about putting it on “Insta”. You are not the first person who’s been there and you are not the last. No one is really bothered to be honest.

Wp and YouTube my only vices…on antisocial media.

Peace