Posts by Clunking Fist

When your technological ghosts come back to haunt you, expect humbug

Film this

This is soooo visual and epic. And then the scream, Wow. (Make sure you film in landscape, mind.)

Australian video-streamer lets users opt out of ads for burgers, booze, and betting

"Australia’s SBS will allow users of its video streaming services to opt out of ads for burgers, booze, and betting."

I can't believe I read that to mean opt-out "in return for" burgers, booze, and betting...

"WTF?" I thought, so clinked to read more.

Astroscale wants to be the world's friendly neighborhood space garbage collector

WEF?

"The World Economic Forum (WEF) appears to agree with these time scales." What's this? Casual acceptance that they are the world gummint now?

Amazon confirms it locked Microsoft engineer out of his Echo gear over false claim

Re: I grew up with "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me."

There's a difference between bullying and some mean words. I survived mild-ish bullying. "Excuse me can I help you?" Really?

"Yep, this right here is exactly why I don't trust... Amazon..."

Not to mention the time they stole the tips from their drivers.

Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU

Re: Policy driven

"If there is a will, there is a way."

Arts graduate politicians can "will" these things as much as they want, but it is up to the private sector to do the work. Why would they when they can shift production to cheaper countries. And not necessarily because those countries are artificially cheap, but because western countries are artificially expensive.

Re: Policy driven

"We don't want to do any business with Putin's Russia for obvious reasons."

Not too obvious to me. If it is okay to do business with countries like China and Saudi Arabia, why not Russia? If we are happy to build car batteries using minerals extracted by children and slaves in the Congo, why not Russia?

Twitter starts auction to flip the bird, furniture, pizza ovens, gadgets galore

Charity?

Elon missed a trick. This will raise so little in the scheme of things, it would have been better to say "all proceeds to charity".

Nice smart device – how long does it get software updates?

Re: Nobody

After discovering too late that a homeless guy had used the dryer to warm up his dog's blanket, never went near one again.

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

Re: You're all smart people (cough cough)

Back of the envelope? Do you know the difference between Sales, Gross Profit and Net Profit?

£millions

£328 Sales

£95.1 Gross Profit (Sales less cost of product sold, e.g. coffee beans and milk)

£16.5 Operating Profit (Gross prof less wages, rent, electric, etc)

£5.4 Tax

£5.4/£16.5 = 32.7% but but corp tax is 19%!

Appeals court already under fire for upholding Texas no-content-moderation law

Re: Here we go...

"conservatives trumpeting a debunked legal theory based on a debunked misrepresentation of the constitution."

Really? I don't know your credentials, but a Court of Law says you may well be wrong.

To preserve Earth's treasures, digital silence is golden

Re: As Jean-Paul Sartre put it...

What you are saying is that we are all too rich and have too much leisure time. King Charles and the World Economic Forum agree with you and are working hard to fix this.

"if we can find a spot without many of them, we should keep it that way so we can enjoy it."

King Charles, 'that you?

UK chemicals multinational to build hydrogen 'gigafactory'

Re: Quick charging

Ramsbottom to London 3 hours 30/3 hours 40, 226 miles. Why would I want to stop for an hour? If you want, I can ask the wife to put her knitting drive for a bit if you insist.

Hello from London and similar

Unless you have space to store (and hence charge) your EV on your own property, you will not be keen on EV, rapid charge or not.

Always read the comments: Beijing requires oversight of all reader-generated chat

Re: Socialism?

Crikey, members of the governing bodies of the various womens' sports groups had better steer clear of Sweden.

Re: Too risky

Eh? Blaming OrangeManBad for something IS correct rightthink. As is blaming Putin for inflation and NOT the various central bankers of the world and their loose monetary polices and lockdowns.

Re: Administrivia

Or you said something about Biden.

Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans

We make no apology

Updated to add

A spokesperson for Amazon has been in touch, responding to the tech giant's critics:

We make no apology for stealing the tips given drivers by customers via our App. It's what any Mega US business would do. We've already seen this make a small contribution to executive bonuses by reducing costs by 0.0000048 percent after deployment in the US, and campaigners who suggest we're implementing this technology for any reason other than profitability are simply mistaken.

