* Posts by Winkypop

5643 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Oct 2008

Wikipedia bans seven Chinese users amid concerns of 'infiltration, physical harm'

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Devil

Wikipedia

That still a thing is it?

Boffins say Martian colonists could pee in buckets, give blood if they want shelter

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Coat

Pants optional

For once the foreman would be happy to see his crew just pissing about the site.

Amazon abuses dominance to keep wholesaler prices high, says DC AG in updated antitrust complaint

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Devil

Corporate motto?

“Bwaahahaha”

RAF chief: Our Reaper drones (sorry, SkyGuardians) stand ready to help British councils

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Mushroom

No more conservatories outside permitted development

*** BLAM ***

Vaccine dreams: A trip to Oxford to see a biscuit tin, some bed pans and ChAdOx1 nCov-19

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Happy double dose AZ recipient here

Thanks to the ladies and gents from Oxford.

You guys rock!

Interesting article too.

DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC for trying to permanently cap delivery fees

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Coat

Tepid or cold food delivery isn’t my bag

I pick up myself, every time.

Yes, not everyone can do this.

But personally I don’t want my food cold and delivered by someone who is getting paid a pittance.

Old fashioned, I know.

—-> I’m just popping out to get the nosh

Amazon says Elon Musk's wicked, wicked ways mean SpaceX's Starlink 2.0 should not be allowed to fly

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Stop

These guys need to get a…

…planet to themselves.

Leave us in peace.

UK.gov is launching an anti-Facebook encryption push. Don't think of the children: Think of the nuances and edge cases instead

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Rozzers Vs Facebook

Invest in pop corn now, avoid the rush!

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Facepalm

Re: Cesspit of criminals, despots & the downright untrustworthy

“Do they have a band?”

OK, now I’ll have the music running through my head all day….

New Zealand DDoS wave targets banks, post offices, weather forecasters and more

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The great malevolent bully

A corrupting regional influence.

Academics tell UK lords that folk aren't keen on predictive policing, facial recognition, heightened surveillance

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Re: Me....or Peter Thiel?

You have a Morris 1000 Traveller?

Cool

Chinese prosecutors end investigation into rape claim against Alibaba manager

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Big Brother

What a bunch of weasels

However, draw a picture of Xi Jinping as Pooh Bear and see what happens.

Kim Kardashian and Big Tech slapped for spruiking craptocurrency – and holding back useful crypto

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“unregulated financial products”

Scams, pie in the sky and other frauds.

Guntrader breach perp: I don't think it's a crime to dump 111k people's details online in Google Earth format

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Law of Unintended Consequences

While shooting animals isn't my bag and not something I endorse, doxxing gun owners is irresponsible in the extreme.

Ernie and pals better have some decent legal representation down the track.

Only 'natural persons' can be recognized as patent inventors, not AI systems, US judge rules

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Terminator

Artificial Intelligence

Sums up the human race very nicely.

'No peeing towards Russia' sign appears on country's Arctic border with Norway

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I took a pee on against a Roman wall in what was Yugoslavia at the time.

Best thing the Romans ever did for me,

Can we talk about Kevin McCarthy promising revenge if Big Tech aids probe into January insurrection?

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Facepalm

The law and order and right to life party say what?

Don’t investigate this deadly crime.

Or we’ll get real angry.

You’ve already seen what we’re like when we’re angry!

Rinse, repeat.

Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product for Wolfsburg workers: VW-branded sausages

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Happy

Just off to the local VW dealership with that part number

I suppose they will need to be ordered in.

Trial of Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes begins: She plans to say her boyfriend and COO Balwani abused her

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Mad as a cut snake

Only more dangerous

Leaked Guntrader firearms data file shared. Worst case scenario? Criminals plot UK gun owners' home addresses in Google Earth

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Re: Consequences

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit…..

Bonkers rocket launch sees craft slip sideways, barely climb and tear up terrain

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It’s just a jump to the left

And step to the right…..

Jokes aside, good job guys.

UK government names suppliers on £3.5bn contact centre, shared services, and outsourcing framework

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Devil

Race to the bottom

“Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?

Insanity is doing the exact... same f***ing thing... over and over again expecting... sh*t to change...

That. Is. Crazy.”

- Vaas

Bumble fumble: Dude divines definitive location of dating app users despite disguised distances

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WTF?

Two grand?

“Our customer’s safety is very important to us, about 2 grands worth actually”

Samsung: We will remotely brick smart TVs looted from our warehouse

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Before bricking the (stolen) TV

Could it display a huge warning about self destruction in 5 minutes along with the sound of a klaxon?

WARNING: You now have 4:55 minutes to get to a safe distance…..

