Posts by K

Re: One model of PC or laptop?

All USB-C docks suck ass.. just read the reviews of the Dell TB15, then for anything half decent your looking at £200-300... I still swear by my eport replicator, worked flawlessly for the past years, across 5 generations of laptops.

Re: Maybe try applying it internally first?

Of course... How else would those middle managers justify their salary.

Re: Containers

@Scrubber.. Pssstt Pssstt over here..

I'll share what I know... Nobody actually uses them!

@Dr Mantis Toboggan

Let me guess, you just graduated? Now go make the tea little padawan!

There are 2 things you need to learn, and quickly:

1) There is no "beginner languages" or "real languages", each language has it uses and its a case of choosing the best for the intended purpose.

2) Elitest (aka newbie) developers who scream "my language is better", typically lack the skill, confidence or dexterity to recognise this, then often leave a mess when they depart as they lacked the insight to recognise point 1.

Broaden your skillset and widen your appeal (as well as salary), or forever be working on the same shit day after day, then when your "real language" goes out of vogue, start panicking that there are insufficient roles and two many "Elite developers" fighting for them.

Thats a good bet.. Given AWS's size these days, I'm surprised they don't make an offer for VMWare and absorb it (Not saying they should), but would put a rocket under the current crap which powers EC2.

Re: Google leave the UK?

@AC Becareful what you wish for.. if they have to pay the correct amount of tax, then they'll use that an excuse to raise prices, follow by a press release stating "Due to increase overheads within the UK, a price increase is required to offset the differences!"..

These companies have one rule - Placate the shareholders..

Shareholders have one rule - Screw everybody to get maximum return

Re: So £x100 for a phone. Battery fails, you're f**ked.

Brilliant! Made me laugh which wrapped up my work day... (must admit I thought it was friday) :(

Re: That's it, blame it on phone users

@chris 125

But your specifically talking about contracts there - But the handset you usually receive is the "base" (with any of the bloatware or crapware) from the Network operator, additionally it is unlocked, so your free to put a SIM in it from another network.

I realised the stupidity of HR and "Strategic focused IT Managers" (IT Managers who don't have an ounce of IT experience) just after graduating Uni in 2003, when I saw an an job ad for "a .NET developer, must have 10 years experience!"..

If you can't spot the issue here, you either too young, or you've got a future career as an Strategic-focused Manager in IT.

Re: It doesn't explain why the carrier would store some of the data

Also if you've ever worked at a tech company, you'll know that data is "gold".. They hoard it, slice it, dice it and monetise it!

From that data alone, they can generate a map of where you hang out, what shops you visit etc etc, then try to find a way of making money from it (via advertising, selling it etc).. even if they anonymise the data, it still has value to somebody.

@Lotaresco

"Err they do know that have an entirely shit brand and reputation"

Personally I agree, but enough shoppers obviously still trust them, as they've just reported bumper sales.

Re: Finally!

Hands down the best power-user browser.. Only thing that stop me using it full time are

- No Google account sync (XMark is not so good, found it crashing Vivaldi and not syncing)

- Tearing off tabs is incredibly slow compared to Chrome and Firefox (take 2-3 seconds to re-appear)