Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

aww #comic #wholesome

Do y'all have any ideas on where—besides Mastodon, Twitter, LinkedIn, Planet Postgres, PostgreSQL.org, and blog posts—that I should be spreading the word about the open #CFP for Citus Con: An Event for Postgres 2023?

The #CitusCon CFP will close on Sunday Feb 5th @ 11:59pm PST.

It's a virtual dev event. The team is hoping for talk proposals about:
- #PostgreSQL #opensource
- Citus database extension
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

https://www.citusdata.com/cituscon/2023/cfp/

Here is a reminder that some people actually do good things with the fuck-you money they make from selling a company.

I wish there were more @liewegas⁠es out there.

https://news.ucsc.edu/2018/01/year-of-alumni-weil-sage.html

https://twittoons.com/67

Maybe if #universities were treated as places of learning to learn and think critically instead of certifications for the job market and substitutes to employers investing in staff, students would be better equipped to question and challenge #AIhype and less inclined to think something like #ChatGPT is a reliable replacement for library-style research skills.

#openSUSE will be in Hall H at #FOSDEM this year. Comes see us if you have any questions about the community, distributions, tools or projects. https://news.opensuse.org/2023/01/17/learn-more-about-os-alp-at-fosdem/

The Intel 8086 microprocessor (1978) revolutionized the computer industry and led to the popular x86 architecture. It uses microcode, breaking machine instructions down into simpler micro-instructions. By studying the chip under a microscope, I can explain it. 🧵

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discovered this preference today, and wish I had found earlier because wow is it annoying to be prompted to login to all sorts of random sites

https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

#72pencils arranged into four intersecting hexagonal prisms. Took me a bit to figure out how to assemble it after seeing a picture. Original design by mathematician/sculptor George Hart. #Geometry #Pencil

New (more or less) #PostgreSQL folks on Mastodon:

@clairegiordano (new account)
@tbussmann
@jconway
@jcarnu
@darkixion
@tjkincaid
@cep
@amdunstan
@jriou

Previous postings:
https://mastodon.social/@ascherbaum/109319603453401009
https://mastodon.social/@ascherbaum/109382856990028550

Good explanation of how energy prices are set in UK and why we pay same price as gas for renewal energy which are fraction of the price of gas.

https://www.goodenergy.co.uk/why-does-the-price-of-gas-drive-electricity-prices-including-renewables/

#energycrisis #energycost

“𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵.”

Has to be the dumbest Tweet in the universe when you consider around 80% of its customer base is Opensource folk who historically have been very uneasy with police forces around the world.

#raspberrypi

"Dogpile"? Really? Way to fan the flames, @Raspberry_Pi

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisstokelwalker/raspberry-pi-hired-ex-cop-mastodon-controversy

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"I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are"

In response to "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear"

Me, 20 years ago: "HTML is fine, with some light CSS. I don't need a bunch of JavaScript."

Me, 10 years ago: "Look at all the jQuery I pumped in this page! It's so sparkly! And Bootstrap makes it look great everywhere!"

Me, at present: "HTML is fine, with some light CSS. I don't need a bunch of JavaScript."