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
Chris Ellis
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This is a short message from the openSUSE Board that we are posting on our communication channels and is a reminder that we ask each and every one of you to be kind, considerate and welcoming to people on all our communication channels. Let's foster a positive atmosphere for people on all of our communication channels. Our channels are a wonderful place for collaboration, but also remember that open-source is not about telling others what or how to build.
Chris Ellis
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The enshittification of the Internet coincides with the economic shift to mandatory infinite growth so shareholders and CEOs can receive ever more absurd payouts at the expense of sustainable business. This led to increasing commoditization of our time, our data, and our attention. We're not the customers, we're the product.
Which also coincides with the democratic breakdown of treating voters not as decision makers but as a captive audience for whatever the political-moneyed class wants to do.
@neil no worries, I wasn't offended in any way.
Like you, I was a little surprised there wasn't something upto date which just worked.
But I guess the market in a lot of cases has shifted to people wanting certificates for liability and thus paying for someone. Or just drop it in the shredder.
Based on the later half of your post I assumed a simple way once you've booted was of use.
Don't know of any truely automated ones other than the ones you've already mentioned. Looks like there is a succesor to DBAN.
If might be able to slip stream a simple script to run on boot of a live bootable USB stick, especially if you know which device it will be.
I would add if it was very sensitive data and an SSD, I'd stick it through a shredder.
@neil you can just use `dd`
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Woop woop! @l_avrot and I will be premiering our Barbie talk at PGConf.EU in Prague this December. This is going to be fun (and informative, and a call for action, but mainly fun 😉)
@dick_turpin I have such fond memories of the place as a kid looking at all the lego.
It went down hill as soon as it was sold off.
It's a crying shame such a prime location is just sat in the situation it is in.
Part of me things government needs to do more about building just staying derelict.
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It’s amazing to me that a proposal to scan *literally ever private communication in Europe* is barely making newspapers, and we’re reading about legislative progress on blogs.
Chris Ellis
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Been hearing whispers all weekend, some from people who I'd *definitely* listen to, of a remote execution 0day in the Signal desktop and possibly also mobile app. Mitigation is supposedly to disable link previews (under settings->chats).
I have no more details. What I've heard doesn't completely make sense, but disabling link previews should be at worst harmless and seems prudent until this is clarified.
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My crankiest opinion: I hate apps.
Most apps are just clingy bitches. They want to collect too much info, they take up too much space, they want to notify you of trivial bullshit. Most apps should just be websites.
@mattwilcox @sil Maybe apps should not display images by default unless they have alt text. Might be a way to nudge behaviour in the right direction.
@xahteiwi I think striking the right balance between being to formal and overbearing and to casual.
I tend to find the most important is keeping track of the actions that arise and who they are assigned to.
Plus circulating the topic and key bullet points of what needs to be discussed, to all parties before the meeting.
@neil I suspect more related to VM/O2 merger stuff. I know VM run some stuff in Google cloud.
I doubt moving servers would get around OSB obligations.
@neil I have one of the Miniware TS80Ps, which are very similar. Being USB powered it's very handy to be able to take when traveling. It's surprisingly capable of soldering a lot of things. It does fall short on big joints and parts with large ground planes, where is just doesn't have the power.
My old solder station is still my goto however when I'm at home has it has more flexibility for the stuff I'm building.
But for simple stuff and travel flexibility the Pinecil type irons are great.
Chris Ellis
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For PGSQLPhriday #013, Chris Ellis asked to hear about the weird and varied things that people are using #PostgreSQL for. For some reason, this is the challenge that finally convinced me to take part for the first time, and I decided to try to explain a bit about what I'm using Postgres for in my PhD research.
https://karenjex.blogspot.com/2023/10/pgsqlphriday-013-unlocking-open-data.html
Don't forget to look out for all of the other #PGSQLPhriday posts!
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Hard to avoid this conclusion.
#ActorsStrike #SAGAFTRAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrong #UnionStrong #u1 #power #money
@sil I do hate the toilet goblin, TBH tend to avoid pubs which do this.
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Performance from Postgres 11 through 16:
"Postgres avoids perf
regressions over time. This is starting to get boring." Well said @markcallaghan
🤓 🐘
#postgres #performance
https://smalldatum.blogspot.com/2023/09/checking-postgres-for-perf-regressions.html
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This whole mess just makes me think we should try harder to kick suid/fcaps out of general purpose Linux distributions. The whole concept is fundamentally backwards, and one of the major weaknesses of traditional UNIX I am sure. The idea behind suid/fcaps of first granting the privileges, inheriting some major, uncontrolled part of the execution environment/resource context/security context and then expecting the binary to securely gate its misuse is just a major mistake: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/2
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