Posts by diodesign 3261 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Sep 2011
Glad you enjoy all the types - it's not so much we'll only do one thing out of the list, it's that we'll do more of what people want.
This is to make sure we're not (say) expecting demand for story type X when really people want type Y the most. It's to make sure we're aligned with what people want the most out of us.
Yeah we know it's a one-shot choice: that will be taken into account when we look at the numbers.
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"journalistic balance through opinion pieces isn't really journalism"
Well, it is. It's an opinion piece. It's like if I have the opinion that Chrome is a nicer experience than Firefox, I'm not going to put in it how Firefox is better than Chrome when that's not my actual honest view.
For some people, MS's efforts in O/S are a positive (it's not going to open source Windows, is it). For others, it's not enough or just lip service (where's Office for Linux?).
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LMAO. No.
We've done two opinion articles - thought provoking columns - out of, well, take a look at just these three stories in the past few days.
* Microsoft intros clothing line that is absolutely not leftover conference swag
* Microsoft resorts to Registry hack to keep Outlook from using Windows 11 search
* Lenovo told by Microsoft to prevent non-Windows OSes booting by default
And so on. I think if you suggested to anyone at Microsoft that we were a pro-Redmond title, they would think you're trolling them.
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The honest answer is: I ran out of time, and wanted to schedule the story before it became old news.
The tweets are linked so people can see the followups. And the article mentions that sending a malicious message - like telling someone to kill themselves - is potentially a criminal offense.
Also, the point of the article was Tories fighting over the bill, not really the actual bill because it's still in flux. And quite a lot of it will be defined with Ofcom.
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One might argue it's passive aggressive, unprofessional, and not particularly constructive.
I would say it depends on how well you know the other person and the context. Someone you've had banter with, you might say to them "this is 1,000,000 times harder than it needs to be, mate." Someone you don't really know, that kind of comment may be off putting.
Many years ago, I contributed to a project and the lead dev gave me the feedback: "This code makes my shoes sad." It's not a great starting point. I had to ask: was it the comments or variable names, or...
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Yeah, that did cross my mind. How many people in each bracket want to start their own business, and how many would consider taking VC money?
But then how many don't even consider it because of other effects... it feels like a complicated puzzle of many moving parts.
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I can't tell if you're joking or not, but 300mm refers to the silicon wafer size this stuff is built on. It's one of the standard wafer diameters.
It's not a whole wafer being used. It means the equipment Intel uses to make components from 300mm wafers can be used to make these arrays.
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I'm personally loving the "my comments are being moderated!" and the whiff of allegations of censorship ....... in comments that are public for everyone to see. I explained in the linked-to thread why comments were being held on that story.
We pretty much only reject comments that are legally problematic to us (as someone said, we are UK based and that nation's rules on UGC are not the same as the US's), flat out misinformation (eg, claims that COVID-19 vaccines have 5G chips in them), or things that would derail a conversation (eg, complaining about moderation when there are forums for that).
The vast majority of comments go through automatically, and some are manually moderated for really boring reasons. If you find your comments being moderated then it's going to be because of some practical reason above and not because someone here disagrees with you.
If someone's comment is approved or rejected when the opposite should have happened, it's always cockup over conspiracy - drop us a note to appeal it if you're so inclined.
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FWIW, as the article says, it's a bogus email saying you have a voicemail waiting for you, and you have to open the attached file to listen to it.
Someone in a rush, or not aware of how these scams work, opens it, gets directed to a Microsoft 365 login page, thinks, 'fking computer, I already logged in', types in their password, and it's game over.
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I would normally reject this as it's off-topic but I'll allow it this one time.
The article you referred to is sponsored content with no editorial input nor endorsement. The advertiser has paid to write their own words, and we use that money to fund the rest of the site.
Such as our reporting on ZTE equipment being stripped out of networks and China's treatment of its people, which is well documented here and elsewhere.
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Think a little further in the future: Intel says Sapphire Rapids will be the clear leading server chip when it comes out – but then AMD's next-gen Epyc will soon land that will even out the race (or overtake the Xeon family).
Intel's saying that, in its view, its time to be the leading server processor supplier again will be a lot shorter than it expected. Which is quite something.
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I, at least, use Linux on a daily desktop basis for Register work. That's mostly in Chrome, Gimp for any simple picture editing, and some extra tools for testing / checking things.
Hopper disassembler is good for going through executables to check cybersecurity research (if possible). When I used to use a Mac for work, I'd use Hopper to RE macOS components to find out a bit more where the latest text-based crash was in Apple products.
There's also Docker and the terminal for checking stuff for Linux and related stories, like packages and building source and running it. I get that this can be done on Windows and Mac; I just like the way it all works on Linux (Debian).
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...in which the people who did the survey chose not to make a distinction between Angular and AngularJS.
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Hey thanks for the feedback. We've taken your points onboard, with a few tweaks to the piece and also for food for thought in future.
The thrust of our argument was that more and more traffic is going into the hands of a smaller number of network owners, which isn't great for resilience, for one thing.
Also, if we end up in a situation where 90%+ of traffic ends up in Google, Cloudflare, Amazon, Microsoft, Akamai, etc, pipes, what happens with standards? Might be a bit less IETF and a lot more GAMCA. Maybe we're worrying about nothing, maybe it's worth putting it out there. We went with the latter.
Also, re: CDNs. Sure, you don't have to use one or you could build your own. Much like if you don't like using DHL or FedEx, you could ship something literally yourself. Or if you don't want to fly BA or AA, you could get your own plane, pilot's license, and fly. There comes a point where you need a site-protection service that's cost prohibitive for you to build.
You mentioned other anti-competitive stuff, which is valid, but beyond the intended scope of this article.
It's a comment piece on this particular part of the industry.
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Yeah, the i was for internet, among other things, if you follow the history.
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