@grifferz@social.bitfolk.comReading the drama about BBC having to edit an episode of Have I Got News For You because they incorrectly said that contract for UK ID card scheme went to company run by Tony Blair's son. Only to find it actually went to Oracle.
Some sort of litmus test for which kind of wonk you are? If IT wonk, be more outraged at Oracle. If politics wonk, be triggered by purported Blair nepotism
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toKnow what I miss? 5-1/4" disk drives.
For the last half a dozen work laptops I've been assigned they all have SSDs or M.2 NVME whatever. Absolutely silent.
Problem is, laptops don't have disk activity LEDs either.
So when something is wonk (besides "its Windows") and it takes me 90s to open Task Manager, I have no idea what the hell is going on in there.
At least with an old huge platter drive if something was thrashing your disk you could _…