* Posts by Robert Moore

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Tesla owners in deep freeze discover the cold, hard truth about EVs

Robert Moore
Linux

Re: Wonder how many will permanently break?

Tell that to my buddy who is now shopping for a new car.

Coolant froze in his engine, and cracked the block. (Yes he should have put in more antifreeze.)

Tool bag lost in space now tracked by garbage watchers

Robert Moore
Coat

Re: Tools in Spaaaaaaaaaace!

This had nothing to do with Elon.

Wipro: Get back to the office for three days a week or else

Robert Moore

Recognizing the FICTIONAL benefits of in-person collaboration and innovation....

Fixed it for them. My employer is not bring people back to the office. In fact I am working on the plan to exit the office entirely.

Boffins detect direct evidence of atomic oxygen on Venus's day side

Robert Moore
Coat

Obviously 99 will be required.

HP blames discounted PCs and China chill for Q3 revenue drop

Robert Moore
Mushroom

HP doomed themselves

When my better half wanted to upgrade the (Crap) wifi in her HP laptop, and we found out that you couldn't replace the internal card with any card no approved by HP. If you tried the laptop would just halt at a screen telling you your wifi card wasn't approved. With no option to continue. We had no choice but to put the original WiFi card back in. I tried another HP laptop and got the same result. Looked online, and discovered this is very common to a lot of HP laptops.

She replaced her laptop a few months later.

1 in 4 Brits are playing with generative AI, and some take its word as gospel

Robert Moore
Mushroom

Re: I gave it...

> characters, motivations, location & props. Yet it couldn't write an imaginative story. It came up with something an average human might have written

So a hollywood blockbuster script?

Apple seeks patent for devices with roll-up displays – iRoll?

Robert Moore
Coat

Fruit by the foot or fruit roll-ups

I wonder if I am the only one who remembers them. Could the manufacturers sue for prior art? :)

The death of the sysadmin has been predicted for years – we're not holding our breath

Robert Moore

Re: Biased A.I models written by white men

The very second you use the word "woke" you have lost the argument, and all credibility.

The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111

Robert Moore

Re: Multiple redundancy

Have the number ported to your cell phone. I wish I had thought of it with my old number.

Microsofties still digesting pay freeze upset by Nadella's 'landmark year' memo

Robert Moore
Thumb Up

Re: Stockholm Syndrome

I agree with everything you sid, except for leaving without notice. Always give notice.

You never know when you might be interviewing for a position with someone who got screwed over by your unexpected exit. Just give your notice and leave, knowing you took the high road.

Mummy and Daddy Musk think Elon's cage fight against Zuck is a terrible idea

Robert Moore
Happy

Two words.

Giant robots.

They need to have this fight using giant robots. MechWarrior style. Two Billionaires duking it out requires giant robots, otherwise, what is the point?

Out with the old, in with the new – Accenture declares AI is 'mature and delivers value'

Robert Moore
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Accenture declares AI is 'mature and delivers value'

Two things we know for certain now.

AI is NOT mature, and is worthless.

Thanks Accenture.

Florida man insists he didn't violate the law by keeping Top Secret docs

Robert Moore
Mushroom

Re: as did his aide Walt Nauta

You just need to realize that the USofA is not really a country. (The hint is in the name.) United States. It is much more like the European Union than a singular country.

Once you think of them like this, they make a lot more sense. ("a lot more" relatively.)

BOFH takes a visit to retro computing land

Robert Moore
Mushroom

Re: cluterr free mee

LGR is a gateway drug. Manyl of my machines were purchased after watching one of his videos.

Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious

Robert Moore
Thumb Up

Working as designed.

I mean, from MS perspective Zoom and Google are very detrimental to their bottom line, so obviously should be blocked.

Microsoft to snatch Visio app away from iOS users this summer

Robert Moore
Linux

For the other cheap bastards out there.

There is also yEd.

https://www.yworks.com/products/yed

Nowhere near the power of Visio, but for a quick diagram it can be just the thing.

Win/Mac/Linux

Twitter algorithm to be open sourced 'next week,' says Musk

Robert Moore
Trollface

Re: Make Twitter a public utility

They did. It is called "Truth" Social.

This is the end, Windows 7 and 8 friends: Microsoft drops support this week

Robert Moore
Linux

Mint and steam

I game on LinuxMint. Steam works really well under Mint.

Musk's Hotel California erected at Twitter HQ, as some offices converted into bedrooms

Robert Moore
Happy

Finally!

With this news I will finally be able to get purchase approval for the business hammock I have wanted ever since I saw them on the Simpsons.

Husband and wife nuclear warship 'spy' team get 20 years each

Robert Moore
Coat

Looking at it another way.

