Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
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'People said it did in his career': 33 pictures that defined British politicians.
Heh.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/feb/03/33-pictures-that-defined-british-politicians
"The image of Johnson flailing in the air after attempting a pointless stunt seems to be a resonant metaphor."
Bozzy Bear's *always* been a pointless stunt but this image is a defining moment.
Paul Brownjohn
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Listen to Carl Sagan’s thoughtful response to “are you a socialist?”
@ritchiepage2001 @lowqualityfacts
Isn't "Libertarian-Socialist" a total contradiction in terms?
@ttarchala @cstross @Ruskin_Marc @boggin @ChrisMayLA6
The key phrase in your post is
"With a bit of discipline, it's entirely possible to make robust, maintainable spreadsheets."
The problem is usually that the spreadsheets created by users, as opposed to IT professionals, are normally undocumented, amateurishly designed, implemented to no particular standards and are thus virtually unmaintainable.
I would absolutely echo the views of the expert commentator! There is no way you will get me into a Boeing 737 Max series of aircraft unless it's at gunpoint!
Paul Brownjohn
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“Florida has banned Pride Flags in classrooms because clearly Florida has nothing to be proud of.” - Stephen Colbert 🙌
Paul Brownjohn
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Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as #uBlock Origin will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).
The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .
#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!
EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation
Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)
🚩https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/
Having said all that - since when do customs check people who are boarding outbound flights with sniffer dogs?
I'd say he was very lucky to be caught in the UK not in Dubai. The are not kindly disposed towards people who import drugs into their country
I agree - I think Jack Monroe is brilliant!
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You can like Russian literature and the ballet and still want Ukraine’s liberation. You can want Jewish people to be protected and want the same protections for Palestinians. You can criticize Joe Biden while knowing Trump is a rapey non-starter. You can stand against genocide and expect society to stand with you, and insist on it. You can believe in science and vaccines and wear a mask 😷. You can want everyone to do well and be valued without it devaluing anyone. Promise.
Hatey Hopkins has also lost her job as a Daily Mail columnist and as a presenter on LBC. When you are too extreme right for even the fascist Daily Heil, that really does say something!
Not sure if she is still there I no longer frequent xitter or "Twatter" as I prefer to call it!
Yep - she lost a court case against cookery author, Jack Monroe, whom she had accused of approving of the vandalism of a war memorial if I remember correctly. It was a case of mistaken identity and Katie Hopkins was asked to withdraw her remarks and apologise but for some inexplicable reason, she refused. When she finally succumbed - it was too late!
The case went to court and Katie Hopkins lost. Damages awarded were modest at £24,000 but Katie Hopkins had costs of, if I recall £300,000 which cleaned her out and cost her the family's home. If the silly cow hadn't been so pig headed, she could have walked away from that, but instead it cost her everything!
@cstross @Ruskin_Marc @boggin @ChrisMayLA6
The fault very often seems to lie with tragically unresponsive IT departments. The users don't see their IT department as helpful and willing to respond flexibly and rapidly to their needs; usually exactly the opposite! The result is that the users are tempted to bang something together using Excel rather than ask IT to do something a bit more professional.
Hopefully, he will go the way of Katie Hopkins and get slapped with a gigantic bill for costs that will bankrupt him and shut him the fuck up forever!
@Ruskin_Marc @boggin @ChrisMayLA6
I'd love to do one of those data apprenticeships but I'm 73 living overseas and retired so I very much doubt if it would be open to me!
@frogglin @vitaminsludge@mastodon.ie
...but surely everyone wants to work in an environment that is agressive, fast-paced, dynamic and thrusting, don't they?
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
