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jasonkoebler, 9 hours ago to random

Scoop: I obtained the contract Samsung requires independent shops to sign to buy phone repair parts from them.

It requires:

• "Daily" dumps of customer data
• The "immediate destruction" of any phones a shop comes across that has third-party parts

https://www.404media.co/samsung-requires-independent-repair-shops-to-share-customer-data-snitch-on-people-who-use-aftermarket-parts-leaked-contract-shows/

revk, 4 hours ago

@f4grx @jasonkoebler destruction would be a contract to cause criminal damage, so rather unenforceable and otherwise costly, surely?

revk, 6 hours ago to random

FFS TOTSCO.

So I have to find a matching service for a switch.

I construct the SQL query and pile on the conditions - installed and not ceased and not in the middle of a port, and the right account number and line number and so on.

I get either zero, one, or more results. If I get one, I respond with matching details.

But it not, I have to send a failure. Let's check the failure codes.

1/2

revk, 6 hours ago

FFS, they have them all!

• Multiple customers but no match on surname
• Multiple customers with that surname!
• Account found but historic
• Account found but not the service ID
• Multiple services at same address

FFS, I cannot just do a query!

I have to do a wide query to find all the partial matches to make the fucking error code.

Well, maybe, maybe I do, is it a law, a GC, or can I just say "no match" or "multiple match" somehow?

I have no clue.

revk, 6 hours ago (edited 6 hours ago)

What I may do is the one query, and on fail, do a few sloppy queries just to work out error codes.

E.g. just check the account number, etc.

Maybe do some of the error codes if I can.

Edent, 3 years ago to random

How much does it cost to call an 056 number in the UK?

Here's a little telephony mystery for you - can you find out how much your phone provider charges for 056 calls?

(Skip the background and jump to the survey)

Background

Way back in the mists of time - 2004 - Ofcom decreed that "Voice over Broadband" was going to be the next big thing. VoB (which is like

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/how-much-does-it-cost-to-call-an-056-number-in-the-uk-no-ones-knows/

#/etc/ #mobile #ofcom

revk, 1 day ago

@Edent now try and find the cost of calling an 055 :-) :-)

revk, 1 day ago

@Edent A&A make it easy.

revk, 5 days ago to random

Fuck

revk, 4 days ago

Well, I may be in luck…

revk, 4 days ago

@ahnlak this was a UV and a polarising filter as well. Both smashed. But yeh!!!

revk, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

Latest bit of fun, but small, bit of C code...

iMessage (from which the screen shot comes) copes remarkably well with them.

When a specification casually says to remove accents to compare letters just A to Z, FFS. Ended up scanning the whole Unicode XML file to find A-Z type letters.

revk, 6 days ago

@ahnlak That fooled me for a moment too, yes, blood types.

revk, 6 days ago

This bit looks less impressive.

static const char * unicode_space="\011\012\013\014\015 ";

That is 25 different space characters (WSpace="Y")

revk, 6 days ago

@KevinMarks @Edent it is a shame the unicode database does not have a simple “Latin equivalent” field :-)

Oh, maybe they do? Will look in to that.

revk, 6 days ago

@mansr indeed!

purserj, 6 days ago to random

Holy fuck, I just signed up to a site and it sent me a confirmation message WITH MY PASSWORD IN PLAIN TEXT.

Not an automatically generated one but the supposedly secure one I am meant to use to sign in!

revk, 6 days ago

@mathi_gwithyas if you type in your password the LLM training just sees stars, honest…

bloor, 7 days ago to random

Are you a "glass half full" or "glass half empty" person?

Me: smashes glass

revk, 7 days ago

@bloor There is another option...

revk, 8 days ago to random

It has a sort of separate, large, liquid reservoir with a shoulder strap for the ammo. This is a mental bubble gun.

Bubble gum

revk, 8 days ago

@8tpercent oh I bet I can! That is so tempting.

IoanSaid, 9 days ago to random

Hello folks! How's everyone? 😊

revk, 9 days ago

@IoanSaid Hard to say, as I don't know "everyone" 🙂

Maybe: "average" (by definition)