From the Dept. of Unfortunate Names:
Amazon Senior VP of Devices & Services Dave Limp wrote to his department's staff today in a memo posted publicly by Amazon.
Fortunately, his first name isn't Richard.
From the Dept. of Unfortunate Names:
Amazon Senior VP of Devices & Services Dave Limp wrote to his department's staff today in a memo posted publicly by Amazon.
Fortunately, his first name isn't Richard.
So now, Elon has told employees:
"Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity.
Working long hours at high intensity .... doing what?
Twitter already exists. It is already well established. What "work" is there to do that would require "long hours at high intensity"? This is not a factory trying to manufacture more widgets.
I've also seen all the other social media CEOs talking about the need to "increases productivity" and I keep thinking "How do you increase productivity in a company that doesn't produce anything?"
@Arantor said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
So much for 'free speech', the Melon Husk is now firing engineers who disagree with him either publicly or privately.
Free Speech doesn't exist in private businesses. Never has.
If your boss is an incompetent nutjob with a giant ego, common sense says you should keep your mouth shut (no matter how difficult that might be), or, make preparations to work elsewhere.
@Zecc said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
And now all of a sudden it shows results again.
Win10 has always been consistently inconsistent.
@Gustav said in WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else:
W11 is still listed as incompatible with my 2020, Zen 3-powered PC.
Windows 11 installed just fine on my 2019 AMD Ryzen-7 home-built PC.
And that's the only good thing I can say about W11.
@Arantor said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
@Gribnit I notice Mike Patton isn’t on the list.
One is enough
@Mason_Wheeler said in The language everyone lies about loving:
97% of people who claim to love working with Rust freely admit they've never actually used it.
Rust has been voted the "most-loved" programming language by developers on Stack Overflow for four years in a row.
(1) Stack Overflow
(2) I think a lot of people have read about Rust and thought "Hey, that really sounds great". They really like the concept of Rust, but transitioning actual non-trivial code to Rust would require a lot of work and ... well ... ... that's not going to happen.
@DogsB said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
Is this a compelling reason to join twitter?
Watching a train-wreck is entertaining, but I don't know if I would call it compelling.
But, on the other hand there is this (from that same article):
Omnicom reportedly told clients it had “formally requested that Twitter assure us that these issues will not impact compliant processes, operations, products, brand safety and client investment on the platform in any way”
but had not received a response “seemingly due to the lack of senior leadership now in these areas.”
I guess that's what happens when you fire everyone.
@DogsB said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
@Gern_Blaanston said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
@Bulb said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
@GOG Which Joe Blow? Names are not unique. Not by a long shot.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census:
12,366 John Johnson
And his brother, Dick Peter Johnson
@Polygeekery said in WTF Bites:
the idea is that "New" is a temporary identifier until permanent machine names are applied.
Yes. Absolutely right.
And we all know how well that usually works out.
@Polygeekery said in WTF Bites:
It also sets a machine name of "New-(serial number)".
¹ One of my colleagues told me that when a new shopping mall was built in his home town, the locals called the original one the “old mall” and the new one the “new mall”. These nicknames stuck even after the so-called “new mall” was no longer particularly new. What made things even more confusing is that the “old mall” was renovated, but the locals still call it the “old mall”, leading to the odd situation where the “old mall” is actually newer than the “new mall”.
@Bulb said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
@GOG Which Joe Blow? Names are not unique. Not by a long shot.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census:
20,944 James Smith
20,590 William Smith
18,845 Mary Smith
17,938 John Smith
16,307 Robert Smith
13,540 James Williams
13,432 James Johnson
12,980 William Johnson
12,807 Charles Smith
12,625 James Brown
12,366 John Johnson
12,296 Mary Johnson
12,125 John Williams
11,957 William Brown
11,873 Robert Johnson
11,790 William Jones
10,915 George Smith
10,707 Mary Williams
10,690 James Jones
10,514 Mary Brown
10,323 John Miller
10,022 Mary Jones
@topspin said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Parody said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
FWIW, Microsoft didn't provide a way to turn off Tabbed File Explorer. Once you have it you'll never be able to see the full path in the title bar again...unless the path is short enough to fit in the tab.
Could you before?
Yes. File Explorer - Windows 10:
@TimeBandit said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Arantor remember, Windows 10 is the last version of Windows
... it's time to start thinking of Windows as something that won't see a big launch or major upgrade every few years anymore. Much like how Google's Chrome browser gets updated regularly with version numbers nobody really pays attention to, Microsoft's approach will likely result in a similar outcome.
if people upgrade to Windows 10 and the regular updates do the trick then everyone will just settle for just "Windows" without even worrying about the version number.
