Posts by LybsterRoy

Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in

Re: I'm actually on Musk's side on this

FTFY

"That's exactly why anyone working for Musk should HAVE THE OPTION TO be in a union;"

Re: I'm actually on Musk's side on this

and that is related to global climate change (please remember its not warming anymore because people kept saying but its colder) how?

Re: I'm actually on Musk's side on this

One possibility you seem to have missed is the closed shop - no choice other than to join.

Re: I'm actually on Musk's side on this

Indeed, or any closed shop.

Re: I'm actually on Musk's side on this

-- Every company gets the union it deserves. --

As a comment that's right up there with "a country gets the government it deserves"

Re: I'm actually on Musk's side on this

As part of Europe if not the EU "They actually have an interest in their employer doing well." would tend not to explain a lot of industrial unrest. I'm sure all the rail unions have the best interests of their employer at heart.

Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help

As often there is a short SF story. Its about the collapse of a civilization caused by the loss of the index to the index to the index. Only problem is its so long ago I read it I've lost the name of the author and the title of the story. Re-reading all my short story collections to find it may take a while. Please stand by for an update.

'Wobbly spacetime' is latest stab at unifying physics

Re: Dead cert bet

Shouldn't that have "except climate change" in there - after all as St Greta told us - "THE SCIENCE IS FINISHED"

Re: String theory has taught us….

-- epicycles -- really deserves more than the one upvote I can give

Re: Suspected as much . . .

Mathematics is "simply" a mechanism to describe reality and unfortunately we're still getting a lot of red ink on our homework.

It's ba-ack... UK watchdog publishes age verification proposals

-- I'm sure I've missed something important... --

First thing missed - how does the government know its you asking for the token (and no its not going to be tokens all the way down)

Secondly, assuming firstly is solved, the government knows its issued a token. It also knows the site that wants to validate the token. It stores both bits of information and now it knows which sites you've visited.

Re: Dumb and dumber.

Forgotten who wanted national ID cards that would monitor everything?

Re: Wrong problem targeted

Option a)

Because option b) would not be cool and children must be seen to be cool.

Government and the latest tech don't mix, says UK civil servant of £11B ESN mess

Re: @Doctor Syntax

No. The real issue is where are the Civil Servants who have the qualifications, capability, experience and attitude to do that. Actually forget qualifications, I don't care what a bit of paper says.

Amazon on the hook for predictably revolting use of concealed clothes hook spy cam

Re: I imagine gun manufacturers and sellers are watching very closley

I was thinking not arm as in gun but arm (and hand) as in take off the balaclava so we can see the face

Re: Another frivolous case

Amazon knows knives are used to kill people but still sell them and they must know they can be used for murder!

Branson's wallet snaps shut for Virgin Galactic

Re: So, Branson is folding

Well, using the same calendar as EM X (formerly known as Twitter) years would be about the same timing as the gap between Sheffield floods, or maybe an uncertain number of blue moons.

World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan

Re: Step two

-- the issue of power conversion --

Its easy just build solar panels inside - sun 24 hours a day

-- many fewer times when you can't generate electricity anywhere. --

But how many where you can't generate enough for the whole country?

-- you'd say it's not valid because each station uses different methods and equipment. --

Fair point, so did the equipment change over the 120 years? If so what was the difference in accuracy etc between the various set of equipment, if not how accurate did they build the equipment 120 years ago?

-- every climate scientist on the planet says it is. --

Strange that when their job and salary depend on them saying that.

Re: I worry the "clean" nature may be being overstated here

Having just had a new oil boiler to replace my 20 year old one I can say £4494.95 - same pipework and radiators

Re: I worry the "clean" nature may be being overstated here

-- (available for the relatively low cost of about £5k) --

I presume that's just for the heat pump - new pipework and radiators maybe needed as well - bit higher total cost

Re: I worry the "clean" nature may be being overstated here

-- How come they work fine in places like Norway & Sweden? --

I don't know but the owner of a heat pump manufacturer did say they weren't suitable for Scotland

From the linked article "To heat a home, heat pumps extract outdoor heat - which exists even in cold weather - and inject it indoors."

I am now going to display my ignorance: at -30 where is the heat coming from?

Re: Tilting at windmills

Whilst I (living in the Highlands) fully agree with you I do feel that you need to give some credit to the SNP for their own ability to mess things up above and beyond the level you expect from any government.

Re: Tilting at windmills

This -- paid by consumers, not the government. -- is something I have to disagree with - you make it sound as though the government has a source of income other than the consumers.

Re: Tilting at windmills

A genuine question - why did the last ice age end - we weren't around (or if we were not in significant numbers) so what caused the warm up that time?

