Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social
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PostgreSQL, Linux, Java, and more. Lover of computers, electronics and Open Source. European. Lib Dem. Lead Technical Strategist nexteam.co.uk
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Authenticity Problem
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@dick_turpin that is still likely more useful than Farage.
@dick_turpin if Binface does win, he'd have to remove the bin to sit in Parliament.
I hope he does, it would be all rather amusing.
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#PGConf.EU 2026 programme is out! 🐘
Five tracks. Three days. Valencia, 20–22 October.
Explore & register: https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfeu2026/schedule
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The simple case is just a cross join of your A and B groups, eg:
SELECT * FROM
(SELECT e FROM l WHERE e LIKE 'A%') a
CROSS JOIN
(SELECT e FROM l WHERE e LIKE 'B%') b;
For the more complex case I think all approaches you try will run into the output columns need to be known and can't be dynamically materialised, ie with crosstab.
Likely you can do it in a function which computes the groups, builds a dynamic query and returns JSON.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6r9rdxygo - I am beyond furious about this bit of news.
The Lovell Telescope has - from day one - been a project that has produced incredible results on a shoestring budget, using whatever Lovell could scrounge to produce an instrument that has reshaped our view of the Universe.
(I was observing OH- masers there the day Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter.)
The budget needed to keep it running is a rounding error when compared to government spend on 'AI'.
Closing it is criminal folly.
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If you’re still using anything made by 37signals, this is the shit you’re supporting. https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so-europe-can-live-1afb203d
Right, EMF Camp here we come.
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Sometimes you read something that tells you what you already know…but you feel as if for the first time.
I read this searing piece through hot tears of rage and renewed determination.
Canada should be using every tool we have - legal, diplomatic, economic - to rein in and isolate this rogue state.
It should be a national scandal that we aren’t.
@Floppy or solder some male headers back to back to jumper them.
@Floppy why not just crimp the dupont terminals onto the ribbon cable?
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and ...
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A British court tried protesters for criminal damage, but then sentenced them for terrorism, a charge that was never presented to the jury. This proceeding contravenes a fundamental principle of law.
And sadly a lot of IT architects only seem to exist because companies still struggle with the very flat career hierarchy of IT. What they really need to learn is how to recognise and reward good people working at the metaphorical coal face.
But 20 years in, I'm yet to find a company whom would just recognise someone for being a bloody good engineer and nothing more.
Pretty much every IT architect I've worked with, has had very faded and unrealistic technical knowledge.
That is often a significant counterpoint to the team. Where they frequently have more 'upto date' knowledge but lack the experience to understand past endeavours.
I think the closest analogue in IT to building architects are actually product managers.
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I'm not saying Safari is the new IE6; that would be unfair...to IE6. When it came out, it was world-beating in nearly every regard, but got long in the tooth.
No, Safari is more like IE 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11: predictably disappointing showings thanks to under-funding by an organisation hellbent on holding the web back to defend profits:
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David Potter, the man who put Psion in the palm of your hand, logs off at 82
Physicist, philanthropist, and pioneer of pocket computers, SSDs, smartphones… and duvets
<- by me on #TheRegister
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Smalltalk-80, HyperCard, and Visual Basic 6 were far more compelling "future of programming" attempts than anything available today
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Hasn't had much coverage, but David Potter, founder and CEO of Psion, died yesterday. One of the patron saints of alt.fan.pratchett in its early years.
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