* Posts by BossHobo

14 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Jan 2017

You know something's wrong when Clippy fills you with nostalgia for simpler times

BossHobo
Coat

NoPilot

My work laptop automatically installed copilot, then came up with a pop up that copilot is blocked on this machine. The same work laptop that they've disabled but not yet bothered to uninstall Connect Secure... I need to retire.

Google: How to make any AMD Zen CPU always generate 4 as a random number

BossHobo

Re: 'likely a reference to XKCD'

My thoughts exactly. S Adams lost a lot of fans when he decided to "say what he really felt" out there on the internet.

The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster

BossHobo

Agreed, that one line countered every other training we've received the past few years.

How did a CrowdStrike file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code

BossHobo

This comment had me engaging with chatgpt to learn a little something. Shouldn't today's multiple cores and threaded environments lessen the impact of such context switching? Could we (rather, OS developers) plausibly move drivers back to user space and would it be worth the added stability?

RIP: WordPerfect co-founder Bruce Bastian dies at 76

BossHobo

Re: Nice write-up

Firstly, Mr Bastian sold at the perfect time. He may have had the business sense to see how Microsoft would seek to crush WP in it's quest for dominance.

Secondly, I have memories observing my mother using WP on DOS to type various legal documents, and I used it for quite a few school assignments myself. I shifted to WordPad once we were on Windows and used that for years. I never used MS Word until after college when it was made available for the Home Use Program for $10.

Samsung asks New Jersey court to sink class action suit about Galaxy S7 waterproofing woes

BossHobo

Re: WTF with the disclaimer?

I still use the S7 edge. It has been a great phone (except for the lack of support as of this year). I have taken it to beaches, pools, hot tubs and it has never failed me after I dusted or rinsed it clean. Since I have an unnatural distaste for fingerprints on smartphones (or monitors, or television sets), I would wash the thing often.

My only gripe was that, rather logically, the touchscreen would go into conniptions in the rain. That is, all until I dropped it and cracked the screen last year. I bought a replacement as it was down to $200 but the replacement was definitely not as water resistant as a new unit!

I am in the market for a phone that gets security updates but still stung by the $800 I paid back in 2016; the phone is perfectly suitable and should be supported for a few more years!

Philippines president threatens Facebook ban after The Social Network™ deleted supportive content

BossHobo

Tons of Filipinos use FB so perhaps he knows what he's up against?

A real loch mess: Navy larks sunk by a truculent torpedo

BossHobo

Re: Of course it was going to hit the boat!

this is how ye learn! <shakes cane> not by watching the instant grammars and doing the reddits! </shakes cane>

Philippines president threatens local telcos with expropriation

BossHobo

He's right about one thing--

poor internet service will do nothing for the country. Whether this is the best way to improve service is up for debate but it will likely be effective. His second step as benign dictator should be to block Facebook at the border and keep people from squandering all their newfound connectivity on whatever the hell FB is good for. Viral videos & antivax propaganda?

Keep it Together, Microsoft: New mode for vid-chat app Teams reminds everyone why Zoom rules the roost

BossHobo

The promotional video looks like you'll fit right in as long as you're 25 years old and could moonlight as "the attractive one that gets killed" in a B-movie. No, thank you.

For most Teams "meetings" I have attended, only the presenter and the hapless have their cameras on. One person who couldn't figure out the settings had their camera trained on a half-eaten bag of snacks most of the meeting. It was more disheartening than amusing. I kindly suggested they switch their camera off as it became a bit of a distraction.

Gas-guzzling Americans continue to shun electric vehicles as sales fail to bother US car market

BossHobo
Happy

(strokes chin)

Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y... I see what you did there! Probably the last person to figure out Musk's Master Plan...

IT protip: Never try to be too helpful lest someone puts your contact details next to unruly boxen

BossHobo

Re: Overtime

There's a good boss! I wonder if he suffered any repercussion?

That's a sticky Siemens situation: Former coder blows his logic bomb guilty plea deal in court

BossHobo

C.F. Google: Dilbert spaghetti code holy grail

UK ISPs may be handed cock-blocking powers

BossHobo
Linux

Re: Header image

Yes, thanks for the new desktop image.