With apologies to Mattias Geniar and Jan-Piet Mens after their conversation on @SysCast_Online - I don't write POSIX scripts, and instead use GNU tools, even on BSD https://www.jvt.me/posts/2020/04/11/bad-posix-citizen/
Being a Bad POSIX Citizen (2 mins read).

Owning up to using GNU coreutils, even on BSDs, because I'm lazy.
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In this episode of Syscast, I talk to Jan-Piet Mens to discuss the differences between Linux and BSD systems.

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An ICU nurse after working 65 hours over the past six days. This is the face we should be seeing on front pages, not the charlatans who have cut/underfunded these heroes for decades. You say #buyapaper but perhaps it's time to represent the people of the UK not the privileged fewMark Dobson (@kellysheroesmd)Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:11 +0000
Made some good progress on my Micropub edit/delete functionality today - hopefully will be in a state to look at getting live tomorrow ππΌ
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RT @SparkleClassThe Mental Minute. One tip in one minute. Today: leave the house if you need to. I don't normally ask for retweets on this but I'd like you to share this if you can. I hope you can see why. #MentalMinute #Corona #COVID19 #MentalHealthAndrew Seward (@MrAndrew)Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:38 +0000
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#Morph thought we'd kick off the Easter weekend with a cuddle while Anna Dodson plays Mario Odyssey on the Switch

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If you weren't able to make our online event or you want to relive the fun, @paulienuh has posted the talk online for you ππ Do check it out, it was brilliant and especially great for if you're interested in #blogging ππ§‘Post details
ππΎπͺπΌ #Blogging has boomed in popularity over the past couple of years with thousands of different bloggers converting their thoughts into pixels. β¨ Sharing the talk I did at @WiT_Notts this month (including some answers to live questions!) pawlean.com/2020/04/10/thoβ¦Pauline P. Narvas (at home π°) (@paulienuh)Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:39 +0000
Women In Tech, Nottingham πβ¨ (@WiT_Notts)Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:17 +0000
Can't help but smile at this!
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I hope this video makes your dayβ€οΈπͺπΏ
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.@Twitter literally says, "Fuck you, we are selling your data to Google and Facebook."Naren @ 127.0.0.1 (@DudeWhoCode)Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:23 +0000
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Tickets are available for @dddeastmidlands in October! π If you're concerned the event might not run due to COVID-19, check out this post for all the details blog.dddeastmidlands.com/2020/04/06/covβ¦Post details
You can still grab tickets to #dddem. Whether the event happens in 2020 or in 2021, you'll still have a great day to look forward to: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ddd-east-midβ¦DDD East Midlands (@dddeastmidlands)Wed, 08 Apr 2020 06:30 +0000
Anna π (@anna_hax)Wed, 08 Apr 2020 07:52 +0000
For folks running #Tomcat in Production, you may not be aware that there's an opportunity for it to log (potentially sensitive) cookies out-of-the-box - I've shared how you can resolve it in https://www.jvt.me/posts/2020/04/07/tomcat-cookie-disclosure/
Tomcat May Log Cookies Out-of-the-Box (3 mins read).

Warning you about cookies being logged out-of-the-box, and how to resolve it.
Providing Custom Serialization for Map Keys in Jackson (1 mins read).

How to configure Jackson to use a custom method to serialise keys for a Map.
I used this around 8 months ago and it's a great guide for getting set up!
The height of a pandemic really is the time for the monitor you use for work to start to play up π at least I've got the laptop screen
So some refactoring I did in my Micropub endpoint resulted in me breaking it π looks like I have a gap in my testing of how Jackson serialises data
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We've got a great talk on Thursday about all the cool things you can do with PHP 7.4 (and a sneak preview of PHP 8) - we hope to see you there virtually. More details on phpminds.orgphp[minds] (@PHPMinds)Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:16 +0000
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"We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again." In a deeply moving and personal message, the Queen has called on the country to "remain united and resolute" to overcome the #coronavirus crisis. More on this: trib.al/EqDtjmySky News (@SkyNews)Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:13 +0000
Week Notes 20#14 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-03-30?
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Play Podcast (mp3): Download (Duration: 37:30 β 25.8MB) The impacts of Coronovirus on Linux and open source, KDE Korner, and whether we are seeing the second big split in the FOSS world. Β Linux and β¦
I'm going to say that the paws pressed against my face are there lovingly as we have a little pre-bedtime cuddle

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PSA to folks with washing machines that sit under a counter with a little space on top - next time you're cleaning, pull it out. I've just found a treasure trove of washing up gloves, dishcloths, tubs and a bowl!
I'm really surprised that with all the other amazing stuff Dyson have made, they've not yet made a vacuum cleaner that doesn't scare animals π€·π½ββοΈ
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All humans must keep indoors. All humans will self isolate. By order of the daleks. #COVID19Sandford Police (@Sandford_Police)Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:21 +0000
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Firefox is working properly. The "unintended behavior" is that the Twitter devs only ever tested whether the cache is kept in Chrome after using a non-standard Chrome-specific way to have the cache wipe itself. Basically the "our page works best! in IE6!" of 2020Post details
Hugs to Twitter engineering who had to deal with their security incident. Frowns at Twitter comms for phrasing this to sound like it was somehow Firefox's fault.Mike Conley @mconley@mastodon.social (@mike_conley)Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:36 +0000
fenny, the radio wave girl ππππ³οΈββ§οΈπ§π»ββοΈ (@magicalfeyfenny)Fri, 03 Apr 2020 04:30 +0000
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We're hoping that you're all excited as we are to have @derickr coming to speak at #PHPMiNDS about π What's new in PHP 7.4, and coming up in PHP 8 π on Thursday 9th April - more details can be found on phpminds.orgphp[minds] (@PHPMinds)Fri, 03 Apr 2020 07:57 +0000
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so... "the way Firefox stores cached data, which is by caching it normally unless we tell it otherwise, which we did not do" love that the whole web is made by folks using chromeeevee (@eevee)Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:04 +0000
So turns out that when I said "yes dinner is ready" to Anna Dodson I actually meant "I put it in the oven on the wrong temperature and dinner isn't cooked yet" π³
For those of you that weren't able to make Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts, it's on her YouTube channel π https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fybQ2oId1I4
And for folks who've rightfully come out of Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts wanting to start blogging, there's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham which is every other week (online) and is a great space to put two hours aside to blog / work on your website
Another good point by Pauline Narvas - be careful about oversharing / sharing things that may make hurt you/your company's public image, as well as hurt folks you know #WiTNotts
I'm enjoying how Pauline Narvas has answered lots of questions with "I'll send you a blog post I've written about this", it's nice to see someone other than me doing it π #WiTNotts
YES! Pauline Narvas's comment at #WiTNotts about having blogging influence the quality/length of her Pull Request descriptions resonates massively with me. Since doing more blogging / technical writing I've found that my written communication has improved greatly - or maybe it's just more verbose π
Really lovely to hear how much of an inspiration Pauline Narvas's blog has had on building communities and inspiring folks to do things #WiTNotts
"Blogging is more (to me) than the amount of views per month.. it can be whatever you want it to be" - great point by Pauline Narvas about how when blogging you shouldn't try to fit the niche - it's something I try to practice too by writing for myself under "blogumentation" https://www.jvt.me/posts/2017/06/25/blogumentation/ #WiTNotts









