* Posts by Someone Else

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Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland

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...slightly used politicians...

I doubt there are any such things. Most politicians range from "heavily used" to "ridden hard and put up wet" to "broken down ol' hags."

But love the phrase!

Canonical reveals more details about Ubuntu Core Desktop

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Methinks you missed the point, Liam

> 3, Find post telling you to add some magic gibberish to a config file / install a specific version of xyz.lib

Isn't that Linux in general?

It's certainly about how 90% of production systems run.

You are correct, of course, but I think the OP was implying that this is not what is supposed to happen, but likely will happen if this, or any other mythological immutable system doesn't quite get it immediately out of the tin. Not having to add such "magic gibberish" is sort of the holy grail here (it could certainly herald The Real Year of the Linux DesktopTM), and if managing such systems deteriorates into having to mumble magic incantations to a file whose name starts with a dot, this would be an Epic Fail.

Bad eIDAS: Europe ready to intercept, spy on your encrypted HTTPS connections

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Re: Even Google are complaining

Google has also raised concerns about how Article 45 might be interpreted

Must be really really bad

Must be really really bad for business you mean, Shirley.

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And then, I'll compile my own FF without their crap if I damn well please. Let them prosecute me for enabling my own privacy.

Of course that's an option (for the literati, at least). But, so what happens if a browser developer decides to raise a middle finger to the spooks, and continues to protect the integrity of the 'net (such as is possible)? Are they going to get hauled into court in Brussels and fined the typical wrist slap tech companies typically get assessed? Is even that going to happen? And how is it that Brussels can demand browsers work the way they want when the browsers in question are being run in Topeka, Kansas? (I've heard lots of grumbling -- and rightly so -- from Right Pondians about USAians trying to enforce their laws Over There. Seems like this is the Pot calling the Kettle black, so to speak.)

Don't know the weight of the stones browser makers have, but perhaps some good ol' (tech) civil disobedience is called for here.

Uncle Sam snooping on US folks? Not without a warrant, lawmakers agree

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Why not putting every one in jail then, so all criminals would be locked up too?

Not too far from that already.

Natch, if you're one of the latter-day brown shirts, you're exempted...for the time being, anyway.

IBM to scrap 401(k) matching, offer something else instead

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Sounds a lot like Motorola, too...

Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection scripts under EU law

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Re: Good.

Even worse is when YT's "Looking for something different?" option appears.

Well, It might be alright, if one of the options is "Nothing"...

Take Windows 11... please. Leaks confirm low numbers for Microsoft's latest OS

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Re: "no clear advantages over W10"

I've found that at start-up Windows 11 uses 1Gb less RAM than 10.

See what happens when you no longer have to stuff IE into Ring 0?

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Bingo cards change with every new session...

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...or, you really do like the taste of that Kool Aid...

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"Micros~1" is the El Reg officially sanctioned euphemism for that (alleged) software company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Which you'd know if you spent any time here. Please do try to keep up.

You do know whose forum you have logged into don't you?

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Re: There's nothing particularly wrong with it except for its hardware requirements.

I did notice recently that the latest W11 installer stopped and refused to go any further if it didn't have an internet connection

Yet another reason to avoid it like Ebola.

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I'd take the 'under' on that bet. First, Micros~1 would have to (tacitly) admit that their Holier-than-thou Millennial-infested "user-experience" thing that continues to foist unneeded and unwanted UI changes upon us "just because", is more holey than Holy. Second, Teams is their X, so they will continue to follow their oh-so-successful IE playbook for that one. And there is still the problem of TPM, which they will similarly not back away from. So from an odds-making point of view, I see this happening about as likely as me winning the lottery. Twice. On the same day. With two different sets of numbers.

Unity CEO 'retires' in the wake of fee fiasco

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Re: Promise

The name of any PAC...

Microsoft drops official support for Python 3.7 in Visual Studio Code

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As well as dropping official support for Python 3.7, Microsoft also pushed out an update to the debugger extension – now renamed to "Python Debugger" – to include a setting to allow users to only step through their own code or hop into system or third-party library code without having to fiddle with the launch.json settings.

So they have just now implemented something that PyCharm has had for (at least) 5 years now. That's rather slow, even for Micros~1's standards.

Wait! What did I just say there? "Micros~1 standards"?!? Jeez, I'm slipping; everyone knows that's an oxymoron of the first order. Must...find...medication....

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Shilling? (No, not the money...)

However, there are no guarantees that something won't go wrong without official support.

There are no guarantees something won't go wrong with official support. In fact, it is actually more likely that something will go wrong if Micros~1 puts their hands on (or even near) it.

