Posts by sabroni

Re: We're all maybe going the wrong way guys.

Directing that sentiment at those running the world isn't quite the same thing as directing it at people trying to contribute to your open source project though, is it?

re: So not reeallllyyy a story

Unless you think words meeeeean something.

Re: Could I put (GNU) Linux on i though?

WRONG!

The official text is:

"But can I wipe it and put a PROPER Linux on there?"

And it's supposed to be the first post. 3 out of 10. Must try harder.

Re: Creepier thought

Enabling creepy behaviour is very creepy, I'd argue creepier than just being a sad lonely perv.

Re: They ain't laughing WITH you, Idiot in chief ...

Scary thing is that Trump's entire presidency has been defined by the fact Obama laughed at him years ago. Imagine how furious and outraged he is now with the entire world and how many stupid decisions this will lead to...

I was sure when Reagan was in power that the deep state had him sedated. Can't someone slip some beta blockers into Trump's breakfast? Or better, MDMA? Just imagine that idiocy and power teamed with an overwhelming desire to be mates with everyone...

Hang on, so you're a snowflake..

...if a constant stream of human beheading videos upsets you? So snowflake just means "normal human being" now?

Re: Women are no different to men when it comes to being vicious, intolerant and unpleasant.

Citation please! I've only got personal experience to go on, just 50 years, so the fact that in my experience vicious, intolerant and unpleasant men massively outnumber vicious, intolerant and unpleasant women may just be me projecting. You sound like you've got data, please share!

Re: Rainbow haired

And if Linus had posted the OP you'd be saying how justified it was?

Re: re: who are somehow morally in the right in some eyes?

Fucks sake! People genuinely downvoting "you can't judge a person's character by the colour of their skin".

Doesn't mean "you're not allowed to", it means "you won't be assessing their character, just your own".

re: And how do you enforce this ?

By actually implementing the same-origin policy that was supposed to stop this bullshit in the first place.

Re: There's plenty of journalists out there who present an unbiased piece

No, there aren't.

Re: I'll forgive Mr Musk every single one of his downsides.

How would you feel if he'd repeatedly called you a "pedo" on twitter?

Re: Point being what ?

Apple's walled garden has better walls so they had to pay up. Google allow anyone to side load.

Apple users are used to laying out lots of cash. Google users are used to getting things for free.

(Industry standard? How many app stores did you look at to get that figure?)

Re: why surprised humans beat a handicapped AI ?

"There are simply too many combinations and possibilities for a computer to master at the moment."

The article states that there are a lot of restrictions in place because the AI can't handle the full game. Surely letting the humans be their best would involve these restrictions also being removed?

Re: And that makes them different from Apple in that...?

They're different in that people want to buy from Apple. Desire for Google products, as pointed out in some length in the article you're commenting on, is not really there.

Re: Lose the holier than thou act. It clashes with your hostility.

What act? I genuinely don't think money is the most important thing, if I did I'd be earning a fuck sight more working for much dodgier people.

If thinking that people's lives are more important than contract law makes me holier than you maybe you're the one with the issue?

Re: once you put half a day or a day into it, it's actually easier

That really doesn't matter. You've lost most of the potential users in the first half day.

A good user interface is inviting, uses standard elements that users already know and invites experimentation by ensuring undoing stuff is as easy as doing it. It doesn't matter how much fancy stuff your app does, if it's not easy to use and there are alternatives then most users will go somewhere else.

Re: How often my phone gets updated is of no importance to me

What do I care if a website can hijack my device because I haven't updated the webview component?

This is exactly what MS are doing with Windows 10, if you want security updates you have to also accept them "updating" applications you're using however they see fit.

Re: Put an outright ban on PC feminism and other stupidity on school property

Feminism isn't stupid. Assuming that someone's gender has a massive impact on their ability is stupid.

Teaching respect for others regardless of gender, sexuality and religion is not "PC stupidity", it's basic common sense. Judging on the upsurge is discrimination in public it needs to be taught in schools.

Re: being locked into an Oracle solution

Hilarious though it sounds they're not actually arguing that "lock in" is bad unless it's Oracle you're locked to. They're arguing that the contract should be awarded to multiple suppliers.

Surely anyone seriously thinking about moving to the cloud should consider portability between vendors as a major plus?

If I run a port scan of your machine from my machine it's bad, but if I upload a port scanner to your machine that's ok?

I would argue the former is less invasive.

Re: as if we were the only country on earth with such a problem

Agreed, racism is everywhere and seems to be on the rise. Nevertheless you have to admit the USA are becoming world leaders in it. Your president equates Facists with Anti-facists as if fighting discrimination is the same as discrimination. And your police shoot a fuck ton of black people, often just for being black.

But I'm still of the belief that racists are in the minority in the USA and elsewhere, they're just making a lot of noise at the moment.

Re: but refusing to do business with them isn't going to make them change either

Isn't it? It might not change government policy overnight but it does mean that, if the product's good enough, people will find a way to use it. So it could well encourage technology that circumvents government censorship.

You're argument sounds a lot like "Some people are thieves so I should steal too".

If you're on here without it you've got a pretty limited experience. I see scripts from 5 domains, though I'm only running the Reg ones. Virtually every web site these days relies on it for something, a lot don't work at all without it.

You can bitch and moan about it all you like but it is installed on pretty much every client computing device.

Besides which it's perfectly serviceable if you know what you're doing. I see shit code in C# every day. Doesn't make me hate the language, just the devs who don't know how to use it properly. It does make me wonder why people think type safety is going to improve the quality of JS in the wild.....

Re: "broke"?

Tips and Corrections link, to the left of the comments button at the bottom of the article. Gets things like this dealt with quicker. If that's want you want.

Re: it's not simply down to the manufacturer

It's completely their responsiblity though. This isn't a bolt out of the blue revelation, it's something they were fully aware of throughout the development of this system. They were fully aware that people sell cars. If they didn't put in place a robust mechanism to deal with this fact then they are at fault.

Re: Not my fault you can't use it right.

Look, the thing I'm familiar with I find much easier to work with. That crap that you use is rubbish, everytime I try to use it I fuck up.

Re: he/she/it probably was from Microsoft.

Of course he was. What other reason could there possibly be for suggesting MS is a better fit for corporate IT? Well, experience I guess......

(Just waiting for my brown envelope now.)