* Posts by James_H

9 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Aug 2017

Proof-of-space cryptocurrency Chia triggers HDD sales boom in Europe

James_H

Re: So.

> The difference is that governments can demand that you pay taxes in their made up magic beans, and they can send men with guns if you don't

Amazon being excluded naturally.

Minister tells the House of Lords it'll be another 12 weeks before UK's deleted criminal records can be restored

James_H

Re: the process would take 12 more weeks

Terminally dumb? I think 'Priti Patel' wouldn't seem out of place in the same sentence.

Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams

James_H

Not sure I'd use Waterfox anymore. It was sold to advertising company System1.

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02/14/waterfox-web-browser-sold-to-system1/

I switched back to FF shortly after based on recommendations from this site:

https://restoreprivacy.com/secure-browser/

Mortal wombat: 4 generations of women fight for their lives against murderous marsupial

James_H

Crocs?

Not that I'm suggesting anyone should drink it.

Having a bad day? Be thankful you don't work at a Russian ISP: Kremlin signs off Pootynet restrictions

James_H

LinkedIn is banned?

So it's not all bad then.

UK footie fans furious as Sky Broadband goes TITSUP: Total inability to stream unfair penalties

James_H

Re: fathers day unbearable with no internet

Having (foolishly) clicked the Twitter link and looking at a tweet he made on the 8th February, its safe to blame the parents. A classic rant with all the hallmarks we've come to expect these days: stuck caps lock, swearing and no punctuation.

MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF CARS: SpaceX parks a Tesla in orbit (just don't mention the barge)

James_H
Pint

Simply stunning

Absolutely amazing. Great to watch and quite the accomplishment. I raise a beer to all.

Hey, you know why it's called the iPhone X? When you see Apple's repair bill, your response will be X-rated

James_H

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Intel Pumageddon: Broadband chip bug haunts Chipzilla's past, present and future

James_H

Re: Virgin Media Tivo

I'd read months ago that any stock left of the SH 2ac devices had long since been depleted. VM was giving them out to dissatisfied SH3 gamers etc because of the latency problems.

A shame as the workaround is to keep rebooting it every week is annoying.