Hi, I'm Derick.
Public Key
npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Profile Code
nprofile1qqs9a2s6d3h3hw40mylrsj4ck7junsn683g02wwdud2sgzcnc7v6t0spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dseuwryx
Show more details
Published at
2026-08-17T19:59:52Z Event JSON
{
"id": "3ace3905832e345fa80f4f84680113706f7c9225a8f26155b2e4d0abb987b41c" ,
"pubkey": "5eaa1a6c6f1bbaafd93e384ab8b7a5c9c27a3c50f539cde355040b13c799a5be" ,
"created_at": 1786996792 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://phpc.social/users/derickr",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "{\"name\":\"Derick Rethans\",\"about\":\"Hi, I'm Derick.\\n\\nI work on PHP as part of the PHP Foundation.\\n\\nI am the author of @Xdebug.\\n\\nI like #walking, #languages, #photography, #astronomy, and #space, and will post about these topics alongside #PHP.\",\"picture\":\"https://media.phpc.social/accounts/avatars/000/000/101/original/808b6a9fe81b38b5.jpg\",\"banner\":\"https://media.phpc.social/accounts/headers/000/000/101/original/4f4c9be90b095883.jpeg\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \",\"fields\":[[\"Website\",\"https://derickrethans.nl\"],[\"Xdebug Website\",\"https://xdebug.org\"],[\"GitHub\",\"https://github.com/derickr\"],[\"Languages\",\"ILR 5: 🇬🇧 🇳🇱; 2: 🇳🇴 🇩🇪; 1: 🇫🇷 🏴 🏴\"]]}" ,
"sig": "2a07339b7e4c15b49c3509fcd48fb958208e544d84ddcfd7dd02f600e88c293cb8ae4b25fdfc08eed55256b135efc48abf18ac89fad7ca5003237d3b87d63a68"
}
Last Notes npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…klmm I'm not sure. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…klmm It's 100× worse if you get email on a different device too. Ffing hate this pattern. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans Robin npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…dql2 Pfff, the moon is always super! npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans It was a great morning for a walk along the Thames' North Bank. Curiously, I had never really walked this stretch of it before. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans My union UTAW (with others) is hosting a session with @nprofile…998y on enshittification of the Internet next week: https://tuccampaigns.typeform.com/to/cWeW7uQ2?typeform-source=tech.unions.org.uk npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…eysl @nprofile…qhwe That looks like all of China though, not just the 4816 ASN. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Værøy npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Lamb npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Cosy Sheep npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Craggy Sheep npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…73ge officially not until next week. But likely later today or tomorrow. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans Wow. There is like 1200 votes difference. But the 107000 voted from outside the Netherlands haven't been counted yet either... npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Ram Laying Down npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Scantlings Farm npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…w3vy https://comaps.at/k4IIVnvQP_/ME9_36D npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…w3vy yes. https://www.flickr.com/gp/derickrethans/z8f6iECJp3 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 From the Side npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans I saw my first Charles III postbox! npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e yes. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans I've just bought 20 bottles of shampoo over the Internet. How's your evening going? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e That should have been a blog post. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…2uaj Yes, "beleg". It's not translatable to English, but Norwegian has the word "pålegg" which means the same: things you put on an (open top) sandwich. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 @nprofile…e5n8 @nprofile…mnww Feeling smug as an alpine user here 😄 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 @nprofile…arxk They're on Mastodon too: @nprofile…kxxp npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…hq4y I also have many many days like this. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…mmpy Norway, and Lofoten specifically, makes it a lot easier easier! Slartibartfast was a Hoopy Frood after all. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Saltstraumbrua npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…acfp @nprofile…8x0h @nprofile…hq4y That doesn't mean we can do it well now. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 From what I now have read, my accountant (as an ACSP) should be able to do this for me. They need to be one anyway, as they file for me. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e RFK is a dangerous crook. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…hq4y I wasn't entirely serious. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…240e @nprofile…hq4y No. That shouldn't be possible. But the UK has stripped its citizenship from people, who are now stateless due to it. (Look up Shamima Begum) npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…240e @nprofile…hq4y No voting, no travel. Because that's what it means for immigrants like me. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e @nprofile…hq4y And the same test when they apply for their first adult passport. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…mmpy Yeah, it's about 2km long, I think. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…mmpy That sounds very much like Saltstraumen in Norway, which I posted about just two days ago: https://phpc.social/@derickr/114938342986858924 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 I'm sad she isn't here. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…2uaj We definitely have them, but I'm not sure if I'm bold enough to record them in voice. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e they've done the same here for businesses. Unless you want to file in Welsh, then you can still use paper. 🏴 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…uafq I did. It was ignored then too by my MP, just like it was when I wrote earlier this year (to my new MP). 😕 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…tmdj This is the best I can probably do with my gear, 300mm and 20MP. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…tmdj Both of those are amazing. I see them very often, but how do you get shots like this? And what sort of equipment would you use? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 You're a tinkerer and Linux user right? I've been using proxychains with an ash tunnel for donkeys years to redirect traffic to a server with an Ssh server in it. Although, mostly to get BBC content without ads when I'm outside of the UK tunnelling *in*. