* Posts by anonymous boring coward

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The Starship has landed. Latest SpaceX test comes back to Earth without igniting fireballs

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Their definition of "small fire" is slightly different from mine. I think that fire would have engulfed our house.

Very happy though that things are moving along!

The confidence of landing so near to the next one on the (literal) production line!

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Re: A pedant notes...

I think "used 9 times" would cover it.

Bitcoin is ‘disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization’ says famed investor Charlie Munger

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“ Bitcoin is "disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization" ”

Yes. Stupid.

Not so fast, SpaceX: $3bn NASA Moon landing contract blocked by rivals' gripes

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All very Mickey Mouse.

Why isn’t NASA aiming for standardised systems and multiple suppliers?

Googler demolishes one of Apple's monopoly defenses – that web apps are just as good as native iOS software

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Re: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah ...

“ I really love it when a Google Developer spontaneously emits a blog trashing their competitor.”

This could be I’ll advised, though. Coming back to bite Google.

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“ Safari savaged for failing behind in web APIs”

Did you mean “falling”?

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Re: Many APIs are undesirable

He didn’t say that.

Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess

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16 days late article?

Huawei tells the FCC it can't force US carriers to scrap its gear – that's Congress's job

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“ Instead, the company has committed to focusing more on cloud and software products,”

The irony... From a security perspective.

Nigerian email scammer sent down for 40 months in the US, ordered to pay back $2.7m to victims

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I think I know this chap!

Very friendly, and has an uncle who is a prince whose wealth has been stashed away, and now needs a small loan to access it?

Privacy activist Max Schrems claims Google Advertising ID on Android is unlawful, files complaint in France

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Re: @LDS - @LDS - "How do you explain almost the exact same feature in iOS?"

MS wants more. Remember how they “accidentally” updated people to SlurpOS 10?

Facebook says dump of 533m accounts is old news. But my date of birth, name, etc haven't changed in years, Zuck

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"Facebook now says "malicious actors obtained this data not through hacking our systems but by scraping it from our platform prior to September 2019"

That's so much better! No need even to hack the system, as it was wide open! Really something to be proud of, and point out.

Yep, the 'Who owns Linux?' case is back from the dead

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Re: Follow the money

A nation state? One where "greed is good" perhaps, in that case?

Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard

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It's not April 1st until tomorrow!

Starlink's latent China crisis could spark a whole new world of warcraft

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Don't worry! Brexit Boris will increase UK's nuclear arsenal, and fight China. So much better than being under the yoke of Evil Empire EU.

Seagate UK customer stung by VAT on replacement drive shipped via the Netherlands

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Re: Should not have Netherlands VAT ...

"The simple solution, instead of lying down and letting bureaucracy walk all over ignorance"

would have been to not vote for Brexshit, like some moronic numpties.

Well done, all morons who voted for this shit. Now we have to pay customs duties on everything from everywhere.

ThinkPad T14s AMD Gen 1: Workhorse that does the business – and dares you to push that red button

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Isn't a vent at the bottom pretty bad when placed on an actual lap, or other softer surface?

And not even that great when placed on a flat, hard surface.

Trump's gone quiet, Parler nuked, Twitter protest never happened: There's an eerie calm – but at what cost?

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"This shitposting blurred the lines between personal opinions and policy announcements"

Frankly, a sitting POTUS can't really broadcast purely personal opinions. It's an absurd notion.

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Turns out social media is mostly a waste of time, and to make matters worse makes people even more stupid than normal.

Good riddance!

All it took was a pandemic to revive PCs: Canalys proclaims sales up 25% in Q4 as world+dog stays home

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"unless it's a desktop"

Gaming is coming on strong. High end "desktops" won't die any time soon.

NHS awards £23m two-year deal to controversial Peter Thiel AI firm Palantir

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Isn't Thiel a dumb-as-feck Trumpist arsehole?

Elon Musk says he tried to sell Tesla to Apple, which didn’t bite and wouldn't even meet

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"And yes, I know about the whole "Full Self Driving" thing, which I didn't spend money on for obvious reasons."

Indeed. You want to keep that head on your shoulders.

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"for 1/10 of our current value"

And for how much at the then current value?

Apple isn't run by idiots. Tesla is a good company, but it's not making money. It's valued based on future prospects.

Apple isn't stupid enough to gamble it all on something like that.

Buggy chkdsk in Windows update that caused boot failures and damaged file systems has been fixed

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Re: Yes the wonders of continual updates......

Anything can be explained away if you try hard enough. And you did try pretty hard. You could just as well have said the humans are imperfect, and the world will end one day anyway.

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Re: And where is the fix?

Because this isn't Microsoft's support pages? (If they have such a thing.)

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Re: Yes the wonders of continual updates......

"Boeing was an early Agile adopter in 2008 surpassing its rival, Airbus, in 2012 by deploying a newly renovated 737 Max 8 faster to market. "

https://www.infosysconsultinginsights.com/2019/06/12/the-risks-of-moving-to-mature-agile-too-fast-a-cautionary-tale/

Well, that went well.