Richard, your shilling for Micros~1 is become more blatant (and more obvious) with every article you've written recently. You really ought to put the Kool-Aid down, before you hurt yourself.

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11

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Tell me, does anyone here actually believe that MS will really pull the plug of W10 in two years time?

/me raises hand.

As, from all indications, Win11 is the camel's nose under the tent for their eventual full migration to the "clowd" and a subscription model, of course they will not hesitate to "pull the plug" on any and everything prior. I mean, we can't let recalcitrant "users" with the need to actually get work done get in the way of Our Secret Plan for World Domination, now can we?

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Re: So0rry, Linux still is nowhere near ready to replace windows.

Speaking just for myself, there are 2 killer features missing.

And those two "killer features" are.... Wait! I used to know them...they're right here on the tip of my tongue! Yeah, it's been awhile, but sheesh! I should know these by heart! Uhhhh, let me get back to on that, 'K?

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Re: Needless, wasteful churn (aided and abetted by less-than-helpful media types)

From the article:

However, while Windows 11 itself is not much of a carrot, the impending demise of Windows 10 is undoubtedly a stick, [...].

Hardware makers are, unsurprisingly, pretty happy about the impending demise of Windows 10.

"Demise"? As in, it will suddenly go away or stop working at Micros~1's whim and wish?? Not hardly (as legions of Reg commentards will happily attest). Yes, you may not have your work interrupted with Micros~1 suddenly deciding that now would be a really good time to summarily stop whatever you're doing and boot your machine to accept their latest pile of semi-functional drivel. But your machine, its contents, and, significantly, its OS, will continue to function quite nicely beyond October of 2025, thankyewverramuch!

And you, Richard -- shame on you for equating the end of Micros~1 "support" to an extinction-level event. I know that media types are somehow honor-bound to parrot manufacturer's drivel from time to time, but this is El Reg, dammit, and I'd have expected better.

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Re: Windows 11 itself is not much of a carrot

It would be nice if it were to be of use as something.

Burn its ISO image on to one (or more?) DVDs, and use them as coasters.

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Mem'ries...

From the article:

Infamously, Microsoft axed support for a raft of hardware with Windows 11, including older Intel CPUs, on security grounds. The result was that hardware that will run Windows 10 perfectly well will not accept the new operating system. And this is not due to performance problems (who remembers trying to run Vista on XP hardware?) but rather because of Microsoft's edict.

What I wanna know is: Who remembers trying to run Vista?

The mind is a wonderful thing; it does a good job of suppressing memories of traumatizing or extremely unpleasant events....

FEMA to test emergency alert system US-wide today

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Re: No 5G initiated Zombie Apocalypse...?

So the conspiracy wackos will now admit this was bullshit and undertake to stop polluting the interwebs with their fucking nonsense?

No.

Next Question?

And now for something completely different: Python 3.12

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Also in python 3.14, type annotation enforcement at run time (optional, of course, so the heads of 75 million Javascript convertees don't all explode all at once).

"Oh! the humanity!!"

Lost your luggage? That's nothing – we just lost your whole flight!

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Coffee/keyboard

Re: Ssshhh

Nicely done...unless you are my keyboard. In that case - - ->

Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant

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...and this surprises you how, again?

Something about a fish rotting from the head down.

I mean, is it really that hard to understand that a company fronted by the cheerleader for the Make America Hate Again movement would turn a blind eye to such behavio(u)r?

Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info

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Re: Pure performative politics

We really do not imprison enough politicians at both a local and national level.

There's the possibility that that precedent will be broken on this side of the pond. Stay tuned!

Getting to the bottom of BMW's pay-as-you-toast subscription failure

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Re: What is unclear with these "shops" in cars

Well in the case of BMW at least, it appears to be: "Look behind you...there's the line!"

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@Neil Barnes -- Re: coccyx-centered comforts in cold climes

"Soylent Green is ..."

Chap blew up critical equipment on his first day – but it wasn't his volt

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Re: Should this be so easy?

But...but...but...Fudd's Law clearly states that if you push something hard enough, it will fall over.

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Re: "They're able to plug any lead into any socket."

Or how about plugging a USB-A lead into an RJ45 socket? At least there will be no damage....

Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads

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Hungary? Turkey? Israel (by dint of Netanyahu basically disabling its Supreme court)?

Activist investor to GoDaddy: Cut costs, improve sales, or sell

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Re: "activist" investor

If an "activist" investor thinks it can run the business it should take it over completely and prove it.

