Posts by philipcsmith70

Sky Broadband is not the UK's cheapest, growls ad watchdog

Re: Disappointingly

Slightly luddite attitude for a reader of this publication? No offense, just find it a bit incongruous here :)

UK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contact-tracing app that probably won't work well, asks for your location, may be illegal

Re: Swedish model

Nonsense - no country will remain coronavirus free when there are countries that are not. It will get everywhere again, unless we live in permanent lockdown. No vaccine, no cure, most of the population susceptible. Norway's current position is not the end game by any stretch of the imagination. Your judgement is coloured by politics.

Re: Stick to the tech, please

'Current deaths'. This thing ain't over, no vaccine, no cure. Some countries have more deaths at this stage but all will be similar in the end - if the IFR is the same, adjusted for culture and demographics.

IT contractor has £240k bill torn up after IR35 win against UK taxman

Re: I cannot understand why HMRC pursues contractors so much.

Everyone avoids taxes to some extent. Putting extra cash into pension for example. Perhaps you could volunteer your free pay allowance - if you have one - and pay tax from the ground? Or pay into your pension pot after tax?

Apple iPhone X: Two weeks in the life of an anxious user

Re: New???

Samsung pay is not limited to 30 pounds either - I think Android pay is the same?

Uber wasn't to blame for robo-ride crash – or was it? Witness said car tried to 'beat the lights'

Self driving cars should not even be on the roads

Let's face it, AI and sensor input is not up to it. Christ if AI was sufficiently sophisticated to make the myriad subtle decisions required to drive a car safely in all conditions, smartphone personal assistants would be flawless. Aeroplanes wouldn't need pilots (given the technical infrastructure around aviation, a much easier but to cracking surely than driving a car). Based on the tech of today, these things will inevitably cause crashes.

I'll wait for the downvotes.....

Windows 10 on Mobile under the scope: Flaws, confusion, and going nowhere fast

Re: All this complaining about email UI

Have you actually used BB10? For 'getting stuff done' it is unrivalled imho. Extremely polished and intuitive, fast and fluid. Shame no one knows about it really....

Intel inside: Six of the best affordable PC laptops

Crap collection of overpriced garbage

Why a 2015 laptop with oodles of ram and an i5 processor just is only good enough to run office and light web browsing is beyond me. IT hacks have been saying that about 'entry level' machines for 15 years. So either performance has not improved over that time or......

Plus these are not entry level machines at those prices, in spite of the crap specifications.