Posts by snowpages

Thousands of NASA senior staffers expected to quit after budget slashed

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world

Fresh UK postcode tool points out best mobile network in your area

Perhaps they used a signal strength metre and didn't want to create confusion... oh wait....

Hmm.

According to the map, if I want to get good "indoor" coverage where I live, I need to go and stand in the middle of a large area of farmland/ponds/lakes with virtually no dwellings where you can be "indoors". Very useful information. Probably accurate though.

The launch of ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atomic weapons tests

Re: Huh what a load of twaddle

If these models are trained on human output, are they already using "loose" (opposite of tight) where they should use "lose" (opposite of win)? Humans often do.

Musk's smog-belching Colossus datacenter slammed by civil rights group

Re: Are you rich and white?

I think that the location of the facility does the discrimination part..

Anthropic CEO frets about 20% unemployment from AI, but economists are doubtful

Yes, but it would probably order a cull of the population as the only logical way to balance the budgets, solve climate change etc.

Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers or face its wrath

Happy, but still careful..

I have been very happy with my Aliexpress experience so far - delivery in about a week, acceptable returns/refund system (used that twice).

Always read the description carefully and click on the various options - often the initial picture is NOT what you get for the headline low price.

Meta blames Trump tariffs for ballooning AI infra bills

Re: why not just build a foundry in the USA and sell chips?

..where "only a short time" = a significant number of years

30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff

Re: Number game bullshit

If you had a Tesla you would have to do exactly that...

Re: Only 30%?

Buggy McBugface obviously :)

Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D

Re: Math ain't matching for me

Probably relying on the fact that the Orange Felon hasn't got the attention span to read beyond the "$30 billion" - not even as far as "over 5 years"..

Make Arithmetic Great Again

Techie diagnosed hardware fault by checking customer's coffee

Re: Please do not all power on at once

Oooo - just spotted the VERY rare "lose" when it should be "loose". Usually it is the other way round :)

(I'm sure it was just a typo..)

Trump derails Chinese H20 GPU sales, forcing Nvidia to eat $5.5B this quarter

Interesting typo:

"mere morals". Hmmm.

Uncle Sam kills funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program

Up or down...???

Aaargh - I want to upvote for the reference, but downvote for the "American's" (no apostrophes in plurals please).

Southern Water uses Capita's AI tool to flush customer complaints

I see what you did there..

"The Register's editorial team is excited to see how this translates come the next report about customer complaints"

Nice.

Trump fires NSA boss, deputy

Re: What did they really expect?

That's probably why they spell "cheque" as "check". Saves any confusion :)

China's EV champ BYD reveals super-fast charging that leaves Tesla eating dust

Re: Recharging = needed break anyway?

So you would encourage the driver to indulge in deep conversation with a passenger, taking their attention off the road (thought to be nearly as dangerous as taking a phone call).

It also seems that you drive for 2 or 3 times the recommended 2 hours before you have a break. Your concentration/performance WILL be measurably poorer by then making you more dangerous to the rest of us.

Well done.

Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order

Re: Communists...

All Home Secretaries of all political persuasions seem to demand this within a couple of weeks of taking office.

One can only think that the police/security services "persuade" them that this will solve/prevent crimes.

Or that it would prevent the leakage of any info they might have on said Home Secretary...

Does DOGE have what it takes to actually tackle billions in US govt IT spending?

Re: Going after federal government tech spending ...

BORDER

Early mornings, late evenings, weekends. Useless users always demand support

Re: Barclays

Barclays > Wise > other currency > Wise > Barclays

Other cost effective international payment providers available, but Wise has worked well for me so far..

Google torpedoes 'no AI for weapons' rules

Re: Oh dear baby Jesus in your sweet manger crib

Easy. Ship all the Palestinians over to all that spare space in the USA and they can express their appreciation in the usual fashion.....

Amazon's Kuiper secures license to take on Starlink in the UK

At first glance I read this as "bringing fast broadband to undeserved areas of the country."

Harsh.

SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover

Re: Weird

nearly 50% of the electorate are of below average intelligence...

Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper

Re: Funny

Hmm, perhaps it was your comment's title that led him down the wrong route? Words are tricky like that!

NHS would be hit by 'significant' costs if UK loses EU data status, warn Lords

Re: The reality of Brexit...

"Well done you are understanding math."

So UK English is not your first language then?

Three, Voda promise £10-a-month or below mobile tariffs in bid to sway CMA on merger

... and that's exactly when I ditched them...

