Posts by Efer Brick

Vodafone: Be in the office 8 days a month or lose bonuses

As Jimmy Carr once said...

I'll get into the office around 11, chat up the recptionist, have a spot of lunch then home.

Hey programmers – is AI making us dumber?

Re: Nearly there

isn't that more 2000A.D. ? Call me Kenneth and the first robot uprising of 2099.

HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls

Re: Farking bastards...

I'm waiting 15 minutes to give you an upvote!

Techie pointed out meetings are pointless, and was punished for it

Re: The Expert

Awsome, this feels a lit like a project I am currently working on, I will now circulate it with the rest of the muppets.

Insurance giant finds claims rep that gives a damn (it's AI)

Re: "Thank you for your message. I understand your concern,"

I think Father Jack's appology says it best - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOZ3IzRaf4

UK armed forces fast-tracking cyber warriors to defend digital front lines

Re: Just to be clear

Minesweeper

Google confirms Gulf of Mexico renamed to appease Trump – but only in the US

Re: Next Trump executive orders

USoA => Trumpistan

Sri Lanka goes bananas after monkey unplugs nation

Monkey need probonobo lawyer?

ook

Alphabet achieves first $100B annual profit ... and sees its shares sink

Re: Remember to feel good when...

r/degoogle

Humans brought the heat. Earth says we pay the price

Re: I look forward to . . .

Its DEI dwarfs wot dunnit

As Trump slugs Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs, industry groups hope trade war weapon isn’t pointed at their feet

Certain companies

Will get an exemption from said tarrifs, i.e. doner$

Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards

Re: Daily Trump

"Tronald Dump" always amused me

Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors

Just send 'em to...

TheRegister.com

How Windows got to version 3 – an illustrated history

Re: Thanks Liam!

Our chief weapon is surpiiiise, surprise and fear...

Shove your office mandates, people still prefer working from home

Won't someone think of the corporarate office / real estate market !!!

UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation

Re: This is what you get

Hex knew

Christmas 1984: The last hurrah for 8-bit home computers

Re: Well......

Luxe! Ours were made from stone, 25megaliths, but we wur'appy

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation admits to hole in security

Bob Marley

Liked his doughnuts w'jammin

That would've been the icing on the....

Win a slice of XP cheese if you tell us where Microsoft should put Copilot next

Up Jack's arse and round the corner, as we used to say on the playground.

Robots crush career opportunities for low-skilled workers

Re: No. Just, no.

Cue the https://2000ad.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_Wars or 2099

Ambitious overclocker cools Raspberry Pi 5 with liquid nitrogen

how delightfully meta

O2's AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers' time

Jolly Roger

There's also (US) this https://jollyrogertelephone.com/

Fujitsu does not trust Post Office in use of Horizon data in future third-party prosecutions

Re: You'd think

My mate's 12/yo son can do it in a week, but homework must come first.

No stretch marks?

Chinese boffins build soft robot finger that can take your pulse

Re: "It could also be used in the home"

Handshandy?

AI bills can blow out by 1000 percent: Gartner

Re: Customer service is not a place for AI

I thought it was L for Leather

Transport for London confirms cyberattack, assures us all is well

See it, say it, sorted?

Do they say that on TfL? (Or, NR only)

SETI boldly looks beyond the Milky Way in latest alien hunt

Klimgons on the starboard bow

It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow

Deadbeat dad faked his own death by hacking government databases

Canoe

easier? well maybe

Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for 'hostesses' dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth

That's on way to couch it

SAP system gives UK tax collector a £750B headache as clock ticks on support

I though taxt didn't need to be taxing

CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world

Bah, my workplace completely unaffected.

For the record: You just ordered me to cause a very expensive outage

Normam last seen "storming" off.

Payoff from AI projects is 'dismal', biz leaders complain

Re: Actually the most inappropriate applications

Squirrels or a block of cheese, I often thought would be an improvement.

Will AI take our jobs? That's what everyone is talking about at Davos right now

Computer says "no"!

Cough

Artificial intelligence is a liability

Under 18y/o

Contact void

'Return to Office' declared dead

Re: There it is

Conversly, "workers" do get a share of some office space revenue indirectly, probably via their pensions though.

Where do people feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub

Only when you don't have to order online whilst at the table.

ChatGPT's odds of getting code questions correct are worse than a coin flip

Not content providers "poinsoning the well"?

Cumbrian Police accidentally publish all officers' details online

Re: No reason to worry

Or... nothing to hide - then they'll fit you up with something.

Google launches $99 a night Hotel Mountain View for hybrid workers

There's no place like home

Said Dorothy

Funnily enough, AI models must follow privacy law – including right to be forgotten

Re: Question: what about my memory

You're way up the bell end curve with that anecdote

UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s will need GPUs

Re: UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s

Is that what Chat Gee Pee Tee told'ya?

Bad times are just starting for India's IT outsourcers, says JP Morgan

Re: I can't stand...

What the actual guddam fluffy nuts!!!!

Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office

HSBC's recent announce to relocate it's global HQ

From Canary Wharf to a smaller footprint near St. Paul's - says it all really.

Recipient of Europe's largest ever seed round doesn't even have a product

Re: A lot better than nothing

Gregss's effort SausageRoll A.I.

When Google cost cutting goes molecular: Staples, sticky tape, and PC sweating

Re: "Google will no longer provide staples and sticky tape at print stations in offices"

Izal steal that one...

Brit newspaper giant fills space with AI-assisted articles

Re: Coffee is good for you, coffee is bad for you

Coffee, sex, chocolate & booze! Today is a good day to die!

More victims of fake crypto investor scam speak to The Register

yep, no one is immune.