* Posts by Martin-73

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Sci-fi author 'writes' 97 AI-generated tales in nine months

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"indie"... lost me at that point, if an author says that kind of thing, it's probably not worth it

Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?

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Re: Even today?

I see you are aware there is bias, yet still are a victim (same applies to me)

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Re: Even today?

Civics... High School... I assume you are referring to the 1/30th of the population that lives in the benighted 'USA' ? (which can go to hell when it comes to making law, it couldn't make a pissup in a brewery)

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East Germany was far worse than even the USSR, but they were rank amateurs compared to zuckercorp and 'be evil'

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Re: Hey USA

To be fair, the UK were dicks to them, hence 1776, problem is they haven't stopped being bitter about it to the rest of the entire world, since then

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Re: The USA

The american Right are the problem (yes i know what you meant)

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Re: The USA

Yep also has a human rights record on a par with the UK, as in 'pretty bad if you dare to not conform, citizen'

Activists gatecrash Capita's AGM to protest GPS tracking contract

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Re: Eh what?

in this case i will argue the letter of the law doesn't matter. I WILL obstruct immigration cnuts wherever possible, including chanting get a job

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Re: Eh what?

Your honour (or worship) i claim asylum.

Judge you are now legal.

THAT is how it works. There is NO SUCH THING as an illegal immigrant until they break the law, and even then they themselves are not illegal

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Re: Eh what?

Kinda like trying to explain to the US (I genuinely forget what they're called right now, used to be INS) that the constitution absolutely DOES apply to people on US soil, and pretending that your holding cells are not on US soil is bullcrap, like gitmo.... they're all assholes

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Re: "Immigration is dealt with under criminal law"

please downvoters explain, or is it just i am boring with my hatred of immigration officials. My wife was denied entry to the UK because she had no job... nor did the idiot with the rubber stamp. She was an immigration 'asshole'

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Re: Just wait

Don't give them ideas

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Re: Just wait

Not so much of the sheep's clothing, I usually try not to invoke Godwin, but this lot sail close to that line... back then it was stars of david, now it's GPS tags

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"Immigration is dealt with under criminal law"

"Immigration is dealt with by criminals"... FTFY.

The border farce caused traffic chaos in Southampton today, those people, and the home office, are complete scum.

23-year-old Brit linked to 2020 Twitter attack and SIM-swap scheme pleads guilty

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dear god that is so catastropically true, but in defence of those people, back in 'the day' tv's had 2 connections. One had 2 wires, to which you attached a plug, the other was a co-axial socket you plugged the aerial into. Some people aren't technical and just get culture shock every time the connectors multiply. I get both sides tbh

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Re: "You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000."

This is exactly the problem. My 91 year old mother used to repeatedly fall for arsehole cold callers who'd swear blind they could block cold calls with their magnificent gadget, for only 400 pounds... which was usually a cheap called ID based blocker worth at most 30 pounds, and not compliant with ANYTHING (including having 2 wire RJ11 style sockets, in the UK)

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Same is true for physical security, Unlocked cabinets, including FTTC ones ... one snip of a fibre could remove internet service (including landline phone now in some areas, and everywhere shortly), from hundreds or thousands of customers at a time

Datacenter fire suppression system wasn't tested for years, then BOOM

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Yes indeed, plus the fact that with the demise of ionization detectors, or at least deprecation, the level of false alarms has dropped to near zero unless you are the kind of person who eats truly burned food, with the kitchen door open. In which case you deserve the minor inconvenience

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To be fair it was co-incident with that and done by the same bunch of w*nkers...

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I see you value your life very little sir/madam. going above and beyond any rules and having an optical in every bedroom/circulation area/living area, plus heat and CO where appropriate, all interlinked, is cheap compared to losing your home/family.

A small example (I am an electrician so i fit the things on a daily basis), but my own home, 2 bed bungalow: ... Optical in each bedroom/ Multisensor* in the hallway, ionization in the attic**, and heat in the kitchen, and CO in the boiler cupboard.

*an Aico thing, it compares sensor types to determine if it's likely a false alarm or not...

** i want a fast alarm if the fire starts in the roof space, so it's one of the few places imho an ionization is still a sensible choice.

Overall system cost, about 350 quid... bought as a bundle, excluding the fixed wiring, which cost me half a day and about 50.... lifespan, 10 yrs, less than 10p a day. Fire is NOT your friend, i know we hereabouts hate being told what to do, but scotland has the right attitude on this.

/2 cents

(edit) for non electricians that 50 quid might be significantly more, so i see why scotland put it into the legal requirement...

