Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

#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

Shared by my Daughter
"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."

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.

👍
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63792408

Last day (this Sunday) to submit your talk for FOSDEM PGDay and the PostgreSQL Devroom!

Please note that the event takes place in Brussels, no pre-recorded talks are considered at this point.

#FOSDEM #PostgreSQL #FOSDEMPGDay #Conference #CfP #Brussels

https://2023.fosdempgday.org/

Which programming paradigm, do you enjoy writing?

#programming #functional #oops

Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.

Really happy to see so many people from the other place appearing on Mastodon.

It's great to see you 👍🏻

Automattic is one of the most important companies on the Internet.

They make Tumblr, WooCommerce, Akismet, LongReads, WordPress—among others.

WordPress alone powers ~44% of the world's websites.

More interesting: despite being such a large, dominant company, few people hate Automattic.

Why is this? 🧵

What we think improves productivity vs. what actually does.

It's often easy to feel like you’re only productive if you are working hard non-stop. That’s a misnomer. Breaks are vital for boosting productivity and deterring burnout. Make time to re-energize,
get rest and enjoy life in between.

Illustration by Liz Fosslien

#softwareengineering