Posts by weallneedhelp

Ex-politico turned Meta hype man brands Metaverse 'new heart of computing'

Re: Article Correction...

The requirement for a Meta account was removed ~9months ago.

How can we recruit for the future if it takes an hour to send an email, asks Air Force AI bigwig in plea for better IT

If the users are wasting an hour of productivity each day then cost of the machine could recovered in about 3 weeks (more realistically ~6 if you allow for setup costs). This is an organisation for which the weekly wage bill is probably several $billion.

The lighter side of HMRC: We want your money, but we also want to make you laugh

Re: Child benefit... @AC

If your wife is not working then you should not stop the benefit. While your wide is paid child benefit she will also gain national insurance credits, if you opt out of the benefit she will loose these.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/28/beware-forgoing-child-benefit-could-cost-you-your-state-pension

Well, that escalated quickly: Qualcomm demands iPhone, iPad sales ban in America

Re: Apple's hypocritical

FRAND terms only normally apply to patents which are standards essential. None of the patents here look like they would fall under that category, and hence licensing terms are entirely between Qualcomm and Apple.