TLDR! Yes, I am absolutely burning VodafoneZiggo to the ground in this rant of an article. Yes, this is an extremely long rant. And yes, if you ever suffered through HorizonBox PTSD, unstable coax internet, telemarketing, packet loss, bridge-mode roulette, or support engineers replacing random objects in your house while praying to the DOCSIS gods……
Category: Rant
My factory prefers balance
I was planning on writing another rant, this time aimed at “haute couture.” But while tinkering with the idea, the post slowly started shifting into something else entirely: an internal reflection about how my own factory, and my CEO Bob, seem to respond to everything “haute.” Analogy I think I finally found the perfect analogy…
Punching through the cigar myth
I recently talked to a co-worker who liked smoking a cigar every once in a while, especially during poker nights or after major events, almost as some sort of reward. And somehow the YouTube algorithm dragged me towards videos of people handcrafting cigars. Yay! lucky me 😛 Besides the fact that I find the whole…
The Art of De-Optimization: WhatsApp’s Bold New Direction
Because Who Needs Efficiency Anyway? The WhatsApp Windows application is going to be completely revamped soon. The native app is going to be replaced by a version based upon WebView2. source: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/241382/whatsapp-vernieuwt-app-voor-windows-gebruikt-tot-tien-keer-meer-geheugen.html That sounds rather uninteresting at first, but there’s a large but — actually, several. The WebView2 application is insanely bad in resource usage,…
1984 is calling, it wants its policy back.
This week I wrote about “mass surveillance in the name of protection”. This is the Saturday/Sunday follow-up. (c) (r) ™ :-). (cross out whichever day doesn’t apply — or both, if you’re reading this on Monday!) What I’m writing here may sound absurd — but it really isn’t. Take a second and consider how your…
Mass Surveillance in the Name of Protection
The cost of confusing data volume with intelligence Once again, the EU is trying to push a bill that would allow scanning private communications for illegal content — all in the name of fighting terrorism and, of course, the golden ticket: child abuse. Don’t get me wrong, child abuse is absolutely horrific. But this bill…
South Korea Invented the SSD. Then Forgot to Use One
Welcome to the South Korean Ministry of Digital Amnesia South Korea just managed to lose 858 terabytes of government data in a fire.Source: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/239988/zuid-korea-verliest-overheidsdata-door-brand-en-ontbreken-van-back-up.html Not in a remote village with barely any internet. Not in a developing nation hidden somewhere on the map. No — in South Korea. Yes, you read that correctly. South Korea….
Rant: The High Price of Looking Rich
I was browsing through captions on various news sites when one headline caught my eye. Dutch: “Ottelien (22) koopt liever Louis Vuitton-tas van duizend euro dan dat ze op vakantie gaat: peperdure luxe is hype onder jongeren.” English: “Ottelien (22) prefers buying a thousand-euro Louis Vuitton bag over going on vacation: overpriced luxury is the…
Rant Against the Overseas Orange Baboon 2.0
My friends thought my rant was too kind. Hence I asked ChatGPT to create a more punchy one. And oh yeah! ChatGPT delivers! Donald J. Trump — the self-proclaimed genius who discovered that autism is caused by… paracetamol. Yes, you read that right. The same paracetamol millions of people use daily without issue. The same…
Rant Against The Overseas Orange Baboon
Yes, this is a direct rant against the Overseas Orange Baboon, a.k.a. Donald J. Trump. Our make-up orange carrot stated this week that he had found the root cause of autism: Tylenol (more commonly known here in Europe as paracetamol). Yes, according to Trump there is a direct link between paracetamol and the prevalence of…