China plans to toss foreign-made PCs from government agencies 'in two years'

Wow, thanks for that link. What a pointless exercise. Governments, eh?

Starlink's Portability mode lets you take your sat broadband dish anywhere*

Re: "If Starlink detects a dish isn't at its home address, there's no guarantee of service"

Don't most festivals work with telcos to have transportable cell sites installed? If enough concerts/ball games are held in one place, venue owners often provide free space for multiple telcos to install cell sites.

Re: "If Starlink detects a dish isn't at its home address, there's no guarantee of service"

Why can't campers just use the campsite's wifi and their fav VPN? Or the campsite work with telcos to have a cell site nearby? Or have an Ethernet port next to the power outlets?

South Yorkshire to test fiber broadband through water pipes

Re: Microwaves..

But that's how we like our pheasants. The cooked peasants, not so much.

Samsung updates its most popular smartphone range

Second hand, VG value for monies

Indeed. S10s all round my fam. Even got the wife a very cheap one as it was pre-cracked (she would only do that herself within a month or two, so why not save $120 and get that feature, err, built in.)

China's top tech city Shenzhen locks down completely for at least a week

I've a Mecturn

Why don't they hand this stuff out prophylactically?

Lawsuit accusing Robinhood and Citadel Securities of colluding to stop GameStop shares from skyrocketing thrown out by judge

Re: What's the problem?

Nick Sandman called and wants to tell you about the settlement he received from CNN for their defamation of him in the "Covington kids" saga.

Many US legal commentators (i.e. lawyers) have opined that the Kinosha kid's situation is almost identical in the misrepresentations made by media/press and politicians. It is a shame that the US media class can't learn. They genuflected slightly after Covington, but then forgot all about the learnings.

MSNBC even sent a journalist to tail the jury bus, in order to identify the jurors. What is the journalistic value of doing that?

If your info about the Kinosha incident is sourced solely from mainstream or your social media bubble, then you missed out on many pertinent facts.

When even screaming progressives like The Young Turks will admit that they lacked all the facts, and now accept that it was self defence, you need to take another look at the evidence.

Re: But RobinHood did block buying Gamestop

"I'm talking about the insanity of the US "justice" system, "

Err, in this case, the US Justice system upheld American law, which specifically allows citizens to carry guns*. The fact that you and I are startled by the thought of an armed populace, in no way overrides US Law.

(*Varies by state and criminal record of the individual.)

Unvaccinated and working at Apple? Prepare for COVID-19 testing 'every time' you step in the office

The Nordics aren't. At least I am lead to believe they aren't.

Nobody cares about DAB radio – so let's force it onto smart speakers, suggests UK govt review

Re: With tongue firmly in cheek?

Behind you! Err, I mean: oh no it isn't...

Oops, they did it again – rogue Soyuz spurt gave ISS an attitude problem

Putin did it deliberate like

I think Putin is sick of hearing that he has been stealing the elections, hacking the DNC, peeing on Trump and invading Congress on 6th January?

This is AUKUS for China – US, UK, Australia reveal defence tech-sharing pact

Re: Tiananmen, Hong Kong, Uyghurs

"Where do you nuke that will achieve that perfect world you seek?"

Dude (or dudette): is it a nuclear POWERED sub, not a nuclear ARMED sub. As they say up north: calm down.

Re: buy gold now

"makes our FBI seem like a bunch of wimps."

General Flynn called, he wants you to read about his treatment by the FBI. Start with the video of Chris Wallace interviewing former FBI Director James Comey. Comey does a good job explaining how the FBI works.

Re: buy gold now

"a powerful Federal government able to dictate both domestic and foreign policy." Are you telling us that Canadian Provinces set foreign policy? Does each province have its own navy?

'This is the new normal,' Microsoft tells US workers: Work from home until further notice

Re: Wow.

