The article links a screenrecording of the thread, but it’s a Zuck product so to save you a click:

https://ani.social/pictrs/image/5784eb24-5a52-4f75-91bf-3f9fce9de072.mp4

And a catbox for redundancy: https://files.catbox.moe/a0ug4z.mp4

Pretty sure it’s AI artifacting.

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1683/

You can see that the general shape of the squiggles is the same, but some generative algorithm detected a pattern in the noise and “enhanced” it.

There’s one more big difference between Windows and Linux: Windows can only install updates while shutting down, for some reason. On Linux I boot the machine, see the notification for updates, and run them in the background while I do my own things. If the updates need a reboot to take effect, it’s a normal reboot that takes mere seconds.

On Windows, I get an update notification in the morning and either take 5 minutes to restart right then, or wait until I naturally shut down (end of the day) and have an abnormally long shutdown that (sometimes) leaves my laptop running and still not fully updated while it’s in my bag. That isn’t a security issue or a policy issue, it’s a technical limitation that results in a terrible user experience.