* Posts by Kane

1921 publicly visible posts • joined 17 May 2007

Capita taps Microsoft Copilot to dig it out from UK pensions backlog

Kane
WTF?

"You look at the end-to-end handling time of a case"

"and you go through and you evolve and improve every step along the way. That's the process that we are starting to undergo now [and is a] core part of driving productivity."

Surely that's something you do before you make the project live?

$8K laundry bot knows when to hold ’em, knows when to fold ’em, and knows it has help standing by

Kane
Terminator

"Get another robot to fold it. Ad infinitum."

It's robots all the way down!

Want more ads on your web pages? Try the AdBoost extension

Kane
Joke

Re: Sounds like a minor chuckle at best

"I don't use chrome"

In Soviet Russia, Chrome use you!

Microsoft kills standalone SharePoint and OneDrive plans, because they’re not suite enough

Kane
Windows

...adds tools including data loss prevention,...

"That's a nice bit of data you got there. Would be a shame if anything were to happen to it.

Know what I mean, guv?"

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

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Thumb Down

"That's about 450 people who should be searching for new jobs. And I hope companies will step up to support ICE and enforcing the law."

Prick.

Kane
WTF?

Re: CSuite are doing the right thing

"you start a business because you're passionate about what your business does..."

Really? I thought people started businesses so they can make some money. Let's see how many bills you can pay with "passion"...

Moon hotel startup hopes you get lunar lunacy, drop $1M deposit for 2032 stay

Kane
Joke

GRU Space rejects the notion...

...that we must wait for external validation or government consensus to build the future...Instead, we operate on the principle that conviction must bridge the gap between the status quo and the necessary future."

Big Cave Johnson vibes.

LemonGrenade, anyone?

From pr0n to playlists and paperclips, trio of breaches spills data of millions

Kane
Coat

Re: Hang on then,

"and a repeat Amazon order for Kleenex"

What about lubricant?

There's always time for lubricant!

Mine's the one with the over-extended advert for Head & Shoulders in the pocket.

As humanoid robots enter the mainstream, security pros flag the risk of botnets on legs

Kane
Stop

"Downvoted for the obvious reference"

Downvoted for being a rotter.

ICE-tracking app developer sues Trump admin after Apple spikes the software

Kane
Boffin

BasicReality...

"Sites like backpage.com was shut down for promoting illegal activities, no one seemed to care. This is no different, they're helping people break the law by reporting on the activities of law enforcement. Shut them down. There is no first amendment right to this app."

Username does not check out

Pension portal launch fail sends Capita running to Microsoft for help

Kane
Mushroom

...after winning a £239 million ($318 million) contract in November 2023...

...they realised they had at least two years to truly cock it up.

Poop-peeping toilet attachment has a different definition of 'end-to-end' encryption

Kane
Mushroom

What a day...

...to have eyes and reading comprehension.

Magician forgets password to his own hand after RFID chip implant

Kane
Facepalm

And I can honestly say that I forgot the password to my own hand...

...was not on my bingo card for today.

Devs gripe about having AI shoved down their throats

Kane
Go

Re: The fail is going to be spectacular!

"It's going to make the dot com bust look like a tea party."

Milk? Sugar?

Broken wizard forces Microsoft to issue out-of-band Windows 10 patch

Kane
Alien

This message was brought to you by the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation

VLC's keeper of the cone nets European free software gong

Kane
Joke

Re: Errrrr

More Avec!

AI slop hits new high as fake country artist goes to #1 on Billboard digital songs chart

Kane
Boffin

Re: More to come

"And then streaming the songs anyway as annoyingly it's easier than playing your own downloads on my smart speakers"

I own a standalone MP3 player for this exact reason.

Windows 11 26H1 is coming ... for new processors only

Kane
Joke

Re: Smell the wind of obsolencence ?

"I'm guessing it will run Doom?"

But probably not Crysis.

Agents of misfortune: The world isn't ready for autonomous software

Kane
Terminator

Re: I want defensive automatons....

Is anyone there?

O2 cranks prices mid-contract, essentially telling customers to like it or lump it

Kane
Boffin

Re: Cancel and keep the phone?

"Since the hire purchase on the phone is rolled into the data contract, you don't sign two separate ones."

I hate to be "that guy", but akchewlee...

They now do two separate contracts, one for the data plan, and one for the phone. They're quite clever about it as well. The device contract is over the course of 36 months. But the data plan is over the course of 24 months, thereby ensuing you're likely to stay with the provider to keep things "tidy", i.e not having two separate contracts with two different providers.

This security hole can crash billions of Chromium browsers, and Google hasn't patched it yet

Kane
Joke

...and sucked down 18 GB of RAM into one tab.

I thought that was typical of Chromium based browsers, Ya?

Elon Musk's Grokipedia launches, filled to the brim with plagiarism and AI slop

Kane
FAIL

What a Grok of Shit

Discord says 70,000 photo IDs compromised in customer service breach

Kane
Unhappy

Re: Wait until the politicians' details are leaked

"Just like Animal Farm..."

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Also, Pink Floyd's "Animals" lyrics has never felt more relevant.

Microsoft cuts off Azure phone surveillance support for Israeli military

Kane
Big Brother

We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.

Only customers.

Word to autosave new docs to the cloud before you can even hit Ctrl+S

Kane
Mushroom

assuming the user has a Copilot Chat or Microsoft 365 Copilot license

Hahaha!

No.

WTH makes you think that anyone needs a license in order for MS to read the contents of your files?

