Posts by Pascal Monett

"ONDC will also charge vastly lower commissions than its commercial rivals"

And just how much of "vastly" are we talking about ?

"Elon Musk has sold $6.88 billion worth of shares"

So I guess his lawyers have finally convinced him that, since he was stupid enough to sign a contract without escape clauses, he's not going to escape.

"think twice before submitting expenses"

No, what you mean to say is think twice before incurring expenses.

If I have to go somewhere to do a job, I'm not going to think twice before submitting the expense.

However, if you refuse to pay my expenses, then I'll definitely think twice before going again - in other words, I won't go.

No expense, so you'll be happy. The customer might be less so.

OneDrive

Sorry, but I'm not going to make even more easy for the NSA to access my files.

Not that the NSA should be interested, but it doesn't appear to be very picky.

"Unity will retain majority ownership of the resulting joint venture"

Which will absolutely not matter if the local Chinaman with the Baton of Power decides otherwise.

Frankly, I just don't get why companies absolutely want to risk their IP in a country that makes everything possible to steal it, including not being able to fire the head honcho if you don't like him any more.

"internationally-established consensus best practices for space operations"

Yeah, well this is just a demonstration of how well we play together : badly.

Selfishness exists at all levels, individual, department, company, and country.

This storm of debris demonstrates a country-level of selfishness that is, unfortunately, not surprising.

"6,000 fresh university graduates"

Or, to put it bluntly, 6000 minimum-wage slaves to replace 10000 experienced and expensive employees.

Can't deny that Chinese companies have well learned from American companies just how to keep costs down.

Bite the bullet

What an apt expression.

Like give your handgun a blowjob.

Same result.

Ah, Borkzilla. Will you ever stop borking ?

Probably not.

The lesson is :

If you want something reliable, roll your own.

Yes, it costs money. If you have a company, you're supposed to make money.

So host yourself, or be subject to the whims of multi-billion dollar behemoths who change their minds without you having any say in it.

I wish you luck with your complaint. I'm pretty sure there's some small text in there somewhere that will get Google off scott free.

"we were only following orders."

Yeah. That argument worked so well in Nuremburg.

So it's official now : the fruity company has no balls.

Oh well, join the herd I guess.

"built and ready to use until 2028"

I think 2028 is massively optimistic for Russia to build its own space station.

Mir apparently took 10 years to be fully assembled, and that was back when Russia had a space program that wasn't running on fumes.

I am very sceptical about Russia being able to launch and assemble a working space station in the next 6 years.

Very.

Subsidies for multi-billion dollar companies ?

Honestly, I would think that, if your company has passed the billion dollar mark at Wall Street, you shouldn't be taking handouts any more.

You're a big boy now, you can manage on your own.

The Government needs to keep its funds for, oh, say, education, for example. Or healthcare.

Things that don't make money, but are sorely needed.

Installed a product in his private libraries, eh ?

Too bad. Really unfortunate.

Should have given the job to someone who knew what they were doing.

And it was a mainframe. Wasn't there an admin available, or was "Bob" the admin ?

Because if he was, he should have been fired.

Pearlman

Another name to add in the Hall of Idiot Fame, subsection Everyone Else Is Responsible.

Sunrise industries

It's interesting to note just how dependant the world is on the Greenwich meridian. I would have thought that a Chinese company would not feel the need to reference the very Western idea that the Sun rises in the East. They are in the East. For them, the Sun rises, end of.

But no. Here we have a Chinese businessman referencing his own country as the sunrise kingdom.

Interesting.

Well, 81 out of 99

It's unfortunate, but if the Indian Parliament felt that 81% of the proposed law was to be changed, then maybe it should indeed be retired and a better law proposed instead.

Hopefully, the new law will take into account these modifications and bring them into the law's body from the start.

Or not. IANAL.

They're learning the hard way

You do not do what you want with company hardware.

If you want to surf the web and express yourself freely online, get your own laptop. Plead with your parents. Go mow the neighbor's lawn. Save up and buy your own.

But company property is to be used following company directives.

Welcome to your future.