Posts by ecofeco

Register for discounts/better service? They ask.

All I hear is, "Want to have your data stolen and worse customer service?"

Back to the office?

I had the distinct pleasure of telling a recruiter that I have a job, I work from home and they could not match my pay. Especially after the conversation started out with my usual, "yes I'm currently employed but always looking for better," and their reply was "back to office required."

I then said maybe, but here's my pay requirements.

And that was that.

Well see first...

First we have to actually have AI.

I'm undecided

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd

After reading this, I'm still undecided.

Right now, Linux is still far better than Windows.

Do not get me started

The dial up era was exciting in that it was a whole new world to explore and even help build. But the service was terrible.

Sometime after 56.6K modems went away and before corporate mandated spyware to use their services, was the golden age.

I'll stop there.

I've said it before

They could cut power and heat if they didn't want every scrap of useless information on every person on the planet.

But that's just crazy talk, I know.

Meant to comment on earlier article

Google has been losing data for years. I learned this the hard way about 10 years ago.

HP can piss right off, forever

HP printers have sucked for a long, long time now. They used to be simple, robust and easy to set up. About 20 years ago.

I was forced to buy an HP for my last printer as no store in in my entire region had anything else. All I wanted was a simple printer/scanner. All I found were very expensive models by everyone and only ONE maker who had a very cheap one. Yeah, HP. The price difference was literally hundreds of dollars.

HP dominates my region as they have a very large presence here. And no, it's not Silicon Valley. There is an obvious market protection "understanding" here.

Why I didn't I order it on-line? Because home delivery loses all convenience if you have to send the purchase back. But did I look? Of course I did. And nobody had a matching product. So for price, there was no other option.

Much like MS, fuck all thing HP as well.

I see this everywhere

Words are apparently hard even for the original makers of things.

I am always reminded of an odd report I saw years ago. McDonalds reported a significant increase in profits and they attributed it to one simple thing: they made the text larger on the customer orders and the employees could read them better.

Clear, concise instructions and labels always seem to be a last thought if thought of at all. Looking at you, every website made in the last 20 years.

My all-time favorite is of course, black on black controls with literally microscopic labels. Brilliant. Simply, effing brilliant. /s

Pot, kettle

Just another perfect example of the pot and kettle.

Payday it is then!

Whistleblower retaliation is expensive. He just got rich.

If I were him, when I finally got the money, I would take it then quit the business, then move to a foreign country. Preferably a first world one. Without extradition.

Never forget kids!

Billionaires are psychopaths.

Chrome?

Do people still use that janky thing?

Oh wait. (looks at my company) Well damn. :(

Bitcoin, the perfect example

Bitcoin is the perfect example of our modern era: exists only as a concept, produces nothing of value, has no inherent value, benefits nobody but the insiders, and wastes resources like nothing else.