* Posts by chivo243

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Intel's top-spec Raptor Canyon NUC can double as a 700+W space heater

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Re: Where are the Low Power PC's/NUC's ?

Aaaagh! Two Bots!!

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Re: Where are the Low Power PC's/NUC's ?

It's a downvote bot... it randomly downvotes comments without any downvotes...

Musk sows more Twitter chaos, now with Official policy snafu

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Re: "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months"

Well duh, with His Muskness at the helm, we're expecting that.

I'm growing tired of pulling popcorn seed husks out of my teeth... I need a new snack. What do you snack on during a disaster film?

Boffins find COVID changed the way sysadmins work – probably for the worse

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I like lists!

But not meetings so much, unless they were with my immediate team, those were productive.

Feds find Silk Road thief's $1b+ Bitcoin stash in popcorn tin, hidden safe

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Re: I Don't Get It...

but you can't go back to where your friends and family live.

Bring the mountain to Mohammed, especially with that mountain of cash... I'm sure your friends and family would love an all expenses paid trip to your tropical island!

Europe wants Airbnb and pals to cough up rental property logs

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Re: It had to happen

yes, they will just skim the top, and take the cream they can get for the time being. Once they have figured out how to regulate more, bingo, Bob's your Uncle...

Parody Elon Musk Twitter accounts will be suspended immediately, says Elon Musk

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I think the speech he was referring to was his own anointed words, and not using his likeness to say the un-anointed thought.

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Re: I've managed without Twitter this far

I've been there a couple of times by accidentally clicking a link I thought was to another article... not the twat 0' sphere.

SolarWinds reaches $26m settlement with shareholders, expects SEC action

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my last gig used SolarWinds WebHelpDesk... or at least the IT office used it, users rarely submitted tickets.

NFT vending machine appears in London

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Doctors have come up with a name for the disease these poor suckers have... Barnumitis.

Elon Musk reportedly outlines horrible Twitter layoff process

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Re: Some people go to car races to see the accidents

it wuz the guvuner lady wut dun it!

Big brands urged to pause Twitter ads until Elon's learned how this all works

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Re: Good.

Ah yes! I must have a downvoting bot... every once in a while, I get a downvote and I can't fathom why. Now I know! Waiting for that downvote now!

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Re: hmmm...

Fuel prices you say... My brother bleats on about how high the gas prices are in the US and the president is to blame, no ifs ands or buts. I silently do the math for the cost of fuel here in France, and I can only laugh to myself. I'm paying nearly €10 per gallon, I think it was €2.39 per liter at the las fill up. I think there are 3.96 liters per gallon... I'm way too lazy to look up the precise conversion. TLTLIU...

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I give you an upvote, but consider what myspaces' demise opened the door to? IG FB TT. WTF?? These social networks are like crime gangs... One goes down, two pop up...

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Re: cesspit

Mos Eisley reference gets you a +1 and a virtual pint!

InSight Mars lander has only 'few weeks' of power left

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Re: Use inclined solar panels

What's needed is for a Martian to pop out with a bucket and sponge, give it a quick rub down and demand 5 Martian dollars.

Believe me, those martian$5 window cleans aren't worth it... perhaps only to get them to leave you alone.

Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

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OS X?

I haven't heard that term in quite some time. Didn't Apple go back to macOS and it's new splinters, tvOS, iPadOS and WatchOS?

And as far as Windows, I'm done at Win10, Windows going up to 11 isn't quite like SpinalTap going up to 11... now is it?

Porsche wants to sell you a rusty tailpipe soundbar for $12k

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Re: As the saying goes....

"One born every minute." The school of Barnumomics. Can I get one installed in my self driving car?

I can only think that Porsche affiliated groups would go for something like this. The sales office of an aftermarket Porsche upgrade shop, parts dealer, body and fender repair company specializing in Porsche.

Minecraft's 'first luxury goods collection' features real-world $3,000 Burberry coat

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Re: Eh, what?!

Miss Minecraft? Try Minetest! No account, free!

https://www.minetest.net/downloads/

I prefer it over Minecraft, because I don't have a MS account. The boy likes Minecraft, he has a MS login for the xbox...

Zoom to mandate client updates every ninety days, starting Nov 1

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Long in the tooth!

...that was released in June 2020.

Elon Musk shows what being Chief Twit is all about across weird weekend

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It's called micro-dosing for a reason!

Dude, one is enough! Especially at work!

Otto, bus driver.

No, I will not pay the bill. Why? Because we pay you to fix things, not break them

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Impressive! Nice work, I love hot peppers, and making hot sauces!

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Take your fuckin' beer, and please enjoy it! I'm glad we had this conversation!

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Yes, El Reg has changed a lot over the past couple of years. A lot of it was just bad design and bad style changes, (most recent, up votes and down votes are now smashed to the left) I still keep coming back. A lot of the change is the subtle and surgical removal of certain aspects. Bye bye .co.uk, so long Paris we'll always have, oh never mind. See ya around Dabbsy https://autosaveisforwimps.substack.com/ And most annoyingly of all is Biting the Hand that feeds IT is also gone from the masthead.

"BITE THE HAND. You are getting boring."

Yes, even the new "Who? Me" and "On Call" seem to lack the depth they originally had.

What ever happened to the post pub nosh? And the crazy and fun projects like the PARIS paper plane? Yes, I remember that Lester passed away.

What has happened to the spirit of El Reg? I fear it will vanish into the pool of mediocrity. It's sad really, I have more time to read now, and less entertaining content here to read.

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Re: It goes far beyond that ...

good evil, god devil? Wait, what were we talking about?

