Errmmm
If it's so good, why don't they use it on their own bug ridden crap?
Posts by IGotOut
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Cisco's open-weight bug busters take on Google and OpenAI
Some Mullvad VPN customers tunnel for exit after co-founder donates millions to populist party
Tuesday 21st July 2026 23:47 GMT 
Re: The misguided “One Laptop Per Child”
Or maybe the reason it failed was nobody actually bothered to ask the "clients" what they wanted.
Dammed if I can remember the podcast I listened to, but it was a lengthy discussion on why this, and so many other seemingly "good" ideas ultimately fail and the simple answer was "Western" centrism. Look at those poor Africans wouldn't it be amazing if we gave them laptops.
Great idea, until they don't have electric, they need repairs, maintenance, oh did I mention no one bothered to teach the teachers? Or that they didn't fit into any part of the curriculum. Give a bunch of kids a whole set of orchestral instruments, let's see how long it is before they can master them with no instruction.
Oracle faces $100M annual bill to back Wisconsin datacenter power promises
Kratos phishing-as-a-service kit loses its battle with international law enforcement
Windows 11 Start menu changes trickle into Beta, movable taskbar still MIA
LG monitors are using Windows 11 feature to serve adware
AI music platform Suno hits bum note as 55M users exposed in data breach, claims infosec expert
Europe slaps AliExpress with €550 million fine for selling dodgy goods
Tuesday 21st July 2026 10:49 GMT
Protecting the EU sellers.
I do quite a lot of crafting and directly import foils for some of my stuff.
Around £2 - 3 for a hundred sheets. Need to spend £8 plus for free postage.
Off a "UK" seller, around £7 for 100 sheets including postage.
The difference in the item?
ZERO, absolutely fuck all, even have the same writing on the packaging, because all the UK seller is doing is importing the item adding 2 - 3x the price and going "UK seller" which they probably aren't.
I've bought some cracking stuff on AliExpress, but equally had some tat. But when you're paying a quid or two, you take your chances.
HOWEVER, all that said I very carefully read the descriptions (you soon learn the red flags) and avoid the obvious AI generated scams. I could see how people could end up by some dodgy stuff. For an example a VERY cheap MP3 player had the warning "Do not overcharge the device, it may cause damage". That is a huge flag it has no charge protection and is likely to burn your house down.
Malicious cloud customers can bring down the power grid
Attackers pummel critical WordPress vuln to create all sorts of mischief
Monday 20th July 2026 22:08 GMT
Maybe a bit OTT
"Any orgs that waited until Monday to patch are likely already compromised, Knott warned."
Well running the test against my instance.
"Not vulnerable
The batch API is blocked (likely by a WAF or security plugin), so it cannot be exploited. Keep WordPress up to date regardless."
So it seems that the "already compromised" is hyperbole.
Auditors tell UK government to do the math before banking on £45B AI savings
Windows Server Update Services buckle under Microsoft's metadata mountain
Microsoft cuts OneDrive support for older Windows 10 versions next month
Mozilla speeds Firefox release schedule to biweekly
Sunday 19th July 2026 08:25 GMT
Re: a 2-week release schedule
"you are aware that nothing is perfect and nothing can be 100% QA'd - right?"
But you can have very good and 95% or piss poor and 10%.
I have to use an app for work that seems to follow this stupid trend of "release new stuff as fast as possible". About 1 in 10 releases completely Bork's the program, so the next release is fixing the previous releases fuck up. 1 in 10 doesn't sound bad, but the heap of crap seems to be updated weekly.
NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage
Amsterdam activists throw acid at Microsoft datacenter project
Europe's chip ambitions won't break dependence on US cloud and software, says Forrester
Airbus migrating 70 critical apps from AWS to France's Scaleway amid digital sovereignty push
Thursday 16th July 2026 15:06 GMT
Re: It's not just AIrbus moving off!
SWIFT is based in Belgium and is a Global system, owned by more than one financial institution, in multiple countries.
There is the European direct banking system that cuts out VISA and MasterCard that's rapidly rolling out. In fact it's an option in eBay now.
