* Posts by Someone Else

3577 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Dec 2009

Apple macOS Mojave: There's goth mode but developers will have to wait for the juicy stuff

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Learning from previous mistakes -- NOT!

For a long time, I lauded Apple (no, really!) for not hopping the same crazy train that Microsoft and Canonical jumped on to try to create the One True User Experience that would work on two totally incompatible and disjoint platforms (phone and desktop). The landscape is still littered with the smoldering remnants of this matter-antimatter collision.

Alas. Apparently the same ADHD-addled Millennials that attempted to destroy Windows' and Linux's functionality have, after the implosion, crawled out from under the woodwork and found a home in the ear canals of the Apple OSX development team. So, one can be assured of approximately 2 years of disruption there before the adults are let back into the room to restore order.

I guess some folks just never learn. (Or, more accurately, their egos won't let them learn. We in the States have seen how well that works -- on several fronts.)

Oh, and BTW, Andrew is right, Qt FTW.

US mobe owners will get presidential text message at 2:18 pm Eastern Time

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@stiine -- Re: Just an observation.

The only event that would merit a real presidential alert would be the simultaneous launching of ICBMs by every nation in the world, including the U.S. Herr Drumpf announcing he was abdicating, and moving to Paraguay (or some other place where old Fascists go to die...and that has no extradition treaty with the U.S.)

There, FTFY

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@Brian Miller -- Re: Just hack the system like everybody else, ok?

Yes, we've been alerted that we have a president. We knew that already.

That we have a President is demonstrably Fake News!

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Not a particularly Christian response, now is it? But what one would expect from a CINO.

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STFU, Donnie!

Volkswagen links arms with Microsoft for data-slurping cloud on Azure

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Alert

Re: Self-driving cars

Self-driving cars, using Microsoft's (newly acquired) Robot Operating System (ROS).

What could possibly go wrong...go wrong...go wrong...go wrong...go wrong...go wrong....

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Re: Carplay / Android Auto plus magic = profit!

I see a new "grey market" for auto anti-slurp technology! There's the profit!

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Lemme hear you say, "Duh!!"

"A driver might, for example, be listening to music at home and want to continue listening as she gets in her car, then need to jump on a conference call, then check her online calendar. Accessing those services on the road can be problematic, since applications from third-party providers typically don't talk to each other in a seamless way," continued Microsoft, seemingly not aware of the glaring road safety problem with reading a calendar while trying to drive.

Yeah, accessing those services on the road can indeed be problematic, because you're supposed to be fucking driving your fucking car when you're on the road, you fucking git! Leave it to Micros~1 to enable the worst possible behavior in yet another area of endeavor.

Microsoft liberates ancient MS-DOS source from the museum and sticks it in GitHub

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Bitch, Bitch, Bitch!

Just try doing anything useful (in any language) with an APL keyboard....

Robot Operating System gets the Microsoft treatment

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FAIL

Think 'Skype for Robots', and you'll quickly surmise that both ROS and we as a people are thoroughly and royally fucked!

DEF CON hackers' dossier on US voting machine security is just as grim as feared

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@claptrap314 -- Re: Centralized incompetence

The only clause that I can think of that would permit is that "congress shall guarantee to each State a rRepublican form of government".

Yes, that was Tom DeLay's dream, wasn't it...

Link provided for those of you too young, or too East, to remember this sorry-assed bastard. Pay special attention to the section about his trial...

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@GnuTzu -- Re: Land of the free! -- Accountability

We're now so conditioned to accept both weak security and lack of true representation that it will take a major, apocalyptic, catastrophe for anything meaningful to be done about this. That is, the people who are responsible for this crap will not be sent to jail, will not be fined, and won't be fired. If anything, they'll create a commission to look into creating a standard that won't get implemented. We'll be lucky if we get a law requiring a paper trail.

In other words, the status quo....

Microsoft gets ready to kill Skype Classic once again: 'This time we mean it'

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Re: Forced updates

Any chance they will turn off the forced updates?

Short answer: No

Longer answer: Are you kidding? How else do you expect Micros~1 to find new and improved ways to serve ever increasing numbers of more annoying ads and add additional telemetry streams improve your experience?

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Re: Similarly...

Have heard the same. Can't remember the name, but it's another cloudy thing that is oh-soooo-much-better that SfB/Linc, yadda-yadda-yadda.

Consider: Skype worked. Then Micros~1 got their hands on it, fucked it up royal. Linc was Micros~1's Skype-wannabee, sucked rocks. Micros~1 merged "features" from their (fucked up royal) Skype into (sucks rocks) Linc, which begat Skype for Business, which is fucked up royal and sucks rocks. Now, everything broken and disgusting about Skype and Skype for Business will be "(d)evolved" into their new shiny. How well do you think that will work?

At least, the new slurp module should work fabulously!

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@Wade Burchette -- Re: Microsoft does not listen

Interesting comment (which I upvoted). If you

s/Microsoft/Donald Trump

you have fully and accurately described the state of American politics. Reusibility: It's not just good for software anymore!