Capita wins £135M extension on much-delayed UK smart meter rollout

Poster Child

"The poster child of UK outsourcing, Capita"

as in

WANTED for CRIMES AGAINST TAXPAYERS

WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer

From the article:

" despite a rise in the prevalence of wireless technology and increased RF-EMF noise around us, there's been no rise in brain cancer rates like one might expect."

There seems to be a "differnce of interpretation" somewhere.

Where the computer industry went wrong – the early hits

Re: Colour and the PET

Me neither..

Superboard here

'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

Pedantry alert

" UK citizens decide on their next leader"..

The UK electorate NEVER decides on their next leader (althought they may think that they do).

Effectively they just elect a political party. The party decides upon the leader (and could change it very soon after an election if they wanted).

All we can do is choose the particular flavour of well-meaning (sometimes) and clueless (often) clowns.

Global EV sales continue to increase, but Plug-in Hybrid momentum is growing

Re: Plugins are a fudge, changing the drivetrain is key

Top Gear did this back in 2010

https://www.topgear.com/videos/top-gear-tv/hammerhead-eagle-i-thrust-part-13-series-14-episode-2

Enjoy.

COVID-19 infection surge detected in wastewater, signals potential new wave

Re: "the only figure that really matters is hospitalisations"

Two Aunts and one Uncle for sure. Plus another "possible" from early in the pandemic before testing was widespread enough.

They were all old.

England's village green hydrogen dream in tatters

Re: Hydrogen is absolute SHIT for energy storage or transfer

https://publications.iafss.org/publications/frn/813/-1/view/frn_813.pdf

NASA engineers scratch heads as Voyager 1 starts spouting cosmic gibberish

Re: Have they tried

From the article: "This past weekend the team tried to restart the FDS and return it to the state it was in before the issue began", so YES.

Post-Brexit tariffs on EU-UK electric vehicle imports staved off till 2027

But...

https://stateofeuropeantech.com/chapter-2#C2-2-uk-eroding-lead

and

"UK tech businesses are projected to secure $12.7bn (£10bn) in venture capital this year, the highest in Europe once again despite losing ground to the rest of the continent.

France raised the second-most VC funding at $8bn, followed by Germany at $7.8bn."

8 + 7.8 = 15.8 so MORE than 12.7

(from https://www.uktech.news/news/investment-news/uk-tech-funding-2023-vc-europe-atomico-20231128

Tesla, Musk likely aware of Autopilot deficiencies behind Florida fatality, says judge

Re: Stating the obvious

They can't be confused - they're dead.

Washington plans overhaul of wireless spectrum allocation

"losing"

Arm grabs a slice of Raspberry Pi to sweeten relationship with IoT devs

Re: Raspberry Pi Foundation has lost its way

The Foundation https://www.raspberrypi.org/ still focuses on education but the commercial company https://www.raspberrypi.com/ is there to be a business (and thus fund the Foundation).see https://www.raspberrypi.com/about/ for easy to read summary.

One entity is a commercial organisation (with all the good and bad things that suggests), the other is a charitable foundation that tries to do good things.

World checks it's not April 1 as Apple signals support for full US right-to-repair rule

Re: "They use third-party parts"

The original ones can swell too, not just the copies.

Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off

Re: No corruption here.

...and "voluntary" load shedding by switching you off remotely. Check the small print.

Sony, Honda tease EV that aims to be a lounge on wheels

I know finding new brand names is difficult but..

.. isn't this some sort of sexual predator??

Musk, Yaccarino contradict each other on status of X's election integrity team

Recurring, not reOccurring please

Thanks

Techie labelled 'disgusting filth merchant' by disgusting hypocrite

That would be an ecumenical matter..

Arm's lawyers want to check assembly expert's book for trademark missteps

I suspect that htese decisions are being made nowhere near the Cambridge HQ of this Japanese-owned company..

The Anti Defamation League is Musk's latest excuse for Twitter's tanking ad revenue

Re: Lesseee here.

So in each case he will need tightening???

I think you mean "loses". Common mistake

You're not seeing double – yet another UK copshop is confessing to a data leak

Re: Isn't it seeing triple now?

The official EU Region included Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire as well.

I guess we can now define it however we like.

Taking back control (TM)!

One person's trash is another's 'trashware' – the art of refurbing old computers

Re: What about

Raspbian should work - still does 32 bits.

Musk decides to bury dead Twitter accounts, warns users follower counts could sink

Re: A racket?

or perhaps "lose your account" unless he is planning a paid-for tightening service :)

I've seen things you wouldn't believe, like an atom about to photosynthesize

From the article

"Scientists could potentially reproduce the chemical reaction to create new fuels that use sunlight to make clean energy. "