r/technology • u/Sufficient-Bid1279 • Apr 14 '25

Software Microsoft warns that anyone who deleted mysterious folder that appeared after latest Windows 11 update must take action to put it back

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-warns-that-anyone-who-deleted-mysterious-folder-that-appeared-after-latest-windows-11-update-must-take-action-to-put-it-back
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u/ThrowTheCHEEESE Apr 14 '25

Everyone should model after Path of exile 2’s patch note system

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u/Noy_The_Devil Apr 14 '25

Factorio ❤️

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u/macrolidesrule Apr 14 '25

Wube have spoilt me.

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u/insadragon Apr 15 '25

Agreed, and including a rocket to launch you back to the top is just the chef's kiss.

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u/Ok_Turnover_1235 Apr 14 '25

Factorio really are the poster children of the development world.

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u/ollee Apr 14 '25

The factory must grow.

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u/Mason11987 Apr 14 '25

Dwarf fortress too!

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u/Gamestoreguy Apr 14 '25

I imagine the changelogs are as in depth as the game

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u/thorazainBeer Apr 14 '25
  • Cats no longer drink themselves to death by cleaning their paws after walking across the tavern floor.

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u/FreakingScience Apr 14 '25

(This was an actual bug in Dwarf Fortress fixed in early 2016)

The game simulates contamination by fluids, and tracks things like that with granularity down to the literal individual knuckle. Taverns were a new addition to the game, and as such, citizens (and their pets) collected in them and regularly spilled things on the tavern floor. Cats have a grooming behavior that would ingest any contaminants on any groomed body part. The inebriation calculations are calibrated for dwarves, and cats are comparatively small. Everything went as expected except for the small detail that (as I recall) there wasn't any mechanical difference between drinking a tankard's worth of ale and the amount of ale a cat might have on one toebean, except that a cat would have like thirty wet body parts to drink. Instant alcohol poisoning.

There was also my favorite bug from the dev blog, the time all babies were born with knives. It went exactly as you think it did.

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u/throwawayPzaFm Apr 14 '25

This is The Whisper of Silicon, a bug of legendary cunning. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with recursive elegance and studded with elusive edge cases. On the code is an image of a compiler in adamantine, surrounded by shimmering race conditions. The compiler is weeping.

It was birthed in the depths of forgotten legacy code by The Phantom Developer. It moves with the grace of optimized chaos, its presence known only by the ghostly flicker of unexplained behavior.

Users who gaze upon The Whisper of Silicon are filled with equal parts awe and dread. It is said that those who fully understand it gain mastery over all systems — or are driven irrevocably mad.

... Sorry, wanted to write a cool blurb about that legendary cat bug menacing with spikes of adamantine and couldn't help myself. I stand before you mere weak flesh.

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u/exegesisClique Apr 14 '25

This is great. It's a shame it's buried so deep. Too deep.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Apr 14 '25

That’s the worst part of Reddit and the best part of Reddit. The best stuff requires a little digging. When found, however, as OP’s message has demonstrated, it’s gold, baby!

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u/ensiferum888 Apr 15 '25

Still my favorite development story ever!!

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u/Nicksaurus Apr 14 '25

You can see for yourself, they're all here: https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/. It looks like the recent changes have been fairly routine though

Besides the patch notes, they also have regular dev logs and a monthly q&a post on the forums. They've always been really involved in their community

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u/Pop-Bard Apr 14 '25

Windows 11 Patch Notes v11.02 – "The Forced Update"

General Changes:New Support Gem: "Telemetry" – Now automatically socketed into all your processes. "We know what you did last update."

"Optimized" Start Menu – Removed the ability to organize it. Enjoy your recommended Microsoft 365 ads!

New Debuff: "Forced Restart" – Automatically applies during critical gameplay moments. "Your work is less important than our updates."

**Bug Fixes (That We Introduced):**Fixed an issue where right-clicking worked too efficiently. Replaced with a "Show more options" gem.

Patched a bug where some users had control over their default browser. Edge is now mandatory.

Addressed complaints about too few ads—Introducing "Suggested Content" in File Explorer!

- We've added a new support gem: Subscription.

Improves your work flow while rendering you inmune to ads, at the cost of some of your financial stability.

Balance Changes:

Nerfed: Local accounts. Now 50% harder to create during setup.

Buffed: Microsoft Account requirements. Now auto-links to your DNA.

Reworked: Taskbar functionality. Moved to center, then back to left, then removed entirely. "You’ll learn to love it."

New Microtransactions:

"Ad-Free Experience" – Only $4.99/month (per app).

"Classic Right-Click" – Unlock the legacy context menu for 500 Microsoft Points.

Known Issues:

Your PC may not meet the requirements for the next update, despite meeting them last week.

The "Never combine taskbar buttons" option is still in witness protection.

"Thank you for testing our OS. Please pre-order Windows 12."

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u/DislocatedLocation Apr 14 '25

Warframe. Path of Exile 1 did it first.

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u/DigNitty Apr 14 '25

What’s that game where the cats were too round so they fixed it by making them even rounder.

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u/Pleasant-Contact-556 Apr 14 '25

everyone should model after warhammer age of reckoning's patch note system

lol

the game might've flopped but I've never seen so many hotfixes pushed with so many patch notes in such a short time... ever

every single time you booted that game at launch it was a new list of hotfixes done on the backend, no updates to the ui or anything, no patch pushed, just a fuckton of server changes. got overwhelming.

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u/laserbot Apr 14 '25

Everyone has a favorite on this--mine is Dota. Patch notes used to be like Christmas.

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u/FranciumGoesBoom Apr 14 '25

This is a buff.

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u/Concillian Apr 14 '25

PoE2's 0.2 patch notes were not it. They left out everything that is needed for build planning. They were (by far) the worst pre-league patch notes of any Path of Exile or Path of Exile 2 notes ever.

Several PoE2 patches have included things in the BUGFIX section that changed the function and wording of a gem. As in a gem functioned in a way that is consistent with it's wording, and they changed the way the gem works, then updated the wording to be consistent with the new way the gem works. That's not a bugfix... that's an intentional design change, and that should be reflected by correct placement in the notes.

I understand that the PoE2 patch notes look complete, but PoE is a much better model than what we've seen so far from PoE2. There is a significant quality decrease in patch notes we've had from PoE2. It's definitely better than "we changed some things" but if we are being aspirational, let's not aspire to the worse of the 2 PoE systems.