Room and board for 2 people for 20 years at $350 a month. $168000 This spy game pays. Not great, but not too bad. Although I hear winters at Leavenworth are a bitch.

Economic headwinds be damned, cloud migrations 'not stopping'

Robert Moore

Exactly what I came here to say.

Have Gartner EVER been right?

Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop

Robert Moore
Linux

Re: LibreOffice is not as good as MS Office

Let's also not forget that LO opens file types that MS Office will have nothing to do with. (Wordperfect files come to mind.)

I have used LO many times to open and repair MS Office docs that Office would choke on.

Like Ubuntu, just a bit less hassle: Linux Mint 21 'Vanessa'

Robert Moore
Linux

Not only a beginners Linux

I am far from a Linux noob. I installed my first Linux in the late 90's Slackware. I admin a large number of Linux servers and Mint is my go to desktop Linux. I have been working in IT for long enough that the last thing I need it to make things harder for myself. Mint works really well and painlessly for most desktops and laptops. Instructions written for Ubuntu almost always work unchanged for Mint.

My gaming PC runs Mint, my new laptop runs Mint, I have one work laptop that runs Mint. My GF dumped Windows the day she got her new laptop and installed Mint on it (By herself.)

The servers I admin, are mostly a mix of Ubuntu server, and Centos (And whatever the replacement for centos is.)

Need baby formula? Buy a pregnancy test at Walgreens

Robert Moore
Coat

Re: The Data Enfamil Purchased

Any business who wants my phone number in exchange for a discount, gets my landline phone number from 40 years ago. If they want an email address they get president@whitehouse.gov

The employee behind the counter does not care what you provide and will enter it, usually without comment. If they ask, tell them the truth. I have never had anyone refuse to enter my email address.

I love the Linux desktop, but that doesn't mean I don't see its problems all too well

Robert Moore
Linux

Re: Computing smarts in the cloud

I moved my extremely non-technical mother over to Linux. After about 2 weeks of "What do I click to go to Google?" type questions, her support calls dropped of to almost nothing. She used it happily for the last couple of years before her death.

My lovely Fiancee got frustrated with Windows on her old laptop, (Very old) and I offered Linux, she tried it, and really liked it. When her old laptop had a hardware failure a year later, she asked me what laptop to buy that was Linux compatible. I did make her go through the initial setup of Win 10 on the off chance she ever wants it in the future. She even installed it (Mint) herself.

Keeping your head as an entire database goes pear-shaped

Robert Moore

I am sure you could script something up. Just bring the critical system down just long enough for people to start coming to you, then shortly after you say "I'm on it." it comes right back up.

Google opens the pod doors on Bay View campus

Robert Moore

Want an office people will go back to?

Give me a private office and I'll go in.

Add a meeting room down the hall so I can work with my team when I need to, and work in my office when I need to get actual work done. Forget this open plan stupidity, because it doesn't work, and is universally hated by everyone who has to work in it.

Microsoft tests ‘Suggested Actions’ in Windows 11. Insiders: Can we turn it off?

Robert Moore
Coat

Re: It already exists

Do people want windows 11 that can be installed nasally?

Dev rigs up receipt printer to spit out GitHub issues

Robert Moore
Coat

Re: Needs audio

I don't know how to use the 3 seashells.

Robert Moore
Angel

I quite enjoy Stranger. Just finished reading it again. Of course I discovered it when I was quite young, so I may be reading through rose coloured glasses.

Apple's Mac Studio exposed: A spare storage slot and built-in RAM

Robert Moore

Re: Reasonably priced Mac Pro

You are wrong on a few points.

Build quality is decent. Most of the Macs I see are still useable after 3-5 years. PC laptops are about 3 years tops. (Yes Mac repairability sucks.)

Most Macs are retired because Apple releases a new OS version that make it too slow.

Those overpriced fanboy machines. They actually sell for those prices. (At least local to me they do.)

Apple does offer a buy-back plan, but I seriously doubt anyone uses it. They really don't pay well for the hardware.

Personally I am done with Apple. No RAM upgrades is a total dealbreaker for me.

My new Linux'ed up Thinkpad is pretty sweet. But I accept it lacks any style.

Are we springing into a Y2K-class nightmare?

Robert Moore
Pint

Re: USA change its date format ...

Canada uses a sensible date format. Don't go lumping us in with those crazy Yankies.

BOFH: Gaming rig for your home office? Yeah right

Robert Moore
Pint

Re: Please do remember...

@pcaldredbann

You are aware that the BOFH is fiction right?

Maybe a little bit of virtual wish fulfillment as well.