Re: Tilting at windmills

-- Research is being done into better energy storage --

All together now "it will be here in 20 years"

Re: Tilting at windmills

-- The owners are paid a guaranteed income whether they turn or not. --

And sometimes even get paid for not producing when the wind is blowing but we don't want the electricity

Re: Tilting at windmills

-- However, the point to make here is that nobody is saying we should rely on a single source of energy production, --

We obviously read different news sources

-- and saying "this is useless because it doesn't work 100% of the time" is not only a false argument, but really, really boring to hear over and over again without any hint that you understand nuance. --

Boring I can understand but false - NO

-- Perhaps if we had a grown-up system of PR for our voting in this country --

Why would that help - we'd still have the Civil Service and politicians .

Personally what I find boring is all the people telling me this is the solution without bothering to address the problems.

Regulator says stranger entered hospital, treated a patient, took a document ... then vanished

Re: Just the tip of the iceberg.

-- Nonsense. Health funding us not about levels if taxation, it's about how tax proceeds are apportioned. --

you need to add "and how its spent" to your comment

Re: "Rather than fining public sector institutions for incompetence or a lack of training"

Whilst you may be right you have to remember that the solution to ANY problem (especially if it involves government) is "we need more money"

Re: Pardon?

Congratulations! You have won this weeks award for being unable to distinguish between possibility and probability.

Small but mighty, 9Front's 'Humanbiologics' is here for the truly curious

Re: Applications

Which Plan 9 film?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

or

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2014319/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_7_nm_1_q_plan%25209

or is there another one?

Re: As I wrote about something else a month or so ago ...

-- The core OS for most people doesn't matter, it's all about the application software they are running, and proper training for same. --

I apologise I can only give one upvote to someone expressing that.

Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos

Re: Delusional narcissist

-- the beancounters telling them to do so --

I would love to see the cost / benefit analysis for advertising on any social media platform. Surely with all the analytics on the internet we have progressed beyond the "we know 50% works" period. Maybe its just marketing wanting to keep their budget?

China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020'

Re: Fake benchmarks though

That was very much my thought. For the vast majority of business tasks (and probably a lot of games) the speed quoted will be fine. Sort of like do you need a supercar capable of 170mph to do the school run?

Car dealers openly beg Biden to put brakes on electric vehicle drive

Re: From the inside...

-- they are created using rapid prototyping techniques, so, as an example, one major high end customer is on the 13th redesign of the motor housing alone --

OMFG that sounds scary. I'd much prefer them to stop and think a bit so that when the car is on the road it isn't as disastrous as a lot of software projects are using the same methods.

Re: Profits or the planet ?

I'm more interested in not wasting my money pursuing the pot of gold at the rainbows end that is net zero.

In the eyes of St Greta that would make me evil.

Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model

Just reading the comments, being a non Facebook user) I can agree with the desire for privacy but I'm baffled by the attitude that things should be for free. Maybe that's what's generating the wave of shoplifting?

X/Twitter booted out of Australia's disinformation-fighting club

Re: Banner everything everywhere on all media

-- People seem to have lost the ability to sift through junk themselves --

I think its a little more fundamental than that - many people have forgotten where the ON switch is for their brains.

Re: Reset Aus appear to be tightly aligned with Yes and they are the ones who complained.

If the comment above yours is correct then it looks more like a case of nitpicking to make X look bad.

Re: False premise

-- The AEC *even* publish a register detailing some of the claims made: AEC Disinfo register --

Just went for a read of that. I almost stopped at the first one but kept on reading. Many of them flagged as disinformation amount to "whilst its possible we don't think it will happen" so not really disinformation more a difference of opinion.

Japanese tech startups testing cash incentives for office return

Re: It would have to be a fucktonne of a sweetner

-- The contrary to all this, is that WFH/flexible working is for most employees a pay rise. --

I think this is one of the main points - no one seems willing to give up a pay rise - surprising really!

Industry piles in on North Korea for sustained rampage on software supply chains

-- If someone goes hiking to mountains only with slippers and underwear and they get eaten by a bear, do they deserve to be a victim? --

YES because they should have been wearing an AK47 as well!

-- Look at job boards that offer pittance for IT roles (if company won't come up with even "better" idea to outsource security overseas) and occurrence of these events. --

I love the mindset that says "all you have to do is pay more". Doubling or tripling (or more) the salary will not suddenly generate more competent staff. It might help the training companies to churn out more people holding certificates that say they're brilliant but more likely it will just result in the genuinely competent staff moving to the better paid jobs as we board the reverse helter-skelter.

Re: Industry

You mean a world like this ....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-67506716

No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI

I'm feeling a little bit slow why would they need to implement 64-bit Microsoft Office - does it mean they type faster or something?

Re: Ooh ... so could we have an AI in the cabinet ?

Sorry I can't identify the country

Re: Ooh ... so could we have an AI in the cabinet ?

Reading that all I have to say is "you are Sir Humphrey" and "how much can I claim, is it still only £5 after all the inflation?"

Re: Ooh ... so could we have an AI in the cabinet ?

-- The whole thing is a massive waste of time and money, and it's clearly a whitewash. --

Whilst I don't know the exact colour I have to agree with the final clause BUT its not a waste of money - think of all those poor impoverished legal professionals making a bundle from it.