Posts by Oh_bollocks

Ex-Googler Eric Schmidt's think tank warns China could win global tech race

Murderbot shill

I’m fairly sure any report from Eric these days is going to favor big spends on murderbots with googley-eyes. That’s my coat - I’ll see myself out.

Too many staff have privileged work accounts for no good reason, reckon IT bods

Opportunity Cost of lockouts

Sometimes it’s not all bad when someone adjacent to the dev team can see their changes on their trello board and give a heads up that systemic failure events dovetail perfectly with said trello board timeline.

It’s not all bad when someone organically discovers your code in GitHub enterprise and recognizes that they can become a consumer of your APIs/services.

Lock it all down, but expect less of “You weren’t supposed to see that, but thank the gods you did.”

Scumbag who phoned in a Call of Duty 'swatting' that ended in death pleads guilty to dozens of criminal charges

The thread is a breath of fresh air. Try bringing up the "police could maybe share responsibility" angle in a US based forum and people explode as if you've gone crazy.

Thank you all for not being patently blind!

Some of you really don't want Windows 10's April 2018 update on your rigs

only 16% installed it because

Reckon that's how many made it past the endless loop of installation failures.

How many man-years of productivity will be thrown in to feed MS's dumpster fire?

Middle aged IT guy here

I have enough to deal with at work, do not appreciate IT problems made for me AT HOME by a vendor with really dodgy updates.

Stingray phone stalker tech used near White House, SS7 abused to steal US citizens' data – just Friday things

Send me that SMS 2FA token!

PSA: SMS two factor authentication is no way to go about securing oneself.

Google diversity memo: Web giant repudiates staffer's screed for 'incorrect assumptions about gender'

Re: Old Fashioned values

I haven't read the manifesto but anyone that bothers to write a manifesto is probably crazy.

I think it safe to assume it suggests diverse backgrounds and opinions are more important than race (all of these things skew from social construct).

I don't know if firing is the right action to take when you disagree with opinions you find distasteful, although it's probably fine to say to the employee that their words are not in alignment with the culture.

Apple's Faulty Powers moment: iPad Pro slabs 'temporarily bricked' during recharge

I recall when the iPad Air came out that it suffered Safari crashes for the better part of six months. Expect dead silence from Cupertino until a brief admission of fault just ahead of a fix. Not complete dead silence, though. There will be 100+ page threads on their support forum of angry users screaming into the void. Take comfort in knowing that the diagnostic logs are no longer viewable on device, since apparently having a record of a fault visible to users was distasteful to apple.

Ex-NSA lawyer warns Google, Apple: IMPENETRABLE RIM ruined BlackBerry

Re: This guy is an idiot

Absolutely this. They only lasted as long as they did because of security. Many IT departments advised of the risks of moving to BYOD policies, and needing to license a new product for mobile device management is NOT something you want to do... Until you realize that the C-Level execs are all toting iPhones and Androids around and they'll have your head if you don't "make it work!"

LTE's backers vow to KILL OFF WI-FI and BLUETOOTH

Bluetooth LE (BTLE) not LTE. Please go back and rewrite the Bluetooth section so it makes sense.

Google makes malware microscope Mac mod

Open the floodgates!

The sooner OSX users need a proper AV to bog down their systems, the better (for its competitors).

SECRET Apple-Comcast CONFAB BLAB: Movies streamed to TV? – report

This is in Apple's best interests.

Network Neutrality is dead in the 'ole US of A and will not be missed. ISPs are now billing content providers to route their traffic.

You pay Comcast for 'general' bandwidth, then you pay Apple for the data you want, then Apple pays Comcast so it can deliver you the data. This way it ensures there can be no new players entrant into video streaming services unless they've already got a fat wallet.

iOS 7's weak random number generator stuns kernel security – claim

Re: Is this random number generator actually used in security applications?

I used another method: arc4random()

Never heard of earlyrandom....

Fanbois, prepare to lose your sh*t as BRUSSELS KILLS IPHONE dock

Apple charger is universal already.

It has already been said in the thread, but the charger is already universal as it has a USB plug on it. I charge my iPhone on a Kindle charger all the time and on my Windows PC through - you know - the USB port.

You DON'T need a new MacBook! Reg man fiddles with Fusion, pimps out vintage Pro

Re: HD + SSD management

I created a symbolic link for my home directory that points to a folder on my HDD. That way all your installed apps and system files are on the SSD, but your downloads/music etc are on the HDD.