* Posts by ecofeco

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Latest from the coming AI robot apocalypse: we're going to be fine

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Uhm Skynet

Skynet just became real. Google has a new contract with the Petagon for face reg for drones.

Yeah we're all fucked.

Your software hates you and your devices think you're stupid

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Re: Hang the UX designer

It's not the designer it's their boss/client.

Every damn time.

IBM bans all removable storage, for all staff, everywhere

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Re: Modern IBM

You just described the last 20 years of IBM.

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Re: This is nothing new...

Gospel truth.

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Re: and in other news...

It's been this way for years. It's just getting worse is all.

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I've said it many times. NEVER let the accountants run your business. They save you right out of business.

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Oh this will be good

Can't wait to see the consequences.

*snerk*

I've got way too much cash, thinks Jeff Bezos. Hmmm, pay more tax? Pay staff more? Nah, let's just go into space

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Re: The money is spent on Earth

Which one provides a greater good?

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And not funny "ha ha".

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Re: giving plegde

Pay a living wage? Thats just crazy commie talk!

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Exactly A Cowshed. Exactly. I've been saying this for years. It's a race to the bottom. On a rocket sled.

TSB's middleware nightmare: Execs grilled on Total Sh*tshow at Bank

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What went wrong?

IBM. Bank on it.

FTC Commissioner refuses to budge until Trump fulfills promises

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The epitome of American society

As much as I loathe the current state of American gov it unfortunately perfectly represents modern America.

Supercycle to su-'meh'-cycle: Apple iPhone warehouses heave with unsold Notches

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Re: iPhone 6 user here

Nailed it. Price plus fragility = oh hell no.

Ahem! Uber, Lyft etc: California Supremes just shook your gig economy with contractor ruling

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Re: I don't see how this affects Uber/Lyft

Ah but they really don't. If they turn down too many calls, their status/ranking goes down. Nor can they charge anything other than what the company says they can charge.

That last is the very definition of NOT being a contractor.

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About damn time

See title.

Doom and Super Mario could be a lot tougher now AI is building levels

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Re: "Imagine the frustration of playing a game where the difficulty can constantly change"

Oh hell. Beat me to it.

Boss sent overpaid IT know-nothings home – until an ON switch proved elusive

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Re: Angry client rolled over the Ethernet patch cable with his office chair

Why was a patch cable unprotected in a situation where it could be rolled over - or tripped over?

Because often IT has no control over facilities or someone's personal office or very bad building design such as one port on the wrong wall 15ft away behind something heavy and awkward and no budget for proper cable and covers.

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Ah the old "overpaid tech" client

When I run into those I usually leave them on their own.

Google Pixel 2 XL: Like paying Apple-tier prices then saying, hey, please help yourself to my data

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Fools and their money

I will never pay more than $100 for a smart phone. Yes, I know I sound like a broken record, but I never get tired of telling people they are being ripped off.

Each year, the new $100 phones are better than the $500+ phone from 2-3 years ago.

That's no moon... er, that's an asteroid. And it'll be your next and final home, spacefarer

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So Red Dwarf

Yes the coat with the helmet.

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Better idea

Use it as a solar orbiting shuttle/taxi/ferry/way station between Earth and Mars.

Bungling cops try to use dead chap's fingers to unlock his smartmobe

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The Lazurus effect

Cops playing God.

Your AI pet project is only as smart as its garbage training set

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GIGO

Same as it ever was.

Cutting custody snaps too costly for cash-strapped cops – UK.gov

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God knows every company tries!

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Re: changing data storage always costs

It's almost universal. Cops don't care to actually do their job.

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LAN party?

Funny how some kids who like games can make a LAN party work in a few hours, but the adults with millions of resources, can't see to find their arse.

Mad Leo tried to sack me over Autonomy, says top HP Inc beancounter

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Re: Oh Look... HP CEOs fail at failing, then get huge bonuses

I believe that's what he said.

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Re: Sounds liek the lawyer is trying to muddy the waters.

Firing accountants during such a process raises another set of very red flags.

It sure as hell does.

There is no perceived IT generation gap: Young people really are thick

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Re: Thickos

Pedestrian safety is nonexistent in the U.S.

Your kung fu has to be superior or you had best stay off the sidewalks. Not even joking.

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Thick at any age

Don't blame the kids. We was all like that wonst. But far too many people never grow out of it.

LESTER gets ready to trundle: The Register's beer-bot has a name

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Pint

Lester makes perfect sense!

After all, you couldn't trust Rimmer, the Cat or the robot to get it right, could you? Lester was the least incompetent of them all!

Make mine an amber, er Red. And not a dwarf pint either. Cheers. -------------------------------->

Samsung-backed gizmo may soon juice up your smartphone over the air

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So... Tesla then?

What a time to be alive indeed! Decades after Tesla invented it.

Progress marches on! (after some stumble, tumbles and falls)

Signal app guru Moxie: Facebook is like Exxon. Everyone needs it, everyone despises it

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NO ONE NEEDS Facbook

Needs Facebook?

How can one be so stupid and yet considered an expert on anything?

ID theft in UK hits record high as crooks shift to more vulnerable targets

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You know that's redundant, right?

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This. They don't care. So now, neither do I.

Microsoft says 'majority' of Windows 10 use will be 'streamlined S mode'

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Re: Windows is close to unusable

My company spent several days stripping down Win 10 enterprise and it's still needy, finicky bollocks.

I said it before and I'll say it again, Win 10 is the new Vista. No, Millenia!

UK pub chain Wetherspoons' last call: ♫ Just a spoonful of Twitter – let's pull social media down ♫

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for its awesome social media presence?

That's about as motivating to me as a sharp stick in the eye.

Exposed: Lazy Android mobe makers couldn't care less about security

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Re: Not always the manufacturer

The updates are indeed reliant on the phone brand manufacturer.

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Just shorten that to "Abandroid."

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Anyone surprsied?

Yeah, me neither.

So you’ve got a zero-day – do you sell to black, grey or white markets?

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Simples

Who pays the most?

Because we owe no loyalty to the assholes who can't write good code any more and put us all at risk.

Facebook admits: Apps were given users' permission to go into their inboxes

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Re: And here comes another blatant lie...

Fiduciary duty doesn't include breaking the law?

Since when?

It's April 2018, and we've had to sit on this Windows 10 Spring Creators Update headline for days

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Re: cant win

They can't win because their product is shit and has been for decades.

Nobody's fault but their own.

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Win 10, the NEW Vista!

The updates to 10 have been the worst I have seen in years.

Truly 10 is the new Vista. Half baked and not ready for prime time.

Microsoft Office 365 and Azure Active Directory go TITSUP*

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Re: FIVE NINES!!!!!

"I think a lot of people in IT are just bored, so, they come up with overly complicated systems to try to puff themselves up and pad their resumes"

As an IT person, I can verify you would be correct.

It's also why most websites are shit these days.

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Mushroom

I never get tired of saying it

How's that cloud thing working out for ya?

Co-op says IT upgrade project going swell since axing IBM

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Hahahahahahaha

This is some great news!

Fuck IBM and fuck them hard.

Any social media accounts to declare? US wants travelers to tell

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Re: Confused now

It includes everyone except American citizens. So yes, you.

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Re: And the US fallsanother notch

Same here and I live here!