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
@tomasv @ascherbaum the more important question is did you put the jam on first or last?
@tomasv @ascherbaum Are you sure it's not clotted cream?
@ascherbaum either way choosing it based on IP address of the client isn't a good solution, especially when I'm logged into my account.
I'm excited to be speaking at this years POSETTE - An Event For Postgres!
A totally online event, so no need to travel somewhere to listen to all the amazing speakers: https://www.citusdata.com/posette/2024/speakers/
For fuck sake, how the fuck can we still not get internationalisation right. My browser sets fucking locale headers, stop assuming that because I'm roughly in a country that you should localise the text. Like it's fucking easier to use the fucking header. Sorry, quite pissed off right now, by the idiots at LinkedIn.
@ChrisMayLA6 I feel that 'pathetic' sums them up pretty accurately in many ways, despite all the expletives I'd like to use to describe them.
@hmallett OnlyEwes feels more of an onomatopoeia.
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@nixCraft obviously should be a backronym: LINU - Linux Is Not Unix
Hello Prague, nice to be back. Looking forward to speaking at the Prague PostgreSQL meetup.
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the upside of having ADHD is that I can complete a month's worth of work for a whole team in the space of a weekend and a couple of evenings.
the downside of having ADHD is that I keep putting myself in situations where I need to complete a month's worth of work for a whole team in the space of a weekend and a couple of evenings.
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Now #PostgreSQL hacker Melih Mutlu of Microsoft is on stage at #PGDayChicago sharing his "Takeaways from Hacking on Postgres as a newcomer"
My favorite quote:
❞ I had only coded in C in CS101 in university & thought if I pass this class I will probably never code in C again"
// You were so wrong Melih!💥
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Welcome Nexteam (@nexteamltd) as a Benefactor sponsor of PGDay UK 2024 in London! https://2024.pgday.uk/sponsors/ #postgres #pgdayuk #london #opensource #database
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Agencies have figured out that "customized COTS” means "expensive custom software that you don't actually own,” so vendors have started calling it "configured COTS." The problem is that some commercial software *is* extensively configurable by customers, and it can be tough to know which is which.
Here's the test to apply: Can the software be "configured” by the customer or any vendor of their choosing? If "yes," it's legit. If "no," it's just expensive custom software that you don't own.
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Happy 😁 to share the news that all of the talk selection decisions for @posetteconf (free & virtual developer event, now in its 3rd year) were emailed out last week, as promised ✅
📝 🔬 In the interest of transparency, we thought we would share a bit about the process the POSETTE talk selection team used to create the roster of #PostgreSQL talks for #PosetteConf
#Postgres #OpenSource #community #Microsoft
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/about-talk-selection-for-posette-an-event-for-postgres-2024/ba-p/4120268
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Dave Page: PGDay UK 2024 - It's back on September 11th in London, England!! https://pgday.uk/events/pgdayuk2024/news/pgday-uk-2024-its-back-on-september-11th-in-london-england-8/
#postgres #postgresql
We're really excited to announce that PGDay UK will be back for 2024, in London on September 11th!
Call for papers is currently open until June 9th, please submit your talks.
Call for sponsors if open until we run out.
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@ChrisMayLA6 United utilities latest £300m profit, but paid out £400m+ in dividends.
Just think about that, they gave all the profit from peoples bills vs costs, then borrowed another £100m to give to its shareholders…
Then will ask for your bills to be put up to pay for any maintenance.
Nationalise now.
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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
