* Posts by Jamesit

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India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor, snoop

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I just read this on Common Dreams.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-starlink

"'The Corruption Is Staggering': Trump Officials Push Tariffed Nations to Approve Musk's Starlink"

"The glaring conflict of interest inherent in this pressure to preference a Musk-owned company is disgusting," said Public Citizen co-president Lisa Gilbert."

Chris Krebs loses Global Entry membership amid Trump feud

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Re: even worse than that

"All in all, it is one big Cock-up and just what the world has come to expect from Donald 'I know more about everything than anyone who has ever lived' Trump."

Not a Cock-up, more like a Flamingo-up, sort of like a Cock-up, only much much bigger according to Holly.

What the **** did you put in that code? The client thinks it's a cyberattack

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Happy

"AKA "If it's everybody's job it's nobody's job.""

And we all now nobody's perfect!!!

White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports not a typo

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Happy

Re: What would you do?

I thought the problem was all the Fentanyl coming from Canada. Blame Canada.

Dash to Panel maintainer quits after donations drive becomes dash to disaster

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Alert

I'd put a button on the about page for donations.

Microsoft adds another Copilot hotkey – this time for AI voice chat

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Trollface

Re: and for the poor buggers that use computers for REAL WORK?

"TL;DR - HOW DO I AUTO EJECT THE COPOILOT?"

Install GNU/Linux.

US stocks slip as Trump pulls trigger on Canada, Mexico, China tariffs

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Re: Heres

"No one ever said anyone was going to cut people off."

Doug Ford said he would shut off the electricity Ontario supplies to several U.S. states.

Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke

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"Yep! The Firefox Browser is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it."

If you sell my data, I'm paying to use it.

FDA clears Google watch feature to call 911 if you flatline

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And go to YouTube and play "Another one Bites The Dust".

LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab

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Happy

"that means it's big, a bit saggy in places, it definitely has some issues, and it doesn't look as good as it did a couple of decades ago."

I resemble that remark.

Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

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Epyc fail

Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands

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""If, for instance, [Trump] wanted to change the Atlantic Ocean to the American Ocean, we would probably just ignore it."

Don't give him any ideas.

Linux rolls out the welcome mat for Microsoft's Copilot key

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"Clean answers on a postcard to Vulture Towers or in the comments section below."

Can I send it on a batter pudding instead?

'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive

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FAIL

You tossed it, you lost it. Be more careful. And check before you chuck.

Copilot invades Microsoft 365 Personal and Family for an extra three bucks a month

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Fuck off M$. It's my computer.

Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog

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Re: Lower access to porn

I haven't been able to find the link yet, I'll do more searching I should have time Friday night.

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Lower access to porn

I read a report that said areas with less access to porn also had more assaults and sex crimes committed than areas with more porn access. I can't remember where I read it though, it might have been on El Reg, I'll see if I can find it.

Tongue-zapping spoons, tea-cooling catbots, lazy vacuums and more from CES

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Re: Tip of the ...

Reminds me of the Stir-Master from Red Dwarf

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"Korean tech giant LG took to the CES show floor with lots of stuff, and tucked away in its "Inspire & Innovate" exhibit was a fancy cat bed called the "AeroCat Tower" that includes an integrated air purifier."

I thought that would be an air purrifier.

The winner of last year's Windows Ugly Sweater is ...

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Happy

Congrats Sureo!!! Happy Holidays!111!!!!

Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend

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Re: And This Is Why We Have Code Reviews

The Court Jester is a great movie I highly recommend watching it.

Suspected LockBit dev, facing US extradition, 'did it for the money'

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Facepalm

""Panev claimed – dubiously, in the assessment of US authorities, given the nature of the services he acknowledged providing from the very beginning of his work for LockBit and his own extensive familiarity with computer science, hacking, and cybercrime, as discussed in this Affidavit – that he at first did not realize that the work he was doing for LockBit was unlawful," it reads."

WHAT???!!11!!! How could he not know it was illegal? It's a ransom, any ransom should be illegal.

Tesla sued over alleged Autopilot fail in yet another fatal accident

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There should be a way to look at the logs to see what the car was reacting to and flag it for review if it was a false positive. Or better yet would be a locally stored video of the drive, with the option to share it with the manufacturer, sharing logs and video must be opt-in and only the portion needed so they can make improvements.

Good news! You'll soon be able to send faxes again with Windows 11 24H2

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Angel

Re: Faxes?

I want punch cards.

No, I can't help – you called the wrong helpdesk, in the wrong place, for the wrong platform

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Thumb Up

""No, it is not," Warren replied, explaining that he had changed jobs but had the number of someone who could help.