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I've already made two batches this year... Why wait?

Icon, for you know, chili!

KDE 5.26 gets a second point release (yes, already)

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Re: Sadly? and Slackware

I once had a wallpaper with a beautiful tree, with vibrant branches that stood out. I liked putting folders at the end of the branches! It kept my chaos somewhat organized.

BOFH: I know of a small biz that could deliver nothing for a fraction of the cost

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BOFH, that old softie...

"Is it bad?"

"The document style?" I ask. "I've seen worse. Not many, but I have seen worse."

I get the feeling he's gone soft... I think he would have had more damning and colorful things to say in his younger days!

Apple exec confirms iPhones will switch to USB-C because 'we have no choice'

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Re: One in three chargers that is bundled with these products are never opened.

Nah, they should have a bin of them at the exit just like those gawd awful Allen\hex wrenches you can score at Ikea.... take one if you need it, if you have an extra charger, leave one!

'Chief Twit' Musk delivers bathroom furniture to Twitter HQ ... but not Tesla results

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Whaa?

I can never understand what he means, I wonder what he's 'sinking'?

ISS dodges space junk from satellite Russia blew up

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Re: Hello Garbage Scowl!

The misadventures of an outer space garbage collector and his crew. The original Quark!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077066/

Google's Alphabet to review every project after $6bn decline in profits

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Like Brazil?

I wonder if working at Gafebet is like working at the office in Brazil?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu1iND6vtcE

Voyager mission's project scientist retires after 50 years of service

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Only one to hold the position!

That's cool, but for 50 years! That's extra cool!

If you're still on Windows 7/8.1, it's time to say goodbye to Google Chrome

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Wow, Just Wow!

8.1, will stop receiving support in January of 2023 MS will continue support for both users of Win8.1 ! Wow!

Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device

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On second thought, I'll take two of the top of the line models. They'll look stunning on my Corinthian Leather seats!

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If ya got that much money, chances are, you've taken advantage of the Barnum affect yourself, and have other fool's money to burn. Not to feed yourself, or put a roof over the family's head... just to piss away.

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Himalayan Alligator Leather, yep that was our big problem during our last trip to the Himalayas, the damn alligators were just awful, biting from dusk to dawn, worse than the mosquitos!

What's up with WhatsApp? Messaging platform suffers outage in the UK

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I managed many of my friends' move to Signal. I have to say, it was a good uptake. I only have one cousin that has yet to connect. But these are users from many parts of the world, some, believe it or not, don't have What's APP or it's not popular... so that was a big factor in adoption of Signal.

From the Great Resignation to demand for more overtime

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Present to my successor!

I'm 99% sure my successor to my throne is\should be getting beaucoup OT, beaucoup, beaucoup, beaucoup! Because in the nearly 5 months notice I gave, management played pocket pool as per procedure, they had plenty of time to find a suitable replacement and now they have to pay another salary to an existing employee, or a nice portion, and hope he understands my turn over notes.

I'm sure you got this... keep up the good work!

Data loss prevention emergency tactic: keep your finger on the power button for the foreseeable future

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Re: Another sign of the migration of El Reg Westwards?

The Inquirer was turned off many years ago. Many years ago? Wow, I seem to remember looking it more recently than that... but indeed, it's not anywhere to be found. The only other place I can think of was slashdot... I wonder if my login still exists?

Well, Gents, we can say we witnessed the beginning of the internet, and the beginning of the decline of the internet. Perhaps El Reg is an analog of that process? Shooting star to falling star?

If it's any consolation, we can find Dabbsy here: https://autosaveisforwimps.substack.com/

I don't think Paris followed him.

Grabbing my coat just in case...

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Re: Another sign of the migration of El Reg Westwards?

but where to go? The Inquirer? Wired? Ars? They've all fallen a few pegs in the past 10 years or so.

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wait a minute

Jerry was never Tom's able bodied assistant... He may have double crossed him a few times, but never was he the assistant for long...

IBM doesn't think Brexit is such a bad thing these days

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love to be proven wrong...

...but this won't end well. Not well at all.

As Russia wages disinfo war, Ukraine's cyber chief calls for global anti-fake news fight

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Re: Why is it...

As a very child I was the wuffa kid... What if a car came, what if a bus came, I once asked wuffa train came, and we were miles away from any train tracks.

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it's folly

to take any side unless all the facts from both sides are known.

How I made a Chrome extension for converting Reg articles to UK spelling

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"it's that language mutates." Yes, I believe that Laurie Anderson said "Language is a virus."

Boffins shatter data transmission speed record

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Re: More like a modem...

What about the colors on the wires? White Blue, Blue, White Orange, Brown, White Green etc... surely they must carry the correct colors???

Why are PC webcams crap? Lenovo says it knows the reason

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If they really need to see

The old curmudgeon who keeps their bits dancing, they can, but I'd think that a static picture of Radagast would do just fine...

https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AATXAJzDXxtR00CspEZQdU40kNIaVx2Fvqe986pJ5w=s900-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo

New measurement alert: Liz Truss inspires new Register standard

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She's reached papal levels

Pope John Paul I died suddenly in September 1978, 33 days after his election.

To make this computer work, users had to press a button. Why didn't it work? Guess

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power switch like a trick candle

I once had a user with a "non-standard issue" monitor(graphic designer). It had a finicky power button, with a LED light. Problem was you could press the button, and it would change color amber, green, but the monitor would sometimes stay dark for up to a minute before lighting up, or you could fiddle with the button and it would turn amber, green, display on in a few seconds Then when you would hit the power button to shut it off, it would go to amber, green, and display on again... and sometimes stay dark until you had left the room.