Posts by Jeroen Braamhaar

Open source's new mission: Rebuild a continent's tech stack

Obviously ....

nobody remembers Munich's flirt with Linux ?

Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround

Does/did Microsoft ever get past that point ?

Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition

Still got my A4000/030 ... and an A1200 and an A500. Not booted up in years, but not forgotten!

If you're forced to use Windows 11, here's how to steal some of your time back

I reluctantly migrated this week. Not because I wanted to, but to at least do it on my time and terms rather than to find out I have to rush through anything.

To keep W11 livable I used:

- Win11Debloat (get rid of all the crapware)

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

- ExplorerPatcher (fixes the taskbar so you can actually move it to where you want, rather than where M$ tell you to)

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/

Do I want to move to Linux ? Yes, but I just lack the smarts and the will at the moment. Forgive me, I am weak.

WinAmp's woes will pass, but its wonders will be here forever

Oddly perhaps ...

... but I still am using WinAMP as my media player of choice. Classic skins somehow broke earlier this year from one day to the next (playlist window stopped opening), but the modern skin packages still function fine.

I've tried some of the modern fork/offshoots but none of them managed to capture the ease of use or the convenience of the original - so here's a toast to WinAMP.

Cheers mate, carry on and stay llama ass whoopin' awesome

Microsoft closes Windows 11 upgrade loophole in latest Insider build

Re: Surely the answer should be simple.......

Because if you thought Microsoft is thirsty for your data, then you haven't quite understood just how ravenous Google is for it ...

Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo

Just as America and their allies (and a whole lot of special interest groups) are leveraging the same [social] media to inflame hatred of those "enemies" (or create entirely new enemies), relying on the average social media user being too stupid/lazy to think for themselves, blindly believe what they're being told and launch 'mostly peaceful protests/occupations' "for [insert cause here] justice" among other things ?

Now that I have your attention with that little snark (for which I'm only a little bit sorry) I feel the the need to point this out:

It's a VERY slippery slope between disinformation and dissent, and the dumber you keep/make people, the further you can shift that line without anyone realizing.

Do you want to fight disinfo/misinfo ? Give people perspective and encourage/teach them to critically think FOR THEMSELVES.

Don't try to 'control the narrative' and bombard people with the one side you prefer and exhort people to 'trust the experts' while discrediting/removing the other side.

And that requires access to information on ALL sides of ANY argument; political, economical, scientific, religious, societal, ideological - you name it.

I don't think anyone realize this is still censorship, albeit in a very alluring guise for a noble (corrupted) cause, and effectively, doing this means "the West" has ALREADY lost, emplyojng the same tactics we criticize the nations we call 'enemies' for.

I was going to post this anonymously, knowing it's a pretty spicy/contrarian post most will probably downvote to hell.

But please, before you do: think -for yourself- on what I've said and what it implies.

I have, and that's why I'm posting this under my own name.

Apple confirms iPadOS will fall under its Alternative Business Terms in the EU

Re: Working != Updates

If you have secrets to keep, I'd recommend not using either because you have one heck of a security hole every time your device phones home for an OS/app update.

DEF CON is canceled! No, really this time – but the show will go on

Re: Ugh, Vegas

If you don't want to get ripped off in Vegas, study math.

Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists

Re: This thing measures your *soul*?

"We need a machine that measures irony - but the scale would have to go to 11 ;)"

It would be stuck at over 9000.

EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources

classic case of tail wagging dog

Cunningly camouflaged cable routed around WAN-sized hole in project budget

Sir: this icon is for you, bloody brilliant!

What if someone mixed The Sims with ChatGPT bots? It would look like this

I can't let you do that, Dave.

Unlucky for some: Meta chops 13% of global workforce

Re: Zuck and metaverse

The old investment disclaimer comes to mind:

"Past results are no garantuee for the future"

Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device

Fools, money, parted.

PT Barnum still hasn't been disproven.

The perfect crime – undone by the perfect email backups

Re: ahem...

Two kinds of people:

those that manage what they do not (want to) understand

those that understand what they don't manage

sometimes supplemented by the third kind:

those that don't manage what they don't understand (but collect big consultancy fees for)

Big Tech revenues under threat from EU law proposals

Not to mention being able to drag out paying up for fines (and compliance with regulations) for years -- all the while browbeating both public and politicians into abandoning the rules.

Deere & Co won't give out software and data needed for repairs, watchdog told

Re: Goods vs Services

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b454Q_FvQ2c

Facebook may soon reveal new name – we're sure Reg readers will be more creative than Zuck's marketroids

Omni Consumer Products

obivously ....

Things that are not PogChamp: Amazon's Twitch has its source code, streamer payout data leaked

Re: House of cards...

Rather someone pull out the joker card (Google) first.

Windows 11 in detail: Incremental upgrade spoilt by onerous system requirements and usability mis-steps

Are those two mutually exclusive then ?

Latest Windows 11 Preview a well-rounded update – literally

Re: Needs a better name

It would have to be of at least dogfood quality then.

Evidence not found.

IBM, Red Hat face copyright, antitrust lawsuit from SCO Group successor Xinuos

Ah shit ...

... here we go again.

Break out the popcorn.