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@anthonyhegedus

The truth is, Microsoft like to change user interfaces in order because the ADHD-addled Millennials in their Marketing department get bored with this current one, which has the expected effect (for everyone except said ADHD-addled Millennials) to piss off users. It's the only logical explanation.

There, FTFY

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I'll be happy to.

Eat my shorts, watchdog tells every city mayor in the US – FCC approves $2bn 5G telco windfall

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And, then having listened to the FCC's Lisa Simpson, the three Barts named Ajit, Brendan and Michael voted to pass the measure.

You think they may have (even accidentally) listened? Shirley, you jest!

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Flame

Calling a spade a spade

"I salute Commissioner Carr for his leadership in developing this order," Pai said today of his fellow commissioner Brendan Carr while discussing a plan to set a federal limit on what local and state governments are allowed to charge telecoms companies to add new 5G mobile cell sites on their property.

"He worked very closely with many state and local officials to understand their needs and to study the policies that have worked at the state and local level. It should therefore come as no surprise that this order has won significant support from mayor, local officials and state legislatures."

There's only one problem with this statement: it is wholly, provable incorrect.

In other words, it's a fucking lie. Kieran, please stop mincing words. Call a lie a lie. It's especially easy in the Drumpf administration, as just about every pronouncement from said group is a provable lie. Stop pussyfooting around...just do it!

Google actually listens to users, hands back cookies and rethinks Chrome auto sign-in

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Better than nothing...

...but only ever-so-slightly.

That syncing feeling when you realise you may be telling Google more than you thought

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@Jellied Eel -- Re: Shrug

It's creeping compulsion. Google exists to monetise people's private data. Auto-login simply makes it easier to profile 'customers' 'product'.

There, FTFY.

US cities react in fury to FCC's $2bn break for 5G telcos: We'll be picking up the tab, say officials

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Gee, what a surprise!

So who is actually in favor of the proposals?

Well, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile USA – the three main mobile operators in the United States.

Gee, what a surprise! Eejit Pai-hole's patrons are all in favor of a plan to further line their pockets at the expense of urban (read: blue-voting) population centers.

Developer goes rogue, shoots four colleagues at ERP code maker

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Re: You're more likely, almost 3 times as likely, to be killed by a driver.

...especially in Wisconsin...

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@AC -- Re: A gun is involved in every single mass shooting.

*My* psychiatric state is just fine, and my historical and analytical skills are even better.

OK. I'll see your "historical and analytical skills" and your unsubstantiated and outlandish estimate of 140MM armed civilians, and raise you one B52 (without nuclear armaments).

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@Timmy B -- Re: A gun is involved in every single mass shooting.

Remember that this was written a fair while ago and the people that penned it may not mean what you think they do.

So? Antonin Scalia and all his "originalist" ilk spout that the Constitution should be interpreted by what was originally written. And then went on to do the exact opposite. Rank hypocrisy aside, the "well regulated militia" part is in the original text....

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@Arty Effem -- Re: A gun is involved in every single mass shooting.

" Join a militia first and show up every month for their meetings."

Because we really need militias, don't we(?)

Short answer: No. But joining a militia would satisfy that inconvenient and oft ignored (I'm looking at you, Antonin!) independent clause of the 2nd Amendment. So, not a bad idea.

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At this time, there is no indication as to what caused the murderous outburst and they have appealed for witnesses to get in contact.

Must have been all the video games Mr. Tong played....

'Men only' job ad posts land Facebook in boiling hot water with ACLU

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@Spudley -- Re: There is no place for discrimination on Facebook

You may advertise for a builder in a DIY magazine, knowing full well that most of the people reading it are going to be men.

If that is indeed the case, then that is discriminatory. One would better advertise (not "invite") in a DIY magazine, knowing full well that most of the people reading it are skilled in construction, mechanical engineering, are part of the "maker" community, etc.

I know several women who know their way around CAD programs and CNC machines, and might just read such magazines.

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@dumber-n-soup AC

Exactly! Science has proved that chicks can't code. Fact.

Dumbest.

Post.

Evah!

Not sure if you are simply a troll or a moron. Naturally, that could be an inclusive 'or'.

I make the assumption you know what an inclusive 'or' is...that may prove to be a stretch....

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@eldakka -- Re: In the current environment, women are too much of a business risk..

So I think the dichotomy here is not that these things happen less to men, it is that the men are less willing to admit it, to talk about it, to report it, to see it as a problem and not just acceptable work culture, than the women are. And this is wrong, the men should be just as willing to report these issues as the women rather than just sucking it up and "being a man". In my mind, you are a better man, being "a man" by having the guts to report issues rather than allowing them to be swept under the carpet, rather than accepting that that is the work culture.

Post.

Of.

The.

Week.

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Uh-huh...sure

"There is no place for way you should be able to find out about discrimination on Facebook; it’s strictly prohibited in our policies," said Facebook spokesman Joe Osborne. "We look forward to defending figuring out how to better cover up our practices once we have an opportunity to review the complaint.”

There, FTFY

Click your heels, um, mouse thrice and you've quickly got Ubuntu on Hyper-V in Win 10 Pro

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Meh

Damning with faint praise

The mouse tracking was entertaining, too.

