Posts by Halfmad 880 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jan 2013
This is similar to how I use to test candidates for jobs. Bit of a pop quiz to start, some practical test e.g. point to things and ask them to explain how they work (such as a mechanical drive, switch, hub etc)
Then onto the actual interview.
If they couldn't tell me the difference between a network hub and switch they were generally doomed though.
I work with a 23 year old chap who had never used a paper hole punch, when asked to file something in a binder he also didn't know what a binder was.
It's a knowledge gap, nothing more. I remember being that age and being asked to make changes to velum drawings manually, I had no idea how to scrape and redraw on velum, same idea - just needed some guidance. I think the difference is people there days make a song and dance about it online like it's an entire group of people within an age rather rather than the tiny number who hit problems.
Social media is a cancer on our society for exposing private lives to others.
Internet "journalists" are the same for dramatising completely mundane things for clicks and views.
I've worked with some who absorbed MORE competent IT departments and ended up pushing out the better staff because they made the larger company staff look bad by comparison.
I remember working for one company, when we merged they did a survey of both companies in relation to IT support (as they wanted to outsource it entirely). Our company had an approval rate internally over over 90% which is insanely good, the other, large company was under 20.
The poorly performing one was kept as oddly enough the person getting to make the decision was in charge of that for the previous 10 years, spouted some nonsense about "learning to do better" then went back to sleep while his best staff left.
Maybe in a couple of decades the tech will be up to the job, bulky headsets just aren't good enough for anything outside of a gaming session.
People wear contacts or get eye surgery because they don't want to wear stuff on their faces, the idea of actively having to wear something like this for the entire working day, or even half the day is horrifying.
I have a CV1 at home, I'm a fan of VR in general but it's got a LONG way to go even with the more modern headsets.
policy the likes of which Paypal were considering (and probably still are) should never be created without a pressing legal reason, I don't see it here. They have exceptions for terrorism etc, misinformation is so option to interpretation that it's laughable and if based on scientific understanding will be subject to continual change - it will never be accurately enforced and is therefore a terrible idea.
So, on one hand you have an ever-changing understanding and on the other you have subjective opinions being used, this is a recipe for disaster which lawyers will love as it'll make them even richer.
Very good point.
iPads, iPad minis etc are not often used portably outside of the home or business and with the way remote working has gone in-person meetings are fewer and fewer so the demand by sales people etc for portability has largely vanished too.
Schools certainly don't want foldable kit, its just one more point of failure.
I think it's a hugely niche market and will remain so until the technology has proven it's worth over a number of years.
I am not a fan of cancel culture or firing for the sake of it but there are serious ethical issues at these hospitals and arguably compounded by financial incompetence.
You could argue that it was an exchange and not purchase - but I'd argue that value was purchased with patient information, highly unethical and is in financial reports = it's been bought somehow, exchange of goods.
ICO should have it's big boots on and the boards need clearing out.
Windows 7 could have been supported for longer but was becoming a complete mess of code. That was part of the bonus of Windows 10 although it's going the way route.
The need for new OS isn't always to punt new machines, Linux variants offer updates just as often, not from a commercial stand point. A lot of it is code housekeeping.
The bigger question is why MS can't keep it's code tidy on new OS for longer.
It's mining your interactions with it irrespective of whether you make a purchase or not. Any interaction can be used and that could also be accidental - or why not even expand that to be passive listening and mining since that's how the devices have to operate in order to be ready to respond?
It's not ridiculous to complain that you are unaware of essentially dubious use of your interactions
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