* Posts by Dave@Home

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The unlicensed OneDrive free ride ends this month

Dave@Home

Surely this is a Customer side problem?

"That could make it tough to hand over the role to someone else, and in the worst case could create trouble from courts and regulators."

If your business has data that might fall under these use cases, surely you should be looking to sort out a proper data management policy, not just dumping it on someone elses computer and hoping they don't delete it?

Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs

Dave@Home

Re: His maths is not very good is it...

That's essentially the argument used by the labour movement immediately after WW1.

Reduce the standard working week from 47 hours to 40, so that jobs become available for demobilised troops returning home.

Badass Russian techie outsmarts FSB, flees Putinland all while being tracked with spyware

Dave@Home

Re: "Always keep a second passport"

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/additional-passports/additional-passports-accessible

UK citizens can hold two passports

US citizens can hold up to four

Asda hits the brakes on tech tweaks to avoid festive fiasco

Dave@Home

Re: ""We are now moving into a critical period, with Black Friday…"

It may surprise you to know that UK banks also tend to have change freezes around Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Not because they are eating turkey, but because they are very busy periods for customers and they really don't want anything to break.

Bluesky keeps growing, and so do its problems

Dave@Home

Re: Enjoy BlueSky while we can.

That's the point, it's up to me to choose who I listen to, not you

Neuralink brain chips head for the Great White North

Dave@Home

A cautionary tale

Second Sight tried using in brain implants to restore vision - tech itself was quite impressive, but when the company had financial trouble people were left high and dry with implants they dare not remove.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/16/22937198/bionic-eye-company-defunct-ieee-spectrum-go-read-this

Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine

Dave@Home

Re: Multi-Fail

From experience with my son getting a cataract op, they draw big arrows on with a marker - which is very funny when you look back at the photos

Asda security chief replaced, retailer sheds jobs during Walmart tech divorce

Dave@Home

Talk about micromanaging

"The Register understands that restrictions have been placed on IT contractors' security and parking arrangements. They must be met by an Asda manager as they arrive, must be accompanied by an Asda colleague at all times, and ANPR access for parking has been revoked. Arrangements for contractors and third parties will require SVP, CFO, or CPO approval."

I'm sure that's a great use of everyones time and effort

Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X

Dave@Home

"Wiwynn sought a jury trial to address the matter and listed three counts: Breach of Contract, Promissory Estoppel, and Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing."

yes they are

After we fix that, how about we also accidentally break something important?

Dave@Home

Re: No good deed …

"we were far from civilization"

Yeah that fits

IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says

Dave@Home

Re: "they were required to sign an NDA"

Yep, exact same behaviour at EY when I got made redundant.

Sign or you get the statutory minimum, do not ask questions around why certain roles were created for specific people, do not query why the teams taking over were not told you'd no longer be there as a point of escalation.

China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means

Dave@Home

Re: Cell phone tower signals

Pretty sure it was a variant of that approach used by the Serbs to drop a F-117 back in the late 90s

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be gone in ten years – for chump change

Dave@Home

Re: Recurrence

They tried to bring in a recycling scheme like that up here in Scotland. It got blocked as it would introduce a trade barrier, of sorts, between Scotland and England.

Police allege 'evil twin' of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger's credentials

Dave@Home

Eh?

AFP Western Command Cybercrime detective inspector Andrea Coleman pointed out that free Wi-Fi services should not require logging in through an email or social media account

Pretty much every free WIFI offering asks for these details

As expected, Apple set to vanish Batterygate, dodgy audio lawsuits with money

Dave@Home

So if I've bought a single share in Apple, I am liable?

NHS boss says Scottish health board wouldn't give cyberattackers what they wanted

Dave@Home

My 84 year old father lives in that area, and I cannot wait to try explaining this one to him and why he shouldn't worry

Michael Dell lends support to bid for Everton Football Club

Dave@Home

Oh dear

This won't end well, MSD have been rather awful in their involvement with clubs so far

Brit tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all charges in US Autonomy fraud trial

Dave@Home

Re: Auto-know-better

Being a prick isn't a crime, thankfully

Dave@Home

Re: Hilarious

They clear said "He had the money to employ sufficient lawyers to get the job done properly..."

now, all evidence at the moment....

Elon Musk confirms 12K H100s ordered for Tesla were instead prioritized for xAI

Dave@Home

Re: Why is this even a story?

Love to know why I got a thumbs down

Dave@Home

Re: Why is this even a story?

Let's keep it simple.

At Tesla, he's a shareholder who also holds a board position. An employee who owns a stake in the company that other people also own bits of.

At X, he's the outright owner.

He's moved assets from Tesla to X, with no real clarity on why, other than 'he felt like it'

Imagine he was on the board of a bank, and decided to move assets of the bank to his own company, because they were doing nothing and he felt like it.

Same thing.

Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects

Dave@Home

Re: Agile or "agile"...

"Oh, and of course managed by Waterfall PMs who's DCM isn't a quick round of max 12 people covering; what they did yesterday/what they are doing today/any blockers, but 30 people sitting in silance as the PM goes through every ticket in the Jira board asking for updates."

Were you on my 9:30 as well?

Contrary to its fine print, Google says it won't confiscate repair returns that have unapproved parts

Dave@Home

Re: Pretty Sure....

I'm also fairly sure this is also illegal in the US, under Magnuson-Moss

The PIRG guys were on Gamers Nexus recently talking about what companies can and cannot do under warranty repair, and this would be a massive no-no.

Same law as a car, they can't seize a car because you fitted after market parts such as a bike rack, and then you file a warranty claim for an engine issue.

