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Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps

Microsoft is starting to remove "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from its Windows 11 apps. In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in favor of a "writing tools" menu. The Copilot button in the Snipping Tool app also no longer appears when you select an area to […]

Grill Me

Matt Pocock shared a /grill me agent skill:

Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree resolving dependencies between decisions one by one.

If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.

For each question, provide your recommended answer.

Incredibly simple, but the times I’ve used it so far it has been incredibly effective. (Almost annoyingly considering the amount of follow up questions you get; for a good cause!)

TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$35.6B, vs. ~$35.2B est., signaling global chip demand stayed intact during the first weeks of the war in the Middle East (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$35.6B, vs. ~$35.2B est., signaling global chip demand stayed intact during the first weeks of the war in the Middle East  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a 35% increase in quarterly revenue, suggesting global AI chip demand remained intact during …

In NYC’s Brutal Housing Crunch, Finished Affordable Units Often Sit Empty for Months

The Bronx Point apartments sits on a park nestled between the I87 and The Bronx River.

While New Yorkers feel the crush of a housing crisis, newly built affordable apartments in New York City can remain empty for more than a year. That’s according to a new report released Friday by Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that helps build affordable housing, which analyzed its portfolio of over 800 affordable housing projects […]

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Will Mamdani Tame the NYPD?

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at One Police Plaza alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch

Way back in 2025, new mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani promised voters sweeping reform at the NYPD. The long-shot state lawmaker pledged to kill a controversial gang database and terminate a SWAT-like police unit that had been criticized for over-aggressive tactics. He would get rid of NYPD teams focused on so-called “quality of life” infractions that […]

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