* Posts by iron

2160 publicly visible posts • joined 25 May 2017

IP address X-posure now a feature on Musk's social media thing

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Re: Xitter indeed

Your infosec people are all on Mastodon now.

Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe

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Evil twat lies. News at 11.

Apple Vision Pro rentals take China by storm ahead of official release

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Probably with a huge crack that appeared out of nowhere down the middle of the front screen.

A crack that requires an expensive screen replacement to fix and is not covered by warranty or Applecare.

Some Intel Core chips keep crashing, game devs complain

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Re: Once Upon A Time........

As much as I love the Z80... By your logic there was nothing wrong with a slate and chalk, you should be using them!

ChatGPT starts spouting nonsense in 'unexpected responses' shocker

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So business as usual then.

In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them

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pwas are crap anyway, we would be better off without them. - a dev

Still no love for JPEG XL: Browser maker love-in snubs next-gen image format

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Re: It's not about choosing

No it isn't. Firefox is a separate codebase to Seamonkey, what you call Netscape, originally started as a separate project.

Travel app Kayak offers Boeing 737 Max 9 filter after that door plug drama

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Re: Quailty Is Not ISO9000

And, even if your process and documentation are right ISO9000 doesn't prove you actually follow it.

NASA, Lockheed Martin reveal subtly supersonic X-59 plane

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UFO

> fly at supersonic speed without the sonic boom

I wonder how many UFO reports this thing will cause.

It's uncertain where personal technology is heading, but judging from CES, it smells

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I had no idea Bezos and Musk run Walmart and MS, whom runs which?

China loathes AirDrop so much it's publicized an old flaw in Apple's P2P protocol

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Re: AirDrop is a weird thing

Having someone in your contact list does not tell the Chinese government their identity and that anonymity is very relevant to them.

Facebook, Instagram now mine web links you visit to fuel targeted ads

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Re: Nothing more annoying

I have never used any service provided by Facebook but that doesn't stop them persuading web devs to include their spyware in sites I visit.

Nearly 200 Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes grounded after door plug flies off mid-flight

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Re: Numbers

Some of them have an actual door rather than a plug to block the door frame like this one.

Musk floats idea of boat mod for Cybertruck

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Re: I'm beginning to wonder...

Having found the issue you'[re talking about, the first thing you see on page 1 when you open the cover is an advert for... Musk. LOL

Also that futuristic car is 100% the Cybertruck.

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Re: 7,000 lbs?

I had a category 2 car when I was a kid, of course it was pedal powered. ;)

A 2CV might count if you had two people.

Cybercrooks book a stay in hotel email inboxes to trick staff into spilling credentials

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Graham Cluely has been talking about this on the Smashing Security podcast for several weeks, after the crooks sent him a message through the Booking.com app.

FTX crypto-villain Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges

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Re: Whats wrong with crypto

Unlike your crypto that Beatles single can be played so it has actual utility beyond its supposed value.

Also Beatles singles are not currency so your analogy is nonsensical and invalid.

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Re: Sam Bankman Fraud

If he gets the max sentence I'll be in my hundred and sixties!

I'd give him the full sentence for being an unremorseful pathological liar but I expect him to get 15 - 20 years tbh.

Meta's ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time

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Re: Shocked?

> This is not technically Meta's fault,

Yes it is. It is absolutely Meta's fault since they encourage their users to use their spyware laden sites for everything.

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Re: Shocked?

No one round here wants Facebook or any other property belonging to Zuck.

Ditto Shitter and Elon.

Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection scripts under EU law

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You could just use Firefox on your PC. Open the video in a container or private tab where you have not signed in to Google.

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Re: Good.

Gogole SmartTube Next, your Fire stick will thank you.

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Re: Good.

Firefox containers are your friend. Available everywhere.

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Re: Good.

Firefox is all you need.

Just open that video in a container where you are not signed in to Google. It'll play fine.

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Re: No videos until you consent?

I beleive computer owners should be allowed to reject tracking, profiling, fingerprinting and all other privacy violations committed daily by Google, Facebook and every Tom, Dick and Elon who runs a shitty website.

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Google's efforts are easy to defeat

On TV:

Use SmartTube Next instead of the YouTube app.

On PC:

1. Use Firefox.

2. Browse YouTube as normal and select a video.

3. When the ad blocker blocker kicks in, right click the tab and open it in a container where you have not signed in to Google.

Yup. Google are only penalising logged in users, non users can ad block to their heart's content.

Blue Origin pulls sheets off cargo lunar lander prototype

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Jeff's BO would be more successful sticking to Kerbal Space Program.

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

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Re: You guys still have 2G and 3G?

Given the arrogance inherent by only specifying "here" it is undoubtedly the US of A.

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Re: Wouldn't be so bad if they actually worked

Refuse to give them a reading because their kit doesn't work. If they insist tell them about your physical limitations and suggest getting the reading could injure or hospitalise you.

They'll soon arrive to fix it.

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Re: Easy to work out costs.

He also can't tell the difference between paying for something and not paying for something. Which suggests Spain's education system leaves something to be desired.

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Re: Easy to work out costs.

> no extra charge to the customer (some cents per month rental).

