Posts by spuck 249 publicly visible posts • joined 1 May 2020
Yes, you've got me there. Bootcamp was a valuable thing for some users, but I still submit it is not a feature that a majority of users use or one that Apple touted as a selling point.
I'm not a Mac user, so forgive me if I'm wrong... the last Macs that use x86 were released in 2019, is that right?
When Broadcom first announced they were actively trying to drop less-profitable customers, I wondered how they could be so shortsighted. It's not like small customers (like me) cost them a lot; as long as my stuff keeps running and I have access to patches, I am happy.
Why would they be actively trying to push small customers into the arms of open source alternatives?
But now I wonder if they are playing a longer game than I realized. Maybe Broadcom realizes that as those alternatives get better, VMware's time inevitably is running out with the small and medium-sized customers, so it doesn't matter if they pay attention or not.
I think they are trying to be Oracle.
We recently had a similar Zoom call; the biggest difference was that the information was _presented_ to us; there was no chance for anyone besides the presenter to speak.
One of the main points that was given was that our customers need to be able to contact us... so apparently all our company-issued cell phones all work better while we're sitting in our offices?
I always know it's going to be a lovely Friday when a new BOFH is presented.
This one had me reminiscing about the Internet Connected Coke machine
the consultant decided to come in to our office and, 'Could I bring a junior with me for the experience?'
And then they had the audacity to bill you full-rate for this "junior"'s training time? Wow.
A few months ago we had Dell in to repair and perform an update on a storage array. They quoted us 2 days labor for an engineer. After the engineer spent the first day on a journey of self discovery between the rack and doing research in his car in the parking lot (for Internet connectivity), the next day 3 of them showed up. And all three came back the next day. And the next. And again on Friday. After a full week of work, the array was finally back in action.
We haven't seen a bill yet; I want to believe it's because they've decided to waive it because of the bumbling around, but I suspect it will be discovered and delivered by the end of the quarter...
When we were only shipping bales of cotton, casks of rum, and crates of tea around, it was fairly straightforward to count how many things were being unloaded from the ship.
What about when the thing we're importing is knowledge and IP?
Maybe I should just ask ChatGPT...
People who are timid, waffle on their decisions, or can't seem to make decisions have a tough time getting things done.
Musk and president Trump are both huge jerks because they do what they feel is right and don't bother to wonder if anyone agrees with them. They make a decision and go forward to get done what they think needs to get done. They're often unpopular or flat-out wrong in their decisions, but they do make decisions and act.
Everything has moved up a notch. We used to have 1.2.3.4:80 as an endpoint, with 1.2.3 being the network 4 being the host then 80 being the application. Now we have 2001:db8:xxxx:yyyy:zzzz:zzzz:zzzz:zzzz :80. 2001:db8:xxxx taking the place of what used to be an IPv4 NAT with an extra yyyy for internal subnetting then the zzzz part being to identify a host on the subnet with of course the port 80 still being the application identifier.
This is the reason IPv6 hasn't really caught on with most casual end-users as the dreamers would like. Who needs this hassle as long IPv4 NAT/PAT continues to work?
All the odometer nonsense aside...
If the car was brought into the shop twice for warranty work while the warranty was in effect, the manufacturer doesn't get to give up on the repairs still in progress if the warranty period happens to expire before the repair is done. The owner in the original story should go on that angle, perhaps to his state's Attorney General, if needed.
Also, don't use two different methods to determine content and launch it. The article states it uses the claimed MIME type to display it to the user but then trust the OS to handle it based on file extension.
The overall rule is to never execute code passed in as input from a user: users are inept in the best of times and downright malicious at the worst of times.
Coding is like riding a motorcycle in traffic: the only way to survive is to assume everyone around you is actively trying to kill you.
But some of us just want one entree.
A "private cloud" is wonderful, but I would just like to keep using the vCenter/ESXi bundle that has worked so well for the last 15 years without also being forced to pay for the extra features.
Please, Broadcom. Please continue to take our money for the products we are happy with without forcing us to figure out how to replace you.
The biggest reason is right in your question: "more fair distribution of wealth".
In relative terms, the US is still a very young country, and a lot of our history and ethos is based on the idea that the best government is one who gets out of your way and lets you succeed as best you can. Capitalism, for the win. Homesteading, the westward expansion of the 1800s, the 1840s gold rushes, etc...
The idea of redistributing wealth to be "fair" is completely at odds with such thinking; now that our country is reaching middle age, there is starting to be pressure to think about doing things differently: that maybe you don't have to climb higher only on the backs of your neighbors.
From the article, it sounds like price was a concern, but a bigger factor was a change in the terms for their billing arrangement. The CEO said they had been paying month-by-month for each previous month's usage. Broadcom was expecting them to pay for the next 2 years up front.
For a subscription-based organization like a hosting service I could see how this would be a huge thumb on the scale...
I'm sure this will get me downvoted, but it smells like we're missing some of the story here. If I went to the doctor complaining about neck pain and an exam and X-ray showed nothing obviously wrong, and then I went home and didn't seek additional care, why is that the doctor's (or the system's) fault?
From the doctors' perspective: someone shows up at the office complaining of neck pain from _<missing information about the nature of the injury here>_. An X-ray is performed, and apparently nothing is seen that indicates further treatment.
The patient goes home for *3 weeks* during which they apparently decide they're well enough off to go on a vacation.
During the vacation, rapid nerve damage is noted and they seek additional treatment, which they get. Apparently at this point (when the patient's symptoms warranted it), the horrible U.S. healthcare system provided an MRI and the necessary treatment.
Although it seems great fun to preen about the wonders of the NHS and the problems in the US system (where are many), I'm not sure exactly what additional heroics could be expected from either the hospital/clinic or the doctors.
My employer recently pulled Chrome from the corporate desktop. We are now forced to use Edge. Can't imagine why.
Probably because your IT department is not seeing the value difference to supporting multiple browsers and are tired of vetting the weekly update of Chrome.
Much easier to just let MS shove any updates of Edge into the normal Windows Update stream.
Can't say I agree, but I can understand it...
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