At which point he read out his former manager's personal mobile number."

I hope his former mangler liked the calls.

Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next

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Copilot for arranging the icons on the desktop.

Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge

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Re: Let me get this straight ...

"It isn't clear what kind of warning signs the driver could or should have seen,"

How about a big sign saying "Bridge Closed" and a barrier to entry? That's what I would have done.

Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed

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Happy

"Only one of these was detailed in the indictment: a thumb drive that prosecutors say was advertised as one that could help users break into computers."

ID10T and using a work email, did he want to get caught? Good luck finding a job after he gets out. The fact that the trial is set for April Fools Day is a nice touch.

Google Gemini tells grad student to 'please die' while helping with his homework

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Facepalm

""Please die," the AI added. "Please.""

At least it was polite about it. I hope it takes it's own advise.

Qualcomm's Windows on Arm push would be great – if only it ran all your software

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Joke

Is running Windows on Arm worth the RISC?

Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter?

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Re: those who believe in choice, privacy, and transparency

If there was a movement where people valued choice, privacy, and transparency you can be sure more than 3% of Internet users would part of it.

Some people running FF change the user-agent so it looks like they're running a different browser, these stats don't list the true market share.

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

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"Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth"

They should be able to pay the fine in Russia then.:-D

Merde! Macron's bodyguards reveal his location by sharing Strava data

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Disable location access on the phone. Why do these apps need to track location anyway?

UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good

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Joke

What type of container is best for saving daylight in? I've tried to save it however it always leaks out.

San Francisco billboards call out tech firms for not paying for open source

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Re: Sorry, no.

A better term is "software libre" think free as in free speech, not free beer.

The horror that is VHS revived for horror movie release

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Betamax? CED would be better.

For those too young to remember. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc

One-year countdown to 'biggest Ctrl-Alt-Delete in history' as Windows 10 approaches end of support

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Re: Hardware is not the issue

Open shell is a good replacement for the start menu.

Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can't delete

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Re: There is a corrections link on each comments page

The corrections link is broken for me, this is what I get.

"If you want to send corrections a message, fill in the form below.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

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A problem occurred with the loading/setup of reCAPTCHA.

Please email webmaster@theregister.com if you're having consistent problems with the reCAPTCHA."

The future everyone wanted – in-car ads tailored to your journey and passengers

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"According to the patent application, infotainment advertising could be varied depending on the situation and user feedback. In one example, Ford supposes showing a visual ad to passengers every 10 minutes while on the highway, and if someone responds positively to audio ads, the system could ramp up the frequency, playing audio ads every five minutes."

Ford can kiss my shiny metal arse.

HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way

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"We suspect that such advanced filtering would need some kind of unified inbox for messages and notifications – a feature that we badly miss from our Blackberry Passport a decade ago."

That feature is available by installing Blackberry Hub+ services. On non Blackberry phones it's free for 30 days, It includes BB Hub+ contacts, inbox, notes, tasks, launcher, Password keeper and privacy shade. the BB Keyboard isn't included I hope that changes,

CrowdStrike president cheered after accepting 'Epic Fail' Pwnie award

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"Our customers are our QA"

You worked at Micros~1?

80 years ago, IBM gave Harvard University one of the world's earliest computers

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"One of its first programmers was Grace Hopper, who would go on to be a member of the team that found the first-reported computer bug when working on the Mark I's follow-up, the Mark II."

IIRC the bug was a moth caught in one of the relays.

Microsoft whiz dishes the dirt on the Blue Screen Of Death's colorful past

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Re: BSOD Screensaver

Here's a link to the one by Mark Russinovich https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/bluescreen

Microsoft finds a new way to irritate Windows 11 users – a backup pop-up

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Re: As posted 4 months ago, verbatim.

That's not fair to the contents of your septic tank.

Dangerous sandwiches delayed hardware installation

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Happy

Re: Very much the opposite problem

"So, one day I was dropping the kids at the pool in the MDs loo,"

The MDs loo had a pool? Very posh!!

Windows: Insecure by design

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Re: how much punishment are you willing to take?

He wrote the kernel, not the OS.

For the record: You just ordered me to cause a very expensive outage

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Re: "Norman" who is an electrical engineer by trade and during one phase of his career

I guess he couldn't resist the pun.

Tesla's tight grip on repairs sparks courtroom showdown

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Re: Buying a Tesla?

You Musk be joking.

systemd 256.1: Now slightly less likely to delete /home

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Re: Isn't systemd great?

My first PC had a 20Meg HDD 640K RAM and was 4.77MHz The CPU was an 8088, running MS-DOS 3.2. It was an Atari PC3

Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds

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There's a link to the paper in the article: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.00591

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