Posts by EVP 402 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Nov 2018
Indeed, Elop was money wise an amateur compared to Musk. The real difference is that Musk has a personal stake in the game, but Elop (that M$’s mole) just burned other peoples’ money, and collected bonuses himself. Both destroyed* a large technology company. Musk’s actions are much more entertaining, though. There was nothing funny in the demise of Nokia mobile phones. I judge the game 2-1 to Musk.
* I think we can use past tense in the case of Twitter too.
Yes. The way Lightning connector plugs in is superior to any USB connector. Another plus is that it stays connected, which is not the case with USB-C. Third, it’s also easy to clean.
I don’t know if Lightning would be elecrically suitable for higher transmission speeds, though. In any case, I’ll be sad to see it go.
Hello May Kapakket, I've just inherited a small amount of money, around $50,000. I'm happy to inform you that I'm willing to invest all of it to pay expenses required to collect the money you mentioned. Meet me at Schiphol next Wednesday at 14:00, gate 14, to agree how to proceed...
Long time ago I called our insurance company’s emergency line. They promised to cover all expenses, guaranteed, and off I went to get supplies by taxi. When the time came, they refused to cover transportation costs. Phone recording of the earlier conversation was mysteriously ”lost”.
I switched insurance company. Lying to me and saving 200 € has cost them this far some 30 000 € in lost revenue. Still counting…
”Apple demonstrated its willingness to ignore older but still supported operating systems back in April when it patched two actively exploited vulnerabilities in macOS Monterey but left users of previous supported macOS releases without a fix.”
A dick move. World’s richest company could easily afford fixing security vulnerabilities for older hw/sw too. Especially when they boast about being so environment friendly. What could be better for the environment than to keep using old hw a bit longer instead of buying new stuff?
(Yes, I own iThings. Plan to cut my expenditure on them, though. I don’t like the current develompent they are making.)
Uh, just 1% of their nukes working would be more than enough. Even one would be too much.
Russian nuclear doctrine is that using nukes is justified if the Russian Federation is under existential thread. If several countries started to reclaim territories, it would initiate nuclear war for certain. I have no doubt that they could use even much more smaller things as an excuse, if it fitted their purposes.
Fuck them a thousand times, and then some more, for bringing the fear of nuclear escalation back.
"Surprising as it may seem, every project doesn't need (reads from checklist)"
I fully agree.
"It's actually incredibly hard to take a very diverse group of people and then expect them all to have compatible values"
A compatible person can come from Europe, North/South America, China, Japan, India, wherever. Dickwad is a dickwad, and nice person is a nice person, no matter where she/he came from. That's my experience so far.
Hmm... "Talent Acquisition Team" by its name acquires talent to the house. When the Acquisition Team was formed, there was no Talent Acquisition Team present, thus no talented people could be acquired to the Team. This leads me to conclusion that the Team consist of untalented people, and therefore cannot really acquire talent.
Oh wait, they're good at acquiring bonus. I was wrong, they're talented after all.
"While the pair of bugs won't top the list of security flaws Beijing-backed spies hope to exploit to steal government secrets"
How about flickering lights to transfer information over an air gap. Flickering might be made undetectable to humans, depending on the device characteristics in question. The threat scenario might only be of academic interest, but shows again how big a security/privacy hazard this 'smart' crap makes.
I trust that no government agency would instal 'smart' devices in their premises, no?
Good point. Why don't we just simulate politicians to get politician robots? Moreover, we can manufacture only robot politician heads, since most of the politicians are just talking heads anyway. Cheaper, and we can put them in a special soundproofed container where they can argue with each other as much as they like.
"It's a shame more people don't care - perhaps then something would be done about it."
Next time someone tells you "I've got nothing yo hide", ask the person to hand over her/his mobile unlocked and and tell that you are going to browse all the messages and pics, and copy the interesting ones. If there is nothing to hide...
One should not mention words 'pay rise' (not even 'effective') when the money, i.e. money saved, doesn't come from one's company. In my books this kind of talk adds to corporate propaganda. I'm sure you mean to make a relevant point and I don't wan't put you down, but please don't spread this kind of talk.
We can expect products whose cyber security warranty will be void when connected to the Internet. Like some smartphones advertised waterproof whose warranty will not cover water damage. So everybody don’t worry, cheap crap will continue to flow into EU.
That was admirably fair of the foreman. Happened that now, they would make both you and the permanents work harder, but pay everyone less. Inflation*, rising costs** and stuff***, you see.
* _We_ are going to increase _our_ pricing.
** Executives bonuses.
*** Everything else that can be used to bugger you.
I’m afraid he has been zucking in every word in the song.
I’m worried that VR will become a norm. You must use it to interact at least in school and work. I don’t want that kind of world. Not for me, not for anyone.
My grim thoughs are that sleazy saledroids will go first (well, after failing corporate market first try) to schools and give access to their platform for pennies (not free, that’d be suspicious). Headmasters will get soooo exited about ‘future possibilities’. Teachers will be brainwashed to think that their pupils will become junkies unless they get used to the new awesome tech. Oh man, gen-A (counter overflow), and all subsequent ones, besmirched.
The gen-A will eventually go to unis, and finally to work life. They won’t even realise that you wouldn’t have to expose yourself to that shit. Some will even demand use of VR, the ones who’ll become upper management. Game over man, all buggered.
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