Posts by rob 47

Wanted: IT manager for UK government agency – £60k

They might well get it - just not have the budget for any more.

Someone just blew over $190k on a 4GB first-gen iPhone

Re: A fool and their money

Not really. It's gone up in price massively more than most other investments, might do the same in the next 15 years - sounds like a pretty neat place to put your cash.

Unlucky for some: Meta chops 13% of global workforce

Re: Zuck and metaverse

> If only there was precedent, eh? But of course there isn't, there's no such thing as a "cautionary tale," so nobody could possibly have known that trying to flog something that nobody wants wouldn't work...

They haven't finished building it yet. And something this grand in scale requires _lots_ of investment. You need to put the money in to reap the benefits down the road, otherwise you might be calling them shortsighted.

Alibaba wants to get you off the PC upgrade treadmill and into its cloud

Re: so, a 'Network Computer'?

Thanks, was thinking I was going to have add this.

Whose cloud is it anyway? Apple sinks $30m a month into rival Amazon's AWS – report

Re: Netflix runs on AWS

What?

Peak Apple: This time it's SERIOUS, Tim

Re: iMessage on Andriod

"Apple should make iMessage available on Android phones. This would not be without risk but it would allow Apple to quickly expand their customer base in services and developing countries."

By charging people in developing countries to use iMessage? Can see them queueing up for that...

Re: Too late

How many people upvoting this _actually_ have an Apple Pencil _and_ find it flat each time they go to use it? I've got one, and not noticed this problem. Still, sticking it to the man feels good with a mouse click doesn't it?

Not OK Google: Massive outage turns smart home kit utterly dumb

Re: Hahahaha

What incredible foresight you have - clever you.

Want to predict that internet services won't always be reliable, malware will spread and politicians will philander?

Ubuntu reports 67% of users opt in to on-by-default PC specs slurp

Re: Over the Top Much?

Why?

Elon Musk invents bus stop, waits for applause, internet LOLs

Having done the trip multiple times (used to live in SD) I can say it's quicker to fly. SD is one of the fastest airports I've flown from (nice and small) and if you're off to vegas why would you ever have anything other than hand luggage?!

Remember to factor the time to find the rental car company, get transport to it and fill in all the paperwork.

That is also one dull drive....

Bots don't spread fake news on Twitter, people do, say MIT eggheads

Re: The Gullibility Test

Not sure why the down vote, I think you've hit the nail resoundingly on the head. From my viewpoint most of the reasons for UKIP, Brexit, Trump, Rightwing parties, et al is down to an opportunity to vent dissatisfaction rather than a real belief these respective paths are "correct".

Huawei guns for Apple with Mac-alike Matebook X

Re: Looks good

Centred camera would be best, but top of screen is "better" than bottom.

A high camera angle above eye level will emphasise the face which helps people appear slimmer, however a low camera angle below their eye or chin is not very flattering for most people. You end up looking up their nostrils, and the body appears larger than the head and face, which is generally not desired by most people.