Comment Great pickup line .... (Score 1) 105
"My wife, my mistress, and my girlfriend just don't understand me ... "
Comment Re:Horseshit. (Score 1) 74
Nah, their AI is just too busy flying the airplanes and calculating the shortest route. Note that the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere is usually through the sphere rather than over the surface around it ...
Comment Re: When can we force Putin to end this awful war (Score 1) 75
The US (and a few other countries) are not directly fighting in Ukraine, but are supplying resources and communications to Ukraine, thankfully. It also creates both jobs and profits for the US, but if that were to stop (and you just sit back and watch), then Putin would put an end to the war by putting an end to Ukrainians. Not my war either, but I'll help the Ukrainians to help themselves.
Comment Customer-tracking App (Score 2) 129
I try not to be paranoid, but it appears to say that people will not be allowed access to their own money (at this bank) unless they agree to whatever terms of service are included with the bank's app on their phone, apps which almost invariably include lots of tracking. If their app does not give me more benefits than a wallet card, I see no reason to install it; I also use my laptop for reconciling credit cards and billing and assorted banking transfers, so I'd bank elsewhere.
Microsoft's Canada Timezone Troubles Leave Admins Fixing Calendars, Pretending They're In Bogota (theregister.com) 105
Microsoft is scrambling to fix time-zone problems across Outlook, Power Automate, Fabric, SharePoint and other products after parts of Canada stopped observing seasonal clock changes on November 1. "The company has confirmed problems across a chunk of its software estate, leaving some customers facing incorrect times, broken schedules and a collection of workarounds while Redmond catches up," reports The Register. From the report: Outlook users have been left with the most homework. Switching to the new Canadian time zones won't automatically update existing calendar entries, meaning that meetings scheduled after November 1 are potentially an hour out of whack. Microsoft advises users to change their Outlook calendar time zone, then update upcoming events and meetings to use it. For meetings involving other people, only the organizer can make the change.
Recurring meetings come with an additional treat: changing the time zone resets any previously moved occurrences, which then have to be recreated. Anyone with a calendar full of recurring meetings may wish to put the kettle on first. Microsoft is working on an Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet to remediate non-recurring meetings, but according to its guidance, that's not due until later this week. A fix for recurring meetings remains "in development," with an ETA yet to be confirmed.
Things get stranger with Power Automate and Fabric, where Microsoft's temporary fix involves pretending you're somewhere else entirely. Depending on the product and province, that could mean Saskatchewan, Arizona or, for Manitobans, Bogota. Because apparently time zones weren't confusing enough already. SharePoint On-Prem customers, meanwhile, have to wait until November 10 for the correct time zones to arrive, while Power Pages users could see server-formatted dates appear an hour out until a service fix lands. Microsoft's current milestone for that is December 12.
Recurring meetings come with an additional treat: changing the time zone resets any previously moved occurrences, which then have to be recreated. Anyone with a calendar full of recurring meetings may wish to put the kettle on first. Microsoft is working on an Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet to remediate non-recurring meetings, but according to its guidance, that's not due until later this week. A fix for recurring meetings remains "in development," with an ETA yet to be confirmed.
Things get stranger with Power Automate and Fabric, where Microsoft's temporary fix involves pretending you're somewhere else entirely. Depending on the product and province, that could mean Saskatchewan, Arizona or, for Manitobans, Bogota. Because apparently time zones weren't confusing enough already. SharePoint On-Prem customers, meanwhile, have to wait until November 10 for the correct time zones to arrive, while Power Pages users could see server-formatted dates appear an hour out until a service fix lands. Microsoft's current milestone for that is December 12.
Comment Gives Ukraine an alternative? (Score 2) 17
Maybe if Ukraine has an alternative to StarLink, Musk can't cut off their options to defend from Russia's incursions. Ukraine still has the challenges, but an option here is very helpful.
Comment Selective? (Score 1) 144
But ... how can you make it only shoot at Democrats?
Comment Re:So we all know they are lying (Score 1) 286
"clear responsibility for the deaths. Hegseth and, through him as his commanding officer / superior, Trump."
... Trump is superior to something ??
Comment Re:Seriously, what do you guys think of this? (Score 1) 233
He's already been impeached twice: December 18, 2019, and second on January 13, 2021, and he's been convicted of 34 felony counts. As a businessman, his companies have declared bankruptcy six times. The US is doing a very good impression of a petty dictatorship with no laws, and you have to remember that Trump's prior job was an entertainer on reality TV so he's keeping everyone entertained and yes, that's reality in the US.
Comment But that's how Trump did it ... (Score 1) 150
His companies declared bankruptcy six times. That's also how he plans to resolve the American economy: take all he can, and declare bankruptcy again. Easy-peasy.
Comment Politics (Score 1) 61
They (any party) would be able to tell if you really were on their side or just faking it ... with appropriate consequences to follow. They could ensure there are only True Believers in the Inner Circle. If you're not with us, you're not necessarily against us, but you'll certainly be blocked from anything important.
Comment Windows 10 discards (Score 1) 133
Darn! I just threw out my old Windows 10 computer with only 128 GB RAM because it wouldn't run Windows 11 well ... maybe that RAM could have been re-used in another machine somewhere.
Comment What did you expect? (Score 4, Insightful) 48
Of course they did ... they learn from humans. We set the example.
Comment Re:If he is found guilty (Score 1) 182
If the reality is that ICE can shoot you at pretty much any time, without any real penalty, then you have no 'rights'.
Rights are not something someone gives you, they're something that no one can take away.
Comment Not under government control (Score 1) 182
Obviously not under government control, because they had no access to it, and it wasn't theirs anyway.
