Posts by deathchurch

Microsoft's .NET Foundation under fire as resigning board member questions its role

Moving to java, what a joker you are. If you want to go back in time and have slow performance go ahead…

The evolution of C#: Lead designer describes modernization journey, breaks it down about getting func-y

Re: A mess

Ok grandad, time to move off WCF and onto gRPC. Why on earth would they go to the trouble of porting something like winforms to other platforms just to keep the luddites like yourself happy. Face up to it .NET Framework 4.8 and below are dead in the water, get everything ported to .NET 5 and beyond...

UK contractors planning 'mass exodus' ahead of IR35 tax clampdown – survey

Anonymous Contractor

This person sounds like an idiot, and the gravy train for them has come to an end. Getting paid way more than a permy doing the same job, just pay more tax and be done with it, or go permy and get paid the same as your peers, simple...

Why are we disappointed with the best streaming media box on the market?

Nvidia shield is the best tv box on the market, is this article a paid advertisement or just bollocks?

UK taxmen slammed for tech glitches rampant on child benefits website

Don't have kids if you can afford them without any help from others, it really is that simple...

Banking websites are 'littered with trackers' ogling your credit risk

Re: I think we need to know...

What about all the 3rd party scripts that are reversed proxied, so they will be coming from your banks domain are you going to block them as well? A lot of scripts will run to get a fingerprint of your device to see what else you've been up to, IOVation is just one example...

Virtual reality upstart UploadVR allegedly had in-house 'kink room,' drugs, rampant sexism

Re: Social skills..

You're wrong on every level...

74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+

Re: Linux

Because they want to do actual work rather than spending months tweaking settings and recompiling the kernel just to get Linux to even run...

Three non-obvious reasons to Vote Leave on the 23rd

If you are not voting leave consider yourself a national disgrace, and should leave these shores to go live amongst the krauts and frogs...

Solution to tech bros' disgust of SF homeless people launched

Re: Ah that's sweet

That's a bit harsh on the women who bring in the sandwiches and tea to meetings, and the ones that run the hoovers round...

Enraged Brits demand Donald Trump UK ban

Re: Truth to Power

Good word shibboleth, and you are 100% right, wish we had someone that would stand up the political correct nazis...

It's the end of life as we know it for Windows Server 2003

The $600 per server figure is nonsense, we recently talked to Microsoft about extended support for W2K3 and the figure was many tens of thousands of pounds, plus the cost of a premier support agreement. Or you can pay a smaller lump sum and pay per update per server which also ran into tens of thousands of pounds. There is no discount being offered for big clients either...

UK a 3D TV nation? Not half

Maybe 3D TV owners don't have Sky

I have a 3D TV but don't have Sky, got mine for 3D gaming...

The year's best... HD TVs

Kuro Beater

You might wanna check out the Sony XH903 range for a Kuro beater, and where was the HX903 range in this review?