* Posts by ecofeco

8156 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Jul 2010

Square-shaped hole in workers' wallets after payment system fails at peak tip time

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Re: I never get tired of saying it

Processes by digital transmission over complex networks using other computers not owned by just one person or company is not the cloud.

Got it. The parrot is not deceased.

Carry on. Carry on.

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Re: I never get tired of saying it

Everything you just named is the cloud.

What was your point?

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I never get tired of saying it

So how's that cloud thing working for ya?

Texas law banning platforms from social media moderation challenged in lawsuit

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The ocean will take care of the Florida problem. No need to do any extra work there.

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Becoming?

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Re: Texas is amazing...

Florida would like a word with you.

I'm almost certain Texas and Florida are inbred siblings.

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Re: Virtue signaling

Wait. What? You mean Jesus, Mohammad and Buddha were not about making people rich and the rich ruling the earth?

BLASPHEMY! SPLITTER! HERESY!

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Re: Censorship

Every person on the entire planet, outside of China and Russia, are free to create websites of their own and say whatever they want.

Nobody on the entire planet, IN ANY NATION, has the right to go on private property and do as they please.

Websites are private property. Like it or lump it.

Not only private property, but free to say what they want. So that's two inalienable rights they have.

So we see that conservatives are really authoritarian hypocrites and not be be given even a modicum of respect. In other words, sucks to be you.

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Re: Censorship

Do facts and science not exist in your world?

Rhetorical question, of course.

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Re: Conflicted

Facebook is a monopoly?

When did this happen?

Now America's financial watchdog probes 'frat house' Activision Blizzard

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I'm shocked!

I am shocked, just shocked, I tell you, to see tech douche bros acting like tech douche bros... and actually being investigated for a change.

Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov on CLU and why programming is still cool

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Re: Error handling

LOL. Right?

Activision Blizzard accused of union busting, intimidating staff in complaint to watchdog

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Game companies are toxic employers

Every large game company is a toxic employer. Many of the smaller ones are as well.

I know a few veterans who have been in the business for 30 years and every one of them say, do not work for a game company. They have only worked for themselves for the last 20 years and even though their credentials are amazing, they will never work for another game company again by choice.

AI caramba, those neural networks are power-hungry: Counting the environmental cost of artificial intelligence

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There is also the human labor

Perhaps I skimmed too fast, but I did not see mention of the legion of Mechanical Turks, and their counterparts, who work 24/7 to assist current "AI."

They too are using stunning amounts of power.

Talent shortage? Maybe it's your automated hiring system, lack of investment in training

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Or maybe

Or maybe it's the same old game of not wanting to pay for real skills?

That's the way I would bet.

'It takes a hell of a mental toll' – techies who lost work due to COVID share their stories

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I also skated on thin ice

If it weren't for the government assistance, I would be homeless and came damn close more than once. Thank god for the money and understanding creditors. Millions were not so lucky.

Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos fraud trial begins: Defense claims all she did was fail – and that's not a crime

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LOL no

The law does not care if the person committing fraud did not perform due diligence.

But only a fool would believe she didn't know and the judge and jury are not going to like being lied to.

Patch now? Why enterprise exploits are still partying like it's 1999

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What a mess

A mess we'll be cleaning up for generations.

Component shortages: HPE pushes up some hardware prices and as if by magic, reports 'record' gross margin in Q3

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Voodoo, er, supply side economics in action!

Voodoo, no wait, damn it did it again, "supply side" economics decrees that when supplies are short you raise prices to cover losses and when supplies are abundant you raises prices to cover demand.

You also raises prices when demand is high and raise prices when demand is low to cover your losses.

But no matter what is actually happening, you ALWAYS raise prices.

Not even joking.

Wakey-wakey! A quarter of IT pros only get 3-4 hours' kip – and you won't believe what's being touted as the 'solution'

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The beatings WILL continue!

... until moral improves!

Microsoft sinks standalone Hyper-V Server, wants you using Azure Stack HCI for VM-wrangling

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Re: Working as intended

I can remember when dinosaurs roamed the earth that the whole point of PCs was to rid ourselves of the tyranny of timeshare on the mainframe.

And now everyone has rushed right back to the ball and chain.

Former Cisco exec jailed for fraud, dodging taxes

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Re: $10 million in two and a half years

Psychopaths are stupid that way.

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Shocked I tell you!

Well, not THAT shocked.

IBM sued again by its own sales staff: IT giant accused of going back on commission payments promise

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I never get tired of saying it

Fuck IBM.

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

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She's guilty as hell

Convict her and throw her ass in prison.

Next should be Peter Thiel for his illegal medical experiments.