Channel Isles cop sacked after abusing police database to track down women drivers for Instagram 'comic' page

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“The system was based on trust.”

Hilarious!

Geekbench stats show Apple Silicon MacBook Air trouncing pricey 16-inch MacBook Pro

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"Will it provide fanbois with a dramatically improved experience, or will it be more of the same, leaving the sole point of differentiation the TouchBar? Finger nail biting time for some"

Seems the Register writers always are bitter about not being able to afford Macs. Not a good look.

Apple's M1: the fastest and bestest ever silicon = revolution? Nah, there's far more interesting stuff happening in tech that matters to everyone

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Re: I fear that too much shiny is taking a toll on some people's attention "span.

"macOS is already just a pretty face and API set sitting on top of a branched version of Unix"

Yes, and that's a good thing.

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Re: Good grief...

"Welcome to the world where physical chips are becoming obsolete"

A single chip is a "physical chip". Also, varying power requirements for various functions will probably always create a demand for some additional chips.

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Tedious moaning as usual.

People are generally idiots, and even those who aren't can still be fooled.

For the moment a walled garden is what's needed. OK?

The nightmare is real: 'Excel formulas are the world's most widely used programming language,' says Microsoft

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"Excel formulas are the world's most widely used programming language"

It seems more likely Javascript i the most used one.

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Re: Next August 29th...

"Brains in vats cannot be self aware. They will almost certainly be insane."

What happens if the brain is in an orange pumpkin with a blond, hairy lid on it?

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Re: It's In The Genes

Because things seemingly work. Until they suddenly don't.

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Re: Makes sense

Should have done case mismanagement prediction instead...

Running joke: That fitness gadget? It's, er, run out

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Re: Tried and tested model

The real goal is probably to be bought by Google or Facebook.

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Re: Pine from Ikea?

"Pine effect" and "pine veneer" are two different things.

Many IKEA things are real veneer, and some are not. (Sadly they ruined IKEA Lack)

And many shelves etc are actual solid wood.

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Don't you have to have an iPhone to use an Apple Watch?

Master boot vinyl record: It just gives DOS on my IBM PC a warmer, more authentic tone

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Re: MP3?

Or use a tablet, phone, PC or laptop to simply play back the audio to boot the old machine?

Privacy campaigner flags concerns about Microsoft's creepy Productivity Score

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Knowing what's measured means it's very gameable.

Boeing 737 Max will return to flight after software updates, says EU's aviation regulator

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First Airbus crashes due to a stupid sensor failure. Then Boeing does the same.

I'm not sure I'd like to fly ANY modern airliner. Can I go in a an old one instead, please?

Former Microsoft tester sent down for 9 years after $10m gift card fraud

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A victimless crime?

I mean, to MS this is less than a flea bite. Shame it wasn't a bank, or he would have gotten a better job and a higher salary, and instructions not to tell anyone.

One more reason for Apple to dump Intel processors: Another SGX, kernel data-leak flaw unearthed by experts

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Re: Seems like isolation is the best solution

My 66MHz 486 never made me wait a second after clicking the mouse.

I ran Linux on it.

My point is that the hardware is plenty powerful even with the simplest PC, today. It's the software that brings frustration. A single web page can go from using 100MB to 1GB in a few days. Leaks? What's that? My 486 was awesomely specified with 32MB RAM, and a stunning 500MB hard drive (0.5GB).

Missing Alan Turing memorabilia to be returned to Blighty from the US, 36 years after it went walkabout

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She's all over the place, yes.

But the film was very, very bizarre too.

Bad software crashed Boeings. Now it appears the company lacked a singular software supremo

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Re: Pity they didn't think it that important earlier.

So you think it's ok to blackmail the customer with a chance that all will die, for a feature that cost the manufacturer nothing to switch on? Is that getting maximum security out of the aircraft?

I think it's utter madness, personally.

"So you want to know if your sensors are acting up? Well, pay $40k then..."

Why not make fuel readings cost options too? "You need higher precision on the last 10% of fuel? OK, pay $100k." "It's just a software toggle, but we like fleecing our customers."

Bill Gates lays out a three-point plan to rid the world of COVID-19 – and anti-vaxxer cranks aren't gonna like it

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Re: How do you warn the police without being arrested?

Try an email from some burner phone or something. Just don't include the "I used to break into military bases" bit. Hope this helps.

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Re: What pandemic?

Yes, Frank. I take it you don't work in the NHS then?

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Re: Vaccine? What vaccine?

Presumably more than 20% who are told to quarantine actually do so? Perhaps more like 100%?

We're not getting back with Galileo, UK govt tells The Reg, as question marks sprout above its BS*

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Re: You are joking?

"I have a feeling Britain will become not more independent but a lot more dependent on the goodwill of other countries than ever before."

This is a dead certainty. UK's clout is now severely diminished, for a start. We are about to be massive rule-takers.

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Re: You are joking?

"The most sensible reason for leaving was the intention for "an ever closer union""

This was in the original text when we joined...

Also, that could be over hundreds of years. What are we worrying about?