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
Joined Nov 2022
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@neil Who Would Dare Care ?
@xahteiwi probably fairly quickly. It would likely more depend on my relationship with the person.
If they are a close friend I'm likely to spend far more effort nudging them and helping them. Likely going through several 'complaint' cycles.
If they were an acquaintance, then likely much shorter. I'm probably only wish to listen to them a couple of times, before being a bit more direct in telling them to lump it or like it, and I've had enough of hearing them moan.
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Sometimes one way to say "thank you" just isn't enough, so merci, danke *and* bedankt 🇧🇪
@mike IMHO verbal reasoners seem to find it very hard to understand visual reasoners.
And those kind of interviews are the result. Same with pair programming interviews. Hateful ways to hire a mono-culture.
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Feels quite a lot like Heathrow airport ticked the emphatically hollow resilience tickbox and convinced themselves that was all that was needed.
Oh how wrong they were.
#resilienceTheatre
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1/10 🚨 The 🇬🇧UK regulator’s final report is out and it’s clear: Apple’s browser engine ban harms competition.
Forcing all iOS browsers to use WebKit hurts developers, users, and the web itself.
Change is coming. 🧵
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What a cool font!
'Atkinson Hyperlegible' by the Braille Institute
is *really* easy to read.
https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont
Thanks for pointing this out, @gemeinsamhier@norden.social
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Chris Ellis taking questions after his excellent presention
#postgresql #database #openhagen #Intrbiz
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@dick_turpin having spent far more time than I'd have liked too, looking at how it impacts some of my Apps.
It also feels so poorly drafted and thought through, that it will be practically unworkable.
There definitely should be better protections on line, but at this approach also seems lacking in actually achieving that.
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I spent a good chunk of my weekend helping people running tiny, low risk, online services complete paperwork about the UK’s Online Safety Act, for zero discernible benefit.
So it is a bit galling that the main headline on the BBC this morning is about the government wanting to “slash red tape”.
I have spent one heck of a lot of time on the OSA, trying to help others with its burden, and it just seems so utterly unnecessary.
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The web is not the sole preserve of global megacorps
But attempting to regulate it as if it were, imposing obligations which can realistically be met only by the well-resourced (be that time, money, education, lawyers, or otherwise), is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
@neil free entry to the event, what more could one want....
Berlin and HackADay conf, here we come.
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👏 Jimmy Page: "When AI scrapes the vast tapestry of human creativity to generate content, it often does so without consent, attribution, or compensation. This is not innovation; it’s exploitation."
https://blabbermouth.net/news/jimmy-page-pushes-back-against-u-k-governments-artificial-intelligence-copyright-proposal
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