Smart devices aren't actually smart of course... unless you're comparing them with the people who buy them.
Posts by nijam
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The S in IoT stands for security. You'll never secure all the Things
Cybercrime crew Magnet Goblin bursts onto the scene exploiting Ivanti holes
Nano a nono: Pixel 8 phones too dumb for Google's smallest Gemini AI model
Google sued by more than 30 European media orgs over adtech
The successor to Research Unix was Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Quilter's AI design service nabs $10M to make circuit board design easier
> "They don't actually understand the manufacturing process, nor the physics," he told The Register. "They're just playing a game of connect the dots, and it's up to you as a user to review their work and determine whether or not that design is reliable."
How dreadful. Sounds just like an AI, though...
Microsoft seeks patent for tech to put words into your mouth
Oracle partner gets multimillion top-up after Edinburgh Uni disaster
Re: Sometimes, you should listen to your supplier
> Every HE institution has a Corporate Admin function that is under-resourced and under-appreciated...
I beg to differ. HE institutions typically have a Corporate Admin function that is bloated, not focused on core operation (HE...the clues in the name!), and regard it as essential to create as many PHBs as possible.
From personal experience.
Return to Office mandates boost company profits? Nope
'I’m sorry for everything...' Facebook's Zuck apologizes to families at Senate hearing
UK water giant admits attackers broke into system as gang holds it to ransom
Perfect timing... US Navy throws Boeing $103M to update its sub recon jets
Could immutability be a Leap too far for openSUSE users?
Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next
Silicon Valley weirdo's quest to dodge death – yours for $333 a month
Open source's new mission: To boldly go where no software has gone before
Re: Only for a specific type of open source, and only from a certain viewpoint
> Commercial software in general absolutely attempts to provide for the users' needs
Only if by "user" you mean the intersection of the set of PHBs and the set of procurement executuves. The skills of "commercial software" suppliers lies primarily in exploiting the weaknesses of that subset.
Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump?
RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth
Amazon already has a colossal ads business and will extend it to Prime Video in January
Re: Amazon killing the golden goose.
> If you buy something from their marketplace and it fails after 30 days then you are reliant on the goodwill of the 3rd party supplier.
Why is that a surprise, or any different to buying anything else online? You're buying from the third party, not Amazon, and the Amazon product page makes that clear.
War of the workstations: How the lowest bidders shaped today's tech landscape
Windows 12: Savior of PC makers, or just an apology for Windows 11?
Programmable or 'purpose-bound' money is coming, probably as a feature in central bank digital currencies
UK officials caught napping ahead of 2G and 3G doomsday
England's village green hydrogen dream in tatters
Damn, even the Pope thinks AI and autonomous weapons need reining in
Science fiction writers imagine a future in which AI doesn’t abuse copyright – or their generosity
Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update
Systemd 255 is here with improved UKI support
Re: Everyone Hates systemd
> ... “systemd knew its audience. It provided a free and maintained service that was better and more modern than its predecessors. This made it a no-brainer for many Linux distributions to make the switch.”
But it isn't maintained, it's forever having cruft added, perhaps becuase that's easier than writing good (or even adequate) documentation. It is more modern, but better? No evidence for that, I think. A no brainer indeed, if we're discussing the author ("designer"? No evidence for that either).
Openreach hits halfway mark in quest to hook up 25M premises with fiber broadband
Microsoft confirms Smart App issue renaming everyone's printers to HP
You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing
Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Videoconferencing fatigue is real, study finds
FFmpeg 6.1 drops a Heaviside dose of codec magic
Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules
48-nation bloc to crack down on using crypto assets to avoid tax
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
Making the problem go away is not the same thing as fixing it
> ...desk was right below the fire alarm bell ...
Well, that's a H&S issue straight away, unless he's been issued with earplugs.
Reminds me that I once work at an organisation that tested the fire alarms weekly by slackening off the screws on a cover of the " in case of fire, break glass" units. Yes, you guessed... the threads eventually wore away. Tested to destruction, I believe the phrase is.