End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs

Kane
Trollface

Re: UK home office wanted EVERYONE

"free speed"

Where do I sign up?

Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

Kane
Joke

Re: Err .....

"Of course a square wheel will work just fine, look if you push it really hard it rolls."

That's not important. What's important is it's colour.

LLM chatbots trivial to weaponize for data theft, say boffins

Kane
Terminator

"that chatbots built on its platform may not compromise the privacy of their users"

But possibly might be willing to compromise the privacy of non-users?

Vibe coding platform Anything arrives, our hands-on suggests caution

Kane
Stop

so reliable you can build entire apps without looking at the code once, under the hood.

Nah, we good.

Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power

Kane
Thumb Up

That would be Louis Rossmann

UK proxy traffic surges as users consider VPN alternatives amid Online Safety Act

Kane
Big Brother

Re: VPNs highly unlikely to be made illegal in the UK

If they wanted to do it, they could.

  • Ban the sale of private VPN services within the UK.
  • Become the only provider of "licensed" VPNs.
  • There will be two licensing tiers for "legal" VPNs - the State and private organisations/companies with legitimate "business" interest.
  • Those that claim legitimate interest will have to jump through a series of bureaucratic hoops in order to obtain a license.
  • Those hoops will be repeated, let's say, every 24 months.
  • Throughout those 24 months there will be the opportunity for "spot checks/auditing"
  • Any non-state org that fails either a renewal of the license or fails a "spot checks/auditing" gets heavily fined/slapped on the wrist (depends on the size/thickness of the required dark brown envelope)
  • ????
  • Profit! Control and Censorship!

I would also like to add the following. A comment I made on an article many years ago that got downvoted for reasons: https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2017/07/31/china_russia_clamp_down_on_vpns/#c_3247919

Prohibition never works, but that didn't stop the UK's Online Safety Act

Kane
Stop

"Your information is securely stored...

...in a Dropbox (which may be replicated on approved, secured laptops) and on MSTeams."

I'm sorry, what?

How to train your robot: Wear a tiny one in a baby carrier

Kane
Terminator

Re: Sub Heading - MIssed Opportunity

"Bring Your CHILD To Work Day!"

This was a triumph.

Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safety Act gets rolling

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Thumb Down

Re: Madness

I couldn't tell you who though, because when you do a Google search for this information it has been weirdly censored

Your google-fu skills are lacking, as is your comprehension.

Write-back to aging UK health systems lessens benefits of Palantir-based platform

Kane
Black Helicopters

I wonder...

...who will be supplying the contract(s) to update all those old legacy systems that can't be written back to?

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson backs plan to do a Jurassic Park on extinct birds

Kane
Alien

"Antarctica. People always forget Antarctica."

Blair's been busy out there all by himself.

US Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier crew left half-fed by contractor-locked ovens

Kane
Joke

Re: Rowies

"They need to take a supply of Aberdeen rowies (aka butteries). They were developed back when fishing fleets could be away for weeks - bread rolls so full of fat and salt that nothing could live on them (and so make them inedible). Not necessarily the healthiest food but OK as part of an otherwise good diet."

"The dwarf bread was brought out for inspection. But it was miraculous, the dwarf bread. No one ever went hungry when they had some dwarf bread to avoid. You only had to look at it for a moment, and instantly you could think of dozens of things you'd rather eat. Your boots, for example. Mountains. Raw sheep. Your own foot."

Microsoft's plain text editor gets fancy as Notepad gains formatting options

Kane
Mushroom

Re: Wordpad

"I expect it will grow some video editing functions shortly."

Live integration with Teams.

Nuke it >>>

Workday promises to grow workforce slowly and differently after shedding 1,750 jobs

Kane

"AI is new outsourcing to India."

700

Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive

Kane
Joke

"...and have learned to get along with them."

Some of them are even tasty.

Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors

Kane

Re: Hold on

"Galloping Gertie"!

Poor Tubby

The 12 KB that Windows just can't seem to quit

Kane

++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start

Signalgate storm intensifies as journalist releases full secret Houthi airstrike chat

Kane
Thumb Up

Re: I cannot see how bombing the Houthis helps

"It helps Musk ship Teslas from China to Europe via Suez."

Excellent! Just in time for those foreign manufactured car tariffs!

Linus Torvalds forgot to release Linux 6.14 for a whole day

Kane
Terminator

Re: You know what he needs?

"and then promptly order 60,000 boxes of paperclips"

Release The Hypno Drones

France offers US scientists a safe haven from Trump's war on woke

Kane

Re: les queer studies?

"There is no measles epidemic in the USA."

Lol! Okay, mate

Pirate Bay financier and far-right activist Carl Lundström dies in plane crash

Kane
Childcatcher

Re: muh far right

Exploding Immigrants?

Won't somebody think of the children!!!

Saturn runs rings around Jupiter

Kane
Joke

Re: Should we Pluto some of them.

"That should be plenty of time to come up with a definition of "moon"..."

Space Station

City council rejects inquiry into £130M Oracle IT disaster

Kane

Re: Hmm ...

"Has any other project, even some of the gloriously awful military and government ones, actually managed to go 10x overbudget?"

I'm sure there was an NHS IT project some years back that cost the taxpayer somewhere north of about £350m that didn't amount to much in the way of change.

Microsoft quantum breakthrough claims labeled 'unreliable' and 'essentially fraudulent'

Kane
Boffin

...but the software giant says it’s work is sound...

It's true! Copilot told us so!

More Voyager instruments shut down to eke out power supplies

Kane
Pint

One of these for the team

Cheers!