'Totally driven by supply': Dell, HP talk of backlogs and shortages as big PC-makers turn in their numbers

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Worried about the supply chain?

Maybe supply chains that deliver just in time with travel distances of thousands and thousands of miles might have a flaw? A slight... weakness?

But what do I know.

Google staff who work from home might see pay cut under corporate policy – reports

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Back to the office?

Back to the office? Has the total sum of computing power at Google divined the pandemic is over?

This is the real news!

Oh wait, the pandemic is not over. Not anywhere near. Ah, well, there goes my remaining respect for Google.

We need some kind of new "law." Call it, Eco Feco's Law. "The larger a tech company gets, the dumber it becomes." Until ultimately, the recto-cranial-inversion looks almost like the head is back in its normal place. Albeit with a brown sheen.

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Re: WTF?!

$19 BILLION in profits is NOT... struggling. Not even close.

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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Exactly. Because it's not evidence. It's evidence tapering.

LibreOffice 7.2 brings improved but still imperfect Microsoft Office compatibility

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Microsoft compatibility?

Microsoft Office is often not compatible with itself! So I don't see Libre Office as being the problem.

Firefox 91 introduces cookie clearing, clutter-free printing, Microsoft single sign-on... so where are all the users?

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Re: If only ...

... instead concentrate on privacy/security,

Uhm they do. In fact, they are the best at it.

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Well, when marketing allows them to.

THX Onyx: A do-it-all DAC for the travelling audiophile

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Re: hmm really

All of the above. The snake oil being sold by audio companies is ridiculous.

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Re: HiFi?

You're a Monster! :)

Let's not forget DBX as well!

Microsoft wonders if disabling just-in-time compilation of JavaScript improves browser security

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Because it bears repeating. JS is unnecessary cruft. It's bloat. It's just more crap hogging bandwidth.

Modern website design trends are utter shit.

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Re: Many missing the point

The whole point is why is JS even necessary to make a website?

Hint: it isn't.

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Re: I have an easier fix...

This.

Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings

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Oh FFS

Utter bollocks.

The judge is a complete git.

Microsoft's Cloud PCs debut – priced between $20 and $158 a month

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Simple decision actually

HELL NO!

Redpilled Microsoft does away with flashing icons on taskbar as Windows 11 hits Beta

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Re: Have they any clue what an Operating System is?

But... but... the Precious!!!

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Oh nice!

Tiny AND flat pastel colored!

That's sooo helpful! /s

WTAF is wrong with interface designers these days? Just... WTF?

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

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Right? WTF?

I've got a broken combine harvester – but the manufacturer won't give me the software key

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It's all about screwing the customer

Unrepairable products or ones that are overly expensive to repair exist ONLY to screw the customer. Punter, business or government customer.

Planned obsolescence wasn't enough. Nor was new style or design. Nor was short warranties and only being able to send the product back to the manufacturer and not the retail store to get it serviced and repaired.

When it comes to business, just about everything is a scam.

And yet morons keep buying this stuff.

(and could somebody PLEASE fix the tiny, tiny font size in the reply box? Thanks)

Tech support scams subside somewhat, but Millennials and Gen Z think they're bulletproof and suffer

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Many people who drive cars think they are professional racers

Same with computers. Amateurs often think they are professionals. Age doesn't mater.

Microsoft has a workaround for 'HiveNightmare' flaw: Nuke your shadow copies from orbit

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Re: Why ?

Ah! There they are! Asleep at the switch as always!

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Re: Why ?

No downvotes yet? It appears the fan bois haven't shown up yet.

What is your greatest weakness? The definitive list of the many kinds of interviewer you will meet in Hell

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It all makes perfect sense when you realize

When you realize that not one single company is looking for skills, but compliant ass kissers who excel at group think and who will make perfect, unwitting scapegoats.

In the last 20 years, ANY job form or interview that used pop psychology assessment, got the big "up yer bum" from me. Same with personal life questions. My life outside of work is nunya goddamn bizness.

Lawn care SWAT team subdues trigger-happy Texan... and other stories

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Re: Bloody hell, nobody told me the police would cut my lawn!

To answer your question, it's a public health issue.

Do you like diseased rats? Because that how you get diseased rats. And poisonous snakes. And fleas. And ticks. And roaches. And many other nasty, dangerous vermin of various sizes.

So no, contrary to popular crackpot beliefs, you DO NOT have the right to endanger public health.

In rural, far less populated areas? Do as you please. But cities? Nope.

In a complete non-surprise, Mozilla hammers final nail in FTP's coffin by removing it from Firefox

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Re: Root cause.

Netscape also had Composer, which I built my first websites with!

And Newsgroups which I used to access usenet

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Re: Winscp is your friend

Thanks! Downloaded.

Looks perfect.