Upon further review, perhaps that wasn't praise, after all....

Now here's an idea: Break up Amazon to get more shareholder cash

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Re: question

Toys 'R' Us.

That is all.

Linux kernel's Torvalds: 'I am truly sorry' for my 'unprofessional' rants, I need a break to get help

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@ Doctor Syntax -- Re: Don't let the namby-pambys run the Kernel, Linus!

One has to conclude that having held that process together over so many years to produce a successful product he might be doing something right.

One can to the right thing the wrong way. I'm not sure the ends justify the means, even in Linux kernel-land. I mean, why not simply state, "Your fix is not going into the kernel, period.", as opposed to a 15-paragraph rant with f-bombs and s-bombs and a paragraph on the back of each one to be used against them in a court of law?

FCC boss slams new Californian net neutrality law, brands it illegal

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Gee, what a surprise!

Pai's speech mirrors the same language that has been used by large cable companies to argue why any such state net neutrality bill would be illegal.

And why shouldn't it? I mean, he has to get his talking points from somewhere; it's not like he can come up with this garbage himself. Why not have them come from his patron?

The shit doesn't fall far from the anus.

Trump shouldn't criticise the news media, says Amazon's Jeff Bezos

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How can you expect a leader to function if people are going to do things like that?

A leader only functions when people do things like that.

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@overunder -- Re: Poor Jeff is so right, nobody takes his leftist hate pamflet seriously anymore

You can't say shit here!

But...but...but...you just did.

Do not adjust your set, er, browser: This is our new page-one design

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Happy

Well...

I can live with it. The Kshiny is at a manageable level, and at this point, it doesn't look like an ADHD-addled Millennial designed it, so good on you for that. I do hate change for change sake, and the whole concept of designing for a handheld that will also "work" for a 3-screen desktop installation is anathema to me, at least. But you didn't bugger it up completely, so... we'll give it a longer look-see for now.

Microsoft: You don't want to use Edge? Are you sure? Really sure?

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Re: Speak To Cortana

Were it to be this easy:

User: "Cortana, fuck off!"

Cortana: "OK. Fucking off." <click>

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Re: Dear Microsoft

Au contraire, if you wrote and posted that on Windows 10, the are reading it and listening. Whether they are paying attention...well, that's a different story.

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Re: Don't want to use Edge?

How many times do we have to say 'You cannot polish a turd'?

Well, actually, Mythbusters proved you can polish a turd. But in the end, you still have a turd.

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@JohnFen -- Re: Another weird feature in 1809 (current release)

Just for clarity: when I said "Windows 10 is worse than shite." what I meant was "Windows 10 search is worse than shite."

Actually, I think you were right the first time....

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Re: An ode:

Find the way to push your wares

Free from mindless craft cruft

There, FTFY

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@revdjenk -- Re: Block IE and Edge

That is the difference between an operating system, and Windows.

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Re: "don't need retrained to use Windows 10"

If those mouth breathers actually did switch from XP directly to Win 10, then they came from an environment where the Windows Explorer didn't have a Ribbon, and all the applications, utilities, etc actually had buttons that were readily recognizable and accessible as buttons, and actual colors for things, and scroll bars that were actually visible, so the users knew that scrolling was an option, and a version of TuWord that that didn't try to hide its functionality behind a "simplified" interface, and....

In other words, enough change-for-change's-sake to drive a true mouth breather to call Tech support for help. I bet you're sooo glad you're not on the receiving end of those calls.....

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@Lusty -- Re: Dear Microsoft

I know, not a popular viewpoint; downvote away.

Done.

Official: Google Chrome 69 kills off the World Wide Web (in URLs)

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Re: If www doesn't matter,

More like Institutional Stupidity, a well known by-product of American Business practice; It many cases, completely indistinguishable from Natural Stupidity

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Mushroom

How Microsoft of them

The move apparently cuts down on unneeded "trivial" characters that normies and techies alike shouldn't, according to the browser's developers, worry about in 2018.

Yes, of course. Just like Microsoft, YAN hi-tech firm knowing more what's better for you than you do..

Fuckheads!

No, no, you're all wrong. That's not a Kremlin agent. It's someone with 'inauthentic behavior'

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Re: Sheryl Sandberg was/is considering a run for President

The fact that she is eminently unqualified for that job notwithstanding.

It's not like that hasn't happened before....

Skype can now record your 'special moments' in front of the computer

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Oh, Suuuuure!

The Register has contacted Microsoft to learn what security measures are in place for the cloud-based recordings and will update if a response is forthcoming.

Don't hold yer breath! But were there to be a response it would either be:

1) All user's "special moments" will be kept with the highest level of security and privacy Microsoft can provide.

2) All user's "special moments" will be mined for location, and product information, and can and will be sold to the highest (and probably second highest) bidder, verbatim, at our sole discretion.

Answer 1) will eminate from the marketdroids, and will be a complete fabrication. (C'mon, "highest level of security and privacy"? From Microsoft??? Shirley, you jest!) Answer 2 will be the truth, and will never see the light of day unless leaked from an internal Microsoft memo.