Plummer has spent recent months telling Microsoft what they do not want to hear about Windows 11. He argued the OS needs its own Windows XP SP2 moment, a stretch where Microsoft drops new features and ...

Dave Plummer’s TinyRetroPad revives classic Notepad simplicity, stripping away AI, telemetry, and unnecessary modern clutter Built in under 3 kilobytes, the new tool highlights growing frustration ...

Microsoft's habit of adding unnecessary features to Notepad is a symptom of broader bloating in the Windows codebase. But it is possible to go back to basics with a version of the editor that fits in ...

Hello, I'm Hide! I'm taking on the challenge of AI development and blog writing in my 50s. What do you usually use when drafting your note articles? Many people might think that the Notepad app that ...

Abstract: This letter proposes a structure-aware automatic differentiation method to accelerate the solution of alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) with nonlinear programming (NLP) solvers.