That actually makes sense and it is something that I have been thinking for a long time. Windows has been around long enough that you shouldn't have to worry about (or even know) what version of Windows you are using. It should just be "Windows".
But in order that for reality to exist, Microsoft has to stop fucking around. Stop worrying about adding new "features".
99.675% of all changes made to Windows should be "under the hood".
-Fix bugs
-Improve performance wherever possible
-Add support for new hardware that comes along (e.g. Windows 7 doesn't natively support USB 3.0)
-Changes to the UI/UX should be minimal
-The End. Full Stop.
@Arantor said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
but I also don't want Windows 11 on me and I feel like I'm going to get pushed into it sooner or later...
I've tried several times to switch to Windows 11 and failed. It's just too awful to tolerate. Microsoft has done everything they can to make Windows suck, and they are succeeding at it quite well.
Fortunately, I've got a LTSB version of Windows 10 that I have wrangled into a somewhat useable state, so I'm good till 2028. I keep hoping that some day Microsoft will make something that is less shit than Windows 11.
But I won't hold my breath.
@izzion said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Luhmann said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Luhmann Which clearly puts it in the soft rock genre.
it sounds more like a subform of electronic music to me ... just a variation on general House
No, he’s a doctor, not a musician.
Actually, he's both.
@HardwareGeek said in The language everyone lies about loving:
@dkf said in The language everyone lies about loving:
@topspin said in The language everyone lies about loving:
But I don't think anyone is really arguing for Rust to be a replacement of, say, Python.
Nobody sensible is arguing that.
When is the last time you encountered someone sensible?
Here?
@BernieTheBernie said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Gern_Blaanston So,
Dick
is a common short version ofRichard
, the full name could then be a good description of that guy, ain't it?
Yes, but what if he's a really nice guy, and he has to go around being called Dick Head. I am always amazed at the names that parents give their children.
I once had a boss named Tom Thomas, which means his full name is probably Thomas Thomas
And apparently, its not just an American thing. I met a doctor who is originally from Egypt named Gergis Gergis
.
On the other hand, Gerry Dorsey changed his name to Engelbert Humperdinck and became quite famous and wealthy. So, there's that.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zaw5fg6fEEwl6UY_ooFbw
Parents,
If your last name is Head please don't name your son Richard.
@HardwareGeek said in UI Bites:
@Gern_Blaanston said in UI Bites:
Very hard to touch just the right spot.
That's what she said.
@Gern_Blaanston said in UI Bites:
Bought a 32 inch 4k monitor. Really enjoy having all that screen space. However, it has a single control - a button that brings up an on-screen menu and then you wiggle the button to navigate the menu. A very clumsy way of doing things, but the best part is:
The button is located on the BACK of the monitor.
Acer? That sounds exactly like mine. indeed
Samsung. Who seems to have a thing for weird controls.
My previous monitor was also a Samsung and my current television is. And they both have the same weird controls -- there are no actual buttons, just an area in the lower right on the bottom of the monitor/television that you touch. Very hard to touch just the right spot.
Again, a really good product ruined by UI.
See also things like entire tiers of self help books. If a chunk of them worked, you wouldn’t need to make any more.
Oooh. New book: Self help for Self-helpers
A few years ago there was this infomercial running on television that has always been my favorite.
The first several minutes are spent talking about how all diet/exercise books are bullshit and don't work. They then get down to the business at hand, pitching their new diet/exercise book.
@acrow said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
But PayPal isn't totally safe for buyers either. It's like a government agency without public oversight; everything is peachy until you catch their attention for some reason.
It's the "for some reason" that I was referring to. I have always been suspicious of the claims that PayPal took someone's money "for no reason".
I can't say that it has never happened, but I suspect that a very large percentage of those people are not as innocent as they claim to be.
On another topic...
You think server-side JS is stupid? I just saw a blog post about server-side WebAssembly.
Programming languages and their use change too, but it doesn't make those who write in JS any less wrong.
:zinger:
@hungrier said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
@cvi said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
... early was when Paypal was at its best, before they started arbitrarily locking people out of their own money and whatever other nonsense
I've heard all the stories about PayPal locking people out of their accounts and taking all of their money "for no reason", but I used to use PayPal quite extensively and never had a problem.
PayPal has always been shitty in one way or another, but I've always been very suspicious of the "for no reason" part.
@cvi said in In other hostile takeover Tweets...:
Besides, wasn't Musk involved in early PayPal?
Yes. He started a "financial services" company called X.com, which merged with PayPal, and then he made $165 Million when PayPal was bought by eBay.
Growing up, I lived in the town of Bad Axe, Michigan and my mother worked as a truck driver.
She was a Bad Axe Mother Trucker.
@Gern_Blaanston said in WTF Bites:
As for using RSVP as a verb, I see nothing wrong with that. Responding to something is an action, you are doing something, and that's what verbs are for.
