Posts by ecofeco

States that aren't nice to ICE still sharing key database full of personal info

Re: A group of forty congressional Democrats :o

Trump is now a Democrat? Who knew?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doubles-down-plan-600000-chinese-student-visas-despite-maga-backlash

Re: hamper law enforcement efforts,

You forgot the /s tag.

ERP carnage continues as orgs jump in unprepared

How is this a mystery?

Goddamn companies do NOT want to provide ANY customer service, so they are offloading the duty to a forms tool specifically made to provide good customer service, and then breaking it with countermanding instructions.

In other words, the usual fuck-headed nepo-fail-baby-trustafarian tossers are asking for water from a rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg&t=250s

AI pilots keep crashing, mostly because firms skip the prep, survey finds

Complexity?

But weren't they selling this on simplicity?

Ah yes, the old "you're holding it wrong" bollocks.

"This parrot is dead."

"No it's not!"

Networking students need an explanation of the internet that can fit in their heads

Re: Google maps for Networks !!! :)

That tool has existed since 1997.

https://www.whatsupgold.com/network-monitoring-software

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

Re: Max Headroom...

Beat me to it.

Done by decades.

Secret setting hints haptic feedback coming to Windows 11 UI

But

Why?

Big Tech's control freak era is breaking itself apart

Re: As irrational as it sounds...

"...it gives the test before the lesson."

Re: "Investors like to see staff cuts anyway"

Many companies have done this, are doing it now and will do it in the future and the end is always the same for them.

Utter destruction.

Facts

"PCs moved data processing from the local office and bureau to the person who most needed to control it. Since then, that control has been slowly clawed back until we’ve almost regressed to the pre-PC mainframe world. The promise of control has been broken."

De-duplicating the desktops: Let's come together, right now

Re: Microsoft did not invent the "Windows 95" desktop

I had to scroll this far down for the correct answer.

Who's watching the watchers? This Mozilla fellow, and her Surveillance Watch map

Re: Surprise!

But AI won't be used for evil!

Source: evil tech douche bros and their taint licking stans

Meta can't afford its $600B love letter to Trump

Re: Have to have somewhere to spend all that money

You really shouldn't slurp your Flavor Aid when talking. It's quite uncouth.

Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty!

Re: 21th century colonialism

Window dressing?

I see what you did there. Well played.

Guarantees?

"Trust us bro."

Sure thing M$. Sure fucking thing.

Microsoft will force its 'superintelligence' to be a 'humanist' and play nice with people

Tech douche bros says what?

Ah yes, tech douche bros famous for how well they treat other people and their gold (bricking) standard of (hostile) customer support.

I think I've hurt myself laughing.

'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft engineer says, explains how to fix it

Re: And here it is ...

As sure as the sun rises.

I far prefer Linux over Windows, but Sys D has no effect to me on a daily working basis.

Does all my hardware work? Does it communicate without a lot of faffing about? Do I have to worrying about weekly updates borking everything? Why do I even need weekly updates? Is my OS spying on me?

That's the real world. Computers are tools. They either get the job done or not. I care not if the turbo-encabulator has a new spurving bearing or not, as long as it keeps working without being a daily fiddly mess.

Re: If only there was an alternative OS

That's weird. You just described Windows.

Re: If only there was an alternative OS

Is this a trick question?

The one that works for you, of course. Since they are ALL free, you can try them all out.

Researchers want to kill the vibe, propose better model for AI coding

Re-inventing the wheel

...apparently never gets old, does it?

Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive

Same old story

New system same story.

Google has been riffling our stuff for years. ------------->>>>>

Foxconn hires humanoid robots to make servers at Nvidia's Texas factory

Re: Meh, I see it as...

Trust us it's different this time!

...said every EX-ruler in history.

No details except

Trust of bro?

Not blaming El REg here, just noticing it's the usual corporate bollocks.

OpenAI's Altman and Friar walk back remarks about federal loan guarantees

1.4 trillion dollars

Rejoice poor people! Many of you may die from neglect, but that is a chance they are willing take!

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

Re: "all in alignment with human intent"

Your take would be correct.

Re: I want defensive automatons....

This.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's security falls apart amid layoffs

My grandma, what big eyes you have!