Global consultancies quit Russia

Robert Moore
Pint

Don't give them too much credit,

With the Ruble in freefall, they are probably looking mostly to cut their financial losses.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Saving a loved one from a document disaster

Robert Moore

Re: Imperrfect

I was the first person in my school to be allowed to hand in assignments printed from my CoCo 2 and my DMP-105.

I had to fight teachers and administration to be allowed this. It was worth it though.

ARPANET pioneer Jack Haverty says the internet was never finished

Robert Moore

Re: What about IPv4?

I have thought this myself. It would solve the problem, and would be easy.

Impact would not be felt for a few years until people with out of date networking gear start being unable to reach certain addresses.

Best of all I won't have to try to hold an IPv6 address in my head, which is clearly impossible.

A tale of two dishwashers: Buy one, buy it again, and again

Robert Moore
Coat

Re: Bought a shed

I have an absolute shed load of sheds.

How to get banned from social media without posting a thing

Robert Moore
Coat

Re: There's your answer!

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. I trust it is entirely blank.

Robot vacuum cleaner employed by Brit budget hotel chain Travelodge flees

Robert Moore
Alien

Re: silent running away eh...

IIRC it is Louie that made a break for it. Leaving a leg behind in the process. Although it has been a while since I watched that movie. (One of my favourites.) Guess I know what I am watching tonight.

COVID-19 was a generational opportunity for change at work – and corporate blew it

Robert Moore
Happy

> And B should pay you for your home office, heating, electricity etc.

Grow up!

Working from home saves me about $500 per month. Between the train and an occasional lunch out. Not to mention the 2.5 hours a day I would spend on the train, the $1-2 a month on electricity is a massive win for me. Heat is about the same as I don't shut it off. (The dog gets cold) and I already have an office space at home.

Could BYOB (Bring Your Own Battery) offer a solution for charging electric vehicles? Microlino seems to think so

Robert Moore

Re: Battery swaps

You are missing the point.

You don't own the battery. You never owned the battery. If/when you get a bad one, you just go to the charging place and get another.

O course no manufacturer will ever do it so the point is really irrelevant.

Linux Mint 20.3 appears – now with more Mozilla flavor: Why this distro switched Firefox defaults back to Google

Robert Moore

Re: I shall be investigating

Quick fix for the stupid skinny scroll bars.

Open a terminal.

echo ".scrollbar.vertical slider," >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

echo "scrollbar.vertical slider {" >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

echo "min-width: 13px;" >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

echo "}" >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

You don't even have to reboot, every new window opened has reasonable sized scroll bars.

Robert Moore
Linux

I do all my gaming on a Linux Mint desktop.

I admit my requirements are not particularly high, but it works fantastic for me.

My girlfriend also has Mint on her laptop.

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

Robert Moore
Pint

Re: Digital archeology

@imanidiot

Is that a riff off the opening of Ark 2? Because I loved that show when I was a kid.

Robert Moore
Pint

Re: If I've learned one lesson...

> never name a server something-temp

This is possibly the most important lesson I ever learned.

Also if there is any chance that you might in future need a second system doing the same job. be sure to name the machine something-1 put the number in right from the start, there are few thing more annoying than:

something-server

something-server-2

You could also start numbering with 0 if you like, but I find it confuses management.

Or maybe that is just me.

BOFH: What if International Bad Actors designed the vaccine to make us watch more Steven Seagal movies?

Robert Moore
Pint

Re: brilliant

> I'd love to have this conversation with one of these loonies, although i fear patience would wear thin fairly quickly

I can introduce you to my step father if you like.

Cisco requires COVID-19 shots for all US staff – even remote workers

Robert Moore

Re: Get rid of the religious exemption.

> I can only imagine those who choose not to get the jab would chafe under your over-bearing employment practices, so they're far better off working somewhere less opinionated.

Too bad for them. It is a good job, my one employee is very happy with it. She is also vaccinated. If she were to choose to leave, I would have people lined up around the block wanting to take her place.

I have always said stupid should hurt. Looks like it finally will.

Robert Moore
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Re: Get rid of the religious exemption.

Anyone too stupid to get vaccinated (Yes talking to you Bob.) Is too stupid to work for me. (Looking right at you Bob.)

I personally love that companies are taking this approach. Although I do wish the local school boards would take the same approach.

Sharing is caring, except when it's your internet connection

Robert Moore

Re: My Fav

Let me add to the list with:

president@whitehouse.gov

Yes, I have used it.

Raising the price of in-demand processors really helps the bottom line, says AMD

Robert Moore
Coat

>OK but can it run Windows

No, you need something much more powerful to run Windows. Neither AMD nor Intel currently produce a CPU that is truly capable of "Running" Windows.

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