Re: Zebra
No cattle prod?
Posts by Strahd Ivarius
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Server crashes traced to one very literal knee-jerk reaction
AIs are happy to launch nukes in simulated combat scenarios
If Microsoft made a car... what would it be?
Final step to put new website into production deleted it instead
Containers, cloud, blockchain, AI – it's all the same old BS, says veteran Red Hatter
Google soaks up 1GW of Texas sunshine to power $185B AI spending spree
Azure power hiccup gives Windows admins a rare break from updates
SpaceX wants to fill Earth orbit with a million datacenter satellites
Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar
Friday 6th February 2026 21:32 GMT 
Re: OR
It is more like a "back to root", where if you want to do anything, you need to use the command-line and scripts (so, PowerShell)...
Not that I'd complain much, I started using computers 47 years ago, so I am feeling younger by the day.
Now, I just have to get rid of the graphical interface, and I'll be happy at work.
(at home I have already Linux, Windowz, macOS, Android, iPhone/iPad OS, and I forget a few others)
US TikTok service restored after cloud 'that doesn't go down' went down
Sword of Damocles hangs over UK military’s Ajax as minister says back it or scrap it
'Ralph Wiggum' loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone commercial software for $10 an hour
Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds
Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster
Microsoft admits Outlook might freeze when saving files to OneDrive
UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about its struggle to spot illegal ads
Wednesday 21st January 2026 21:35 GMT
The only proper method to deal with it...
... is to indeed make a bot for searching illegal ads promoted through Meta's systems, and then reporting them through the simple method of fining Meta $1B per ad found, running the search every hour.
Any lawyer objection will be met by sending some SAS to nail the objector to the wall of its office.
Microsoft Intune changes to start biting unprepared admins
Bank of England's Oracle cloud migration bill triples as project grinds on
The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere
Europe's cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age
DVSA's clapped-out booking system gets bot slapped as new boss rides in
AI-authored code contains worse bugs than software crafted by humans
Uncle Sam sues ex-Accenture manager over Army cloud security claims
Microsoft promises more bug payouts, with or without a bounty program
Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts
User insisted their screen was blank, until admitting it wasn't
Friday 12th December 2025 22:42 GMT
Re: "I found that a strange concept of 'nothing,'"
My wife, having worked in IT before becoming a cheese expert, and having the good grace of listening to me when I speak about the dumb issues I see at work, knows exactly what to do in most instances.
However, she still has to call me to help her.
And almost every time I just perform the exact steps she just did, and did again to show me it was not working.
And then, of course, it works fine.
As I say usually:
My dear, the only difference when we perform these steps is that me, being an IT professional, knows exactly what I do and why I do it.
(and then I run away fast)
Microsoft 365 boosts prices in 2026 … to pay for more AI and security
Micron ditches consumer memory brand Crucial to chase AI riches
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
Windows keeps obsolete strings forever to avoid breaking translations
Monday 1st December 2025 11:21 GMT
Re: Windows is sh••
When home users got the Minitel in France in 1983-84, some models had an "abcde" keyboard.
Nobody complained then, since they were typing with one digit anyway, unless they were secretaries accustomed to the standard "azerty" layout.
The next iterations all used the "standard" layout.
With the latest versions of Win11, MS introduced the new AFNOR-designed layout as the "standard", relegating the current layout to "legacy" status.
So anyone not paying attention will have a surprise entering passwords the first time...
Of course, nobody is selling that new standard keyboard as far as I can say, and the manufacturers I am in contact with are not aware of its existence.
(and I didn't find any either on the Microsoft store)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