It's make your mind up time as Atos sets deadline to pick rescue package

Dave@Home

I get what you're saying, but they were working under the decision framework imposed by the government of the day and did exit the contract when they could.

Tesla slams advisors for not loving Musk's $44.9B payout

Dave@Home

Re: Time to go Elon

"His conviction will be overturned as it was a complete sham."

Is there a point of law that would show it's a sham, or is it just a feeling?

VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use

Dave@Home

Re: They have hidden it well

VMware Store

Down for Maintenance

As part of the transition to Broadcom systems, the store will be moving to a new domain. As a result, store will be shutdown between 30 Apr to 13 May.

For more information, see KB article 319284.

Cybercriminals hit jackpot as 500k+ Ohio Lottery lovers lose out on their personal data

Dave@Home

Re: Why do they need so much data anyway?

Unfortunately, in the US winnings are treated as taxable income.

Ex-Amazon exec claims she was asked to ignore copyright law in race to AI

Dave@Home

Re: A tech company?

So rather than discuss the case, you go to hand waving about completely unrelated cases, while shouting "tHeY aRe AlL tHe SaMe"?

how very odd

IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay

Dave@Home

I recall a PM here on a contract basis who pulled that crap when I said I wasn't pulling overtime when asked at 4:50pm to stay on for some hours.

My then manager also tried that a couple of days later when the PM had complained - I merely pointed at my contract and said "I have to agree to it and I have to be recompensed for it"

Went quite after that.

Australia secures takedown order for terror videos, which Elon Musk wants to fight

Dave@Home

Re: Posting AC?

"So you can snark without actually putting your name to it?"

Posted by the AC - roflcopter

Judge refuses to Ctrl-Z divorce order made by a misclick

Dave@Home

Re: Huh? That's Our Courts Dragging Themselves Into the Mud.

These are people working for law firms. If they can't be trusted to understand what they are agreeing to, and attesting that they understand what they are submitting, it's on them.

Netherlands arm of KPMG fined $25M for cheating in exams

Dave@Home

Re: Team America

PCAOB is American, they got to fine the Dutch company as KPMG NV are registered with them so they can do work on US companies

Engine cover flies from Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 during takeoff

Dave@Home

Re: Shared on social media ??? WTF ???

And the words above the video, they provide a clue

Tech trade union confirms cyberattack behind IT, email outage

Dave@Home

Re: Shame it wasn't the RMT

In like Flynn

Union has one 'i'

poor attempt at trolling, do better

When life gives you Lemon, sack him

Dave@Home

Re: I can't stand any of them.

Is everything ok at home there mate?

SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower

Dave@Home

Re: Demeaning?

So the outcome of your reasoning is that people should not blow the whistle?

Shows there is a long way to go to make it worth anyones while

Atos confirms sale talks for datacenter and hosting biz have failed

Dave@Home

Re: Oh noes

There are a lot of people who work there who were not involved in that contract

Junior techie had leverage, but didn’t appreciate the gravity of the situation

Dave@Home

Re: "if the kids select it"

Back in the 80's my school was vehemently against triple science.

I ended up shunted into German Language instead of Biology, and was only able to pick it up at Higher level after A's in Physics and Chemistry. Even then I had one class where I was left sitting on my own with the textbooks 3x a week

Another airline finds loose bolts in Boeing 737-9 during post-blowout fleet inspections

Dave@Home

Re: Shameful

That was thirty years ago. There comes a point where they do catch up, and even overtake.

Apple sets new 16,000-foot iPhone drop test after 737 fuselage fail

Dave@Home

Re: Terminal velocity

"At very great heights, think Kittinger/Red Bull Felix/Eustace terminal velocity is much higher as there is less air resistance in the stratosphere. Naturally this does not apply to us landlubbers hopping out at 14k. "

not quite. The velocity at a certain point in the fall may be higher, but as drag increases as you get lower in the atmosphere it'll come out about the same by the time it becomes terminal.

Google Pixel gets privacy mode to keep your selfies safe from prying repair techs

Dave@Home

Pixel diagnostics only available in the US

Despite what their own page says, you get a warning it's US only and kicks you back out.

Microsoft fixes Copilot multi-monitor issues in Windows 11 update

Dave@Home

Multi-monitor explains it

I wondered why it wasn't showing on my desktop, but the laptop had it

Branson's wallet snaps shut for Virgin Galactic

Dave@Home

Re: the not so royal we

A lot of the companies with Virgin in the name are actually totally separate and are paying a license fee. There's only a very small number which are actually owned by him/his holding group.

Sysadmin's favorite collection of infallible utilities failed … foully

Dave@Home

Re: boot mbr etc

"A clean windows install always comes with BitLocker device encryption enabled"

Are you sure about that, I rebuilt this machine from scratch a month ago and it's off.

My laptop was rebuilt 6 months ago, again, off

'Return to Office' declared dead

Dave@Home

Re: Stick

I'm in a union right now that got me a 11% rise last year.

Nothing in that was based on years of service, and salary bands are determined by job role.

Bank boss hated IT, loved the beach, was clueless about ports and politeness

Dave@Home

Re: Every single time

I believe this is a Windows issue with how it assigns an identifier to a device on the USB bus, and binds the driver to that identifier.

Connecting the same device on a different port and it treats it as an entirely new device, and so need to reload the driver.

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

Dave@Home

Re: Pardon?

It's a hospital in a town in Fife, not whatever Las Vegas caper movie you think you live in

Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail

Dave@Home

Re: Call me crazy

Well we manage to operate over here without handing over our National Insurance number to anyone but our employers

Experienced Copilot help is hard to find, warns Microsoft MVP

Dave@Home

Re: This isn't unusual...

some consultants feel they "only need to be one page ahead of the customer."

Same as it ever was

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