* Posts by Matt 18

12 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Aug 2017

Oh, SSH, IT please see this: Malicious servers can fsck with your PC's files during scp slurps

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Re: WinSCP 5.14...

Beta versions are more stable than RC builds, and are available on SourceForge. https://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/files/WinSCP/

Those Stanford whiz kids have done it again. Now a chatty AI bot to negotiate sales for you with Craigslist riffraff

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Then another one chips in in all caps out of nowhere "FIFTY, THATS OUR FINAL OFFER"

Android Phones are 10: For once, Google won fair and square

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"Apple AirPower..."

I was in stitches :D

Devon County Council techies: WE KNOW IT WASN'T YOU!

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OK, i'll bite

I've definitely printed blocks of test on an outdated printer driver, or an incorrectly configured white-label driver, and seen many of the issues in the letter, namely missing spaces, or certain vowels dropped.

Whilst I admit, most printer driver issues will result in ALL of a certain letter dropped etc, I'm willing to give some BOD, especially given how obvious some of the errors are; and i'll refer to my anaecdotal evidence as described above.

No fandango for you: EU boots UK off Galileo satellite project

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Re: Working as intended

I for one (who voted to remain and convinced my family to also) am anxiously awaiting a reply to your comment.

Keep your hands on the f*cking wheel! New Tesla update like being taught to drive by your dad

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Re: Crash Test Dummies.

Ding ding ding!

Who asked for it? Is it for increasing "safety"? People without AP cars can still do a lot of damage to my AP vehicle I reckon.

The whole thing is dangerous, and pointless.

Lloyds Bank bans Bitcoin purchases by credit card customers

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I believe this is currently in the process of being thrashed out. Seems like a simple change to enforce and police to better society and I expect it to be law in the next 12m.

South Wales cops crow about facial recognition arrests on social media

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Re: Nothing more

Upvoted, because I was going to post this as satire.

UK.gov admits porn age checks could harm small ISPs and encourage risky online behaviour

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Is it not my job as a parent to block, filter and educate my child's usage of the internet no the government / ISPs?

What is a porn site? How nude is "too nude"? My development wasn't harmed because of dial-up porn. This whole thing is mental.

Algorithms, Henry VIII powers, dodgy 1-man-firms: Reg strokes claw over Data Protection Bill

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Just because the system can be exploited/open to abuse doesn't mean the benefits of implement such system should be ignored. As long as things are tracable and transparent, I say give the security researchers the BOD.

You have to have faith i nthe system...Exactly like how MPs can't be lobbied and parlimentary votes bought right? :|

Twitter is just randomly deleting people's lists – and no one knows why

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Re: Welcome to the Cloud...

"But I thought Twitter would be around for ever"

Said noone worth their salt anyway.

Pssst... wanna participate in a Google DeepMind AI pilot? Be careful

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Re: Er what?

"the approach Google took"

i.e. it's a narrative. Not to be taken literally.