I respondpleased is like saying I fuckyouverymuched up. It does contain the verb that expresses what you're trying to say, but the rest of it changes the meaning to something different.
Words, and their use, change over time.
Today it is common for people to shoot video with their phone and refer to it as "filming". It's technically wrong (there is no film involved) but it is now almost universally accepted.
"I RSVP'ed" is technically wrong but is understood to mean "I replied".
Shit happens, and sometimes you just have to stop being the old guy yelling at clouds.
Pet grammer peeve: using RSVP as a verb.
It always takes me a minute to remember the French source phrase for the acronym; I instantly think of the English that my siblings made up: respond so violently please.
When I was a kid someone told me that it was "Respond So Very Promptly" and it was a long time before I found out that was wrong.
As for using RSVP as a verb, I see nothing wrong with that. Responding to something is an action, you are doing something, and that's what verbs are for.
And Calvin is wrong. There is nothing weird about using "access" as a verb. Again, it's an action, you are doing something, and that's what verbs are for.
@BernieTheBernie said in 📧 The Official Spam Emails Thread™:
Which of those 3 companies leaked my email address to that fucking spammer?
A few years ago, I created an account on one of the big job-search websites and uploaded my resume. Except it wasn't an actual resume. I was feeling a bit at the time and so my "resume" consisted of 2 pages of random gibberish spewed out by some text-generator program that I found somewhere.
For more than a year afterward, I would get emails from people saying "We saw your resume and think you would be a good fit for our company."
@Gribnit said in The Officient Genie In The Bottle Of The Day Song Thread.:
@Zecc said in 🖎 The officious song of the day comment thread!:
no filler.
I'm betting that there is some "filler" in there somewhere:
And even if you could, you can't change it to something that doesn't even make sense
C++ : Oh yeah? Hold my beer.
Transparent wood promises to be an environmentally friendly substitute for glass or plastic
Transparent wood is made by removing the lignin content in wood and replacing it with transparent, plastic materials.
@Gern_Blaanston said in WTF Bites:
5 pounds of fat smeared on the corner of a wall
How much fat can you buy for £5 ?
A five pound package.
A guy from Texas goes to England and is playing poker. One of the players says "I'll bet 100 pounds".
The Texan says "I'm not sure how much that is, but I'll see your 100 pounds and raise a ton."
Zuckerberg's personal fortune has shrunk, falling from $125 billion in January to $49.1 billion
Oh no! I’m sure he’ll be spotted at a food bank soon. Poor man.
Yes, this is terrible. He only has enough money to last 9,000 lifetimes.
5 pounds of fat smeared on the corner of a wall
How much fat can you buy for £5 ?
I guess I just don't understand art. This painting from 1975 just sold for $8,000
@Benjamin-Hall said in The Official Status Thread:
Status:
Man, it's cold in here.
It's 76F. You have the space heater on. And are wearing a long-sleeve shirt and sweatpants.
...
...
Maybe I don't feel so good....
Did you ever notice, 50F outside in January feels warm.
In July its cold.
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: it's the 16th of October.
The 16th.
Of October.
Barely out of the first half of October.Why
are
you
stocking
your shelves
with Christmas stuff ALREADY?
How long till "Black Friday" sales get moved from the day after Thanksgiving to sometime in October?
@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
@Zecc said in The Official Status Thread:
Why
are
you
stocking
your shelves
with Christmas stuff ALREADY?My neighbors across the street just turned on their Christmas lights. They have an intense light rope running along all the edges of their large home. I could read a book in my driveway.
The house across the street from me has their "Halloween" decorations up.
There is this huge ... thing .. in their front yard that lights up. Not sure what it is ... some sort of giant insect (?) with glowing red eyes. The light isn't very bright, but it is just very weird looking.
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@dcon said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
@Gern_Blaanston said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
I saw this and I thought
is up with the version number...
I assume the first part is the Windows build it's been tested against.
Yes.
Also
196 Releases?
@Tsaukpaetra said in WTF is happening with Windows 11? And nothing else:
I have resolved this annoyance with an app.
I saw this and I thought
"Hmmm ... I wonder if this, combined with Start11, could finally give me a Taskbar and Start Menu in Windows 11 that aren't broken, useless and just generally retarded."
Someday when I'm feeling less I may actually try it out.
Although I did come across this somewhere
To move taskbar to the left side - click on the two vertical lines and then drag it to the required position. It might take some playing around with this toolbar to get it in the required position.
64GB USB Flash Storage with 360°Rotated Design
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VHYM6WX/ref=vp_d_pb_TIER3_cmlr_lp_B08Y57JG1K_pd
WTF is "360° Rotated Design"?