I'd go with Snail Mail as likely to get there this year
Posts by John Miles
426 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Jan 2007
Teradata customers express terror as field-based hardware support outsourced to IBM on both sides of the pond
Galaxy quest: Yet another sub-£500 phone comes to trouble mobile big dogs in the form of Realme GT 5G
New mystery AWS product 'Infinidash' goes viral — despite being entirely fictional
Re: but if I've got 10 years experience in something,
10 years expereince - that's less than half of Asok's intern experience, so another couple of decades and you'll be junior ;)
IT management biz Kaseya's VSA abused to infect businesses with ransomware
Re: Ghost Guns
I doubt they print reliable rocket parts using an Ender, or maybe they do as one was seen in NASA
On a consumer grade FDM/FFM (Fused Deposition Modelling/Fused Filament Fabrication - only prints plastics), like the Enders pictured in the AG Shapiro article, you aren't going to be able to print things like usable barrels, though you certainly can print some parts and moulds.
If you go professional then your choices of materials go up, but so does the expense - from $200/400 for typical Ender to many thousands/10 of thousands
Mayflower, the AI ship sent to sail from the UK to the US with no humans, made it three days before breaking down
They are probably aiming for everyone to be smiling like Jack Nicholson
Realizing this is getting out of hand, Coq mulls new name for programming language
Sounds like you are firing blanks to me ;)
Blue passports, French service provider: Atos bags £21m UK Passport Office deal
Re: barely delivering a lorry.
if your definition of lorry includes a three wheeler driven by Inspector Clouseau
When software depends on a project thanklessly maintained by a random guy in Nebraska, is open source sustainable?
Nasdaq's 32-bit code can't handle Berkshire Hathaway's monster share price
There was a plain version of Windows 3.11 which was just a bug fix release - there was also a version 3.1 for Work Groups - but most people would have probably got Windows 3.11 for Workgroups as I believe that was default for OEMs
NASA’s getting really good at this flying a helicopter on Mars thing
Capgemini scores £150m contract to help Student Loan Company overcome its IT problems 5 years after £50m superfail
Re: why not at least try to get the person who has benefited
From what I see the biggest group who benefited by increasing the amount of people heading to university is those who can claim they have lowered youth unemployment and those in charge of universities.
If the person gained benefit from going to college then likely they will be paying with higher taxes over their working lives as they will gain better paid employment - but this is becoming less likely than in past. You'd expect that under normal supply and demand when you increase supply, now add in the increasing tendcy to shift expensive non management jobs to lower cost regions and you are hitting falling value in degrees - so I am not convinced degrees are generally cost effective for the person studying for them now.
Businesses should be gaining benefit for better educated workers - but they seem reluctant to pay for it now.
Pentagon confirms footage of three strange craft taken by the Navy are UFOs (no, that doesn't mean they're aliens)
Move aside, Technoking: All hail the Sweat Master and his many inspirational job titles
Microsoft customers locked out of Teams, Office, Xbox, Dynamics – and Azure Active Directory breakdown blamed
Remember that day in 2020 when you were asked to get the business working from home – by tomorrow?
Re: If this pandemic had hit in the '90s, ...
I wouldn't have been able to work from home in the 90s (and not just because of the lack of Internet) - however the offices I worked in had more space per person and only a few people compared to the open plan ones at work now. So I wonder if it would have been that bad
The sooner AI stops trying to mimic human intelligence, the better – as there isn't any
Re: Then they tried it on some real data,
You know this sort of error is older than computers -
Another serious training mistake was revealed later; the Soviets used their own diesel engine tanks to train the dogs rather than German tanks which had gasoline engines. As the dogs relied on their acute sense of smell, the dogs sought out familiar Soviet tanks instead of strange-smelling German tanks.
Hacking is not a crime – and the media should stop using 'hacker' as a pejorative
Re: My current annoyance is "gift" as a verb
Looking in the Oxford Dictionary on the shelf - Gift can be a verb and is 400 years old . I'd usually expect it something like "To Gift something to ..."
I have usually seen it that way in legal documents
Microsoft unveils swappable SSDs for Surface Pro 7+ but 'strongly discourages' users from upping their capacity
WIFI card with non HP approved
I guess the non-approved ones would be the ones that actually worked - used to have to reboot a HP laptop several times a day as the wi-fi card/driver just died and only full reboot would recover it. (It got better after a firmware update) - The only reason I would consider another HP laptop is the works ones I have had since have been pretty reliable.
Forget about an AI stealing your job, even pigs can be trained to use computers
In Rust we trust: Shoring up Apache, ISRG ditches C, turns to wunderkind lang for new TLS crypto module
Re: Real problem mentioned first
I think a better anaology is
A good worker realises a sharp knife is dangerous so extreme care is needed but they also know that trying to maintain the level of vigilence required for long periods/large projects is hard/impossible so start looking whether there is a more appropriate tool for the job at hand. Once found they will put the knife back in draw for times they need the fine cutting ability not possible with the tools at hand (which will likely reduce as they learn new tool). They also understand the fancy new tool isn't fullproof, it just stops you cutting yourself on the blade but doesn't stop you dropping it on your foot.
European Commission outlines appeal against Apple's €13bn tax ruling
Re: Lawndering
I look forward to seeing the converted heating system landing on the moon
Cisco intros desktop switches, one with USB-C to power your laptop
You would expect a qualified electrician to wire a building to spec, right? Trust... but verify
Re: "I am qualified to design power stations but not to extend a domestic circuit."
