Posts by wolfetone

My version of "great" is "not shit".

So everything is great, until it's fucking brilliant.

Excellent!

*finger taps*

Re: Autocomplete

"If you are not careful, autocomplete will also send your name, address and phone number. So far I have not seen credit card number, expiry date and CVC in auto complete, but I am sure that is only one developer's typo away from happening."

I'm not that familiar with auto complete as I like the misery of typing in all of my details every single time, but I'm fairly sure on my wife's iPhone her credit card details are part of some sort of auto complete? So it could well happen, but I don't know enough first hand about the facility.

Re: "your funds are safe at Coinbase, just as they've always been"

"You want your funds to be safe ? Put them on a bank account."

Until there's a run on the bank, and you find out the bank only has 10% of your money there.

There is a lot to be said for putting cash under the mattress.

Re: I would get it fired for inventing Powershell

So I started out with Windows, then moved away to Linux, and now where I am while I use Linux 100% of the time but I need to provide support to Windows machines. Most of the time the PowerShell is helpful in doing that.

I think you are right that the syntax isn't great. It feels, sometimes to me, that commands given are like a weird pirate copy of the usual DOS prompt you used to get with Windows. It doesn't feel that intuitive compared to the language you use on the Linux CLI.

But it's miles ahead of what was possible with DOS, and the fact that even with it's ugliness it allows us to actually do things in Windows now. And that makes it rather pretty.

Re: Dickheads?

I like how you forget to mention:

1) Calling Vernon Unsworth a peado guy because he managed to save those Thai schoolboys without Musk's stupid, stupid offer of automated subs. Then hiding behind the US law system to protect him from his own shithousery.

2) Manipulating the stock prices of his own company via Twitter, either raising or lowering it, from publishing inane tweets.

3) His very well documented views on COVID19, almost entirely based on total utter bullshit.

4) Being a total, unlikable, c**t.

Out of all the points you raised, all bar one is done with his money not his vision, input, or "technical ability". PayPal, in itself, while was a game changer has turned in to a mirror of Musk's behaviour. A scumbag of a company and one that people are actively going out of their way to avoid using. And Tesla? Fair enough, it's popular. So were cabbage patch kids, but at least cabbage patch kids didn't freeze in the winter or soak an occupants boot compartment because the designers thought they knew better when it come to car design.

If there is anyone who needs to take even a second opinion on their critical thinking, it's you.

"I wonder if those that data-centres would keep the homeless population warm?"

Why would they want to do that? The homeless are happy sleeping in the doorways of flats owned by Google who keep them permanently empty.

Re: You want to play hardball?

"He is currently hiding in an impregnable bunker"

Hopefully the lock breaks off on the door of his bathroom when he goes for a shit then. No one will be around to check on him, problem solved.

Re: Paragon Software was founded and run by Russian folks

"Heck, some of them even might have been taken to army and brought into meaningless war and faced death..."

This was my thought, after thinking that maybe the poor guy was burnt out or suffering from other inner demons.

Regardless, wherever they are, I hope they're alright.

Re: Not Just Amazon

"Same router IP?"

Bless her cotton socks, she was on her mobile internet for ages. She'd never used the wifi, and I don't think she knew she could have it on her phone. The typical user of "it just works" technology, and she never really explores what the tech can do.

So no, she was purely on her phone's internet.

Re: "sophisticated"

I've about as much proof about what I said as they're willing to give to back up their own claim.

Security is more than just a bug fix here and there. It's the implementation, the structure, and the continual vetting of all of the relevant packages they add to their site. Like another commentator has pointed out, issues that allow this attack don't exist in a silo with Magento. It can be attacked in various ways.

They can have all the fixes they want, but if it's not implemented right, then it might as well not be patched.

Re: all cloud computing costs associated with R&D, including storage, will qualify for relief

"And the activity is called "computing" not "compute", and you don't sound all trendy and with-it with that loathsome bit of attempted jargony language mangling."

To be fair to that dickhead Rishi, he didn't get the term "compute" from Silicon Valley.

He got it from Red Dwarf, where Rimmer asked Queeg "What does compute mean?" when he's given a feck load of stuff to put in to his Commodore 64.

Re: They "checked for Safari on macOS and Firefox"

It goes beyond desktop browsers, and it would also likely have affected mobile users

Re: Had to stop my HP laser from getting to the internet

"Cannot for the life in me understand why people sign up for these subscription schemes, unless they arent aware of how nasty the printer companies are"

For the most part, the consumer buys a printer like they would do a fridge. They buy it and expect it to just "work". If the printer manufacturer advertises the benefits of paying per month compared to buying the cartridge when it runs out, the consumer will go for it as there is an illusion of a benefit to them by doing so. Say their kids are printing stuff for school, wouldn't it be great to get the cartridges every month so that you won't run out half way through on a Sunday night.

That's how companies get away with it. The great tech hive mind know HP/Epson's game, but in the grand scheme of things we're a minority in many ways. They don't care that we know they're gangsters, as long as Bertie Big Biscuits' kid can print their homework via a subscription service without questioning it.