There is actually a precedent for that. Karl Ichan(fuckupanycompanyanywhere) thought he could do a better job running an airline than those who actually could, so he took over TWA and ran it (or tried to). It did not end well...TWA went bankrupt with 3 years, and is now a legendary "fallen flag" in that industry.

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Re: Sorry guys...

I use them to host my domain. There is no web presence; but I've held this domain for several decades, and I basically use it for e-mail.

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Bingo, Bingo, BINGO!!

Get your cards ready, mates, for this toothsome morsel that could only come for the orifice of a practiced financial parasite:

"When combining the opportunity to rationalize certain Technology and Development expenses with other growth and margin improvement opportunities, we believe GoDaddy should commit to delivering a growth and profitability metric of at least 40 percent by the end of 2024. This goal would position GoDaddy to be in line with peers' targets on a similar timeframe."

Somebody call a Waaah-mbulance!

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Oh, for fux sakes!

"Unfortunately, despite each of these opportunities remaining, over the last 18 months we have been disappointed by GoDaddy's operational, financial and stock price performance," the letter adds.

Take your "disappointment" and shove up your ass/arse, you parasite! Or better still, how about you be so disappointed that you sell your shares and leave your disappointment behind, so that adults can continue to run this company successfully.

"Starboard Blue", eh? Dumbasses, everybody who has even the slightest marine experience knows that starboard is green!

Airbus takes its long, thin, plane on a ten-day test campaign

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Re: "leaving airlines to decide if they want to cram passengers in"

Shhh! You're giving Ryanair ideas! Stop it, now!!

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Re: in a 3-3 economy class configuration.

Well, since this is upposed to be for "big boys", how about the 4-8-8-4?

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Re: in a 3-3 economy class configuration.

Sounds like manna from heaven for Ryanair...

Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows

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@Nick Ryan

Microsoft had an opportunity to do a good thing with printing, but they chose not to. [...]

Not so much chose not to, but more like were incapable of doing so. The myth that Micros~1 was this engineering powerhouse has recently been exposed as the lie that it is, but it has been a myth for decades. The fact that printing is soooo messed up on Windows machines today is simply a reflection of the fact that those asshats simply don't know how to do it, and haven't know for basically forever.

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Re: by 2027 – except for security-related fixes – no printer driver updates will be allowed

Noticed that Brother (the only printer manufacturer worth a shit these days) is not part of the Morphia Mopria "consortium".

Wonder what that means?

IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week

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...or maybe the pub down the road?

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"I'm gonna code me a minivan!"

Get ready to say hello to new Windows and goodbye to an old friend

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Re: I'll miss the dialog

"...by looking into a mirror."

If you like to play along with the illusion of privacy, smart devices are a dumb idea

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xkcd has an answer for this

I actually used this once at my daughter's house, which is connected via Alexa -- inadvertently of course, as I was explaining the comic. You should have seen the panicked look on daughter's and son-in-law's faces as they scrambled to tell Alexa to ignore last request. /me was all smiles....

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Buttons. And switches! And Knobs! Oh, my!!

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I very much doubt many people use their phone if the bell rings when they're at home.

Terry 6, meet my daughter and son-in-law....

Norway court upholds miniscule fine against Meta for flouting privacy rules

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Re: Just goes to show

Have an upvote (and one of these) for the Burning Man reference. - - - ->

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Are you assuming that regulators are scared of companies they are supposed to regulate? They need to be "emboldened"? Oh...

Oh, stop it already! Meta's approach (as correctly pointed out above) is taken straight from the NRA playbook. And regulators do count on precedent before they make moves (if that were not the case, then the NRA scorched earth approach would be a dismal failure, and they would have been bankrupt fighting litigation on 51 fronts. (OK, 48...it's not likely that Alabama, Mississippi, or Montana would ever do anything to regulate firearms...but I digress).

Microsoft to kill off Outlook REST API v2.0 in 2024 – for real this time

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So the never ending march toward the monopolist's Total Lock-in continues, unabated.

At least, the Marketing Dept. is still being funded, with the same assclowns running the asylum. Witness:

Microsoft would much rather developers used something a bit more modern instead – Microsoft Graph [...]

I guess, in a sense, lock-in is "modern".

Yeah, the quote came from the article, not from Micros~1 Marketing...directly. I doubt that Mr. Speed would make the determination of modern-ity without some...er, prompting.

Mozilla calls cars from 25 automakers 'data privacy nightmares on wheels'

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Re: It just keeps getting better

Yes, and TL;DR, but how much are these fines different from the standard "cost of doing business"? From what I have read (mostly here on El Reg) for a given company, the fines are indistinguishable from CoDB.

"No officer's bonus or shareholder's dividend were harmed in the paying of this fine."