Re: Yawn
Can I have some of that shit your smoking, it's clearly "better" than what I have.
Posts by IGotOut
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Intel loses another exec as datacenter, AI chief named Nokia CEO
Some workers already let AI do the thinking for them, Microsoft researchers find
Tuesday 11th February 2025 01:54 GMT 
Here is how far I trust MS information.
I came into work today and that stupid advertising, I mean lock screen had the following useful information.
Top right: "The end of the year is upon us once again and the holidays are coming up"
Centre: "Prioritise your well being this holiday season with Microsoft Search ...."
Checks date. Yup 10th of February.
Still makes a change from all the Copilot crap...
Amazon, Google asked to explain why they were serving ads on sites hosting CSAM
Cloudflare hopes to rebuild the Web for the AI age - with itself in the middle
Monday 10th February 2025 17:51 GMT
Re: Hmm. But that's not what they're saying.
Congratulations on not understanding what you are talking about.
Cloudflares captcha (there are a few variations you can choose from) shouldn't in theory be presented to humans.
You seem to have a bizarre issue where it's checked that you are human then not presented you with the captcha i.e. its working exactly as intended.
Creators demand tech giants fess up and pay for all that AI training data
Copilot+ PCs? Customers just aren't buying it – yet
Microsoft makes sweet, sweet music with Windows MIDI Services
Thursday 6th February 2025 18:57 GMT
There was a reason Atari dominated...
...it wasn't just the fact it had built in ports, it's also the timing was damned good for the time.The PC, even with the best cards, couldn't get close.
Then the Falcon030 came along and completely and utterly obliterated anything the PC could manage. It took years for the PC to get even close.
Blue Origin spins up lunar gravity for New Shepard flight
Trump admin seeks to reclassify federal CIOs, opening door to political appointees
Microsoft quietly erases Windows 11 TPM 2.0 bypass workaround from help page
UK biz dept overspent by £208M prepping to pay workers hurt in Post Office IT scandal
FBI's secret UFO hunters fear Trump's January 6 purge will send them into orbit
Intel knocked off global chip revenue top spot after rotten 2024
Palantir designed to 'power the West to its obvious innate superiority,' says CEO
Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant'
Tuesday 4th February 2025 21:52 GMT
It's about a decade since I left IT...
...just as this shit was kicking off.
Devs loved "the cloud", because they didn't have to bother with us in IT, and all their stupid rules, like security, server management , ownership and proper administration.
And because they decided they knew better, this is why you have these clusterfucks now.
Right I'm off to bash some metal, I find it's less painful then repeatedly banging my head against a desk.
UK govt must learn fast and let failing projects die young
Tuesday 4th February 2025 20:12 GMT
Some joined up thinking would help.
My story, given I haven't been to the doctor's in about 10 years.
Try calling. Engaged constantly.
Never heard of call waiting? Call back?
So try book online.
Need NHS account.
Put all details in, create account. Log in.
Try to book, says my details are under a different account. WTF?
So I now have two accounts, but only one I can use?
Why didn't it telli already had an account FFS.
.
Ok so now try to book that Doctor's appointment.
No appointments for next two weeks. No option to book later.
Try again a week later.
No option to even try to see the GP, just get results or have blood test.
I don't need either of these.
Try again couple of days later.
Different options, but still no GP.
(BTW, still can't get on the phone).
.
So finally, visit the NHS centre in person.
"You can see the GP tomorrow or in three days time?"
.
Turns out you can't even book to see the GP online, but there is nothing on the site telling that
.
It's something when I can book an appointment at a little local hairdressers easier than with a multi billion Pound organisation.
OpenAI, Microsoft urge judge to toss out Musk's 'fact-free' lawsuit
Microsoft vet laments a world where even toothbrushes need reboots
Tuesday 4th February 2025 02:08 GMT
Re: How else...
But my first electric toothbrush cost £30. It lasted almost 20 years.
My current one cost the same.
It's now 5 years old.
Somehow I don't think a friend £145 one (down from £250, so clearly a bargain!) will still be going as long.
The benefits.
His connects to an app for a timer!
Mine vibrates differently every 30 seconds.
The app can tell him he's brushing to hard or to soft
My nerves tell me that.
The app tells you when the brush is worn out.
My eyes tell me that.
The ONLY advantage it has, is a better battery BUT he says "it only takes an hour to charge, not 8".
My reply "How many times a day do you clean your teeth".
Sometimes cheaper is better.
Oh, my £150 14 year old TV is still going strong thanks.
Privacy Commissioner warns the ‘John Smiths’ of the world can acquire ‘digital doppelgangers’
Tuesday 4th February 2025 00:54 GMT
Re: Police....
My late brother was arrested at his home because he was wanted for jumping bail.
The fact he had always lived 100 miles away from the real wanted person was irrelevant. We had to PROVE his innocence by pulling out birth certificates and bank statements.
After their names and DOB matched, so they MUST have the right person.
Tuesday 4th February 2025 00:50 GMT
Re: Tough Problem
"would you have described them as "two boys"?
Just starting "back in the day" they could of easily be 16 or younger.
