Ian Barwick
@ianbarwick.bsky.social
Biped, oxygen breather. Lives on seventh largest island in the world. Owner of two now largely useless snow shovels.
Early three-monitor desktop setup, with 6 bit EBCDIC toggle switch input.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Early three-monitor desktop setup, with 6 bit EBCDIC toggle switch input.
Prague by night.
(Excuse the fingers, it was 7am in the morning body time after 15 hours of flights.)
(Excuse the fingers, it was 7am in the morning body time after 15 hours of flights.)
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Prague by night.
(Excuse the fingers, it was 7am in the morning body time after 15 hours of flights.)
(Excuse the fingers, it was 7am in the morning body time after 15 hours of flights.)
Europe here I come...
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Europe here I come...
Maybe I should keep some of the log files for old times' sake
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Maybe I should keep some of the log files for old times' sake
I think I could probably get rid of some of these directories...
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I think I could probably get rid of some of these directories...
"Challenge accepted".
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September 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Challenge accepted".
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Hmm, this "typing out file management tasks" thing sounds like a nifty new innovation. Surprised it's never been tried before.
With the app Substage, users can type out file management tasks in plain English, then use the commands it generates to convert file types, manage folders, create zip files, and more. www.wired.com/story/substa...
Get the macOS Finder to Do Just About Anything by Typing Natural Language Commands
With the app Substage, users can type out file management tasks in plain English, then use the commands it generates to convert file types, manage folders, create zip files, and more.
www.wired.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hmm, this "typing out file management tasks" thing sounds like a nifty new innovation. Surprised it's never been tried before.
Damn, I had almost forgotten how much fun it is writing actual SQL queries...
June 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Damn, I had almost forgotten how much fun it is writing actual SQL queries...
Similarly, FTP rsync access is also no longer available.
May 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Similarly, FTP rsync access is also no longer available.
In case anyone's wondering what's up with the PostgreSQL Git repository and "fatal: Could not read from remote repository" messages in the past couple of days, apparently the git:// protocol support has been deactivated (and might be withdrawn entirely), so you'll likely need to switch to https.
www.postgresql.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In case anyone's wondering what's up with the PostgreSQL Git repository and "fatal: Could not read from remote repository" messages in the past couple of days, apparently the git:// protocol support has been deactivated (and might be withdrawn entirely), so you'll likely need to switch to https.
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PostgreSQL happenings for the week 2025-04-28 ~ 2025-05-04
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"Eisenbahn-Romantik".
April 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"Eisenbahn-Romantik".
LinkedIn users not keen on it harvesting their data and content for the hallucination machine might want to disable the below setting...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
April 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
LinkedIn users not keen on it harvesting their data and content for the hallucination machine might want to disable the below setting...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
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PostgreSQL happenings for the week 2025-03-17 ~ 2025-03-23
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March 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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PgPedia Week, 2025-03-09
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PostgreSQL happenings for the week 2025-03-03 ~ 2025-03-09
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March 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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So that's how wireless LAN packets are delivered.
March 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
So that's how wireless LAN packets are delivered.
"We deleted the WAL."
them: write a sad story using only 4 words
me: sudo rm -rf /*
me: sudo rm -rf /*
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"We deleted the WAL."
Never even occurred to me to check if "which" takes any options.
TIL that the `which` command has a flag, `-a`, which shows all possible places from which a command might be found, e.g.,
$ which -a python
/opt/homebrew/opt/python3/libexec/bin/python
/usr/local/bin/python
/Users/willf/.local/bin/python
$ which -a python
/opt/homebrew/opt/python3/libexec/bin/python
/usr/local/bin/python
/Users/willf/.local/bin/python
https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path/"
February 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Never even occurred to me to check if "which" takes any options.
Good to see more PostgreSQL channels moving away from the social media site formerly known as Twitter.
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Social Media Channels - PostgreSQL Europe
www.postgresql.eu
February 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Good to see more PostgreSQL channels moving away from the social media site formerly known as Twitter.
www.postgresql.eu/news/social-...
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PostgreSQL happenings for the week 2025-01-27 ~ 2025-02-02
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February 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Programming languages: "We are just a way to operate computers in a way that makes sense to humans."
Programming languages [takes a big joint hit]: "What if there were 5 kinds of nothingness?"
Programming languages [takes a big joint hit]: "What if there were 5 kinds of nothingness?"
January 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Programming languages: "We are just a way to operate computers in a way that makes sense to humans."
Programming languages [takes a big joint hit]: "What if there were 5 kinds of nothingness?"
Programming languages [takes a big joint hit]: "What if there were 5 kinds of nothingness?"
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2000-01-28: DNF used instead of CNF in WHERE clauses, as appropriate
On January 28th, 2000, a patch was committed meaning DNF can be used instead of CNF in WHERE clauses, as appropriate
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January 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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On this day in PostgreSQL, 25 years ago: "DISTINCT ON refactored and can accept multiple expressions"
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2000-01-27: DISTINCT ON refactored and can accept multiple expressions
On January 27th, 2000, DISTINCT ON was refactored to accept multiple expressions
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January 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On this day in PostgreSQL, 25 years ago: "DISTINCT ON refactored and can accept multiple expressions"
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PostgreSQL happenings for the week 2025-01-20 ~ 2025-01-26
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January 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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