RFBurns

joined 1 year ago
[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Suddenly it's 1960.

Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google have replaced ABC, NBC, PBS and CBS.

Your "~~personal computer~~ internet appliance" is a black-box running rented software, just like in the 'dumb-terminal time-sharing' era.

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Correct answer.

Using any form of biometric 'login' under the US's "justice" system is supremely ill-advised.

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When the dust settles, it'll be just like Ma Bell in 1975: There will be the "Internet Company" just like there was the Phone Company, with a probable 'bonus' of an extra "National Internet Corporation" modeled on the BBC.

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Storage has never been cheaper.

There's going to be a seppuku session in somebody's IT department.

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Off to the wrecking-yard and auto-parts house to get more spares for my '99...

If you're going to monitor me like an airline pilot, you can pay me like one.

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Google up "Commercial Signage Displays".

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (7 children)

...useless tech

Oh, it is "useful"; to the real 'owners' of "your" car...

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I wonder if it was done on purpose after it came out that the Pentagon had typo'd ".ml" instead of '.mil' and exposed a lot of sensitive emails...

[–] RFBurns@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah? What's that; 14 seconds of their profits?