Posts by Tommy G1

Dilettante dev wrote rubbish, left no logs, and had no idea why his app wasn't working

So you forgot how your code worked... hold my beer

I'll go one better

While trying to write some code to interface with a particularly fussy CNC spindle controller, I did what all normal humans do, searched online to see if someone had already solved the problem.

Found a repo that did almost EXACTLY what I was trying to achieve and started copying. Half way through I started to get a vague sense of deja vu and checked the name of the repo, it was my own!

I'd written code to do the same thing about 5 years previously and had completely forgotten.

Post Office finally throttles delayed in-house EPOS project

Re: Hasn't the cloud bus departed?

Nah, we need it built in an AI

What do you mean "using buzzwords without understanding anything"????

Ambitious overclocker cools Raspberry Pi 5 with liquid nitrogen

I have a new favourite tech phrase

"gloriously impractical means" love it :-)

I don't know what pressing Delete will do, but it seems safe enough!

Re: This is a common problem

I remember having to get some certification for Digital storage solutions. They'd been borged by Compaq at that point but it was still the old Digital equipment.

The pass mark in the exams was 96% i.e., you were allowed one wrong answer in a 25 question exam. The rationale was that if you made a mistake on the CLI with these systems, you could wipe the entire storage system, sometimes without even a y/n prompt!

Alleged $100M dark-web drug kingpin, 23, arrested

What about the Isle of Man?

Broadcom throws VMware customers on perpetual licenses a lifeline

This should incur jail time

There should be some path to jailing people for coming out with statements like "how best to prepare them [our customers] for success" while brazenly screwing said customers.

Raspberry Pi on IPO plans: 'We want to be ready when the markets are ready'

Re: Here's hoping the IPO doesn´t ruin the community and support

Industrial companies a bit like miners snatching the GPU of the sad gamer hands.

I'm an 'industrial customer'. We're a small (<20 employees) UK company supplying medical software with some associated hardware to the NHS. Our solution plays a key part in research improving outcomes for patients.

Let's not pretend that there are no off the shelf industrial computers capable of whatever it is needed for them to do.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you haven't spent years developing a hardware solution, gone through multiple revisions of the hardware, designed an enclosure and (this is the BIG one) gotten the whole thing certified for use.

A lot of 'industrial customers' put a lot of trust into Raspberry Pi to be a dependable supplier who provide a stable product with a decent shelf life. They did their best to deliver on this.

Missed expectations, zero guidance: Tesla's 'great year' was anything but

Re: This was a 101 how not to do a conference call

Yeah.. but... Autopilot /s

Unity CEO 'retires' in the wake of fee fiasco

Re: Promise

It's a long time since I've actually laughed out loud at a comment :-)

I'll see your data loss and raise you a security policy violation

Re: Outlook...

"Client had SBS2k3 server..."

How about a trigger warning PLEASE!

You've just undone years of counselling :-(

FTC accuses DNA testing company of lying about dumping samples

Re: Interpreting the official response:

My take on the latter was

"There is no evidence these customer files were improperly accessed." += "... because we didn't have logging turned on either."

Capita faces first legal Letter of Claim over mega breach

New to the job?

"said Adnan Malik, Barings Law's head of data breach"

Why do I get a feeling that that role didn't exist two months ago :-)

OpenSSH takes aim at 'capture now, decrypt later' quantum attacks

When the NSA tells you not to worry...

So someone with a massive interest in being able to decrypt tells us that there's no need to use really, really good encryption?

Hmmmm

Tesla driver charged with vehicular manslaughter after deadly Autopilot crash

Tesla is playing word games with people's lives at stake.

This sums it up in one sentence.

The driver is absolutely responsible and this guy should be jailed if convicted but this is going to keep happening while these cars are marketed as "self-driving but you need to keep an eye on things *wink*"

Logitech Signature M650: A mouse that will barely emit a squeak or a clickety-click

Re: Nothing beats the MX Master imho

Same here. The Dark Field tech is brilliant.

I splashed out on an MX Master 3 recently and the scroll-wheel automatically switching from precision to free-wheeling seems incredibly gimmicky until you've been using it for a few weeks then move to another computer / mouse that doesn't have it. THEN you appreciate it!

When civilisation ends, a Xenix box will be running a long-forgotten job somewhere

If I've learned one lesson...

working in IT (other than that 'switch it off and on again' is a cliché for a reason) it is to never name a server something-temp.

It'll grate on you for years to come.

Check your bits: What to do when Unix decides to make a hash of your bill printouts

Re: HP LaserJet 4

I'm no fan of the modern HP but the LaserJet 4 Plus was possibly the best printer ever made.

We shipped a LOT of them back in the day and only ever got support calls to help people struggling with the JetDirect networking side of things.

The Nokia 6210 of printers!

Scalpel! Superglue! This mouse won't fix its own ball

Re: Ball crud

Some years back the company I worked for at the time lost the contract to supply PCs to a local further education college.

We were told it was down to the fact that one of our competitors offered a 'College Grade Mouse' i.e. you needed a special tool to open the ball cover. Apparently the size to weight ratio of the balls made them excellent for throwing at people.

Sky customers moan: Our broadband hubs are bricking it

Re: Sky Broadband FAQ

Cursing, it's not big and it's not clever but damn I laughed at 'reason enough....'

Telecoms provider Oricom working with NHS fraud officers in ongoing probe

I'd assume that the term 'NHS' refers to the single monolithic entity and therefore it should be "its investigation" rather than "their investigation"?

Fully prepared to stand corrected though