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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Chris Ellis
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The Call for Papers for PGDay UK ends tomorrow! You did submit, right? If not, last chance to do so!
#PostgreSQL #Conference #PGDay #PGDayUK #CfP #CallForPapers #London
https://2023.pgday.uk/
Call for papers for PGDAY UK closes tomorrow, get your ideas in.
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@codepope
The expression "open source" is a well understood term of art regardless of who you think does or doesn't hold authority. To describe something containing commercial restrictions as "open source" conflicts with that understanding for most people and is probably false advertising.
Also, the green keyhole mark is a registered trademark of OSI as is the associated wordmark.
Beyond that, "it's complicated", but @arstechnica simply parroting Meta is unwelcome.
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Some news from #Meta releasing LLaMA2 with a license that allows *some* commercial use.
Keyword is **some.**
Don't confuse a limited concession to enter a garden by a gatekeeper with a true common. Open Source has a precise meaning that includes **all** commercial use, don't let that meaning be diluted.
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#Postgres Full Text Search is better than... In which I show how #ElasticSearch, #Solr or another search specific database is probably unnecessary for a lot of #PostgreSQL users
https://admcpr.com/postgres-full-text-search-is-better-than-part1/
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Chris Ellis
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Working from home is an act of reclamation. I shed not one single tear for the end of the abuse that going to an office enables (paying for each day's travel, constant interruptions, terrible work environments designed by executives who don't feel the pain of these environments, etc.)
Rezone that office space as residential and do something about housing affordability.
https://fosstodon.org/@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place/110712456514615065
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@krysztophe We have a winner here :). Congrats. The user was a bit surprised.... And will read the documentation better next time.
@fuzzychef plus I really like what the Framework people are doing and pushing for, have been eyeing them for a while, but wanted AMD.
@fuzzychef I also think the AMD GPU is likely a little more capable, and AMD seems to have good Linux support without DKMS etc.
@fuzzychef I'm a bit of an AMD fanboy, but more seriously I think it offers more cores for better power efficiency.
@fuzzychef Framework Ryzen is likely going to be my choice if I upgrade later this year.
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@gruber GDPR does:
• Require active consent before tracking
GDPR does not:
• require interstitials or popups before viewing a web page
DMA does:
• limit the ability for companies that have a monopoly (or near monopoly) in one market from using that position to unfairly advantage them in another
DMA does not:
• “effectively ban” a social media app
Bad implementations by people who don’t care about users ≠ bad legislation
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Remember: CfP deadline for #PGDayUK 2023 is July 21st!
Don't you want to visit London in September?
#PostgreSQL #Conference #CallForPapers #CfP #London @postgresuk
@SecurityWriter I went to uni in Lancaster, my brother to York. Plus I'm a Surrey CCC member, so Yorkshire seems a fun rival.
@SecurityWriter hmm, that sounds pretty good, but can't let people from Yorkshire win.
@SecurityWriter ok, I'm going to have to order a bottle now...
@SecurityWriter I mean, it's clearly HP...
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"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."
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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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