User: pteddy

Re:Introducing FNAA

On: Foxconn Cuts 60,000 Jobs, Replaces With Robots (thestack.com)

This just supports what Trump has said all along about straight white males being discriminated against.

I'm excited to try Allo

On: Don't Use Google Allo (vice.com)

and also to upgrade to Windows 10.

And if those people on whom TV was foised

On: Oregon ISP Now Forcing Cordcutters to Sign up For TV to Avoid Caps (dslreports.com)

still aren't watching it then in order to avoid data overage fees you'll have to agree to watch at least 20 hours of TV a week.

I never thought I was a type A asshole

On: Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks'

but I guess this study proves that I am.

If it weren't illegal what I'd do is

On: Netflix's US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years

have the 1 DVD at a time plan and get all the stuff that's not streamable sent to me on DVD. Then I'd rip it using Handbrake and store it on my Synology Diskstation so that I could watch it later at my leisure. I've probably be able to get 2 to 3 movies ripped a week if I ripped them and sent them back right away. Like I said, if it weren't illegal.

I'd update iTunes more often if

On: Apple Usurps Oracle As the Biggest Threat To PC Security

there wasn't a new minor version every other time I start it and if it stops making me reboot after each update.

Re:Than they did in the original? Original what?

On: Retro Roundup: Old Computers Emulated Right In Your Browser

Thanks to you. I will do the needful.

God damned socialism

On: Municipal ISP Makes 10Gbps Available To All Residents

I want the freedom to have the slowest internet my corporate overlords decree.

Yea but how many of them ended up with autism?

On: Ebola Vaccine 100% Successful In Guinea Trial

I bet it's 100%.

How about mixing in some cyanide as well

On: 3D Printing Might Save the Rhinoceros

to help damped demand.

Translation

On: Elop and Others Leaving Microsoft, Myerson Taking Bigger Role

"We are aligning our engineering efforts and capabilities to deliver on our strategy and, in particular, our three core ambitions" is CEO speak for, "We fired some folks."

This sounds very cool

On: Microsoft Research Paper Considers Serving Web-ads From Localhost

I'm always interested in enhanced browsing and shopping experiences.

If I had to train someone to "do my job"

On: Disney Making Laid-Off US Tech Workers Train Foreign H1-B Replacements

If I had to train someone to "do my job" in order to collect my severance I could easily do it in such a way that I'd technically fulfill my obligation but my replacement would be totally screwed after I left. There is so much institutional knowledge it most veteran IT workers' heads that could never be transferred. As another example there are so many random optimization tweaks or maintenance tasks that aren't documented anywhere that I could just neglect to mention and so as far as anyone knows are not part of my job. Casually remove those and everything works fine for a while but slowly starts grinding to a halt in subsequent weeks and months.