Posts by Potemkine!

'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft engineer says, explains how to fix it

He is so right

All he says is true. MS went crazy after Windows 7. They made a step back from craziness with Windows 10 but it was just a short break before setting off again with renewed vigour.

You'll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will

Another mandatory XKCD

The best way to break passwords

Re: xkcd

This is soooooo true.

Make long passwords easy to remember, not gibberish ones which are impossible to remember.

And use keepass.

Smile! Uncle Sam wants to scan your face on the way in – and out

I don't intend to travel to the US. I don't travel in countries run by dictators.

Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines

Keep up the good work Noyb !

British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50%

If it becomes too expensive not to comply, they will listen, because it hurts shareholders.

UK would still be in the EU, it should have implemented a local version of NIS2.

And companies go towards protection.

Texas senators cry foul over Smithsonian's pricey Space Shuttle shuffle

I didn't know his wife was named Gustav? ^^

Deloitte refunds Aussie gov after AI fabrications slip into $440K welfare report

Name and shame, please!

Mars’ powerful whirlwinds blow dust everywhere, could affect future missions

Another performance by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter: the observation of an interstellar comet

Brits sitting on £1.6B gold mine of Windows 10 junk as support ends

How many of those old computers will be sent to third-world countries where children will be used to sort materials using a lighter and intoxicate themselves in the process ?

This is the dark side of recycling nobody wants to be aware of.

Starlink is burning up one or two satellites a day in Earth’s atmosphere

According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, around 10 percent of the aerosol particles in the stratosphere (the second layer of Earth's atmosphere where the ozone layer lives) contain aluminum and exotic metals believed to be from rockets and satellites that have burned up on reentry.

That one is easy to solve. Defund NOAA, so no more studies. In trumpian land, case closed.

Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down

Re: "Stray" bullet

Seriously, gun culture is not nearly as irresponsible as hoplophobics imagine.

16,576 deaths by firearm in the US in 2024.

The overall number of firearm deaths in the European Union was estimated to be around 3,000.

Very responsible indeed.

Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission

Akatsuki ?

Naruto to the rescue !

Sky plans to ditch up to 500 staff in the Technology Group

Re: Vote with your feet

"Oh, I can't watch x, now"

This shouldn't be hard to find on the web and for free ^^

Re: Not about

After a quick search:

Sky's total revenue for Q1 2025 was £3.2 billion, reflecting a 5% increase compared to the same quarter in the previous year. The operating profit rose to £400 million, marking a 10% increase, while the net profit reached £300 million, an 8% increase year-over-year.

So the target is clear: more and more profit for the shareholders on the back of wage slaves.

Fiverr cuts 30% of staff in pivot to being 'an AI-first company'

Freedom !

You're free now. You are fired.

Campaigners urge EU to mandate 15 years of OS updates

Yeah, EU protecting users and environment, how dumb this is

/s

Good idea, add also free security fixes whatever the equipment for at least 10 years. Having to pay to have a vulnerability closed is not logical. Car industry recalls cars for free when there's a security issue.

Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not

The executioner begins to sharpen his axe... there will be blood.

After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus

Perfect, thank you !

What data are still sent to Earth by both Voyagers ?

Europe Putin the blame on Russia after GPS jamming disrupts president’s plane

This is the outcome of€25bn of EU taxpayers spent on Galileo (so far),

Cost estimation for Galileo is €10bn, not 25.

The initial cost for GPS is estimated at $12 billion, something very similar. The yearly cost for GPS is around $2bn. For Galileo it's between €0.8bn to €1bn

Galileo is expected to generate around €166 billion in revenue by 2029. It is a good investment.

Galileo has some impressive strengths over GPS, especially when it comes to precision, independence, and innovation. Here's how it stands out:

1. Superior Accuracy

Galileo offers meter-level accuracy for public users and centimeter-level accuracy for commercial services.

Its dual-frequency signals reduce errors caused by atmospheric interference, making it more precise than GPS in many scenarios

2. Civilian Control

Unlike GPS, which is operated by the U.S. military, Galileo is fully civilian-controlled by the European Union.

This ensures greater transparency and less risk of signal degradation during geopolitical tensions

3. Better Urban Performance

Galileo’s modern signal structure performs better in dense urban environments, where buildings can block or reflect signals.

This means faster and more reliable positioning in cities

4. Unique Emergency Services

Galileo includes a Search and Rescue (SAR) service that can detect distress signals and send confirmation back to the sender.

GPS doesn’t currently offer this return-link capability

5. Authentication Features

Galileo provides Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA)—a feature that helps users verify the authenticity of the signal.

This is crucial for security-sensitive applications like banking, autonomous vehicles, and infrastructure monitoring

6. Multi-Constellation Synergy

Most modern devices use both Galileo and GPS, along with GLONASS and BeiDou, for enhanced accuracy and reliability.

Galileo’s integration boosts overall performance, especially in challenging environments

In short, Galileo is like the precision-tuned European counterpart to GPS—designed with modern needs in mind and built for resilience, accuracy, and civilian trust

Re: The only SPOOF is the accuracy of the story?

The 10 minutes delay is consistent with a jamming occurring during the landing phase. Note also that the plane had to make a second approach before landing. Compare with other planes landing in Plovdiv, none has the same circumvented trajectory.

Look at the gps jamming map by flightradar, where it occurs. It's quite interesting to guess who does that.

