August 2016 – Homo Ludditus

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The most annoying bug in Outlook 2016

August 29, 2016 The most annoying bug in Outlook 20162016-08-29T12:26:24+01:00 Technical

Microsoft is the most annoying pest that overtook our planet: the amount of bugs in their Office suite is appalling. Here you have a description of the most…

Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law

August 14, 2016 Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law2016-08-20T11:28:22+01:00 Technical

Like most if not all mobile phone contracts, this one I'm using was signed with for a minimum mandatory period of 2 years. When I moved here, what…

The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later

August 10, 2016 The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later2017-01-31T16:01:38+01:00 Technical

It's time that I draw some conclusions with regards to my experience with Wiko Robby. Maybe someone from Wiko will read this, but I won't bother to write…

The Hyperloop is snake oil

August 4, 2016 The Hyperloop is snake oil2016-08-10T21:49:13+01:00 Technical

I promise I won't start a blog with thousands of quick posts a year–I'm done with that for some years now. This is a one-shot feature meant to…

Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later

August 2, 2016 Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later2017-01-31T16:02:32+01:00 Technical

After one week with Wiko Robby, it's time for an updated report. Yes, living with 1 GB of RAM is perfectly acceptable once you're not a gamer. Yet,…

Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Sorry to disappoint, but I switched again, this time to ESET NOD32: I already had an experience with ESET 3
Béranger on What divides the Internet is not mathSteven Strogatz, professor of mathematics at Cornell: The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet: Sometimes BODMAS is just
gicu on 24-Hour Shifts: A Planet of FoolsIn Ro se face asta pentru sporuri la salariu.
gicu on What divides the Internet is not mathCurand se va vota rezultatul!
Béranger on Living Dangerously: CCAV 2.0 BetaApparently, CCAV is to be considered abandonware. Not only CCAV 2.0 Beta wasn't ever mentioned officially, but CCAV itself was
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Current solution (light! light! light and non-intrusive!): 1. Windows Firewall Control set to Medium Filtering (green). A must-have. Any attempt
Béranger on Carracci—what else?They have not discontinued the boxed capsules at Carracci, quite the contrary. But once I tried this new style of
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Back to something reasonable: HINT: To install KFA 2020 Beta out of the (stub) KIS or KTS installer, use this
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)That was the last straw! I'd rather use a homeopathic antivirus than this kind of crap! - The binary was
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)That was fucking too much. Can't one have a SIMPLE antivirus that doesn't want to stick its nose into everyone's