Professional FOSS Sysadmin/Devop/WebOp/CloudOp/SRE, occasional code monkey and very occasional blogger.
London, UK
Joined September 2008
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The production environment was so badly managed a disruption was less an incident and more a bout of feng shui.
10 USD donation to #AdventOfCode is just over 8 British Pounds. Much more worthwhile than a blue tick box.
I do miss the endless chaining of methods in ruby
calories = totals.sort_by {|k, v| v}.reverse[0..2].to_h.values.sum
#day1 #AdventOfCode
Anyone know of a sample MySQL/PostgreSQL Database schema with unoptimised queries / no indexes etc suitable for a junior to play with and view the result of changes?
Feels like something that should already exist
An interesting post from the NCSC’s departing Technical Director -
ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/so-lon…
Just been reminded that the job titles "Senior Lead" and "Senior Principal" exist here and now I hate everything again. Thanks @tomnatt
Saying "It depends" without giving any indication on what factors you think it depends on, or would be useful to know and discuss, is something that irks me way more than it probably should.
Help move the conversation along
"He does the work of 8 people"
"At the rate people are asking to transfer off his team he'll have to."
Such a shame to hear about the passing of @RealKevinConroy the voice of Batman for many of us. Every bit as distinctive and important as Bales growl. I'm so glad he got to play him in person in Crisis on infinite earths in the arrow verse.
When you're financially struggling being able to juggle bills, don't pay this one this month, pay it next month and don't pay that other one instead, is one of the few flexibilities available to you. Prepay or no service kills that. Should people need to do it? No. Do they? Yes
"households are having their energy smart meters remotely switched to prepayment meters ... Energy firms use the technology to swap customers who are in debt to the more costly plan without needing a warrant."
Oh, *this* is how you destroy consumer trust!
bbc.co.uk/news/business-6355…
To pull one last qupte from an excellent article: "Citizens Advice predicts that 450,000 people could be forced onto a prepayment plan this winter and of those, it expects 180,000 to be made as automatic remote switches via a smart meter." Those people will pay higher power rates