Posts by IamAProton

Suits won't quit AI spending, even if they can't prove it's working

Strategic enabler for wide entreprise-reorganization

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Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework

.net core alfa and beta

pretty much up to version 5, regardless of the official naming.

I'm glad I did not touch any of that stuff until v6 (besided 'upgrading' applications made by others that were broken after a new 'point' release was out...)

Apple pushes Maps ads in free training-wheels business bundle

Re: Easy mobile OSM editing?

OsmAnd~ works quite well on mobile devices (once you get used to it) and it works offline. Not sure about doing contributions since I never tried

Tha only thing I have to figure out is how to import sped cams or redlight cams as POI so they can be visible on the map since I do not use audio when on motorbike.

EU broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are the next gatekeepers

Re: For the love of $DEITY

They will have 5G connectivity soon. SIGH

BTW: I got a tv with VIDAA OS, still annoying when you press one of those button activating "online functions" but bedsides that it has never nagged me for being disconnected.

Re: Unplugged from the Internet: Not a Workable Option for Many New TVs

Bring it back to the shop it's clearly malfunctioning

Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to

Certified android devices

Certified android devices = every device sold with google services installed? or just a subset of those?

I do not plan to use devices with google bloatware anymore, but for relatives cheap models from TCL for example are ok-ish, much cleaner than samsungs for example

This stupid process reminds me the bootloader unlock process for xiaomi devices: device can't be too new, need a windows software to request the unlock and then the device to be unlocked need to connect wth its own data (4g, not over wifi)

Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones

Ask employer to buy you a device for work.

You might have to carry 2 (but having work and personal data on teh same device is generally not a great idea, especially in big companies).

Or just use an onld 2G phone, none of the app-crapp works obiously, so you do not even need to explain 'complex things' to your boss/manager can't understand.

Bug that wiped customer data saved the day – and a contract

BDTD.

Is not good that your digital infrastructure is a potpourri of old VMs, obsolete OS, abandoned servers running for years with no purpose, but when you get a full blown intrusion (becasue of a gaping hole in a 3rd party software) and the ransomware crew fails to encrypt the real juicy targets ( and in several others their tool crashed) it kinda makes your day.

UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty

IIRC recently the card fees have been capped in EU and (at least for some CC from asian based banks) the "cashback" they give you went to 0%.

If a CC will give you money if you pay with it it's pretty obvious that the fee is not as small as they want people to believe.

That's a nice way to spin it around.

So with the cachback they give you they are actually losing money? /s

I would totally support to have the card fee charged to the customer

Brussels urged to pay 'sovereignty premium' to narrow China battery gap

Re: So, capitalism failed?

Just checked a used car, VW with the usual VW problem (since probably 30+years ago) so I'm freshly annoyed :)

My close to 30years old Toyota (with a much cheaper trim level) has no issues with doors/ceiling. I should contact VW and offer to donate my old car so they can study it and perhaps find out the secret. /s

Re: So, capitalism failed?

I have to pay for the sovereignity premium? Shouldn't it be achieved with proper policies/incentives?

I would pay extra for a car with the door panel fabric doesn't fall off after 10 years (looking at you VW)

UK copper fired after faking keyboard taps using photo frame

Re: Never was so much measured by so few to so little effect.

you can search for 'mousejiggler', work also to prevent remote desktop sessions to asking you for password

same here, there is a still one:

https://cdn.kibrispdr.org/data/906/simpsons-keyboard-bird-3.jpg

Microsoft to auto-launch Copilot in Edge whenever you click a link from Outlook

Re: Edge can be uninstalled

well, at least it doesn't bother me anymore, so it's definitely somethign more than removing the icon from menus

Edge can be uninstalled

if your system 'country' is set to an EU member during installation.

Or perhaps the language.

I did install it in english US so i had to fiddle with Vivetool (IIRC) to be able to uninstall edge

Microsoft boss on AI content: 'Nobody wants anything that is sloppy'

when a spreasheet grows past a certain size, using AI or not doesn't make much difference on the quality of the information you pull from it

Rogue devs of sideloaded Android apps beg for freedom from Google’s verification regime

The EU aleady fined google for forcing device manufacturers to sell only device with google software (or none with it at all)

But if you do not have google crap software some/many government applications WILL NOT WORK because the "device integrity" is verified by the google software.

As a matter of fact, if your government mandate the use of some apps for certain services its delegating google to decide if you can or cannot access them.

Form this standpoint Hong Kong government is better since (last time I checked) you can download their apps from Google Play store, Apple App Store, Huawei store and government websites (.apk file)

So, in the EU we have a case of "left hand doesn't know what the right one is doing": if they put some limit to google's plans they have to force member states not to exclude user with 'clean' androids.

Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake

Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please?

reminds me of this https://27bslash6.com/overdue.html

Keir Starmer declares 'months' timeline for social media age clampdown in UK

Re: SM in it's current form should be burned to the ground with napalm...

Ah, got it, Social Media ;-)

Re: The problem with the 'blame the parents' argument

ShowNoMercy comes to mind.

On one side the availability of "inappropriate" content nowadays is massive and the internet speed adds to the issue. With floppies and 56K (and no flat-rate internet) it was 'self limiting'; the other issue is the social media design for addiction.

KPMG partner in Oz turned to AI to pass an exam on... AI

"The report was littered with AI ERRORS AND FALSE STATEMENTS, including imagined quotes from a court ruling and non-existent academic research."

FTFY

European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits

Re: How do you define "all" parts

I'm pretty sure Apple does that already.

The problem is the general lack of common sense in people buying crap that cannot be fixed or is too expensive to fix.

Even with power tools the spare parts 'assemblies' are often way more pricy than they should be.

Perhaps the total cost for the spares should not be more than the cost of the device. A new device comes assembled, tested and bxed, the spares have a little extra cost because if you buy all the required pieces they are not assembled yet, that's the compensation for handling spares.

I'd love to have lifetime warranty on cosmetic issues that prevent reasonable use of the device, eg: rubberized coatings that serve no purpose other than becoming sticky after a while) If a company want to use them they are on the hook as long as the device exists.

Taiwan tells Uncle Sam its chip ecosystem ain't going anywhere

Re: It doesn't matter, or rather, nobody cares.

""This is China" is a documentary co-produced by China and Russia" I think I'll pass on that show.

I would recommend you to read some from various sources that you cannot reach without the use of a VPN ( but rememner, now VPN in PRC need to be approved by the government so you might get in trouble just for reading some stuff. Random topics on top of my mind: June 4th '89, Great leap forward, Covid-19.

Re: It doesn't matter, or rather, nobody cares.

For the record I lived for almost a decade between HK and TW (and visited CN too).

It definitely gave me a better understanding of the whole picture, but not in a pro-commmies way ;)

Re: It doesn't matter, or rather, nobody cares.

This time the translator did a much better job, or is it just a different shift? ;-)

If this is a job you do to provide for your family I hope it's out of necessity, if not I suggest you not to read your own propaganda :)

Anyways, the "arguing on the internet" rule applies anyways.

Re: Lutnick

Comapnies bailed out also when they introduced teh NSL in more recent years (and also after they seen how logic and common sense went out of the window during covid-19 AKA Wuhan flu)

HK people has been replaced (not totally...yet) by chinese after covid and probably the replacement is still going on.

There are several examples about how HK govt. "works" now: it follows the law and change it very swiftly if it doesn't suit its needs. I'm sure foreign companies are well aware of this.

A notable example: Cathay Pacific "allegedly" did not hire any chinese pilot/cabin crew in the past. After this info got public (and a lot of pilots left becasue of covid) things changed: now the standards have been lowered to become First officer (due to lack of 1st officers) and some pilots barely speak english (I've heard)

Re: It doesn't matter, or rather, nobody cares.

UN resolutions/ "international laws" are always cherry-picked picked by PRC/wu maos: wanna talk about the south china sea? ;-)

You can claim ROC does not exist anymore but there is a country with their own currency called like that, anyways it's 50+ years that PRC want to 'reunify' with ROC; with 2M soldiers and huge amount of resources they still don't dare to do it either because they do not trust their equipment/commitment/capabilities, are scared of the consequences or don't want to 'spend' the "reunification card" which is good to distract chinese people.

Seems you have access to the open internet, so it's trivial to find information on the subject and get a better understanding.

I agree about the reunification being imminent, ROC will eventually be the 'one china' with mainland Taiwan

I'm sorry if this post doesn't spread 'positive energy' ;-)

Re: It doesn't matter, or rather, nobody cares.

IIRC the PRC has yet to declare its independence from ROC, maybe they are waiting to complete the rejuvenation first, anyways once that's done they can work out the reunification thing. /s

Re: China has no desire to destroy Taiwan.

Ask some HongKong native (if you can still find some in HK)

Re: Bargaining chip (no pun)

Well, if it wasn't for the rampant corruption and they did not use the rocket fuel to make hotpot... big maybe.

Just recently the last PRC general (or whatever his rank was) with actual war experience is no more, so good luck with that.

PS: I don't think you'll get your 50 cents by writing on this forum ;)

Yahoo! Japan! and ! Line! to! merge! systems! into! massive! private! cloud!

Tryng to compete with google ad business

LINE is extremely popular in asia but it's now unfortunately a sort of social network.

