Posts by MrDamage

Official HP toner not official enough after dodgy update, say users

Re: if a customer HP has invested in

>> How about going back to decent, robust products?

Because the modern MFPs HP churn out are just rebadged Samsungs. They bought Samsungs print division a few years ago.

Anyone who has experienced the joys of owning a Samsung dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, or fridge will know how great HP printers will be.

Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt

Re: Sooo

>> "As Trump said there is nothing he can do to make them happy or smile."

Resigning, being impeached, or emulating Elvis's final moments would probably get them to crack a smile.

Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted

>> I need a simple option in FF to make it work like Chrome.

Disable all privacy options, agree to all cookies, use Google as your search engine, and exclusively use AMP links, and it should work like Chrome then.

Oh, you mean NOT like that.

Microsoft trims more CPUs from Windows 11 compatibility list

Re: Goodbye Windows 11

Autocad, Exchange, and iTunes are about the only common packages I can think of that won't run under Wine properly. Even Adobe products work under Wine now. Given that Exchange and Autocad are not exactly in the wheelhouse of "majority of Windows users", then your argument of "for reasons many El Reg readers don't quite get" is flawed.

People only get Windows because it comes with the computer. Maybe it's time for the EU to madate "OS Choice on the Desktop", the same as how they implemented "Browser choice" to prevent MS from having a full monopoly.

If I can migrate PC illiterate 80 year old grannies to linux, anyone can do it.

uBlock Origin dead for many as Google purges Manifest v2 extensions

Re: uBlock Origin dead for many as Google purges Manifest v2 extensions

And how long until Google's SDK rewrites completely remove the ability for v2 to function at all? Just switch to FF and be done with it.

Apple warns 'extremely sophisticated attack' may be targeting iThings

Re: "decides to confiscate your phone"

Just set the password as "getfuckedcopper". They'll assume the worst, lock you up, at trial you can prove your innocence, and then sue for illegal incarceration. Not your fault the cop has thin skin and a fragile ego.

Brit competition watchdog takes aim at Google, Apple's mobile ecosystems

Re: Option to delete google apps

Sorry, meant GrapheneOS, not ChimeraOS for de-googling Pixels.

Re: Option to delete google apps

LineageOS and ChimeraOS are your friends. De-Google your Android.

AI datacenters putting zero emissions promises out of reach

Re: @Paul 195

>> What we dont have is the magic technology of batteries that store enough power, cheaply and safely.

Missed the El Reg stories on sodium/salt batteries huh?

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/15/boffins_bust_sodium_ion_battery/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/06/sodium_ion_batteries_china/

It will also help solve the issue of the highly saline slurry "waste" from desalination plants.

EU demands a peek under the hood of X's recommendation algorithms

I call it Xitter, and I use the Chinese pronunciation of the X sound.

Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog

Re: Here we go again...

Oh, it's Dolores!

Zuck takes a page from Musk: Meta dumps fact-checkers, loosens speech restrictions

Sheer Bollocks.

>> "Fact checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the US,"

Translation: Putin and his lickspittles have been caught out spewing absolute bullshit that is easily disproved. This has lead to the GOP and their toadies whinging about "woke leftist global conspiracy", which is, again, easily disproved.

Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says

Re: For the Clearing of Virtual Swamps, Realise First Baby Steps Create AIMovements

>> A downvote without explanatory feedback,

To carry on in the vein of the great Pterry mentioned previously;

The bursar has forgotten to take his dried frog pills....again.

CAPTCHAs now run Doom – on nightmare mode

I to, had the Warrior, and proceeded to show anyone who complained "keyboard and mouse are superior" that they were wrong in no uncertain terms.

AI's rising tide lifts all chips as AMD Instinct, cloudy silicon vie for a slice of Nvidia's pie

Re: Rather than numbers of AI processors

I suggest we beat them to death with a dictionary that describes the difference, in minute detail, the difference between actual AI, and the LLMs they're trying to pass off as AI.

Are you better value for money than AI?

Given that AI currently does not exist...

And they're just LLM's, I would say yes.

Also, let's see "AI" clear a paper jam.

Parker Solar Probe set for blisteringly hot date with the Sun on Christmas Eve

But the real question is, why didn't they use linguine?

Microsoft coughs up yet more Windows 11 24H2 headaches

Re: They should have called it...

>> Vista 2: Electric Bugaloo

FTFY

Stranded in space: Starliner crew to remain in orbit even longer as SpaceX faces delays

Re: If...

When he started SpaceX, he lost interest in Tesla for a while.

When he bought Xitter, he lost interest in SpaceX and Tesla for a while.

Now that he's bough the US (for less than he paid for Xitter), he's lost interest in his other toys.

Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push

Re: One ring to rule them all.

Someone mention onion rings? No? Dammit.

Musk's lawyer asks SEC to quit pestering the shy and retiring billionaire

Don't worry, you'll get everything you wished for in a month's time.

But don't come to us looking for sympathy after that. You can find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.

Cruise robotaxis parked forever, as GM decides it can't compete and wants to cut costs

Re: Reality is at fault

My last reality check bounced.

Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad

Re: Crushing Human Creativity

>> "That’s suing people for copying, which is the opposite of being creative."