Re: Rust

Too many Boeing and MD in the US.

AI robs jobs from recent college grads, but isn't hurting wages, Stanford study says

Re: Sooooo.....

Do you really believe beancounters think 10 years in advance?

Trump made Intel an offer it couldn't refuse

The US now practices nationalization of private companies. the US turns communist, who would have think it would be possible ?

AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'

Hey kids

Become plumbers or electricians, because these works won't be easily replaced by AI thanks to some beancounter who thinks it can save more money for the shareholders.

FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure

You seem to forget that many times IT managers have no mean to fix that, because it requires a costly maintenance from Cisco or changing the infrastructure, and beancounters disagree.

There should be a law making security fixes free and mandatory, even if there's is no maintenance contract. Like for security recalls for cars.

Those are LIES against the nice people from Russia. It's time to dismantle the FBI who commits CONSPIRACY against the best friend of the DEAR LEADER !

HAIL TRUMP !

/s

GitHub CEO: Future devs will not code, they will manage AI

Re: If future devs "will not code"...

Of course. And binary and boolean algebra too. These are the basics.

I may be an exception because more and more people are said to be "developers" when they are in fact code monkeys.

Prohibition never works, but that didn't stop the UK's Online Safety Act

Re: Cottage industry

Potemkin policy

Hey, I've got nothing to do with such policies!

Please add: any similarity to actual members living or dead is accidental and unintentional.

So true, but...

Politicians don't care that these policies won't work. What they want is to look as people who act to protect children. To look, not to be. What does matter is the public perception of the biggest number, not the opinion of the IT crowd. We all know in IT this kind of law is inefficient, stupid and dangerous. But this law wasn't made to be efficient, this is PR with a pinch of puritan dogmatism.

Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices

EPA is getting gutted, so this problem will be solved, what is left of it won't need more than a paper and a pencil. And so will be CISA.

Everybody knows cybersecurity is a plot by LEFTISTS RADICALS who are enemies of the State. But our Dear Leader will take care of them, there is room in San Salvador jails.

HAIL TRUMP !

Millions of age checks performed as UK Online Safey Act gets rolling

Re: Madness

I hope my kid will be smart enough to go around those technical restrictions or else he would disappoint me.

Ex-CISA chief slams MAGA 'manufactured outrage' after sudden West Point firing

One Folk, One Nation, One Leader

The Dear Leader is always right. Contesting the Dear Leader is a CRIME against the people. Contesting the Dear Leader is TREASON.

New measures are in preparation to take care of the traitors and protect the Greatest Nation of the Universe, which goes to a BEAUTIFUL future under the BRILLIANT guidance of our DEAR LEADER.

HAIL TRUMP !

Banning VPNs to protect kids? Good luck with that

Re: Labour grandeur

A Labour MP wakes in the night, eyes wide, heart pounding: “Someone, somewhere, is talking. Unmonitored. Unverified. Uncontrolled.”

FTFY.

Re: 423K e-signatures - government response has already stated it has no plans to repeal the Act

Oh, you believe politicians' promises ? I may have an Eiffel Tower to sell you, a deal not to be missed !

But you are a pirate ! You steal from those poor right holders ! Because of you apocalypse is coming, people will starve, children will be hurt. You're such a monster. Aren't you ashamed ?

/s

Struggling to sell EVs, Tesla pivots to slinging burgers

"Good food" ? In a US fast food chain ?

Muhahahahaha

The real reason why Trump is killing the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawai'i

Facts

Fact 1: CO2 evolution in the atmosphere

Fact 2: Evolution of Global surface temperature

Fact 3: Evolution of sea surface temperature

Fact 4:Atlantic tropical cyclones downscaled from climate reanalyses show increasing activity over past 150 years

Fact 5: Sea level rise

Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise, tout va très bien, tout va très bien !

British IT worker sentenced to seven months after trashing company network

he logged his attacks and discussed them on phone calls that were later retrieved by the police

So either he recorded his own phone calls, or the police did it for him anyway.

US shuts down a string of North Korean IT worker scams

The capitalists will sell us the rope with which to hang them

Once again.

VMware must support crucial Dutch govt agency as it migrates off the platform, judge rules

Re: Issue is US listed companies are extremely egregious, you should avoid them whenever possible

Broadcom shareholders in the US are so greedy

FTFY

Re: Money for nothing...

More realistically, more money for the shareholders, and big big bonuses for the C-Suite

Canada orders Chinese CCTV biz Hikvision to quit the country ASAP

Re: "Canada’s government will stop using any Hikvision products it finds"

It's not supposed to communicate with anything but the computer of the security guard that is supposed to check it between coffee and donuts.. How can that be a national security risk ?

Maybe because:

a) it may try to communicate to other things that this computer

b) it has backdoors enabling another actor to watch the video from elsewhere

French city of Lyon ditching Microsoft for open source office and collab tools

Re: Le Mayor de Lyon: My advisors tell me there's an alternative to zis Americaine software...

I'm sure Monsieur Doucet is above such things

Probably not, but probably not with MS.

Re: Just be thankful it's not Occitan.

Vai t’en cagar a la vinha e porta me la clau ! :-P

Visiting students can't hide social media accounts from Uncle Sam anymore

Because DHS is soooo credible.

And so was this French lawmaker ?

Wake up, the fascist state is coming in place in the US, a country I will be glad not to visit anymore. I don't travel in autocracies.

Land of the Free

Canada ?