Robots that take out your garbage? Oh What A Feeling, says Toyota as it opens its very own smart city

I bet the way citizens will greet each other will be ...

"Hello citizen, be well!"

Beagleboard peeps tease dual-core 64-bit RISC-V computer with GPU, AI acceleration, more for $119

but ....

...will it run Crysis ?

'I'm telling you, I haven't got an iPad!' – Sent from my iPad

Re: Which is why I always turn off email sigs...

I'm fine with sig blocks .... so long as they keep it to the McQuary limit.

Trello! It is me... you locked the door? User warns of single sign-on risk after barring self from own account

CLOUD

Complete

Loss

Of

Uncontrollable

Data

Microsoft picks a side, aims to make the business 'carbon-negative' by 2030

It's nice they plan to be emissions-negative of a beneficial addition to our atmosphere.

Perhaps then it'll be clear what damage they're doing ...

I have no mouth and I must scream: You can add audio to wobbles in latest Windows 10 patch

Re: Windows 10 audio _never_ works properly

Nono, Redmond IS consistent - they still reliably fuck up.

The April 2018 Update is so 1803, snort Windows 10 faithful as more settle down in 1903 town

I wouldn't trust windows10 to run on my doormat, not even letting it near anything secondary OS or better.

Consistency IS a thing in the world of the Microsoft team.

They're still consistently fucking up.

Don't press the red b-... Windows Insiders' rings hit by surprise Microsoft emission

no, it'd have to be full of bullshit, and not even Microsoft can approach Augean levels of that.

Even though they do try.

I think holding off on Win10 until it's stable and properly tested was a stellar choice.

Furious Apple revokes Facebook's enty app cert after Zuck's crew abused it to slurp private data

I'll help Facebook do better!

... bulk erasing one of their servers at a time.

Total Inability To Support User Phones: O2 fries, burning data for 32 million Brits

Related ?

In Japan, SoftBank's mobile network also went down for 4 hours .... allegedly due to Ericcson sfotware going titsup as well ...

(Caught this on NHK World news)

LastPass? More like lost pass. Or where the fsck has it gone pass. Five-hour outage drives netizens bonkers

Moral of the story:

Put nothing in "the cloud"

- that you don't have a certified, current and regularly checked, usable and updated (local) backup of.

- that is too important to lose (for whatever reason)

- that you must have access to at critical moments.

Completely

Lost

Our

Unmissable

Data

;-)

Google vows to take claims of sexual assault, harassment seriously, just like privacy

If Google takes this as serious as they do privacy, I expect many more enraged protests lamenting the problem for a long time to come.

UK.gov to roll out voter ID trials in 2019 local elections

Erhm ... here in the Netherlands it's been commons for as long as I can remember you have to bring proof of ID (driving licence, passport or ID card) in order to be able to vote ...

Quaint British.

Some of you really don't want Windows 10's April 2018 update on your rigs

Re: Why so traumatic?

Because MS insists on shoveling features they haven't fully tested (if at all) at their hapless victims (otherwise known as "users") in a desperate bid to prove their OS is ready for primetime.

And rather than STOP and fix the mess they made last update (or any of the previous ones), they happily/blissfully move on to the new flavor of the day insisting that this time, they'll get it right!

They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results ... making the institutional mental health of the Microsoft edifice questionable at best, mythical at worst. Take your pick.

Skype Classic headed for the chopping block on September 1

Re: People still use Skype?

Nope not me anymore ... Discord pretty much does everything Skype did for me (and more) -- but with less ads and more convenience.

Forking hell. It's summer, and Windows 10 is already thinking about autumn

That implies there are stable, non-beta builds of Windows10.

Found in the same category as hen's teeth, unicorn farts and honest politicians.

Sysadmin cracked military PC’s security by reading the manual

Re: Only cracking I have done is

"Locks exist to keep honest people honest" - some wise person whose name I forgot.

Have I been paid, Sage? Cloudy wage service locks out users

Cloud:

Complete

Loss

Of

Uncontrollable

Data

Um, excuse me. Do you have clearance to patch that MRI scanner?

obvious solution ...

... don't connect your damn hospital's internal system to the damn internet!

How to stealthily poison neural network chips in the supply chain

Not a new problem ....

So this is just like the infamous "Clipper Chip" brouhaha except it's done on the sly ?

Which? calls for compensation for users hit by Windows 10 woes

Win10 security by inability

"to be fair, Windows 10 has excellent security defences in spite of its faults."

if it doesn't work, you can't get infected by malware either, right ?

(would use BOFH icon if there was one)

How could the Facebook data slurping scandal get worse? Glad you asked

Basically what Facebook is doing ...

...is a China-style crackdown, emphasizing that nobody, and absolutely NOBODY but they themselves gets to spy on their citizens.

The irony of their position is scorching.

Best thing about a smart toilet? You can take your mobile in without polluting it

C|N>K

"integral intestinal jet pack"

GCHQ boss calls out Russia for 'industrial scale disinformation'

Pot, kettle ...

..black.

On an industrial scale.

Five things you need to know about Microsoft's looming Windows 10 Spring Creators Update

I don't know what I'll be using for OS on my next machine ...

....but whatever it will end up being, it will not be any incarnation of this directionless "Windows 10" rolling beta malarkey.