"I don't want other people to have the freedom to harm me based on their sole and unqualified opinion"

I think you need to do more research on what these vaccines are capable of. Preventing the spread of the disease is not one of them. I've had the jab, but I've reacted perfectly rationally and fully expect to benefit from it if I get exposed to the disease.

My Body, my choice

So I can choose snuff out a little person inside me (except perhaps in Texas) but I can't keep the govt from jabbing me? With a jab that doesn't prevent the spread of the couf? If I decline the jab, the only person hurt is me.

One way to prevent the govt from jabbing me: get a job with the US Postal Service! The Postal Workers Union have got their members an exemption. How? By threatening to stop giving funding to Democratic campaigns.

Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product for Wolfsburg workers: VW-branded sausages

Re: Just off to the local VW dealership with that part number

I say, may I order some of your cracking wursts?

Nein.

Golly, I can't eat that many on my own.

Re: Just off to the local VW dealership with that part number

Of course, Hors d'oeuvre which must be obeyed!

large scale farming has impacts on the environment

Thankfully, vegetables don't require farms. Hold on...

Re: Alternatively...

Did anyone actually prove the veggie sausages were actually less carbon intensive or did they just take VWs word for it...

Das tut mir leid! Germany's ruling party sorry for calling cops on researcher after she outed canvassing app flaws

Re: Classical attack

Well, my legs are grey, my ears are gnarled, my eyes are old and bent.

Anyone fancy a Snowmobile full of Bags O'Crap? It'll be on the list somewhere

I can easily outsmart them, with my new "Sack of Crap". I also have "Sack of Chisels".

You're not imagining it. Amazon and AWS want to hire all your friends, enemies, and everyone in between

And start pontificating about the fragility of the planet is obvious when viewed from above. F*ck me: I nearly drove off the road when that came over the air.

Re: "talent Hoover."

And a company that would steal the tips from their drivers.

AWS gave Parler a chance, won't say if it talked to NSO before axing spyware biz's backend systems

Re: Avoid NSO......easy, but somewhat "old school"....(see "burner phone")

Sheesh: or just don't bother with a mobile at all?

Jeff Bezos names the fourth person for the first New Shepard flight: Wally Funk

Speaking of Amazon

So, did Jeff ever pay over to his drivers, the tips from customers that his App stole?

I'm a bit nervous when billionaire business tycoons also own the biggest media empires.

The M in M1 is for moans: How do you turn a new MacBook Pro into a desktop workhorse?

5 monitors?! - fap fap fap -

Here's how we got persistent shell access on a Boeing 747 – Pen Test Partners

Re: File

Are you confident the world nuclear super powers' silos aren't running NT4? Or MSDOS?

Fancy trying to explain Microsoft Teams to your parents? They may ask about the new Personal version

Re: They're dead and even Teams won't reach them...

My dad would be 85, too. He also, would not need help. Because he didn't believe in computers and was quite proud of the fact that he lived without them in the house. One day when I was feeling mean, I told him his internet-connected PVR was a computer, as was mum's smartphone.

PCs continue to sell like hot cakes and industry can barely keep up with demand – analyst

I've just replaced my i7-2600 (in a lovely Silencio case from Coolermaster) with an i5-10400F, running 1x 1440 + 2x 1200 monitors. I now need to use a heater, as the system just will not produce the heat of my old i7. I am readying the i7 for my mum and anticipate a least a year or two of life, as long as win 10 drivers/updates continue to be available for it.

I only upgraded as the slowdowns were getting a bit irritating.

God bless this mess: Study says UK's Christian beliefs had 'important' role in Brexit

Re: I'm a leaver

"The democratic option is to vote for another person/party when the current term is coming to an end. Simple as that."

As the EU project had no term-expirey, this wasn't really an option. So hence the referendum. And, lo and behold: the voters voted for another option/system when given the chance...

"The obvious problem is that there isn't enough supply at the moment." Obvious to you. Obvious to everyone else is how there seems to be plenty, even for Australia and New Zealand, who are COVID approx. nil.