Posts by VBF 84 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Sep 2013
20 years ago I was approached for a Test Analyst contract at Microsoft UK.
I attended an interview and MS offered me the role.
The rates were nearly 30% lower than I was currently receiving and the ever-helpful (!) agent told me I should take it because it would look good on my CV.
I refused because I preferred to earn my true market rate, but to me this shows the quality of people MS are willing to pay for.
I was on a project as a Test Analyst some years ago.
At one of the meetings, I pointed out a bunch of bugs, traceable to some common code and suggested that we include testing that in the plans (which i was willing to write)
Scrum master (so-called!) says "We haven't got provision for that in the Scope"
Me: "But we're Agile so could include it"
SM: "We're not THAT Agile!"
Needless to say, 3 months later SM was bitching about missed deadlines, slow progress blah, blah.
Well said.
I have a friend who often tells me "I got this or that on my computer today"
I have to explain to him that he's seeing something on the INTERNET not on his computer and reiterate the dangers of accepting it.
Fortunately, he's learned to ask the right questions BEFORE he clicks on unknown "stuff"
I was working as a contract test analyst on a project for a major British insurer. In one of the "Scrum" meetings I pointed out a bug that was causing several areas of failure
The team leader ("Scrum master") said something to the effect of "That's not in the plan so we're not addressing it"
I pointed out that we were supposed to be Agile.
His response was priceless...."We're not THAT Agile"
I duly made a diary note of his response...6 months later when asked why so many bugs were arising in several disparate areas, I pointed out that this one bug was probably the root cause.
SM: "Well why didn't you test and raise a major bug then?
Me: You told me not to"
SM: (Indignantly) "When did I ever say that?"
Me: (Turning to relevant page in diary) "In the "Scrum" meeting on <date>
There's a moral or two here, but I'm not sure what it / they is /.are.
The MS Link in the OP says "BNPL is currently available in Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev channels and will be available by default to all users in Microsoft Edge release 96. "
IMO BNPL in a browser is just ridiculous, intrusive and insecure.
However if it is just "available" as an Extension, then I see nothing wrong with letting idiots shoot themselves in the foot with it.
But to make it the default. No No No!!!
It goes on to say:
With BNPL in Edge, you can simply link your Microsoft account with your zip account with one click and then bypass sign in from Zip side. It can expedite the application process for you."
Now what could possibly go wrong with that?
Actually their card is excellent. I took one out a couple of months ago, set it as the default payment on Amazon and also linked it to my Google Pay. It has become my daily "go to" card.
It offers me an SMS if I spend over a certain amount (which I've chosen) and has the best website of all my cards, with all transactions so far appearing on the account within seconds of using it.
And to address what another poster said, I doubt Amazon can see all your transactions because, I called them to query something and because it was card-related, they transferred me to New Day who are the actual card issuer. They're also very helpful.
"The difference is that "dropping support" only means that MS doesn't help you if you encounter problems with newer Windows 10 versions on old hardware, which is fair enough. Only with Windows 11 they decided to make this "support" a much bigger issue than it really is."
Well for most people MS Support is about as useful as a f***ing chocolate teapot anyway!!!! It’s the last place I go to find solutions – I’m more inclined to go to Windows 10 Forums / Windows 11 Forums or Tom's Hardware
Reputation? It's Broke Mate
7 years ago I was contracting alongside some IBM long-term "Staffers" in UK. They were all looking to leave without losing accrued benefits or being sued for some sort of breach of contract!
After having had several lunchtime chats 3 of them went contract - I was so glad to be able to offer them advice on that score.:-)
And going back about 15 years, i was on a contract "managed" by IBM...I thought then that I was so glad I didn't actually work for I'm a Big Muppet!!
Some time ago, one of these scumbags called me, so I "agreed " to do what it asked....it's giving me instructions and could presumably hear me typing away.
What it couldn't know was I was doing other work on my PC with no intention of going near it's site. Got it puzzling over why I wasn't appearing when after about 20mins I got bored so issued it with some racist and anatomically impossible suggestions and hung up!
Not big, not clever....but VERY satisfying :-)
Normally though, I just suggest it procreates elsewhere, and I block the number.
References to "it" and "its"? Well he / she and his / hers refer to humans...NOT these scumbags!
What an odd thing to say! Have you not looked in the individual Apps Settings pages, or Androids's Settings > Sound?
I have unique notification tones on my Nokia 6.1 (Android 10) for each of:
2 different Gmail accounts (standard Mail app)
Calendar (standard Calendar app)
Incoming call (my chosen MP3 file)
SMS -Incoming Messages you can choose from about a dozen tones
Alarm sound
Well said.
IMO Vegans have the absolute right to avoid meat, milk etc.
I as an omnivore have the absolute right to carry on eating what I like.
I also benefit from the Vegans, as I can CHOOSE the occasional vegetarian / vegan meal.
Had a delicious lentil burger last week, yet today I fancy some chicken.
I call that a "win-win" situation.
Excuse my "one-downmanship" but my daily use speakers are a venerable pair of Spendor BC1 BBC monitors. 48 year old, infinite baffle design bought second-hand for £160 in 1971.
As @adrianww said (or implied) they leave modern speakers in the dust. When I went to audition a CD player, the Audio shop had to set up a pair of £5000 speakers to get to the quality required - and they offered to buy my Splendors from me!
Change is not always progress, especially considering that the design of the human ear is analogue and thousands of years old!
I cannot believe that this is a legal issue.
Once an item is outside its warranty..if I own it and I can fix it I <expletive> well will!!!
It's when I cannot fix it and nobody else other than the manufacturer is (supposedly) allowed to that you have a problem.
But then...... that's what YouTube videos are for :-)
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