* Posts by Someone Else

3578 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Dec 2009

Musk: Twitter will have 1 billion monthly users inside 18 months

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Re: 2 million sign ups daily average

Maybe he's writing1 a bot to sign up other bots....

"To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion...."

1OK, we all know he's not writing anything (except perhaps bullshit self-aggrandizing tweets), but rather has one of his minions trapped on level L3 writing it, who won't be allowed to leave until his bot has signed up one beeeelion other bots "users".

Time Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time

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Re: Let it slide

Nicely done! Now stop before I damage something! - - - ->

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Re: Cop Out

The French language is pretty well designed as a language [...]

I dunno. It always seems to take roughly twice as many words to say something in French as it does in English (or German, or even fellow romance language Spanish). I guess if inefficiency is the hallmark of a "well-designed" language, then I could agree with you. But MMMV1 in that regard .

1 My Mileage May Vary

And don't get me started about L'Académie Française, whose sole purpose in life is to take this "well-designed language", and insure that it remains firmly rooted in the 16th century.

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So...

Even Meta agrees with that argument, and earlier this year added its voice to calls for their demise.

So Zuck's against it. Which therefore means it is good, and must be preserved.

World's richest man posts memes as $44b Twitter acquisition veers off course

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Re: Catch-22

OK, so a company that had some 7500 employees now has... le'ssee...<clicking calculator> 925. That would include the fatasses, I supposes. Can you even run Twatter on that?

If not...Hooray!

Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Twitter staff: Go hardcore or go home

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Re: I don't know

Needed pedant icon.

You mean, this one? - - - - >

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Re: Tonight's Headline

"In total, your 769 public posts have been upvoted 6678 times and downvoted 2955 times."

I can live with that. Sometimes I say things which are a bit controversial, but I'm not constantly downvoted.

OK, so you're not "constantly downvoted". Still a one-in-three downvote ratio is hardly brag-worthy, IMHO. YMMV of course, and if that is indeed the case, one could surmise that you may be verging on troll-ism.

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Re: Tonight's Headline

I suspect that this behavior these days would be frowned upon never occur.

There. FTFY.

Likely because the newsreaders these days wouldn't recognize the grammatical errors themselves?

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Grady

The expression was then mercilessly mocked by Grady Booch, who has a track record of establishing monetizing others' concepts in software engineering.

There. FTFY.

Investor tells Google: Cut costs now and stop paying staff so much

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Re: Indeed clearly Google is doing it wrong

Since when has a hedge fund ever worried about "long term smart"?

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$Adrian 4 -- Re: TCI Fund Management

C'mon, man...Running an actual business that does something is hard work, well beyond the capability (and attention span) of these parasites.

FTX collapse prompts other cryptocurrency firms to suspend withdrawals

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Re: Crypto still has supporters? Why?

1) not everyone is clueless; there's some actual science behind it

Yes, and there is actual science behind a slot machine, too. And you know, the folks who tend to lose money on slot machines are generally clueless about that science.

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Re: I'm thinking digital currency....

Call 1.800.GAMBLER

Microsoft warns Direct Access on Windows 10 and 11 could be anything but

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Re: So many bugs in Windows 11 22H2

One could argue that Windows 11 is itself a bug...

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Re: Direct Access

What's wrong with VMs ?

Nothing...except that Micros~1 doesn't control them, and they make slurpage all that much more difficult for them.

Twitter engineer calls out Elon Musk for technical BS in unusual career move

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Re: And.... "He's Fired"

Musk may take the prize for World's Worst Boss, unless there is one who publicly executes employees.

Compare and contrast: Elon Musk and Donald tRump. Really to determine who wins the World's Worst Boss award there...

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Re: Let him brag

Driving a company down 75% or more in value in less than a month after purchase is nothing to brag about.

It is if you're a braggart.

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C'mon man...

Any fule nose that a long weight is in the bin right next to the round tuit!

Just follow the instructions … no wait, not that instruction to lock everyone out of everything

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@ChrisC

This is the reason why one should still read El Reg!

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Coffee/keyboard

C'mon John, that's way too much for this early on a Monday! - - - ->

Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules

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Interesting (and typical)

In their letter, the senators also cite the five US states making up this patchwork of privacy laws — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia — and say they're not fans of this approach, either.

Oh, so in Republicon-land, data privacy is supposed to be managed via all-knowing, benevolent, well-informed, top-down legislation. But personal privacy, like that in which one gets to manage one's own personal healthcare and bodily functions, is quite OK for a patchwork of privacy laws defined and administered by the States.

NTT claims it can stop the noise leaking from annoying people's headphones

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Re: Can they also stop ...

[...] it makes the many act as pretended. [emphasis added]

Was that your intent, or is your Freudian slip showing?

Or the effect of a hyperactive and somewhat inebriated auto-correct?

