Posts by mhoneywell

India’s IT minister moves to Zoho’s spreadsheet and word processor, urges 1.4 billion people to do likewise

A few valid points, but Universities aren't ours. They are businesses whose services are available to anyone prepared to pay.

Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses

25% my arse

What a an absolute crock of shit

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be coders, Jensen Huang warns

Hmmmm

I much prefer a world where people can look under the covers and understand what's going on, rather than leaving it to AI. That's what a healthy relationship with AI would look like.

OpenAI meltdown: How could Microsoft have let this happen after betting so many billions?

Can we agree?

That this episode will be the most interesting thing that happens in the realm of AI for the next 25yrs?

Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases

Only 3 in 5

Who are they asking? It's got to be higher than that.

India's – and Infosys's – favorite son-in-law Rishi Sunak is next UK PM

Who fucking cares

PC shipments fall at fastest rate ever as businesses slam wallets shut

My desktop is A5 sized and my monitor is roughly 30 inch. What's not to like?

I have a laptop too.

Feds slay dark-web souk Hydra: Servers and $25m in crypto-coins seized

Re: Hydra hosting provider

Well, apart from the other stuff, yes.

Want to feel old? Aussie cyclist draws Nirvana baby in Strava on streets of Adelaide because Nevermind is 30

Re: Pay

"... network-level blocking for the most egregious ad networks." Such as?

Mensa data spillage was due to 'unauthorised internal download'

Re: Wow

No. It really shouldn't.

AWS Frankfurt experiences major breakdown that staff couldn’t fix for hours due to ‘environmental conditions’ on data centre floor

Re: European Alternatives to Oligopoly

OVH Cloud - have you missed something?

https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/10/ovh_strasbourg_fire/

To be fair, they are now probably a step ahead of AWS in terms of understanding the implications of DR.

Why did automakers stall while the PC supply chain coped with a surge? Because Big Tech got priority access

People used to say that about seatbelts

Turns out they're pretty good.

Guy who wrote women are 'soft, weak, cosseted, naive' lasted about a month at Apple until internal revolt

Ycombinator

If ycombinator has got your back, you must be a total ******* ****

Terror of the adtech industry iOS 14.5 has landed, and Siri can answer your calls ... though she/he can't hang up

Apple = The New Google

But with nicer hardware. It may stop -ad tech- tracking you. But Apple will track you.

SAP exec reminds the world that Microsoft is a customer

As you note...

This is nothing new. There are many - quite possibly most - tech firms that not only don't use their own software. But also can barely cobble together a functional solution for their own needs whilst selling consulting services that promise to do just that for you.

Back to the office with you: 'Perhaps 5 days is too much family time' – Workday CEO

He's right

It might take a little while but everyone will be back in the office if and when this mess clears up. WFH is unsustainable.

Storage consolidation: Why different flavors of database need different types of storage

Sure

But there's nothing to stop you combing and consolidating lots of databases that are the same onto storage pools.

Even with a 49% uplift in sales and a 46% drop in expenses, Slack still can't turn a profit

Slack by name....

You know the rest.

This market is too crowded and too easy for a company like this to leave a lasting mark.

AI in the enterprise: Prepare to be disappointed – oversold but under appreciated, it can help... just not too much

Yes. Volume is part of it, agreed. But equally the accessibility through the language, the tooling, the hardware/cloud/chip support.

TeamViewer is going to turn around and ignore what you're doing with its freebie licence to help new remote workers

Times like these, the good will be remembered

Well done Teamviewer.

Brands that show heart will be remembered for their support in these times.

The ones that hide will be forgotten.

After 16 years of hype, graphene finally delivers on its promise – with a cosmetic face mask

Graphene Soles

Where have you people been.....these guys put it in their sneakers / trainers!

https://www.inov-8.com/f-lite-g-300-mens

Love T-shirts, but can't be bothered to wash them? We've seen just the thing!

Wool

I think someone already invented this, it's called wool

LinkedIn chatbots to help with 'important conversations'

LinkedIn is like a really shit X Factor....

It just seems to be full of sob / hero / hard work / against all odds stories.

It's like somebody got everything that's good in the world, turned it to shit and sold it Microsoft.

An echo chamber full of fake news? Blame Google and Facebook, says Murdoch chief

Re: Hillarious

The point you raise is valid, but your stupidity is truly bedazzling. It's people like you that give the 'general public' a bad name.

How Google.org stole the Christmas Spirit

F**k Google

Really. Hard and often.

Continuous Lifecycle: Bursting with DevOps and CD goodness

Re: So that explains...

Enjoy the conference!

BlackBerry Priv: Enterprise Android in a snazzy but functional package

Agreed.

But across 5 pages?

1 page really would do and would make a much nicer reading experience.

Voice, data, help desk: Meet the Syrian refugees' IT infrastructure chief

Brilliant

What a great piece. More of this shizzle please.

Hey, folks. Meet the economics 'genius' behind Jeremy Corbyn

Re: The UK hasn't had Margaret Thatcher Mk 2 at all.

I vote for "fat northerner"

W is for WTF: Google CEO quits, new biz Alphabet takes over

Picture Caption

I thought that was fucking fabulous, "Mr Charisma."

PLUTO FLYBY: Here's your IT angle, all you stargazing pedants

Reading on Mobile

It's so much better. None of your forced unnecessary page breaks.

Rackspace to resell and support Microsoft's Azure

Finished

Focus? Strategy? Rackspace shows signs of a company with no identity.

Rogue IT is shadow of its former self

Re: "rogue IT carries on as per usual"

Brilliant. I really hope that's true

'It’s irrelevant whether Elon Musk is a dick or not. At least he’s trying to make things'

good work

excellent

Range Rover Sport: Like a cathedral on wheels, only with comfier pews

Re: You also cannot take it over Marlow Bridge (even if you're a Yummy Mummy)

"The pictures were obviously shot at the very trendy Compleat Angler in Marlow by the wier."

Presumably by someone whose never used a camera before..they are awful - manage to make an extremely expensive, luxurious car look like a second hand car-boot-fair runner.

Uh oh, it's Mobilegeddon! Your site may lose, well, pennies

No ads - oh dear

I know it feels really clever to run ad blocker but remember, the less ads you see the more content you will read that has been paid for by advertisers.

How you feeling now?

Why weasel words might not work for Whisper

Excellent

Very good piece.

Gates and Ballmer NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS – report

Re: Ballmer's MIcrosoft legacy...

Most successful people only have one good idea, and it usually only succeeds by accident.

I don't think you can criticize people for that.

Is it an iPad? Is it a MacBook Air? No, it's a Surface Pro 3

Re: One inconvenient design flaw...

Dare I say, it's got 99 problems, but the pitch ain't one?

Supercomputing speed growth hits 'historical low' in new TOP500 list

Old

Wasn't this announced last week?

Rap chap tapped for $3 BEELLION: Apple buys Dr Dre's Beats

Excellent sub-head

I definitely didn't forget anything about Dre. But I'm jolly impressed with your Dre based knowledge.

Oracle releases 'lite' virtual Big Data appliance

Re: Oracle

You get used to that after a while.

I like the shift into componentized systems generally though. Seems to make the whole world an easier place and I really need that right now. Just wish I could find someone to agree with me....

And yes, I know eggs in one basket etc. But again, you get used to that after a while.

Security guru Bruce Schneier to leave employer BT

writing for you

He's the best, you should sign him up at all costs.