* Posts by Frankly

8 publicly visible posts • joined 6 May 2010

Is it really the plan to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal? It's been a weird week

Frankly

Re: Money talks

Great comment!

In the psychological study of personality, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy are collectively known as the Dark Triad.

You might not want to be married to someone with those traits, but they would probably make a great CEO.

That position you just applied for might be a 'ghost job' that'll never be filled

Frankly

Re: 81%

Now that made me laugh

Self-driving cars safer in sunlight, twilight another story

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Re: Same problem for us meatbaga

Likewise, currently nursing some broken bones after a cycling "Sorry mate, I didn't see you" incident a few weeks ago, Half an hour before lighting up time (though I was displaying flashing front and rear lights). Perhaps a self-drive would have seen me and not hit me?

Brit council fumbles Oracle Fusion launch, leaving SAP to die another day

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Re: Why re-platform?

My organisation has just set off down the same SAP to Oracle migration trail.

We are not-for-profit so I really hope it succeeds, but I would bet my meagre life savings on the migration going off the rails in the not too distant future.

Amazon to blow $11B on cluster of Indiana bit barns

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Re: $11 billion of datacenter capacity

Good point - locating a self-aware traffic roundabout next to an AI-focused data centre would make a lot of sense

CEO of UK's National Grid warns of datacenters' thirst for power

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Re: More energy needed?

Wind turbines surely?

The federal bureau of trolling hits LockBit, but the joke's on us

Frankly

"we have rich and powerful people using it to squirrel money about"

Presumably to launder money or evade tax, both of which are crimes, so they too are criminals.

Mobe-wielding drivers getting away with it

Frankly

Grrrr

I say impound the vehicle on the spot and remove the driver's hand with a machete.