Musk tells of risk of Twitter bankruptcy as tweeters trash brands

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Go

Re: Place your bets:

I like the trifecta here...

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Uhh...would that be a "STABLE GENIUS"?

KFC bot urges Germans to mark Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken

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Imagine, KFC USA just could not imagine a nation having a day of commemoration for something bad that said nation had done.

Let's see what they spew on or around January 6th....

All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you're electing

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Re: "I do believe the US election process1 is good, possibly bordering on great. "

The Electoral College is completely unnecessary in any century. Its purpose was to give the landed gentry of the fledgling US of North America the possibility of overturning the will of the unwashed masses in this newfangled "democratic republic" thing they were trying on for size. It was kinda necessary in order to get the "Founding Fathers" of the fatass variety (we had them then, too...) to ratify the Constitution. No one dared to actually try using the Electoral College in that way until about 2 years ago. But getting rid of it will be difficult, as that will require a Constitutional amendment, and Constitutional amendments are rather difficult in the best of times (which these aren't...).

Oh, and the "Anytown USA" thing was an ob. Firesign Theater reference...

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Hey elip -- How'd that "GOP sweep" go for ya?

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Re: Republican tolatarian rule, it fell that way after Bush Snr

Not wants. Not needs. What it deserves. IOW if America is truly as great as it says, it should have a great election process that elects great leaders routinely

Good point, Mr. John Smith 19 (from Anytown, USA?). I do believe the US election process1 is good, possibly bordering on great. It is (in spite of the bleatings of a certain class of scheissters) rather difficult to subvert. That said, no process can overcome the Brownian-like effect of a large number of doofusim that infect live among the general populace2.

1Well, with the pointed exception of the "Electoral College".

2You work in IT, you should already know this. So please excuse me for stating the bleedin' obvious.

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Re: Dems preparing for loss?

You are a troll and I claim my $5.

Now shut the fuck up and git offa my lawn!

China's first domestic single-aisle jet, the C919, scores 300 orders

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Re: Historically

President Donald Trump tweeted opposition, saying that national security should not be grounds for trade restrictions.

Why is /me not surprised?

Unlucky for some: Meta chops 13% of global workforce

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Re: Zuck and metaverse

Got a chuckle from: "That's still not completely weatherproof..."

Never seen one, but the fact that it says "Renalt" on the tin gives me a pretty good idea...

Crowds not allowed to leave Shanghai Disneyland without a negative COVID test

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Re: I would have thought it was impossible

[...] less than 6000 Covid related fatalities in a population of 1.3B [...]

Here, have another taste of this really delicious Kool-Aid....

Kioxia warns of potential cost of US chip policy over China

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Re: Threshold

It's not like they don't know haven't stolen the Physics.

There, FTFY.

Firefox patches Windows 11 Ctrl+C hang, introduces new bug

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So?

While the latest Firefox patch might have resolved the issue with freezing when copying text, it may have introduced another, this time making it difficult to paste text copied from Firefox into Chromium-based applications, Álvarez noted in the bug report.

You say that is if it were a bad thing....

Hey, El Reg! Since you "deprecated" the Paris icon, there's room for another. How about a "meh" icon?

Linux world gains ability to repair exFAT drives

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Coffee/keyboard

OK, enough of that, please! - - - - ->

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The Reg does not condone FAT-shaming.

Not necessary. FAT shames itself quite nicely, thank you.

No, I will not pay the bill. Why? Because we pay you to fix things, not break them

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Failing to specifically name the HP in the group with all the machines present isn't insulting that laptop.

True. But insulting an HP laptop is a worthy endeavor in its own right.

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What ever happened to the post pub nosh? And the crazy and fun projects like the PARIS paper plane? Yes, I remember that Lester passed away.

What has happened to the spirit of El Reg? I fear it will vanish into the pool of mediocrity. It's sad really, I have more time to read now, and less entertaining content here to read.

I blame the pandemic...and the tragic dumbing down of everything that went along with it.

El Reg commentards, however, continue to be highly entertaining, and well worth the visits to the site.

Elon Musk jettisons Twitter leadership, says takeover was 'to try to help humanity'

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How convenient...

tRump, back on his favorite megaphone, just in time for the beginning of his next run to be the last President of the United States.

And just in time to shut down the oxymoronic "Truth Social", right before the creditors and SEC come calling. Funny how that works...

Nvidia RTX 4090: So hot they're melting power cables

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Re: Not surprised

<ducks half-empty bottle of amphetamine-loaded whisky thrown by some resident investment banker>

Worth an upvote in and of itself!

To you, my friend (definitely not thrown!) - - - - - - - - ->

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Re: Is this Nvidia's pentium P4 moment

Of course it's only needing the nuclear reactor feed when it's doing a serious game serious cryptocurrency mining.

