corsicanguppy

corsicanguppy , 14 hours ago to Technology in Some company heads hoped return-to-office mandates would make people quit, survey says

skim the top employees and are left with the bottom of the barrel that performs even worse

It's called the Dead Sea Effect.

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware

They don't get the blame, but they definitely will earn a conspiracy charge. They didn't commit the crime but they drove the van.

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware

I'd go Hanlon's Razor on this, because I've seen some stunning stupidity. It's not all evil when some of it is just plain dumb, because of incomplete testing and oversight, because they cut costs to save money, so the CEO gets a bonus, and ohhhhhhhh I see it now.

It's evil.

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in Spotify Premium User Slams App Over Audiobook Feature

The real story's in the comments. This helped my single-mother-friend stay sane in the early/poorest years. Everyone needs to know how their library has changed since they last borrowed a book in 1982. Thanks for posting this -- I forgot too!

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware

Heh. Same HP. Though? I forget which company got what in the divorce. I think this one is the "code built by revolving-door sweatshops and who has budget to validate it" and not the "standing over the corpse of Print and hoping lock-in will keep customers" one. The two sides may sound the same but I'm sure there are differences.

(Keeping score at home? A drunk sailor with a fist full of hundies still can't buy anything off that horrendous website, so some things haven't changed in the divorce)

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in Physical Media (Blu-Ray, Music CDs)

It's your license. Keep it in storage.

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in Physical Media (Blu-Ray, Music CDs)

It's your license. Keep it in storage.

corsicanguppy , 1 day ago to Technology in Physical Media (Blu-Ray, Music CDs)

It's your license. Keep it in storage.

corsicanguppy , 3 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to Technology in 512MB ram is nothing now

that's a cope

A priestly stole? I do not think that word means what you think it means.

corsicanguppy , 3 days ago to Technology in 512MB ram is nothing now

Tandy model 1 level 2. 2k.

This isn't a contest, but more a support group.

corsicanguppy , 4 days ago to Technology in Google to start permanently deleting users’ location history

google may be being told by the government

There's an X-files episode about this, with Morris Fletcher.

corsicanguppy , 4 days ago to Selfhosted in [Closed] Help/Advices about debugging zfs pool issues

Help/Advices

Sure! 'advice' isn't pluralized with an S. It's like 'traffic'; and you don't say 'traffics' as a noun.

Happy to help!

corsicanguppy , 5 days ago to Comic Strips in It's important to challenge yourself

bc

Maybe ditch the kid pidgin.

corsicanguppy , 5 days ago to linuxmemes in Not Total Recall (1990)

*/1

Get out. You're fired.

corsicanguppy , 6 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to Technology in Privacy tool

It's just saying "you're stupid for using Windows at all for any reason, and I refuse to engage with your actual question or try to help you at all, I'm just here to tell you you're wrong, your personal life choices are bad and you should do what I do instead".

It's a two-word response. Where is all the rest of this coming from? Do you need a cookie, a hug, a pinata, and maybe a nap?