Husband and dad to a son, two cats and a dog. Living in Northern Ireland. Work as a Staff SRE for Proofpoint. Interests: Reading about Science and Tech. I dabble at gardening (badly). Favourite books: The Commonwealth Saga and The Void Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton. #linux #dns #cockerspaniel #atheist #humanism #bev #renewableEnergy
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Count Binface had his say though ⬇️ #uk #ukpol #clacton #byelection https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/117/092/555/303/025/338/original/48b3cb24d1459547.png npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…ml9f 😲 Cooked in the summer and frozen in the winter. That's not a fun way to have to live. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…m44l Is that 4 stars of 5? of 10? If the former then maybe add a 5th blank star to avoid confusion. PS. Not got round to watching that myself. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…kdr8 That was interesting. It often surprises me when I read about people having negative experiences on the Fediverse. I assume when it happens it's contained in a bubble, as there's no algorithm actively promoting a large blast radius. So I don't get to see it hear about them very often. I'm glad they found a new home they're happy with. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj Google open sources their Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries to support age ID verification. 1. Authenticate your birth date with a trusted authority (the Issuer) and receive a cryptographically signed digital certificate. 2. A website requiring an age ID sends you a random maths puzzle. 3. The ZKP library solves the puzzle with your digital cert and replies with the proof. 4. Using the Issuers Public Cert the website validates the proof. #security #ageID #ZKP https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/ npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…yz28 That doesn't inspire confidence that they're handling passwords properly behind the scenes. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…8udl If you put the handles in water, do they appear straight? 😄 npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…x9tq Balanced? He set his stall in the first paragraph when he referred to the bill as "assisted suicide". To cast 1280 amendments as "scrutiny" beggars belief. For context, that is more amendments than were tabled for the massively complex, 855-clause Companies Act in 2006. And this wasn't a broad rebellion of the whole House. Over 800 of those amendments originated from just seven peers. #AssistedDying npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…rtl5 @nprofile…v5q3 And you're still there. That's dedication. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…kdr8 definitely seems to have that sadam touch 😆 npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…kdr8 Lower the TTL on your old ones first and then wait (the old duration) for them to expire from people's caches. Create your new ones with a small TTL too, so if you need to revert your changes you can do it quickly. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…kdr8 Olympus Has Fallen London Has Fallen Angel Has Fallen Trump Has Fallen ? 😄 npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…duyn We all view the world through our own filters. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…suru Saw a couple of YouTube vids of presenters gushing over it yesterday. 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If the goal is to eliminate duplication of resources, effort, and conflict in NHS England (as the article says) to speed up decision making and improve how the NHS as a whole functions, isn't that a good thing ? @nprofile…89rq npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…60lz The guardian offers a more nuanced view. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/25/wes-streeting-to-axe-thousands-of-jobs-at-nhs-england-after-ousting-of-chief-executive npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…x759 @nprofile…rzhn Had a quick read through. That's really sound advice she's giving guys irrespective of who they're looking to date. Took me quite a few years (and a very patient and often forthright wife) to work a lot of that stuff out. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…6ezj That's how Musk and his team are trying to spin it. Distracts from the real story that a highly decorated Army soldier decided to spend his own life to send Musk and Trump a message. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…6ezj That's what happened – the explosion went up instead of sideways. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…x759 I don't follow. What kind of communities were you thinking of? Category 2B is the smallest in that linked document and that only applies when the service has 3 million monthly active UK users. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @nprofile…827z No M.2 slot. Oh boo, that's an own goal. Will watch your vid later :) npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub18hd…kf64 Congratulations to you and all the family. Take all the time you need, even the self employed needs some paternity leave. Is that Kid v3.0? npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub198t…hasj Are you mentioning this now because there's been some movement on this subject? npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj Storms should be named after fossil fuel companies. I totally agree 👍🏻 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/12/storms-should-be-named-after-fossil-fuel-companies #climate #climatechange npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj So a week ago my son got sick—not an unusual thing to happen after the first week back at school. By Tuesday I was feeling rough too, my temps were up and suspicions formed, so we both checked and tested positive for Covid. Come Wednesday my wife joined the party but at least my son was feeling better. It's Saturday—both my son and I have recovered (though still testing positive) and my wife hasn't been out of bed for 3 days. What a week 🤒 😷 #covid19 #sick npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub1m26…2jhh Must confess I'm more coffee than tea now, but do still enjoy a mug of Earl Grey. ☕ npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub1g2d…83a0 "Blue lives matter" Save a Smurf today 💙 https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/110/819/958/292/445/090/original/4074f2efb681e45f.png npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj So I'm in the UK. I want to buy Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 today on YouTube and it isn't available in 4K UHD. I've run into this on other titles recently too. What's going on? Is this purely down to licensing agreements between YouTube and the studios? I'm also wondering if this just the UK or a global thing? Anyone else out there got GOTG v3 at 4K UHD on YouTube in another country? It's available at 4K UHD on Amazon if I want to go there. #youtube #uk #google #movies #4k npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub1gzl…kk4u Good grief. I've never experienced temps like that and don't want to. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub1yep…rqsz @npub1g0t…tvm4 I enjoy it here on Mastodon far more than Twitter, but I don't think Twitter is in "death throws". It's changing, but those changes won't kill it because people have a relatively high tolerance for things they don't like if they still find some value in what they're doing. There will be enough value there for some to keep it going. That's ok. It doesn't affect us here where we build new value for ourselves every day. npub10ty6th4pk0xujh5rceqrth3yrql429264sjfnrx2a45el9j5nrssrgmp85 Mackaj @npub18hd…kf64 So in a nut shell - the GPLv2 says if Red Hat give you the binaries, they must also give you the source code (if you want it). But if you do something they don't like (e.g. break their EULA) they can refuse to give you more/future binaries, and without those binaries you're not entitled to more/future source code either. And it's always been this way, but it's not been strictly enforced before now.