There, FTFY.

I mean, isn't that what that particular board is really for?

If you're still on Windows 7/8.1, it's time to say goodbye to Google Chrome

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Re: Upgrade to Linux

One of it's annoying habits is not periodically sending all manner of slurpage to some corporate mothership on the US's left coast. That is reason enough for me to put up with Linux's petty warts and annoying habits.

Boy, did I mistype that! What I meant to say was:

Something that is pointedly not an "annoying habit" is it does not periodically send all manner of slurpage to some corporate mothership on the US's left coast. That is reason enough for me to put up with those things that are Linux's petty warts and annoying habits.

There, FTFM (Fixed That For Me).

You may now return to your regularly scheduled forum, which is already in progress....

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Re: Upgrade to Linux

What stuff are you doing with your Windows boxes that needs so much fixing all the time?!

Updating it (or, more accurately, having it update itself) appears at the top of my list....

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Re: Upgrade to Linux

Linux has warts and annoying habits. As a user now for something like 5 years or so, I agree.

One of it's annoying habits is not periodically sending all manner of slurpage to some corporate mothership on the US's left coast. That is reason enough for me to put up with Linux's petty warts and annoying habits.

YMMV, of course. But really, should it?

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A treasure trove of nonsense

This article has all manner of stuff that requires rebuttal, if not basic "fixing".

"If you are currently on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, we encourage you to move to a supported Windows version before that date to ensure you continue to receive the latest security updates and Chrome features," Google said.

You say that it were a bad thing. Seems to me that most of the folks still on Win 7 are there for a (good) reason, like, I dunno...perhaps less slurpage? Doubt those folks will see updating to Slurpmaster's latest opus so that they can receive the latest stuff from the other slurpmaster as a positive thing.

Microsoft echoed that language when it announced the end of Windows 7 and 8.1: "Remember that using unsupported software may increase an organization's exposure to security risks or impact its ability to meet compliance our inability to meet our shareholders' profit obligations."

There, FTFY.

Windows 11's adoption has been glacially slow, and for good reason: around 40 percent of devices that run Windows are unable to upgrade due to the onerous, yet apparently arbitrary, hardware requirements Microsoft put on the OS Most folks just don't want that warm steaming heap on (what is ostensibly) their machines.

There, FTFY also.

Musk reportedly wants to gut Twitter workforce by up to 75%

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Re: "Don't Say Gay" bill - Nice job parroting the LEFT's false narrative.

This bill prohibits classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity in K-3 classrooms, and after 3rd grade, these conversations need to be age-appropriate.

Yes and I'm sure "age-appropriate" is rigorously defined in the bill. Wait...What? It isn't?? So I guess that means that what constitutes "age-appropriate discussion" is to be defined by some Phillis Schlafly-wannabee, who doesn't have a student in the school district but is "offended" by any discussion that there might be homosexuals in the world, and will take it upon herself to bring what passes for hellfire and brimstone in Florida these days upon the hapless school in question. With the full faith and support of the Florida legislative and executive branches.

Besides, this has nothing to do with the article in question. You, therefore, are a troll and I claim my $5.

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Re: Musk

As a "what-if" experiment:

Should the US cede parts of Texas if they held a vote and wanted to become part of Mexico? Even if Mexico had been having people move to those areas of the US for years in advance to get the outcome they want?

Depends on whom you ask, but I suspect a higher than average "yes" response....

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Re: To be fair

I'm guessing they can be forced to sell, but just curious how much that would gum things up if a significant number of shareholders all refused to cash the check.

Yeah, like that'll happen...

The people getting the checks bought or held Twatter shares just so they could get that check. Remember it was the shareholders that approved the buyout. Why? They wanted the munnaaay.

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Re: Ugh

Here, let me try...

Of course it will be sold as "the greatest [fill in] warm steaming heap the world has ever seen" and so on, [...]

Truth in advertising (something that is completely foreign to the Muskrat, I wot...).

Oops, web trackers may have leaked 3 million patients' info

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Why in the fsck...

Why in the fucking name of fuck would any organization, much less a health care organization, send any personally identifying or healthcare data to Fuckerberg?!? Yes, google-analytics is ubiquitous, and it makes some sort of twisted sense that a shit-fer-brains, knuckle-dragging, semi-comatose web "programmer" would just automatically hook google-analytics up to any website s/he creates. (Doesn't make it right, but since when has that gotten in the way of profits?) But Fuckerberg?

Un! Believable!

AAH is a US Corporation, and is subject to HIPAA. If ever there was a prima facie violation of HIPAA regs, this has to be Exhibit A. One should expect prosecutions and jail time forthwith!

Wait...What? This is the Good Ol' USofA, donchano. Prosecutions of Corporations for privacy violations? Shirley, you jest!