"All the better to steal you blind," said the wolf.

Deploying to Amazon's cloud is a pain in the AWS younger devs won't tolerate

But more steps is better, right?

Every fool knows that more steps means better!

More clicking, better! More forms. Better! More lines of code. Better! More menus. Better! More protocol. Better! More abbreviations. Better!

More complexity isn't sus at all, fool!

You should read the tech douche bro book ,"50 Steps to Wipe Your Arse with AI" and get with the times!

Re: Byzantine pricing

Working as intended.

Cisco suggests a stubby chassis, shrunken servers and router, to tame the edge

Re: Fat chance.

This. I have no idea how they stay in business. Their products are shite.

If it weren't for corporate buyer conflict of interest stock support, they would have long been gone.

UK judge delivers a 'damp squib' in Getty AI training case, no clear precedent set

Stored or not stored?

That has nothing to do with anything.

It was obviously used. By a for profit company.

Goddamn we live in idiot world.

Win10 still clings to over 40% of devices weeks after Microsoft pulls support

And more people will eventually be switching to Linux

Win 11 is spyware incarnate. I spent months cleaning out all the hidden crap and every few months, I find new stuff I have to turn off, disable or delete. It's a very deep rabbit hole of spyware. Win 10 was bad enough, but Win 11 is a train wreck.

Every time I touch my Linux box, it's pure relief to not have to worry about any of that crap.

I only have Win 11 at home as I still do corporate support and it's my daily test bench. I can do testing things on it that corporate won't allow. I also still have one Win 10 box, but it's actually a dual boot Win/Linux, so when it finally becomes unable to defend itself, I'll just boot to Linux and be done with it.

My third box is Linux and has been for years.

'What the hell, Microsoft?' Users hit with incorrect ESU and LTSC Win10 out-of-support messages

Patch Tuesday is itself, a fail. It should not exist at all.

So no.

Maybe they're not holding it right?

Oh wait, that was Apple.

M$ always gonna M$ and tech douche bros always gonna tech tech douche bro.

And M$ taint-licking stans can go play in traffic.

Google Cloud suspended customer's account three times, for three different reasons

I never get tired of saying it

So, how's that cloud thing working for you?

Labor organizers accuse Rockstar Games of 'ruthless act of union busting' after layoffs

A game company treats employees like shite?

WHOCOULDAKNOWED?!

Re: Mistake

Clueless git, anitcha?

ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare

IdioTs

Maybe everything and the kitchen sink doesn't need to be connected?

Just a thought.

From Intel to the infinite, Pat Gelsinger wants Christian AI to change the world

Supply Side Jesus

Approves!

OpenAI spreads the imaginary wealth beyond Microsoft with $38B AWS deal

I dunno about imaginary wealth

We should ask the thousands of employees who were fired from the those tech companies about their imaginary money being used for AI.

YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous

Re: Environmental damage

Now I haz the sadz.

LOL! Not.

Re: Environmental damage

Your self referencing circular logic argument is quite lovely. It's makes for a cute straw-man. You should give it a name and dress it up.

Reality indeed.

Re: Environmental damage

Self appointed gatekeeping M$ fanbois says what?

Re: I only use Windows for work

Oh, they could even block viewer access by OS if they want.

Re: I only use Windows for work

LOL wut? It was the whole point of the ban.

Do try and keep up.

Re: Environmental damage

They can always switch to Linux.

Microsoft just revealed that OpenAI lost more than $11.5B last quarter

Somewhat current numbers

https://thefinancialbrand.com/news/artificial-intelligence-banking/why-95-of-enterprises-are-getting-zero-return-on-ai-investment-191950

https://www.businessreport.com/article/has-investment-spending-on-ai-gone-too-far

https://www.firstlinks.com.au/simple-maths-says-the-ai-investment-boom-is-doomed

https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/ai-investment-bubble-inflated-by-trio-dilemmas-2025-09-25/

Re: There is a bill to pay

Which one?

International Criminal Court kicks Microsoft Office to the curb

Re: Bye, it was nice to know you

First day it's released?

AI blew open software security, now OpenAI wants to fix it with an agent called Aardvark

Re: For Free?

It's extortion and always was.

It's really the only thing corporations offer these days.