Re: No keep breaking things
"except dropping notebook computers"
Surely you've learned not to drop them, and how expensive they are to replace (or how poor the insurance policy was) etc..?
Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon
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A Notepad nightmare leaves sysadmin with something totally unprintable
Tuesday 7th January 2020 10:13 GMT
Re: rewarded for failure
Never trust any techie that doesn't admit to making mistakes, it's the only way to learn how to do things properly when there is no formal training.
Saying that you don't make mistakes is like saying you never learn.
Actually, even with formal training it's often a more reliable way to learn what goes on under the bonnet (although the formal training is good for all the gaps in your knowledge).
Each has its place.
Monday 6th January 2020 14:13 GMT
Re: rewarded for failure
Not true in all cases - I like to stay out of projects that I know are under-resourced as they are ticking time bombs - although that doesn't stop me doing my homework on them.
By the time the project has hit the fan and they need someone to pull their knackers out of the fire the solutions you can come up with will appear to be some form of magic (to those who don't know you had already worked out what was going to go wrong and what should be done to fix them).
It isn't always about how much effort you put in, it's *when* you put the effort in. Timing is everything of course :)
Smart speaker maker Sonos takes heat for deliberately bricking older kit with 'Trade Up' plan
Thursday 2nd January 2020 13:51 GMT
I used to have an iPOD touch that I used primarily to drive my Sonos speaker (it was cheaper than the dedicated controller at the time).
However, when they updated the software beyond the ability of the device to run it (i.e. requiring an IOS version my poor ipod couldn't run) it effectively turned the ipod into something useless to me - with no option to roll back to a version that would run under it's current IOS version.
Bastards they are.
BOFH: The case of the Boss's hidden USB inkjet printer
A sprinkling of Star Wars and a dash of Jedi equals a slightly underbaked Rise Of Skywalker
Take Sajid Javid's comments on IR35 UK contractor rules with a bucket of salt, warns tax guru
Tory chancellor pledges to review IR35 rollout in UK private sector – just like all the other parties
Thursday 5th December 2019 14:28 GMT
Re: Chop chop chaps...
You continue to miss the point in favour of promoting your own bias on the matter.
I haven't provided enough information to judge either way, but you seem happy to do so. Also, if there's no chance of 'getting it wrong' perhaps you could explain why HMRC are losing so many cases based on rules that *they* created.
Regardless of whether a contractor is legitimate or not, an investigation is going to be stressful. So it seems you are happy to ignore all those genuine contractors who end up being hounded and suggest there isn't a problem here, move along.
You sir, are judgemental and lack compassion.
Wednesday 4th December 2019 11:51 GMT
Re: Chop chop chaps...
I personally don't think I will have any trouble complying with IR35, but it's not up to me anymore is it?
A lot of risk-adverse clients are moving to blanket 'inside ir35' assessments (to avoid the possibility of an outside ir35 contract later being deemed inside and paying the cost) or they're simply not employing contractors.
My current contract is due to expire in March, and as yet there is no indication of what will happen after that.
So, it *is* having a real world impact on *legitimate* contractors.
"But IR35 isn't changing the rules about who is a contractor. It's changed the rules on how HMRC can investigate fake contractors."
Not really, it's changed who makes the initial determination of who is a genuine contractor and who isn't - with steep penalties for getting it wrong.
We strained our eyes with Lenovo's monster monitor: 43.4 inches for price of five 24" screens
Monday 2nd December 2019 09:49 GMT
Only 1200 high?
I've had a curved 34" monitor for a couple of years now and that's 3440*1440.
The extra width is very useful for work, having multiple apps visible at once to work from etc., but it would be for nothing if you constantly had to keep scrolling down.
I suppose it helps with the gaming though, less pixels to render.
Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC: Howdy buck do you get a solid 60FPS in Rockstar's masterpiece?
UK political parties fall over themselves to win tech contractor vote by pledging to review IR35
Friday 29th November 2019 09:30 GMT
Re: IR35 must be implemented!!!
Except in the world where contractors take on permie roles HMRC will end up with less tax, a lot less. Tell me how this is supposed to benefit the country?
Just because contractors save a bit of tax on NI contributions, it certainly doesn't mean they don't pay a lot of tax overall.
UK taxman updates its employment-checking calculator for IR35: Still crap, say contractors
BOFH: Trying to go after IT's budget again?
20% of UK businesses would rather axe their contractors than deal with IR35 – survey
When the IT department speaks, users listen. Or face the consequences
Communication, communication – and politics: Iowa saga of cuffed infosec pros reveals pentest pitfalls
Thursday 7th November 2019 19:48 GMT 
Due diligence
Perhaps next time the pen test team might want to verify that their client actually has the authority to give them the go-ahead to break in. Not an easy one to solve however, and I can't see them being found guilty (the pen testers that is, not the court house people who authorised the test).
Still, it's a topsy turvy world so best of luck to them from across the pond.
Remember the Uber self-driving car that killed a woman crossing the street? The AI had no clue about jaywalkers
Socket to the energy bill: 5-bed home with stupid number of power outlets leaves us asking... why?
IT contractor has £240k bill torn up after IR35 win against UK taxman
Tuesday 5th November 2019 10:02 GMT
Re: In case this is all confusing...
I've challenged all my contracts that held such a clause. On one occasion they refused to amend it (I don't mind a clause that limits me working for another client who is in direct competition with them - that just seems like common sense to me) and I simply sent them a letter via a solicitor that whilst I am signing the contract which contains clause 'x', that by counter-signing my contract they are agreeing that the clause 'x' cannot be enforced (sent to a named individual who had to sign for the letter).
Didn't bother them a bit. It seems the main issue was that they have a 'standard' contract and there is a lot of push-back on *any* amendments to the actual document itself. Addendum's which didn't mean too much work for them wasn't an issue.
Boffins don bad 1980s fashion to avoid being detected by object-recognizing AI cameras
Q. Who's triumphantly slamming barn door shut after horse bolted at warp 9? A. NordVPN
We're late and we're unreliable but we won't invalidate your warranty: We're engineers!
Monday 28th October 2019 12:44 GMT
Re: The new world we're in.
I once fixed* a leaking pipe with a hammer.
*I say leaking, more like pissing. It was an old house, and this pipe was about 10mm wide and I (mistakenly) thought it didn't contain any water, so I cut it. Panic isn't something I do very often, I can think of twice and this was one of them. With water pissing everywhere I I hammered the end flat, folded it over and hammered it again until no water came out - apparently that was the correct fix (according to a plumber).
Electricity doesn't leak out all over the floor at least, just to the nearest earth point which could be your light switch ;)
BOFH: Judge us not by the size of our database, but the size of our augmented reality
Amazon fails to stop ex-sales staffer winging it to Google Cloud
Windows 10 update slips past Aussie border force and borks access to its Integrated Cargo System
Remember that competition for non-hoodie hacker pics? Here's their best entries
Reaction Engines' precooler tech demo chills 1,000°C air in less than 1/20th of a second
Inside the 1TB ImageNet data set used to train the world's AI: Naked kids, drunken frat parties, porno stars, and more
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