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New comment by generic92034 in "The Australian Government to Require SMS/MMS Sender ID Registraion"

generic92034 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:20:41 +0000

"As long as" does a lot of work here, considering language barriers and (in my experience) generally less knowledge in off-shored centers.

New comment by generic92034 in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

generic92034 — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:08:21 +0000

Arguably Sudan is a different caravan. And the totally destitute in most industrialized countries are a small minority. So, currently people can keep the mindset that they still have a chance. Once that illusion shatters, expect violence (which might not achieve anything).

New comment by generic92034 in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

generic92034 — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:37:23 +0000

But does human nature allow one member of the caravan having (a lot of) water, while everyone else goes thirsty?

New comment by generic92034 in "A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown"

generic92034 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:14:20 +0000

And if you believe in the fair distribution of the benefits of automation and AI in the population. IMHO, this belief is the more unrealistic one, at least in the short term.

New comment by generic92034 in "Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor"

generic92034 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:32:25 +0000

You first heard about this effect with the phrase "computer says no".

New comment by generic92034 in "My Software North Star"

generic92034 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:01:46 +0000

Claims from maintenance contracts in B2B depend on classifications like this. So, it is absolutely worth categorizing, for certain businesses.

New comment by generic92034 in "The dead economy theory"

generic92034 — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:03:27 +0000

On the other hand they would never be able again to leave their bunkers, given that it is not hard to assemble a DIY drone and equip it with some explosives.

New comment by generic92034 in "The dead economy theory"

generic92034 — Sat, 30 May 2026 09:59:41 +0000

> The capital-owning class owns the political apparatus

That is not nearly so uncontested, not even in the US. Did you forget how all the tech bros went to Trump's inauguration, bowing their heads and kissing the ring? With Trump being very small fry on the scale of "capital-owning class" this means there are other factors at work than just wealth dominating politics.

Also, the situation gets much more unclear in other countries. Otherwise, why wouldn't the most capital-friendly party rule in each and every country?

New comment by generic92034 in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

generic92034 — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:13:16 +0000

I am not sure anything is scaring anyone into urgency as long as breaches are no great issue for the company (in contrast to their customers and/or affected third parties).

Also, more secure code might be performing better, it might also perform worse. I am not sure the concepts are completely orthogonal, but there is at least no clear causality.

New comment by generic92034 in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

generic92034 — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:25:48 +0000

If you are that pedantic you could also ask if he is living without a mobile phone, without a car and without any modern electrical appliance phoning home. So, probably him being offline is not to be taken quite so seriously.

New comment by generic92034 in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

generic92034 — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:21:00 +0000

As long as the costs (monetary and otherwise) of breaches are not (by and large) hitting shareholders and the C level, why would they pay for better security? And why would politicians depending on campaign contributions of tech companies force the mentioned groups to take on the full responsibility by regulating them?

New comment by generic92034 in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

generic92034 — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:15:44 +0000

Wait till there are organ harvesting bots. Only half joking, I am afraid.

New comment by generic92034 in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

generic92034 — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:10:45 +0000

Yes, that is typical for a certain kind of management. Only costs that are visible and easily measurable are taken into account. Invisible costs or costs that are hard to measure are ignored, even though they may amount to a whole lot, up to the ruin of the company. Employee motivation is one example for the second type of costs, while the 500 bucks per month for pizza were easily seen and cut.

New comment by generic92034 in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

generic92034 — Sun, 24 May 2026 10:13:35 +0000

There is a difference between hard and soft DRM. Soft DRM can be only some watermark, not keeping you from creating copies for your own devices. Hard DRM aims to prevent any copying.

In my experience soft DRM is very common, hard DRM not so much.

New comment by generic92034 in "Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses"

generic92034 — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:32:35 +0000

Well, if we are talking the worldwide software development industry, FAANG-like salaries are a tiny exception. There are so many places without strong worker rights and without a high premium for workers.

The expectation of higher productivity measured by completely useless means, letting a highly qualified employee jump through hoops for the amusement and misconceptions of the C-level.

New comment by generic92034 in "Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses"

generic92034 — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:53:06 +0000

Be careful what you are wishing for. All the leisure time you would want while having no job or money could be the future we are heading for.

New comment by generic92034 in "Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses"

generic92034 — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:49:38 +0000

*the whole industry in countries without strong worker rights

New comment by generic92034 in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

generic92034 — Sat, 23 May 2026 09:18:24 +0000

Maybe for ebook readers, but not for books.

New comment by generic92034 in "Shunning AI is the human choice"

generic92034 — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:30:07 +0000

If there is mass starvation that kind of lethargy can quickly change.

New comment by generic92034 in "Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit"

generic92034 — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:02:31 +0000

At least you would need a sort of creative continental gerrymandering. ;)