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…dhpg Ugh, more #OnlineSafetyAct BS. What is surprising is that I didn't get the email. Maybe because I'm a pro user? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…mmpy Also utterly pointless, because it's not going to stop the starvation and genocide. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans "UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house" | The Guardian npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans BBC 1's News at Ten is following on from the footie, rightfully leading with the Israeli led starvation of the Gaza population. Not only are they starving, when they try to get food, they're being shot at. Israel is saying there is no problem. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…29xr I had an Internet outage yesterday, and the checking form yesterday asked me to provide my *land line number* so that they could run checks on the DSL line... npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Red-breasted Goose Drinking npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…f0eu Brew York has done that (almost): https://untp.beer/22mEy npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e @nprofile…0c73 @nprofile…etl4 it still should have the accent. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…fe8t @nprofile…x759 You got a physical letter? But at least you got an answer. I'm still waiting. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…mmpy @nprofile…vnuv @nprofile…2wc8 It ends in 42, doesnt it? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 Services like this, and say Xdebug Cloud's costs, are the initial support to get going, and invoicing, not the ongoing hosting costs. I'd let you sign up for a month, but it'd be the same price as three. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 The Vanguard Way npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…pye9 Will you please run classes on how to write like it is totally syntactic chaos? 😄 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…t2cl https://github.com/derickr/php-text — something like this prototype? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Common Redstart npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Female House Sparrow npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 There is a lot of media in the UK that absolutely is using this to bash the BBC. They like nothing more that it no longer existing. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Snoozing Goslings npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Vanguard Way from the Top npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e @nprofile…dhpg @nprofile…hq4y Most of your fellow country people already doesn't seem to care about "truth", especially with your leader telling nothing but porkies. It's the same method of propaganda that Orban and Putin are so keen on. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…hq4y I do care, and I am frustrated that there is nothing I can do to stop this stealing. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans Don't forget that while Israel and the US are distracting us with Iran, Israel is still murdering Palestinians: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0vgerp402o npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 En Français ? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans Want a Franken PHP elephpant to exist? They'll make them if they get to 10k stars on GitHub: https://github.com/php/frankenphp npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Sparrow Conference npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e I did consider replying exactly that to the post you are talking about. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Artistic Pointer npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 Thanks for taking care of accepting the new requests! (that's you, right?) npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans "PHP, 30 years of generating strings on the server" npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Historic Pointers npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e Stop making us feel old. 🤣 npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans I spoke to @nprofile…2skd of The New Stack on the occasion of PHP's 30th birthday. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 You strike me as a Fairphone guy tbh. It also comes with /e/OS is you want: https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5-e-operating-system npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans Wheeee, it's #php's 30th birthday today. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Thames Path npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Evil Eye npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 yes. That one! I probably still have it. 2½G, now that was fast. Also useless as a phone, but I did get PHP compiled for it, with PHP GTK. And wrote my own dialer and text message software (with t9). npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 I was once the proud owner of an OpenMoko. It was a fun toy to experiment with, but certainly not a replacement for a (then) smartphone. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e /me shrugs — I haven't heard it here at all, and also have no bairn… npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…240e It only needs to rhyme with the "C" in "A B C"? npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…x759 @nprofile…d8uy Interestingly, reading that probably puts my open source project's issue tracker out of scope? Because it doesn't do anything of these things. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 Tusky. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Snowy Fingerpost npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Rosy-billed Pochard npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…9vcp He already wrote one DAV implementation once! → http://zetacomponents.org/documentation/trunk/Webdav/tutorial.html npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans He's such a petulent child: npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 You've changed your goal post since your original ask. Not cool. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…gms0 Garmin watches... They're more sporty, but also fairly smart. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…9faw Good that I hadn't updated the php.net instance yet then! npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…utw6 @nprofile…e5n8 I have one too. It's a funny entry. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Fungi on Birch npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Stretching Its Wings npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…mmpy @nprofile…upw4 Yeah. That's a EU/UK law thing. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans @nprofile…pwls Brilliant. npub1t64p5mr0rwa2lkf78p9t3da9e8p850zs75uumc64qs9383ue5klq4l3df2 Derick Rethans 📷 Square Box