People who live in glass houses....

https://visual.ly/community/Infographics/technology/braun-or-apple

Musk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher

Re: My Bullshit Meter Just Exploded

Except the moment we make something idiot proof, the universe responds by building a better idiot.

It's 2024 and Intel silicon is still haunted by data-spilling Spectre

Re: As an outside observer...

I likened AMD to Japanese cars, and Intel to American.

Japanese cars improve everything AROUND the engine to ensure the engine runs at it's best possible performance.

American cars are just "more inches=betterer".

Chrome Enterprise Premium promises extra security – for a fee

Re: Safer browsing

We promise not to monetise your data (while silently stealing and monetising your data).

Fuck em right in the earhole.

Re: Browsers for everything

>> Google is the company that has done more than anyone else to push it.

Hard disagree. Apple's "you must use shitty webkit pseudo-browser app on iThings" regime was more of the hard shove than Googles effort.

Musk 'texts' Nadella about Windows 11's demands for a Microsoft account

Re: Just bought a new PC laptop and it won't let me use it

I take it you've never dealt with a CEO before. I've never encountered one that had any form of IT equipment that was part of the official SOE.

Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people's personal data

Re: OK

Remind me to have fuckall sympathy for you whenever you get taken for a ride.

Amazon hopes to avoid labor regulation by simply abolishing national watchdogs

Abolish the NLRB!

It's the only thing preventing other unions from going on sympathy strikes. Let them FAFO.

Rice isn't nice for drying your iPhone, according to Apple

Re: Moral dilemma

Leave out the dryer sheets for wireless charging.

European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal

Re: Well good thing the UK had Brexit

>> Britain doesn't like to be reminded of it, but it invaded and colonised plenty of countries over the years.

I preferto think of Britain as the greatest exporter of Independence Days.

Australia passes Right To Disconnect law, including (for now) jail time for bosses who email after-hours

Trump Lite II

We already had the onion-eating budgie smuggler.

Ukraine claims Russian military is using Starlink

Weasel Words

He's not lying if he just gave them to Papa Putin free of charge.

BOFH: Hearken! The Shiny Button software speaks of Strategic Realignment

Tack AI onto the end, and it;s a definite winner.

Closure of Windows 10 upgrade path still catching users by surprise

Re: To be fair…

I didn't log into my Micros~1 account for a couple of months. Next time I tried to, it wouldn't let me continue without handing over my bloody phone number. Nope, fuck that.

Re: Microsoft wants users to move to Windows 11

Download the Windows 11 install assistant, right click, compatibility tab, and set it to run in Win7 mode.

No, I'm not joking. I've used it on 2 recalcitrant PCs and it worked.

Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11

Re: Sudo

Bob was a dog, not a fish.

Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute

Re: Less than a minute?

Not to mention, a lot of models have handy drainage holes under their keyboards in case you spill your ----->

Windows 10 users report app gremlins after Microsoft update

Re: Alternatives

More stable OS with longer support.

Microsoft has a track record of being the absolute embodiment of Hanlon's Razor.

Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission

Re: Again?

Silly question, but have you disabled background apps?

What Microsoft's latest email breach says about this IT security heavyweight

Re: do they?

"Stole" source code? I'd believe it, if BillG hadn't given China the source code to start with.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2681548/china-gets-access-to-microsoft-source-code.html

You think the CCCP's demands would have stopped at WinXP?

Re: do they?

Did Xenix count?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix

Tesla Cybertruck gets cyberstuck during off-roading expedition

Re: Subaru diff lockers?

Who can afford a specific locker for their diffs these days? I just keep them in the shed to go rusty like a sane person.

Re: Sports Futility Vehicle

Do you really want a hub motor to be the second point of suspension (after the tyre, and before the actual springs and shocks) when off-roading?

Florida man slams 'tyranny' of central bank digital currencies in re-election bid

Re: @Lee D

Yes, because the guy who is willing ot testify publicly has something to hide, yet the ones who demand closed door inquiries are the paragons of truth and openness.

Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet

Re: Alternative uses

Because geothermal, solar, wave and wind are limited depending on locality, and people are antsy about nuclear and fossil fuels.

We want clean energy, we have to start looking up.

YouTube video lag wrongly blamed on its ad-blocking animus

Re: I can smell something... smells a lot like bullshit

>> "And I'm sick of entitled wanker users running around expecting the world on a plate for free."

Are the websites willing to take 100% legal and financial liability for malware served by the adverts placed on their websites? No.

Are the advertising networks willing to take 100% financial and legal liability for malware served via their advertising network, whether by "legitimate" purchase of ad-space, or hacking? No.

Do advertisers take it as fact that if you buy a new toilet seat online, you are now starting a hobby of collecting toilet seats? Yes.

Can any advertising company explain to me exactly why they need to share my toilet seat purchase with ANYONE? No.

Advertising has been the biggest drain on QA department budgets for decades.

Microsoft touts migration to Windows 11 as painless, though wallets may disagree

The simplest solution, is to stop supporting CEOs who do not support open source. Fortnite's anti-cheat does work on linux, Tim just hasn't given the OK to flip the switch.