The article reminded of Stephen Elop who was supposed to rescue Nokia, but ended up selling it to Microsoft.
Posts by lafnlab
86 posts • joined 30 Nov 2015
High-flying Microsoft exec jumps to Magic Leap as CEO. No, we haven't got that the wrong way round
Call us immediately if your child uses Kali Linux, squawks West Mids Police
The Foot of Cupid emits final burst of flatulence in honour of fallen Python Terry Jones
The $4.3bn trial of the century is over! Now we wait for judgment
'Buyer's remorse' drove HP's legal crusade to go after Lynch, High Court told
Buzz kill: Crook, 73, conned investors into shoveling millions into geek-friendly caffeine-loaded chocs that didn't exist. Now he's in jail
Monday 16th December 2019 11:55 GMT 
Chocolates with caffeine already exist
Awake Chocolate has been around for years now. and they really work. One time I made the mistake of eating four Awake Bites at work, and I didn't sleep at all that night. Since then I've learned to moderate my intake.
Beer in lieu of coffee icon.
Doogee Wowser: The S40's a terrible smartphone, but a passable projectile
Friday 6th December 2019 11:55 GMT
Usefulness
At work (a university) we have a cold room in our building where some people do lab work. They have a ruggedized Dell laptop of some model which is connected to a piece of lab equipment, and is kept in the cold room full time. Since the room is kept at a constant 4º C, I'm not sure a regular laptop would withstand those temperatures for years on end as that one has.
A short note to say I'm off: Vulture taps claws on Reg keyboard for last time
Remember that competition for non-hoodie hacker pics? Here's their best entries
Delicious irony: Hacked medical debt collector AMCA files for bankruptcy protection from debt collectors
Air Force intel bod Daniel Hale charged with 'leaking top secret drone documents' to journo
Switchzilla rolls out Wi-Fi 6 kit: New access points, switch for a standard that hasn't officially arrived
So, that's cheerio the nou to Dundee Satellite Receiving Station: Over 40 years of service axed for the sake of £338,000
Wednesday 17th April 2019 11:12 GMT
Budgetary constratints
With Brexit looming, it's only a matter of time before Downing Street puts the ghost of Ron Obvious in charge of the space program. Obvious, known for his attempts at jumping across the English Channel and at running to Mercury, is sure to bring much-needed enthusiasm to the troubled Space Agency.
Sherlock, because Obvious.
Formulus Black – the artist formerly known as Symbolic IO – trumpets its new breed of dedupe
Super Cali optimistic right-to-repair's negotious, even though Apple thought it was something quite atrocious
Wednesday 20th March 2019 11:16 GMT 
Talk to/write to your legislator
I live in Indiana which is one of the states considering a right-to-repair law. I did this a few months ago and it was painless. It took about 20 minutes to write something and send it in.
If you make a living doing repairs, contact your legislator and tell them how the right-to-repair affects you and your job. Hopefully it will counterbalance what they're being told by Apple, John Deere, etc.
Hapless engineers leave UK cable landing station gate open, couple of journos waltz right in
The UK's Cairncross Review calls for Google, Facebook to be regulated – and life support for journalism
I like BigGANs but their pics do lie, you other AIs can't deny
Oslo clever clogs craft code to scan di mavens and snare dodgy staff
UKIP flogs latex love gloves: Because Brexit means Brexit
GDPR forgive us, it's been one month since you were enforced…
GNOMEs beat Microsoft: Git Virtual File System to get a new name
You know me, I don't know you: Hospital reportedly raps staff for peeking at Ed Sheeran data
Monday 21st May 2018 11:06 GMT
Maybe the NHS is using different software, but in the US most hospitals have software that logs anytime someone's medical record is accessed. If they're not involved in the care of the patient, they're not supposed to access it. It's sort of an honor system - the software won't stop people from looking - but if they're not involved with the patient's treatment, they could be fired and/or sued.
Also, employees aren't supposed to look at medical records of family, friends, or anyone else they're not treating.
I deal a lot with HIPAA, and most hospitals are very serious about patient privacy.
Penis pothole protester: Cambridge's 'Wanksy' art shows feted
Wednesday 11th April 2018 14:32 GMT 
Obscene? Nah.
"Has this person, for just one second, considered how families with young children must feel when they are confronted with these obscene symbols as they walk to school?"
Did that person go to school in the Georgian Era? Children won't know it's obscene unless someone tells them and parents will likely roll their eyes when asked by the kids. There's a big difference between painting peckers around potholes and producing pornographic pictures.
FBI raids home of spy sat techie over leak of secret comms source code on Facebook
SCREEEECH: US national security agency puts brakes on Qualcomm takeover
UK Army chief: Russia could totally pwn us with cable-cutting and hax0rs
Sili-spurned Valley! No way, San Jose! Amazon snubs SF Bay Area in search for HQ2 city
Thursday 18th January 2018 20:07 GMT 
Indy!
As someone who lives in Indy, I like our chances, though it will ultimately boil down to what Amazon values most.
Real estate in Indy is relatively inexpensive, and since we aren't constrained by the ocean, there is plenty of room to grow. Indiana University and Purdue University share a large campus downtown. There are plenty of engineers because of all the IndyCar race teams and all the biomedical companies in the area. There are plenty of scientists due to Eli Lilly and other companies headquartered here.
The suburbs are attract a lot of families as good places to raise kids, while a lot of singles prefer to live downtown, where there is more stuff to do. It's pretty easy to catch a cab, Lyft, or Uber, and the bus service is pretty good (I use it every day). There are also a couple of car sharing schemes for people who want to use a car only once in awhile, but not often enough to warrant buying their own car.
Just my two cents.
Ecuador tried to make Julian Assange a diplomat
The eagle has been grounded: Dutch anti-drone squadron retired
HMS Queen Lizzie formally joins the Royal Navy
The Reg parts ways with imagineer and thought pathfinder Steve Bong
Mm, sacrilicious: Greggs advent calendar features sausage roll in a manger
Humble civil servant: Name public electric car chargers after me
You can yacht be serious: Larry might be planning his own version of America’s Cup
'Alexa, play Charlie Bit My Finger.' I can't do that, Dave. No, really
Dell's flagship XPS13 – a 2-in-1 that may fatally frustrate your fingers
Monday 28th August 2017 11:41 GMT 
"The plate pivots on a band of a dark polymer that doesn't seem built to survive years of fidgeting."
Not sure why you'd need to read the collection of compliance logos so often that this would become a worry. I have an XPS13 built in 2012 (via Project Sputnik) that gets used daily, and I think I've only needed to open this plate thrice. Leave it alone and stop fidgeting.
At last, a kosher cryptocurrency: BitCoen
Want to kill your IT security team? Put the top hacker in charge
Friday 14th July 2017 10:44 GMT 
"The skill sets required to be a good security engineer bear very little relation to those needed for managing a department..."
Reminds me of Robert Oppenheimer. He wasn't the best, most brilliant physicist, but he was respected enough by other physicists that he was able to get many to join the Manhattan Project.
