Hey quick rant, I’m a professor and due to budget cuts they cut our MS Office so it’s online only. I was already getting into non-slop software but now I need to check for compatibility using the browser version, since podiums only have Office and we’re supposed to use that.
So what I’m trying to say is, I’m feeling this right now. Shit doesn’t even have master slides or mathematical formula editing, ffs.
Enterprise Office in the cloud is stupid since security settings for businesses tends to break a lot of stuff that complex documents use. I got a three for one punch for my application I wrote because Office went online, Microsoft depreciated using IE in macros, and then my company put information I’d pull from the browser session into god awful frames (in 2025!). I said screw it, use what still works, I’m not chasing this anymore.
Haha, it’s even worse in academics because anything from students is protected. Unless they host on campus, it’s a violation even if MS super duper promises not to leak information. It’s also why we can’t use ChatGPT, though fools still do.
Edit: I mean for grading, asking a clanker is still fine but a terrible idea.
And half the time it’s in a fucking browser.
Hey quick rant, I’m a professor and due to budget cuts they cut our MS Office so it’s online only. I was already getting into non-slop software but now I need to check for compatibility using the browser version, since podiums only have Office and we’re supposed to use that.
So what I’m trying to say is, I’m feeling this right now. Shit doesn’t even have master slides or mathematical formula editing, ffs.
who needs mathematical formula editing when you have the compose key?
W = ∫ F · dx = ½ · F · Δx = ½ · E · ε · A · Δx = ½ · 10⁻³ · 1 mm³ · 200 GPa = 0.1 J
can all be perfectly fine typed out on the keyboard with no latex, formula editor involved. just unicode stuff.
(this comment is semi-sarcastic)
Microsoft implementing their own spec incorrectly
Enterprise Office in the cloud is stupid since security settings for businesses tends to break a lot of stuff that complex documents use. I got a three for one punch for my application I wrote because Office went online, Microsoft depreciated using IE in macros, and then my company put information I’d pull from the browser session into god awful frames (in 2025!). I said screw it, use what still works, I’m not chasing this anymore.
Haha, it’s even worse in academics because anything from students is protected. Unless they host on campus, it’s a violation even if MS super duper promises not to leak information. It’s also why we can’t use ChatGPT, though fools still do.
Edit: I mean for grading, asking a clanker is still fine but a terrible idea.
for grading sounds horrible. i’d not wanna have an llm make decisions that impact me