What bothers me the most is that it's clearly into user tracking since there is no way to open links in an external browser and -of course - no ad-blocking in the embedded one.

For IOS (if still possible) there is a LINELab addon to allow such distruptive choices, for android it's just not possible. (I'd love somebody to challenge that under GDPR or whatever is appropriate)

GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop

Re: "figure out how to manage the mess"

"Get those coders back to their actual jobs : writing low-quality code in the ol' fashion way"

FTFY :)

'Ralph Wiggum' loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone commercial software for $10 an hour

unmaintanable code

If the code is unmaintainable because it's a "Cathedral of complexity" with hundreds of 2nd level dependencies, obscure patterns and a pile of layers just for the sake of it OR because it's written by a bot does it really make a difference?

After a few years of modifications it will need a full rewrite anyways so - assuming those LLMs can actually write code that works - it's going to be a matter of cost (development + maintenance)

Concorde at 50: Twice the speed of sound, twice the economic trouble

Near Moscow, if still there, tere is a ''koncordsky' (Tu144) in the air force museum in Monino.

Pity it's used for storage/taking naps (at leas wehn I've been there) but it was possible to have a walk inside

Child safety or age-gating for all? UK social media ban plan draws fire

Re: Parenting

The problem is the 'peer pressure'

Parents preventing use of social media to kids (or kids smart enough not to use it) can be a minority at most.

Then the kids become the weirdo that get excluded because nowadays even official communication are posted on FB.

Wanna talk wo the plumber? Need whatsapp.

I hate the idea of identity check on any kind so I hope they find a solution (like banning the whole social media or anything reasonable that willl avoid the peer pressure problem

The world is one bad decision away from a silicon ice age

Re: Chicken

I think the guys in PRC already know that, but they make a fuss every time they are reminded

Re: Chicken

Taiwan (ROC) doesn't declare independence because it's formally wrong: they actually have territorial claims on the whole PRC and some more.

If TW wants to piss-off the commies they can remind the world they are the legitimate government of China as we know it today; if anything PRC can declare its independence from ROC.

Re: Why would China upset the apple cart?

If the communist party claims to be the legitimate government of china they are on the hook for about 1 Trillion USD debt from the ROC government.

Its just ink on paper like most of these 'big numbers' but if they attack/invade ROC (assuming they can make it) I think this number will become relevant.

Re: On a pragmatic level

Or get into some 'offline' hobbies like woodworking, gardening or learn how to weld or work on cars or make a baby, you will have no more enough free time to use a computer in a way that requires 'up-to-date' hardware. ;-p

Looking at the glass half full

Without going into details about the reason why PRC should/should not (try to) invade ROC, the bright side would be that less electronics will be stuffed into cars and appliances.

US regulator tells GM to hit the brakes on customer tracking

Re: Privacy respecting safe driving or economical driving app?

Jokes aside, the "average ability" it's quite pointless, for the sake of conversation what i consider basic driving skills are:

-keeping your speed appropriate considering the surrounding traffic

-acceletrator/brakes management: don't floor it-hit the brake-repeat when following somebody

-keeping reasonable distance from the car in front of you to avoid hitting brakes for any speed adjustment

-using indicators so other drivers understand what you have in mind before you are actually doing it

-"keeping the car rolling"

Non of these skills require special cars or tires nor track driving eperience, greatly improves traffic and safety and saves gas too

Re: Privacy respecting safe driving or economical driving app?

Excuse me for being blunt, but if you need an app to learn basic driving skills it means the whole driving school system is crap and/or you shouldn't be driving (I know I know, most of people drive very poorly).

AI industry insiders launch site to poison the data that feeds them

Re: MS?

Sadly true. Reminds me of Example about formatting dates using March 10th (looking at you Crystal Reports!)

In one occasion the code sample from Microsoft was wrong (was the year 2014, code about SQL server filetables)

HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations

As long as the app is not mandatory I can accept their silly requirements (and by 'accept' I mean 'not use their app)

Re: Been happening for years

"The latest website design craze seems to be the use of ultra light grey boxes and ultra light grey text on a white background!"

EXACTLY. Soon enough I'll have to customize the stylesheet because the deveoplers are suffering from 'rectal-cranial inversion'

Re: Not just bitwarden

A browser shouldn't be able to tell what is installed on your pc, maybe Anydesk installed a browser extension (or registered a handler for something like "any://") and the invasive bank javascript is checking for that?

Re: NS&I too

I always enable developer options, that's the only waty to disable the animations (which I hate with passion).

But not using HSBC is an option.

I don't want to sound like I'm an a$$h0le, and I know it's a PITA to change, but if you stick with them you are part of the problem.

There might be some deal ot better conditions you can get if you change bank (maybe by talking to a human and not just doing it online)