And as pointed out, I asked woman just the past Saturday who she was at the event with, and she said "those girls over there". The youngest was probably 40.
I've also said "who's the new lad?" on quite a few occasions.
DeepSeek means companies need to consider AI investment more carefully
Musk’s DOGE ship gets ‘full’ access to Treasury payment system, sinks USAID
US senator wants to slap prison term, $1M fine on anyone aiding Chinese AI with ... downloads?
Ontario responds to Trump tariff by pitching Starlink deal into the trash
Microsoft to kill off Defender VPN this month
BT fiber rollout passes 17 million homes, altnet challenge grows
Friday 31st January 2025 12:30 GMT
I agree.
I've FTTC and at 38mbs it's absolutely fine for me. For me, waiting 30 seconds less to download a file for twice the price is just pointless. I was happy with it at 18mbs, but it was cheaper to switch than stay as it was
I can understand for a large family with everyone on line, or people that handle huge files, but for most it's fine.
Googlers asked if they'd like to bury themselves next to Stadia, Chromecast, DropCam
HPE's $14B Juniper takeover slams into Dept of Justice roadblock
Tesla's numbers disappoint again ... and the crowd goes wild ... again
DARPA asking for ideas on automating money laundering detection
The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Wednesday 29th January 2025 22:52 GMT
Re: welcome to hell
"In that sense I was taught right and wrong. Good and Evil. I tend to recognize it when I see it."
Ah the bible.
Incest. Good
Rape. Good
Gang Rape of your virgin daughters, even better.
Genocide Good
Mass Murder Good
Wanton Destruction. Good.
Misogyny. Good.
Yup a shining example of a book to live you're life by.
White House asks millions of govt workers if they would be so kind as to fork right off
Boom's XB-1 jet nails supersonic flight for first time
SLAP, Apple, and FLOP: Safari, Chrome at risk of data theft on iPhone, Mac, iPad Silicon
AI agents? Yes, let's automate all sorts of things that don't actually need it
Tuesday 28th January 2025 23:03 GMT
Re: Slightly narrow sided thinking.
@Truth1492
So what you are saying is I have to very carefully state what I want, otherwise I may not get what I ask for?
So if I want a a USB-C I need to go...I don't know
Please purchase a 3m usb cable with a female type c connector at each end, with a black and white braided cord, that has at least a 4 star review rating with a minimum of 1000 reviews, each containing at least 6 words. Then please get the vendor to send it via the cheapest method, but to my alternative drop off point rather than my house. If this isn't in stock then please can I have either a 5m cable......
Or I just go on a fucking website and go, click, click,click, done!
Microsoft admits January's Windows Update broke USB Digital to Audio Convertor
Trump eyes up to 100% tariffs on foreign semiconductors, TSMC in crosshairs
WINE 10 is still not an emulator, but Windows apps won't know the difference
Meta blocked Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers
Tuesday 28th January 2025 13:24 GMT
Don't let them off the hook...
...Zuck is scum, only interested in money and power.
They could fix much of what is wrong with Meta, but over and over it gets blocked at the highest level, because after all, number must go up.
I'll admit it, I'm on there because in the early days it was OK.
Now it's the primary way I find out about live music events.
I'm on Bluesky and it's a joy to only see posts from people I actually want to follow. The problem is it have 90% of the people I follow on there....yet.
DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells El Reg reader: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI'
UK council selling the farm (and the fire station) to fund ballooning Oracle project
Monday 27th January 2025 23:23 GMT
I'll give a slightly different perspective...
...I can't give specifics as people that know me reading it will know who I am.
This is not just public sector issue, it a large entity issue.
It's not just Oracle, it's a management/ project management issue.
I will give my example.
The in house it team in the area concerned we're not at any point informed or encouraged in discussion "due to our negative attitude to the existing core product roll out" (which itself failed to deliver on half the promises, one of which I warned them about from day one, which ended up costing £70,000 to correct, but I digress). So managers, consultants from the core product team, and a third party all huddled together over a 6 months to come up with super shiny. A replacement for the old system which I was an expert in.
They bought £500,000 worth of shiny of the 3rd party and then spent 3 months trying to get it to work. They all squabbled about who's fault it was because it couldn't do XYZ, vendor A had said it could, vendor B said out of spec. It was still going when i walked out.
In the meantime I'd used a trial bit if software, that would cost £1000 / annum and a spare server we had. Whacked up a webpage to spit out the info required and bingo. Job done.
All the teams rolled it out by stealth as a "test", as it did exactly what they wanted.
Then the trial was coming to an end. I asked for the £1000 to purchase the software.
Nothing
Getting closer to expiry date.
Nothing.
1 day to go
Nothing.
Expiry date came.
Software closed down all hell broke loose as they were no blind.
Somehow it's my fault.
Next day I didn't get out of bed and never went back.
Don't know if fixed or not. I doubt it, as nothing was documented, as far as I was concerned it was a trial.
Tldr
Blame the management teams and the sales consultants, for not having fucking clue what the staff and end users actually need or want.
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
South Carolina's abandoned nuclear reactors positioned to fuel the AI datacenter boom
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