Wrong. If you're paying "some cents per month" then your meters were installed at ongoing cost to the customer which you will be paying, presumably, for your entire life.

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Re: No corruption here.

> I'm somewhat surprised that they *still* can't just piggy back off your home network

NO GOVERNMENT MANDATED EQUIPMENT WILL BE CONNECTED TO MY NETWORK! FFS

Not to mention what about people who do not have Internet? And who would pay for this? I charge £1,000 per month for access to my home network, thanks.

It would also open the door to meter tampering by tampering with the packets travelling across the home network and give no recourse because the network does not belong to the utility or the government.

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Re: No corruption here.

> No, turn off the stuff that does no tneed to be on

So what should I turn off? The fridge? The freezer? The computer I'm using? Or the two lights that are on in rooms where there are people atm?

I know all the devices in use in my house and they are only used when needed. A shit "smart" meter will not chnage that in any way.

I would only gain one advantage by fitting a smart meter.... EDF might stop calling at 8am every Saturday trying to persuade me to fit a smart meter.

More X subscription tiers could spell doom for free access as biz bleeds cash

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Re: Personally, I don't pay for ads.

I've been using Windows since the 80s and have never paid for it. Every install has been legit and not pirated.

I've also never had Windows show me an advert for anything other than a Windows upgrade or maybe Skype. I've seen similar adverts on the various Linux distros I've used since the 90s.

X Social Media sues Twitter 2.0 over alphabet soup branding

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Re: Imagine paying Facebook to avoid adverts

Why imagine it? I have never visited Facebook or any other Zuck property.

Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs

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Re: I'll be sticking with petrol (or diesel) for my next car.

> If your car can get 40% of the 9.5kWh out of a litre of petrol, and is not harder to push down the road than my EV, then it should get at least 19 miles per litre -- more if my EV is less than 100% efficient -- or 85 1/2 miles per gallon. Does it?

My old 125cc motorcyle used to get over 90 miles to the gallon, no problem.

Apple extends Qualcomm contract to 2026 as homebrew 5G chip dream still on snooze

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Challenges Apple faces to develop its own 5G solutions

Didn't they buy a working 5G chip design when they bought Intel's moblie unit?

In which case what happened? Otherwise what was the point?

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

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Scrap the book

Markstedter shouldn't bother with a reprint, she should scrap the Arm book and write a new one about RISC-V.

That would teach Arm not to fuck with the people who actually sell their product by educating others how to use it.

Long-lost 1977 Star Wars X-Wing prop discovered – lock s-foils in bid position

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Re: X-wing is cool

In atmosphere X-wings use repulsorlift technology (anti-gravity) so aerodynamics is as unimportant as it is to flying saucers.

X marks the spot where free speech clashes with Californian transparency

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Re: Legal wording

Legal wording or English? If you ask me its the latter the previous poster did not understand.

Bombshell biography: Fearing nuclear war, Musk blocked Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia

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Re: So Musk has blood on his hands

How many people have been injured, mainmed or killed by Tesla's supposedly working years ago "Full Self Driving" package?

There is plenty of blood on Musk's hands.

Guy who ran Bitcoins4Less tells Feds he had less than zero laundering protections

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Nail bars, like tanning salons, are often a front for something else.

The many Turkish barbers in my area seem to have have a lot of staff and very few if any customers but considering the prices they charge these days, maybe they're legit?

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Re: Cheap sentence?

> a kid operating a blatantly open money laundering gig

At 33 years old it is a long time since this fool could be described as a kid. He is in fact an adult and fully responsible for both his actions and their consequences, as he is about to find out.

The only thing launched for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a lawsuit

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SpaceX and Starlink are not competitors.

SpaceX and Jeff's BO are barely competitors given BO have never built a rocket that can go to space and SpaceX have launched over 60 of them this year.

Jeff's BO is in the same league as North Korea when it comes to being a successful space launch provider.

Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded

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FAIL

> Bezos' satellite constellation still lacking any spacecraft in orbit

He needs to figure out how to get to space first. Oh and how to build a rocket.

Jeff's BO has never launched a rocket into space, sub-orbital hops below the Karman Line do not count as anything other than high altitude flight.

Google opens up Chrome 117 Developer Tools box, drops in a few spanners

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Why would web devs rejoice at Google throwing a spanner in the works? That is a bad thing.

Is this a case of The Register's new USA bias mangling the English language and confusing native speakers?

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Re: Chrome

No you don't. Test with any of the derivatives and you're good to go, no need to install Google's spyware on your machine.

Oracle, SUSE and others caught up in RHEL drama hit back with OpenELA

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If Larry was profiting off my hard work without paying me I'd call him a freeloader and do my best to stop him too.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Pi? Asus's 'NUC-sized' SBC aims to out-Pi the Raspberry

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Yeah their support for the government surveillance industry and ex-coppers is awesome.

Support for actually buying their product... not so much.

Larry Ellison a major contributor to Blair Institute vaccine database plan

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Except it isn't an either / or, a similar database already exists free of charge and publicly available from the WHO.

This is duplicating those efforts at great cost to launder Larry's ill gotten license fee gains.