Actually he is qualified as extending a domestic circuit is non-notifiable (various rules changed in 2013)
Changes to Part P 2013
There are two main changes in the latest version of Part P of the Building Regulations. The first change relates to the range of electrical installation work which requires notification. The range has been reduced, previously work in kitchens and outdoors was notifiable. Under the new regulations, unless the work requires the provision of a new circuit and is not in a special location it will not require notification.
Non-notifiable works
All other work is considered non-notifiable, namely additions and alterations to existing installations outside special locations, maintenance, replacement and repair work.
I know as was researching whether I could add some sockets & lights to existing circuits
My website has raised its anchor and set sail into the internet oceans without me
Dealt with similar
A company's website was all working but they couldn't get hold of the company who created it for them. Turns out the had gone bankrupt and been liquidated, but as they'd paid for their hosting for several years in advance it was still running all their clients sites for some time. The biggest problem was the domains where ownership had passed to the official receivers hands even though the client was renewing them, but they decided to let them expire and just buy them back, (before every possible domain expiring was jumped on by squatters)
US nuke agency hacked by suspected Russian SolarWinds spies, Microsoft also installed backdoor
Just imagine if they hack the Windows Update Servers
It would be serving upgrades that Delete User Files or BSOD etc.
Another piece comes to .NET Core: Microsoft will keep the runtime patched automatically
Re: It's a myth that it's intrinsically impossible to create bug free software
I am an Electronics Engineer who switched to software - however I'd disagree, I'd say it is impossible to build any complex software system which is bug free within a useful/reasonable time period. I am not even sure with enough time you could make it bug free due to complexity. Even if the system doesn't hit bugs under normal circumstances there will likely be conditions that can be exploited by the black hats as engineers/developers have a logical approach which can blind them to potential attacks vectors.
You can however build highly reliable systems and resilient with the right level of discipline, which rarely hit the bugs and I don't think it actually takes any more resources if you start out doing it correctly. However a lot of managers don't understand this and it takes time and experience for a developers to get into a position they have the right skills to apply the discipline needed, which they'll never get if they spend lots of time stuck on doing it by yesterday without people with the skills to guide them
Mysterious Utah monolith mysteriously disappears without trace
If I pedal faster and feed it spinach, my robot barman might pull more pints
UK coronavirus tier postcode-searching tool yanked offline as desperate Britons hunt for latest lockdown details
Re: How difficult is this?
or even just point it at BBC's version - BBC Lockdown rules: What Covid tier is your area in and what are the restrictions?
Not sunshine, moonlight or good times – blame it on the buggy
Shock news: NASA lunar ambitions might be a bit too... ambitious
Biden projected to be the next US President, Microsoft joins rest of world in telling Trump: It looks like... you're fired
Re: Yay! Party time!
There is always the Faithless electors but it is unlikely to impact the election
Personally I think it would be best if Trump focuses on trying to overturn the results etc. Much better than giving up earlier and having longer to focus his vindictive nature
Shopping online for Xmas? AI chatbots know whether you want to be naughty or nice
Congrats, HCL, on your £1.5m contract to upgrade a county council's ERP system to SAP S4/HANA within a year
Das Keyboard 4C TKL: Plucky mechanical contender strikes happy medium between typing feel and clackety-clack joy
You won't need .NET Standard... except when you do need it: Microsoft sets out latest in ever-changing story
Re: There was an xkcd about competing standards...
Funny you should mention that - if you read The future of .NET Standard by Immo Landwerth (linked in article) it actually uses it
Oracle's Java 15 rides into town, waving the 'we're number one' flag, demands 25th birthday party
If you own one of these 45 Netgear devices, replace it: Kit maker won't patch vulnerable gear despite live proof-of-concept code
Re: ASUS router
I have an ASUS RT-N66U which I brought back in July 2013 (I think had been out a year or so) and the ASUS webpage lists latest firmware as of June 2020 - it is now being used in media bridge mode as I have upgraded to a tri-band AX router where it was dropping out (mainly I think due to other routers close by)
Barclays Bank appeared to be using the Wayback Machine as a 'CDN' for some Javascript
Re: I'm smarter...
Let's just say posts by AManFromMars1 tend not to be easiest to read, so the theory is they aren't really posts but some hidden data
Apple said to be removing charger, headphones from upcoming iPhone 12 series
Features vs compatibility: Google Chrome team promises more 'rigour', but what does that mean?
Microsoft emits a colourful Windows Terminal preview
Re: I'm getting old but..
Probably Microsoft PowerToys back in WIndows 95 days, it had several useful features, including Command Prompt Here and one I found useful send filename to clipboard
Splunk to junk masters and slaves once a committee figures out replacements
Re: Male and female connectors..
The connector world already has "gender-bender" ( though not sure I'd use that term in conversation now, but I doubt in context it would upset the trans people I know )
Multi-part Android spyware lurked on Google Play Store for 4 years, posing as a bunch of legit-looking apps
O2 be a fly on the wall during BT and Vodafone's video calls: Telefónica's UK biz, Virgin Media officially merge
Remember Tapplock, the 'unbreakable' smart lock that was allergic to screwdrivers? The FTC just slapped it down for 'deceiving' folks
Re: thinking "tech savvy" means working a phone
Another one relevant to over complicating things - xkcd: I'm An Idiot