Posts by Doctor Syntax

Re: Mining landfill?

That HDD with the Bitcoin wallet isn't as valuable as it once was.

Re: As luck would have it....

There seems to be a whooshing sound round here.

Re: He needs an icon -->

"not cheap at all"

It is when you don't pay your bills.

Re: He needs an icon -->

You have to make an exception for IBM & its dominions. They just fire people regardless.

Re: So does the delivery driver get off with vile lies?

"they will let their lying delivery driver go unpunished"

Do we know if he is still their driver?

Re: Rent

Perpetuity doesn't last very long these days.

Re: no backup strategy, SMH stupidity

"given his UPS capability"

But it was an Amazon driver.

Re: Heavily regulated.

And I think even the ban was temporary.

Re: no backup strategy, SMH stupidity

I wonder if Siri and Alexa's AI have negotiated a data sharing agreement behind Apple & Amazon's backs to cover the bits of conversation they may have missed.

Re: no backup strategy, SMH stupidity

You had a door?

Re: What, no backup strategy?

For 'wasn't really his home' you mean 'was slightly harder to turn the lights on and off' surely?

But how big a step is it to Amazon turning his lights and everything else off and leaving them off unless he has a backup arrangement?

Re: Everyone is missing the point

"Its very dystopian how much power they have to ruin your life."

They have the power you give them. That, if you wish, can be none. Your choice.

Re: Keys not yours

I won't be buying any even if they do drop it.

Re: no backup strategy, SMH stupidity

Luddite!

"Wheel have to guess which one..."

And which software product...

Keep booking appointments until they catch on. If the bean counters find their spam is costing them real money they'll stop. Eventually.

Re: Interesting design

"the road runner won, Wile E Coyote ran out of power and lost ..."

OTOH if only someone could extend that moment where the character is suspended in mid air before falling then we'd have a very efficient flight system.

Re: Translation

"you would not believe"

Most here certainly wouldn't.

The fact that this sort of business continues to be profitable is bad news because it means that decision makers who really ought to know better obviously do.

I particularly liked "the concrete melts into the abstract ". Unfortunately I only got part way through the original article as it became clear he hadn't taken his own advice.

"I'm an oldie and we're stuck in our ways."

And why not? They're the best ways in which to be stuck.

"suspired"

Damned autocorrect! surprised

Re: 38 percent of graybeards

No, they were the ones who still hadn't worked out it was a load of bollocks to be ignored.

Re: business bullshit makes them feel "less involved."

If the underlings have any experience and wit they'll have asked for "x" and "y" to be explained in plain words. I think in my day I was regarded as a bit of a trouble-maker.

""The survey quizzed 1,016 employees in the UK aged 18 to 76""

It gets worse: "defining the younger generation as those born between 1981 and 2012". These born in 2012 aren't even teenagers, let alone 18. Child labour?