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
@neil as a software engineer. People's belief that computers are reliable always amazes me.
It seems that we all to easily forget that they a programmed by people and therefore are no more reliable than the people and processes who built the system.
We don't even need to go into how complex it is to build software systems. How bad most companies processes are. How unhelpful most clients are.
Computers should not be trusted anymore than a person should be.
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@X31Andy early on in the inquiry I watched a number of the impact statements from the victim. Was heartbreaking and anger inducing viewing, hearing how peoples lives where destroyed by bad software, corporate arrogance / ignorance.
Having followed the story for a good few years, it's good that a TV show has managed to garner so much support for the victims.
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it's impossible for me to be a multimillionaire without robbing a bank, therefore i should be allowed to rob banks
(headline: "‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says")
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/08/ai-tools-chatgpt-copyrighted-material-openai
@ChrisMayLA6 the focus should bot be on her CBE. It should be who at the Post Office perverted the course of justice for so long.
The Post Office and Fujitsu people who caused this horrific mess need to be held accountable.
Given the MCAS disaster, I'm not sure allowing Boeing to choose profit over safety again is really going to improve things.
I certainly will be going out of my way to avoid flying on a Boeing, until they change their culture.
@alex I've seen them in BT junction boxes / cabs. The little junction opposite my parents place was full of them. Not sure if they are as common since ADSL.
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#PGConfEU was an amazing #conference — I got to host a panel with awesome #PostgreSQL experts, and a crazy signing event for our book (PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook — https://www.packtpub.com/product/postgresql-16-administration-cookbook/9781835460580 — 15% off in Dec). I am thrilled, and beyond humbled, to be able to do these things. Thank you all 🙏 #Postgres #Community
Special thanks to Sabine Schatzer, @clairegiordano and @floord for their great photos.
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Right now @l_avrot & @karenhjex are on stage at #pgconfeu demonstrating creativity on steroids (!!!!) to shine a light on the challenges women face navigating a male-dominated tech world, including in Postgres… The talk is “Trying to be Barbie in Ken's Mojo Dojo Casa House” & I applaud Lætitia’s & Karen’s courage in giving this talk #Barbie #PostgreSQL #database #diversity #womenintech
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Today the a-ma-zing @l_avrot presented at #pgconfeu about “Learning advanced SQL the weird (and hard) way”, about how she’s been using SQL-only (#PostgreSQL flavor) to solve #AdventOfCode puzzles. What fun. #Postgres #SQL #databases
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The design on the screens for the #PGConfEU #PostgreSQL #Conference looks really nice!
The big one is in the conference area, the small one in the elevator.
Thanks to Chris Ellis @intrbiz for the work!
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Not only Chris did this wonderful elephant with lights (everybody wants one here)
He also talks about IoT with PostgreSQL at #pgconfeu
Moving, storing.... Interesting way to address the topic from the "end device".
@openuk why not put a link in the post, rather than embedded in an image?
@bigcalm don't we all.
@bigcalm you could probably buy and Ender 3 v1 pro for that much and have a little change.
@alex https://wiki.freecad.org/Fasteners_Workbench
Seems to tick most of your boxes.
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Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).
The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .
#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!
EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation
Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)
🚩https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/
EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.
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New entry in #PostgreSQL Event Calendar:
👫 FOSDEM PGDay 2024
Date: 2024-02-02
Location: Brussels, Belgium
ICS file: https://ics.postgresql.life/15083o5iim1rdchlcj24gf1opk.ics
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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
