Posts by Uncle Slacky

Re: Inspiring review

Not only radio, but Bell demonstrated long-distance telephone calls from Osborne House, and Vicky was so impressed she tried to buy it off him:

https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/queen-victoria-and-the-telephone

Re: Imagine my S5 feeling lonely

It does (depending on the variant): https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#samsung

Re: requires both data about an individual's health and, linked to it, confirmation of their id...

F-Droid also has Aurora Store, which enables you to download some/most Google Play apps anonymously.

Re: Perhaps an error really has, well, occurred.

My first thought too!

> There is no attempt to explore reality with an open mind, the mind is closed and the 'facts' must be made to fit - ignorance and prejudice at work

More projection than the Cannes film festival! The onus is on the person making a claim ("there is a god/gods") to prove their argument, not for others to disprove it:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Burden_of_proof#God

"The burden of proof lies with whoever is making the assertion. If there's no evidence, either way, it's a matter of faith, or lack thereof. Expressing a personal belief/disbelief in the existence of a certain god/goddess is sound enough, but claiming their opinion is factual or denouncing the opponent's claim as false without any proof supporting one idea or disproving the other is fallacious. While an unfalsifiable claim/hypothesis can be proven neither right nor wrong, it is reasonable to dismiss it as non-factual if it lacks logical supporting evidence."

> have no desire to extend my skills to my smart phone, which incidentally has had every app removed and all internet connections ripped out or blocked

Same(ish) here - I was obliged to get a smartphone for teleworking (inherited one of my daughter's castoffs) as my landline internet connection is unreliable, so I needed something to act as a 4G hotspot in emergencies. I spent some time learning how to lock it down and degoogle/debloat it as far as possible (it can't be unlocked, otherwise I'd have put LineageOS or similar on it). I only have a few F-Droid apps on it and usually keep it in "extreme power save mode" (i.e. dumbphone mode) which still allows 3 apps of your choice anyway and doesn't require constant recharging.

Re: Works Both Ways

*Both* casinos...

Re: Some things to consider:

BTW, Madison died in 1836, not 1863.

> For example a forums just for i.e FreeBSD / Linux nerds really doesn't need to be fancy.

Usenet is still a thing. Use https://www.eternal-september.org if your ISP doesn't handle UUCP.

Re: One more "WORD" on this

More than once I've rescued a trashed Word file with OO, LO or Abiword.

Re: HR's Disappearing Data

There no "I" in "team", but there is "me".

Re: Hyphen

What I want to know is why do so many people nowadays pronounce "biopic" as "biop-ic" instead of "bio-pic"?

Re: when to use the word "fewer" instead of the word "less"

I attribute the popularity of "impact" largely to people not knowing whether they should use "effect" or "affect", and going for something else entirely in order to avoid the risk of making themselves look stupid.

Re: What is this

> The file is NOT unique, there could be a billion copies all identical, so what makes this unique or valuable?

Philip K. Dick would have loved this.

Re: Mgmt

They shouldn't be in business if they can't afford to pay livable wages and instead expect government welfare to make up the difference (i.e. subsidize their business).

Re: Repulsive!

Non-paywalled links to ARIA news:

<https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-to-launch-new-research-agency-to-support-high-risk-high-reward-science>

<https://news.sky.com/story/licence-to-fail-800m-for-new-scientific-agency-that-will-focus-on-high-risk-high-reward-projects-12222158>

<https://universitybusiness.co.uk/government-launches-advanced-research-invention-agency-aria-to-support-high-risk-high-reward-science>

Re: MySpace!

A MySpace retro lookalike site already exists:

https://spacehey.com

Re: Smaller and lighter...?

There's a Java applet ENIAC simulator here, I'm sure it would run on a Pi:

http://zuse-z1.zib.de/simulations/eniac/simulation.html

Re: Belted up

AIUI human excrement is better than just water:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/mars-mission-may-use-poop-shield-to-block-cosmic-rays

Re: But, but...

It's already been mentioned in the original story:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/21/dept_education_school_laptops_malware/

"The affected laptops, distributed to schools under the UK government's Get Help With Technology (GHWT) scheme, which started last year, came bundled with Gamarue – an old remote-access worm from the 2010s. This software nasty doesn't just spread from computer to computer, it also tries to connect to outside servers for instructions to carry out."

Re: Unitools

Life Imitates The Simpsons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viejY6UZ5Bk

Re: @AC and @ Author Thank god

I hate Illinois Nazis.

Re: Damnit!

The similarity between ARM and 6502 isn't surprising, seeing as the Acorn team were trying to make a "better" 6502.