Microsoft cancels Patch Tuesday for some Dell users over surprise shutdowns, overheating devices
SpaceX open sources Grok Build in same week company was found beaming users' repos to the cloud
Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off
Thursday 16th July 2026 13:49 GMT
And in three months...
...wait for the rant where he complains that the herbal is being over run with slop code.
Then again, maybe he's protected, because unlike a lot of Open Source projects that are drowning under slop bug reports and terrible updates , Linux Kernel has a huge budget and team behind it.
Google Cloud's VMware service loses resilience due to a dud update
New York becomes first state to halt datacenter buildouts
Ministers arm under-16s social media ban with least surprising study of the year
Microsoft rolls out Windows Search updates and they're... quite good
'The bots are alive!' Jailbroken Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in just 6 minutes
Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud
Tuesday 14th July 2026 16:50 GMT 
Sure thing
"Elon Musk has separately promised that all previously uploaded user data will be deleted."
Coming from the scumbag that has promised Full Self Driving, Manned Mission To Mars, The Hyperloop, Robotaxis, and on and on.
At least he's never promised to to be a low life scumbag, because even he can't lie that much.
IBM's mainframe sales get mugged by AI hardware panic, stock sheds more than a quarter of its value
World Cup grudge attackers may have scored Argentine FA access via year-old infostealer infection
Lucky 13: SpaceX aims for July 16 Starship flight test
Memory makers are slaves to the boom-bust rollercoaster, and the AI boom is the wildest ride of all
Monday 13th July 2026 10:46 GMT 
I have ZERO sympathy...
..for them if they do get hit very hard, in fact I can't wait
These companies have been proven to be cartels in the past and are doing the same again, just more blatant about it. Some of the people involved in the previous illegal activities are still with the same companies now.
So I hope the scumbags crash and burn.
Irish datacenters now guzzle 23% of the country's electricity
Capita hears demand for pension scheme cleanup 'loud and clear' – but won't say yes
Saturday 11th July 2026 07:26 GMT
Re: Two options for Crapita
"As a matter of interest could you quote the law against utter incompetence under which they could be charged "
You appear to be mixing up civil and criminal proceedings.
Ok, it's not a fine as such, but many, many companies get sued over breach of contract. But that would depend on how well the contract was written
Windows 95 detected installers by looking for magic words and hoping for the best
Former GitHub CEO launches competitor designed for the age of vibe coding
China tells devs to ditch Claude Code over 'backdoor code' fears
Clingy Virgin Media fined £28M for refusing to take the hint
Wednesday 8th July 2026 17:08 GMT
"2) If you want package deals including TV, broadband and maybe other offers, then there's only a shortlist of big, shitty companies to choose from."
In my dealings with both Sky and VM, it was night and day.
VM kept insisting on trying to talk toy 80 year old dad about the dogshit service they provided, no doubt thinking he'd be a pushover. However they of course are to stupid to clock that I was my dad.
Sky went, sure, just pop your dad on to confirm couple of things, then I became the main contact for the account, but still billed to him. I should also mention that they were UK based agents and spent 20 minutes going through the TV setup and configuration.
Unexpected Windows bloat is due to bug, not by design
MPs tell Brit government: Sort out your tech sovereignty or get left out in the cold
Microsoft flips Windows Backup to on by default unless you're in the EU
UK guts planning red tape so datacenters can bypass the neighbors faster
Tuesday 7th July 2026 16:50 GMT
Stop calling them NIMBYS
No one wants these fucking monstrosities except asshole billionaires and corrupt governments.
Of you even think someone is a "Nimby" for not wanting one fucking have one next to your house.
Deafening Aircon units, constant surveillance, massive water and electricity consumption.
Here's a rule. Anyone one who thinks that the site proposed is a good one, has to live next to it permanently for 10 years.
But of course it won't be anywhere near where they live.
GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
Monday 6th July 2026 21:03 GMT
Re: Ah, Sony
So you're say Apple started the "You'll own nothing trend?'
As a side note, but related..My 14 year old daughter bought 11 second hand CDs yesterday, because she is sick of adverts and / or tracks randomly disappearing off streaming....and she'll rip them to her brand new MP3 player.
C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability
Lessons from the VMwars – nothing virtual about the Broadcom vs Tesco slugfest
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