Posts by Pascal Monett

"which was based on outdated product policies that we changed years ago"

Yeah, Guv'nor, I killed that guy, but it was years ago. Come on, you can't seriously want me jail now.

Sorry

I'm terribly sorry, but I just can't bring myself to sympathise with anything a Google mouthpiece complains about.

You are hoovering up every bit of data you can (with and without permission), storing it forever in bit barns the size of Texas, and using and abusing that data to sling stupid ads for which you get paid all the money.

You have no right to complain about anything.

"We know we have to hire thousands of people"

It does not appear that you know diddly squat about what you're doing. You just fired thousands of people, now you say you know you have to hire ?

Don't you have some kind of program that can give you indications on what your company needs ? Maybe you should use some of that.

Oh, and just a question : is there a managers 101 where it states the wait time to look good between massive layoffs and announcing thousands of hires ? Because that manual needs amending : six months ain't half enough.

"we're not gauging but we're charging"

Yeah, and drug dealers always give the first hit free.

This is just another bait-and-switch. Once Unity was certain that theirs was the market standard, boom! time to turn the screws.

Kind of makes you wonder just what the other "open" toolboxes have in store.

We're going to end up with a saying : beware the open-source developer bringing gifts.

"at the end of their usefulness"

For who ?

Does Chromebook "support" still start the moment it leaves the factory, instead of the moment it is purchased ?

Because that's what I heard about Chromebooks. It's support life starts when it leaves the factory. If it sits in storage for nine months before being purchased, the poor sucker has lost nine months of support.

With a friend like that . . .

In any case, I still abhor companies that sell hard product and pretend to arbitrarily and artificially determine its lifespan. A Chromebook will last until the keys fall off the keyboard. If Google hadn't succeeded in brainwashing everyone to think that three-years-and-chuck-it was a good idea, I'm sure that there would still be first-gen Chromebooks chugging along merrily.

Software doesn't rot, hardware does. The lifetime of a product is never the software.

Dignity isn't the only thing at risk

From that picture, it seems to me that this suitcaseomobile is made out of plastic. Given this report, that calls into question Honda's declaration of going toward carbon neutrality.

Of course, I understand that an aluminum casing would very much make that abomination heavier but, if it is made of plastics and batteries, it is basically a toxic mess of a product.

"[they] wanted all the benefits [..] but ignored the legal responsibilities"

Well what do you expect from a bunch of Hollywood producers ?

They live a life of dreams. Reality only dawns on them when the police knock at their door.

Besides, who still thinks NFTs are a thing ? You're paying money for something you can see for free on Google Images.

"provide a first-class developer experience"

Yes, because developers are clamoring for ads. Bug fixes my arse. The bug was that the ads were not in our face enough.

Carry on, Borkzilla. Your efforts to drive everyone to another platform will bear fruit, don't you worry.

"Effort is very important in a relationship,"

And water is wet.

Oh well, I guess these days it bears repeating.

$61 billion in exports [approved] between November 2020 and April 2021

That's not a rounding error, guys.

That's you fucking up in a major way.

It's very nice to hear your bluster, but when the figures come in, you're nothing but bullshit.

"Both China and Russia said they've tested hypersonic weapons"

Oh yeah, Russia has tested them.

It blew up on the launch pad, but they tested it !

Typical lawyering

Work the hype on righteousness and morals, and fold as soon as the check arrives.

You could have made a public case that forced Borkzilla to change its attitude and made it more conscious and careful, but no, you took the easy way out.

Pfft.

Arm is a trademark of Arm

If it were me, and my life of support and faithfulness was being upended like that, I would start every public speaker event by saying something along the line of :

"Let me be perfectly clear : we are talking about Arm, which is a trademark of Arm, not Leg. And it's those fuckers over there that are watching me right now, that want me to say that Arm is a trademark of those fuckers. Just to be clear. Thank you."

"social media users are as much of a problem as China's propagandists"

Effin' A

"the handset's existence may therefore spur further sanctions"

Just a minute there, because China is capable of making a fully home-grown phone, the US is going to impose new sanctions ?

That does not sound very fair.

Is the US also going to impose new sanctions because China has discovered how to burn coal ?

I mean, while they're at it . . .

"Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars"

And it wasn't until you started meddling in it.

You put up a vast comms network in the sky, which is good. Then, as usual, you start getting ideas on how it is supposed to be used and by who. You shouldn't.

A comms network will be used by nefarious people that are up to no good. If you can't hack it, then shut down Starlink and be done with it.

The Internet is rife with DDOS, scams, kiddie pr0n and other unsavory things. I don't hear anybody shutting off Russia because of any of that.

Oh go grow a pair already.

Well done India

This nation is becoming a beacon of trustworthyness and making things better on the Internet.

Congratulations on showing the way, or at least confirming the way, to a better world.

It's good to see that the right decisions can be taken at high levels. Shame on the states that do not follow suit.

"it wanted to pursue a domestic fusion energy strategy"

Sure. Because it's always a good idea to go solo on a project that has already taken decades and multiple billions from an entire economical coalition.

Even better, go solo when actual advancements are being made.

Brilliant timing !

Just like Brexit.

Impressive

A 70-year-old tech I had never heard of before is now the future of underwater communication and detection. And, obviously, the person having invented that tech had no idea that it would be used in that way.

If that's not upcycling, I don't know what is. Well done to the boffins who created this.

Now I await with anticipation the imminent posting somewhere stating that this Van Atta was actually a lizard man from Ceti Alpha Tau, who left this tech on stone tablets to be sure that Humanity would discover it, for . . reasons.