Posts by Jez in Syd

I get that publishers like El Reg need advertising content. I'm not anti-advertising.

But so many web site ads behave badly. Auto-play (with sound!) videos. Crash my browser. Freeze my tablet. Track me without my consent.

And half the companies which advertise via Google ads seem to be dodgy. I mean out-and-out fraudulent dodgy.

Having resisted ad blockers for a long time I am likely to start using them unless the publishers clean up their web sites.

So what about the battery

Airlines here prohibit putting Li-ion batteries in checked luggage, for very good reason - they have a habit of spontaneously combusting.

That is bad enough in the cabin but at least the crew can take some action. If it happens in the hold, then what?

I am not a resource!

I detest the term "human resources". It reduces humans to the same status as a lump of iron ore.

Which is about what modern corporations think of us.