Posts by D_awesome_beast

HP to hike upfront price of printer hardware as ink biz growth runs dry

Re: At the risk of topic drift, can I ask for a recommendation for a mono laser...

Also they have a great Android app that connects and allows me to print and scan to/from my Wifi Brother Laser direct from Office 365 from my phone.

Owl in a day's work: Commvault picks up software-defined type Hedvig for $225m

Probably only backs up an angry inch

With the 6T, OnePlus hopes to shed 'cheeky upstart' tag and launch assault on flagships

No waterproofing?

Like to see if it can survive a good monsoon storm. Bit more water than a steamy bathroom. IP67 is a necessity in the tropics.

Huawei's Watch GT snubs Google for homegrown OS

"The OS looks like a straight rip of Google's WearOS"

There are only so many ways to skin the cat with a wearable, something is always going to look like something else.

Nearly half of IBM's $1bn Aussie framework deal comes from mainframes

Re: An honest question

Grey beards are indeed needed. The average age of a mainframe programmer is somewhat above that of a *nix programmer.

z/OS does look very similar to Linux, I find I'm answering questions for our mainframe folks on how to do stuff at an OS level. Especially scripting.

Queensland Police want access to locked devices

They still can't do the basics

Why do they want more coercive powers? How many times do we need to read "The suspect flew under the police radar or dropped through the cracks?" Maybe the police should perfect their basic police work before asking for more complicated things.

It gets messy when you ask for the complicated things without having the expertise in the basics first.