
Professional Software Engineer, Embedded Linux expert & Open Source enthusiast. I'm more active over on #Mastodon: https://xitter.cf/t.co/pfb9GpAxWc
Leeds, UK
Joined April 2020
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You can find me at the following non-hellsite locations:
#Mastodon: social.afront.org/@pbarker
#BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/pbarker.dev
#LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paul-barker/
I don't expect to post on here much more.
New blog: touchinggrass.co.uk/an-intro…
This will be my new #Blog for #Photography, #Rambling, #Hiking and personal updates, allowing me to refocus my other site exclusively on the software, open source and tech policy stuff.
I spend a lot of time online. This means a few things:
1) I'm familiar with the phrase "go touch grass".
2) I need to go touch some fucking grass.
3) I'm shocked that the domain touchinggrass.co.uk was available!
New blog post: The Open Source AI Definition is not fit for purpose
pbarker.dev/posts/2024-10-15…
#OpenSource #OpenSourceAI #AI
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If the Open Source Initiative insists on publishing an Open Source AI definition, the definition must require Open Source AI Systems to include the release of complete corresponding training data under an open license.
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If you share my concerns, do not endorse the Open Source AI Definition in its current form. Instead, leave comments on the text (hackmd.io/@opensourceinitiat…) and if you're able to, attend the upcoming town hall sessions (opensource.org/deepdive#town…) to share your feedback.
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I will be at @oggcamp in Manchester on 12th-13th Oct.
Message me if you'll be there and want to chat Yocto, U-Boot, Linux kernel or anything vaguely related. Especially early-mid career or hobbyists looking to do more open source work in these areas.
#OpenSource #OggCamp2024
Song of the day, in honour of 14 years of Tory governance.
youtube.com/watch?v=O7VWzaH_…
This is not a house of amateurs.
This is done with full intent.
I'd still rather be fighting a Labour government than a Tory government. I still think the outcomes for vulnerable people will be better under a Labour government than a Tory government.
This is the ticket tout business model, and we all know ticket touts are cunts.
It's a pure attempt at profiteering by @GoDaddy @Undeveloped. Just another reason to never use them for domain registration!
I'm seriously considering opening a dispute with Nominet over @godaddy @undeveloped hoarding a domain name matching my legal name purely so they can extract a toll for it. It feels like an abusive domain name registration to me.
I've been watching the status of the domain paulbarker.co.uk for a while. It expired in March and was in a holding period with the registry.
#DomainNames #Domains #GoDaddy
I checked on Saturday morning and it was still unavailable for purchase.
I checked today to find it was purchased saturday evening by @GoDaddy @Undeveloped, purely to park it for resale. They want me to "make an offer" of at least $99.00 which is not guaranteed to be accepted.