spsrich
Re:How I Almost Destroyed a £50M War Plane and the Normalisation of De...
on Sunday April 28, 2019 @06:03PM (#19773996)
Anybody reminded of Captain Flashheart while reading this?
Re:The Looming End of Payless ShoeSource
on Sunday April 28, 2019 @06:02PM (#19773993)
they saved me a bunch of money when I had to buy dance shoes for my daughter. Sorry to see them go.
Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts
on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:42PM (#19251015)
Try finding any public space in the USA where there is not blaring background music. Good luck. I always felt the reason Starbucks plays deafening music is to discourage people from lingering. It certainly has the effect on me, and I pity the poor employees.
Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbon payment ...
on Thursday February 21, 2019 @04:01PM (#19220542)
Norwegian taxpayer funds sent direct to Indonesian politicians Swiss bank accounts. Marvellous !
Re:Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch
on Sunday February 17, 2019 @12:48PM (#19185710)
love the colour. Took me right back to the Data General days.
Re:Bruno Ganz, actor who played Hitler in Downfall, dies aged 77
on Saturday February 16, 2019 @05:02PM (#19181214)
He was terrific in that role. RIP.
Re:Earth’s magnetic pole is on the move, fast
on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:27PM (#18894855)
The HAB Theory by Allen W Eckert !
Re:Hospitals release lists of retail prices for services
on Saturday January 12, 2019 @09:04PM (#18894576)
So it's not the first random number they pull out of their ass then ?
Re:AT&T says it’ll stop selling location data amid calls for federal i...
on Thursday January 10, 2019 @08:42PM (#18880302)
That's hilarious. What's the difference between AT&T and the federal government ?
Re:Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work?
on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:11PM (#18443200)
has to be itunes. What a bloated pile of crap that is.
Re:Cutest robotic kitten that I've ever seen goes viral
on Thursday October 25, 2018 @06:36PM (#18305209)
never mind that. Just figure out a way to stop a real kitten defecating on your sofa.
Re:The Apple II Source Code for the LOGO Language Found
on Thursday October 04, 2018 @06:35PM (#18144284)
I love 6502 - so clean and simple. Even after 35 years I still remember the opcodes in hex.
Re:The Dangers of DNA Testing
on Friday September 21, 2018 @05:32PM (#18042818)
"It is uncomfortable to read the study’s authors praising labs for their careful work when they get things right, but offering sophomoric excuses for them when they get things wrong."
But not surprising.... they want to continue to work in the field, after all !
Re:Clayton Christensen: Half of U.S. colleges will be bankrupt in 10 t...
on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:40PM (#17911637)
Excellent. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.
Re:Guano Islands Act
on Sunday September 02, 2018 @07:36PM (#17899272)
"Guano?"
"Bird Shit, Sir"
--Ripping Yarns: Across the Andes by Frog (1977)
Re:Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?
on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:34PM (#17595738)
Be in a business area that is expanding, where you are working with and continually learning from top quality people (colleagues and clients)
If you feel like you're treading water, or are in a back room kept far away from clients, move on !
Re:LIDL cancels SAP introduction after spending 500M Euro
on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:23AM (#17541995)
My wife worked for a large law firm that decided to standardize on SAP. That's sensible - there are loads of legal practice management suites out there that are designed to cope with the peculiar demands of legal billing - so let's ignore all those and buy a product that doesn't do it, and spend millions adding customization to get what we want.
Of course the project was killed after 3/4 years and millions spent.
A good thing for SAP that in the large firms they target, mediocrity floats upwards!
Re:LIDL cancels SAP introduction after spending 500M Euro
on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:20AM (#17541974)
Oh wow, a SAP rollout that went wrong! That never happens !
Re:Mussels test positive for opioids in Seattle's Puget Sound
on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:07PM (#17158419)
I wonder if a mussel can get high
Re:Microsoft Turned Consumers Against the Skype Brand
on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:43PM (#17042314)
The Skype UWP app is horribly buggy. My wife is forced to use Skype for Business, I swear the first 20 minutes of each call is people getting kicked off, people who can't be heard, etc.
Re:Emergency room patients can face steep bills even when treatment is...
on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:29AM (#16976632)
Any parent has similar stories. Consumer law does not seem to apply to doctors and hospitals.
Imagine if you took your car into the shop - there is no price list, they won't give you an estimate, and for weeks after they send you random bills without indicating what it's for?
This affects everybody in the US, and I don't understand why it's allowed to continue, except the medical industry has bought off all the politicians
Re:Ask HN: Who else hates iTunes?
on Monday April 23, 2018 @12:02PM (#16904580)
When your ten year old kid tells you they hate a piece of software that should be all you need to know.
It's atrociously bad.