Judge dismisses objections to spaceport in Scotland from billionaire who also wants to build spaceport in Scotland

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Boffin

Space port, in Scotland?

That will explain all the interest in fried Mars Bars then.

A man spent a year in jail on a murder charge involving disputed AI evidence. Now the case has been dropped

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This is the story of Hurricane

The man Shot spotter came to blame

For something that he never done

…..

Tesla promises to build robot you could beat up – or beat in a race

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Facepalm

Put me down for a dozen Elon

See icon

WhatsApp pulls plug on Taliban helpline, shuts down official-looking accounts

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Supporters of corruption, racism, extreme views and mysogynistic policies

And then there's the Taliban!

Activist raided by police after downloading London property firm's 'confidential' meeting minutes from Google Search

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I’m picturing Dibly parish council

Frank must have stuffed up again.

No, no, no, no, no, yes!

US govt scores a point against Assange in run-up to extradition appeal showdown

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FAIL

Silly boy

The Establishment doesn’t lose

PR director at Chinese Twitter analogue Weibo detained on bribery and fraud charges

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Totalitarian regimes

Like Ouroboros, they eventually end up eating their own tail.

$600m in cryptocurrencies swiped from Poly Network

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Oh how we laughed and laughed

See title

Without a trace: Baroness Dido Harding to step down as chair of NHS Improvement

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If you’re going to bugger something up

Make it big, really big.

You can now live life like Paul Allen on Microsoft cofounder's luxury yacht for '£1m a week'

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Start up and shut down sounds?

Captain Clippy at your service!

Woman sues McDonald's for $14 after cheeseburger ad did exactly what it's designed to

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Windows

“succulent signature dishes by McDonald's”

Pay her in kind.

1 cheeseburger if she settles out of court

2 cheeseburgers if she takes it to the Magistrate

3 cheeseburgers if she wins and asks for costs

Facebook takes bold stance on privacy – of its ads: Independent transparency research blocked

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Don’t use, don’t need

I’ve never had a case where I’ve missed anything of value by NOT having access to FB, WhatsApp, et al.

Like most people, I use the net a lot. I can attest to the fact that these parasitical (ad) companies may be very successfully avoided IRL. As they say, don’t feed the trolls.

Spam is Chipotle's secret ingredient: Marketing email hijacked to dish up malware

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Joke

In other news….

A spokesman from Spam denied any involvement with Chipotle.

He said “We do have standards you know!”

Beige pencil stockists on high alert as 'Colouring Book of Retro Computers' hits the crowdfunding circuit

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Colour me quite interested

RMC is a terrific YouTube computing channel.

Well worth a look in.

Now, where did I put my box of 72 Derwents?

I'm feeling lucky: Google, Facebook say workers must be vaccinated before they return to offices

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FREeDomZ

Give me liberty, or give me death, cough cough wheeze….

Facebook tries to save face by recalling itch-inducing Oculus Quest 2 VR headset foam

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Facebork

Quite literally

eBay ex-security boss sent down for 18 months for cyber-stalking, witness tampering

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That’s some bender

“August 20-22 time period, when the witness tampering occurred, Mr Cooke was in India alone and inebriated.”

Solo bender too

Scam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam

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Paris Hilton

My first thought was “Google actually provide support?”

Then I thought, maybe for top contributors only.

They sure as heck don’t give a fig for the small customer.

Peers question experts over UK police use of AI, facial recognition tech

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AI and the Plod?

And I thought they still hadn’t cracked Natural Intelligence yet

Verified: UK.gov launching plans for yet another digital identity scheme

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Give the job to our old mates

Phorm!

https://www.theregister.com/2009/07/10/phorm/

Windows 11: What we like and don't like about Microsoft's operating system so far

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plus ça change Version 11

Here we go again…

Malaysian Police crush crypto-mining kit to punish electricity thieves

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It’s one way I guess

To compact your data…

Total recall: Amazon faces legal action from US consumer protection group over hazardous goods

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Amazon said "customer safety is a top priority"

No.

They’d like us to think it is, but the reality may be quite different.

What follows Patch Tuesday? Exploit Wednesday. Grab this bumper batch of security updates from Microsoft

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Reminds me

Must get some Swiss cheese on the way home…

Revealed: Perfect timings for creation of exemplary full English breakfast

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Multicultural Cardio Breakfast

Bacon, eggs (poached), mushrooms, Irish pork sausages, black pudding, white pudding, fried tomatoes, hash brown, fried spinach, baked beans and thick toast. Add brown sauce and then a good lie down!

Not advisable for those of us over 50.

The human-devoid AI-powered Saildrone Surveyor ship just made it to Hawaii from SF

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Autonomous sea taxis

Take that Tesla et al.