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Re: Tempt fate

Oh, that's just typical.... I'll just put it over here with the rest of the fire

Pager hack faxed things up properly, again, and again, and again

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Re: Fax related

yes that just made me cry again

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Re: Fax related

It's nice to see his new episodes are dedicated to people who helped him, including Rex

Cisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone'

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Re: Get a life, hand-wringers & namby-pambys.

very often such terms are used as a simple term of endearment., like putting an x at the end of emails/texts, which is a very common feature of the generation after me (Y i think)

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Re: Scones

No it's pronounced Stooon

Apple gives up legal war on iPhone CPU wizard who co-founded Nuvia

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Re: If I was him...

to be fair that's not what Doctor Syntax said... in the COURSE of his employment... IE during working hours (I am assuming simple misunderstanding). If very good chemist is employed by plastics co to invent new plastic, and does so, that plastic belongs to company... mr VGC may well be credited even officially, but the patent/whatever belongs to the company. This is normal

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Re: If I was him...

fair enough re: vote total, either hating apple is becoming a bit boring or there are lots of fanbois. I follow louis rossmann tho so i may be biased, have a drink tho, all of you, even the downvoters, it helps the pain go away

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Re: If I was him...

Fairly sure in the UK that would fall foul of the unfair contract terms legislation, the employer does NOT OWN YOU, they own the work you did ON THEIR TIME, ONLY.

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Re: If I was him...

Ah I see i picked up a downvote for a simple statement of fact, must be fanbois

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Re: If I was him...

Not sure why the downvotes, apple is most definitely an evil company, (as are samsung, i'm not blinkered)...

Musk decides to bury dead Twitter accounts, warns users follower counts could sink

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Re: Phew that's a relief

Time for Twitter to die... ftfy

Dump these insecure phone adapters because we're not fixing them, says Cisco

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If you hear anyone saying "analog CD" you have my permission to slap them with a trout till they stop it.

iPhones hook up with Windows as Microsoft’s Phone Link dials up Apple's iOS

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apple is worse

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had to come back... 'like lots of apple crap it integrates things that should be separate', and makes apple lusers seem more stupid than they are, they can't comprehend the difference between fb messenger and zoom, for example

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or just sms, which is all the thing is emulating

Tesla ran over worker rights, again, US labor judge finds

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Coffee/keyboard

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Re: US employment practices

Ah i see you have a US employer as a parasite, have an upvote, and a beer... use the empty bottle as you see fit

The return of the classic Flying Toasters screensaver

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Ah yes, the channel 'Bug'.... back in the 90s some channels would switch corners occasionally and even vary the spacing from the corner, as a service to their viewers. Now they prefer to service their remaining viewers in a more agricultural sense.

Uncle Sam threatens AI with its nastiest weapon: An audit

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Facepalm

"the biden adminstration'

Is the new standard for UK tech based publications? Asking for a friend

Tupperware looking less airtight than you'd think

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Ah yes, Tupperware

Party like it's 1979...

Child hit by car among videos 'captured by Tesla vehicles, shared among staff'

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Re: "Tesla driving through a residential area at high speed and hitting a child on a bike"

Also fellow Martin, I agree with your other point, re: it's not likely to be the software, not sure why the downvotes, you only ASKED :)

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Re: "Tesla driving through a residential area at high speed and hitting a child on a bike"

Because of the 'personality' of their leader, and the fact they knowingly missell things.

Edit: aside from one model (I believe it was the model S) they look unfinished, and frankly hideous

CAN do attitude: How thieves steal cars using network bus

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Re: less than a BMW then.

OOF, did you consider an incandescent replacement?

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yes, classically it's the brake lights, as they're overdriven for brightness, and people tend to have been taught to just stand on the brake at lights (NO, but that's a separate rant)...even in the olden days, leaving a 21w bulb lit in a tiny enclosure for 5 mins at railway crossings could cause melted lenses!

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Re: Why

I tend to drive with low beams on all the time, doesn't cost me anything much, and makes me more visible, i usually see my low beam reflection in the bumper or tailgate of the car in front even during daylight, that's how i knew to stop and install a new bulb yesterday. Canbus is not needed, AT ALL

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Re: Why

Also the faulty bulb could be detected via volt drop, a sense wire, and simple comparator circuitry, i wholeheartedly agree this statement was heinous bullpuckey... hell a dead bulb can be detected by an LED in series with it but paralleled with a resistor... Maplin (RIP) used to do a chip with the comparator circuits built in for I think 8 channels (bulbs) in the 80s... have a beer for the weekend

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My berlingo has manual transmission, the immobilizer simply tells the engine control thingy not to allow the engine to run

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Re: Why

LED/laser headlights should also be banned, too much glare,... but my point was the bus doesn't need to be actually at the headlight, just a few inches further in at the controller module, out of reach of the miscreant

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Re: Why

So where do you propose the heavy duty wiring goes? want a battery in each headlamp.. and re: relays being low reliability... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHH