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michael

@michael@thms.uk

Full stack web developer currently working mostly with #PHP / #Laravel, Vanilla #Javascript and #SCSS. Love learning more about (almost) anything, but particularly #MySQL and #InfoSec. Currently learning Arabic. Husband, father of two boys, Christian.

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michael, to random
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The more I’m trying to learn Arabic the more I’m becoming convinced that whoever came up with that script, did so with the express intention to mock learners.

How else can you explain that ج ح and خ all make very different sounds, whilst the sounds for ث and ط are essentially indistinguishable 🙄

michael, to Laravel
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Oh wow. That’s quite the revelation!

I’ve just spent quite way too much time scratching my head today thinking ‘I swear doing request()->route('param') used to get me the full model. Why is it only getting me a string now?!

Thanks @jclermont

https://phpc.social/@jclermont/112377153052040020

g3rv4, to microsoft

Ugh, blocked my wife's account for "compliance reasons". This happened as we added the Office 365 minutes into Skype.

We've had a ticket open for more than a month without any progress, and it’s impossible to get connected to them in any way (they don't respond the emails either).

Does anybody know how to get in touch with the "Microsoft Account Safety" team? we have our family pictures on OneDrive (including our kid's last birthday) and it's a distressing situation for our family.

Unfortunately, I don't think I have enough writing chops to make it to the top of HN :S

If you can help, I'll owe you forever. Thanks <3

michael,
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@g3rv4 Ugh. Nightmare scenario! And one reason why I've moved from Google Photos to Nextcloud with backup in B2 for photo backup.

Really hope you are getting this resolved!

michael,
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@g3rv4 yes, I’ve gone through almost exactly the same research process re Nextcloud and Hetzner.

Here is what I have done:

https://blog.thms.uk/2024/01/moving-to-nextcloud

https://blog.thms.uk/2024/01/backing-up-nextcloud

Obviously the backup then still depends on sysadmin work, so it’s not completely bullet proof. But the best I could come up with, sadly…

michael,
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@g3rv4 ps one of the main disadvantages to Hetzner is ultimately that you can’t get video thumbnails. It’s simply impossible, which is a really big shame.

michael, to random
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My lovely Egyptian wife just told me that she doesn’t want to go for a walk, because - and I quote - “it might be too hot” 😲🙈😂

orsinium, to security
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Which one would you choose?

  1. Make sure you correctly handle user input in SQL queries to prevent SQL injection, or

  2. Make a standard banning any punctuation in geographical places and force local authorities to rename streets and reissue all street signs.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

michael,
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@orsinium and so the Great British Dumbifiaction continues…

michael, to random
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Having the air ambulance land in your backyard while having lunch certainly was an experience the kids won’t forget too quickly 😲😁

michael,
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My son absolutely loved asking the pilot all sorts of questions about how the helicopter works, and he was brilliantly patient to answer them all 😊

michael,
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@outofcontrol I hope so 😬

They wouldn’t tell us much, but they left after about 30 min without patient. So … I’m not sure what to think… either the person is dead or it wasn’t as serious? 😬

michael,
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@outofcontrol

Tin Foil Tinfoil Hat GIF

jan, to random
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Hmm. Mastodon reached the open file limit again, yet this is set at the 65535. #mastoadmin

michael,
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@jan I got that yesterday too. Mine is set at an insanely large number (forgot what it was, but I’m pretty sure it was 20+ digits)

sarah, to php
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What do you use for offsite backups for applications and databases?

michael,
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@sarah SnapShooter. Works great imo and very reasonably priced.

michael, to random
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Hm. Since today my sidekiq is full of these errors

HTTP::ConnectionError: failed to connect: Too many open files @ rb_sysopen - /etc/resolv.conf on […]<br></br>

I'm sure I've seen reports on and pointers to fix this before, but can't find it anymore. Can anyone help please?

michael,
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@jenbanim Thanks. I was vaguely aware of this, but not quite sure what best practices are for mastodon.

michael,
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@bergmeister thanks for this. Very strange …

michael, (edited ) to random
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There really is nothing you can't buy on Amazon, is there?!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000796XXM

paul, to random
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What's the proper URL for searching through Mastodon if you were doing a search via a URL?

For example, searching 'SearchContent has: media" Google would be https://www.google.com/search?q=searchcontent+has%3A+media"

I would like to add my Mastodon instance to my browsers search engines list. Interestingly, Miskey and Sharkey and some other federated platforms I've been to are already added.

I'm getting great results for content from my Mastodon search than Google and Bing, + no ads, and tracking.

michael,
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@paul You can't do this at the moment. It is apparently “planned, probably for 4.3”:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/26868

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    michael,
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    @GossiTheDog I really do feel for the poor person who convinced their superior to buy the naming rights on that:

    “Every time the place is mentioned our name will be mentioned. Won’t that be great?!”

    😬🙈🙉

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    michael,
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    @GossiTheDog

    “Asked about Mr Johnson being turned away, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, who served as his chief whip, told BBC Radio: ‘As someone who knows Boris well, I can't say it completely surprises me...’”

    I bet it doesn’t 😁

    michael, to random
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    How cool is this:

    Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68942123

    michael, to random
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    LOOOOOOL. I just I received this email to my personal email address 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

    michael,
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    The Morning Show Im Important GIF by Apple TV+

    ericmann, to random
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    With a new server set up, the next step in the great migration was to start moving services to it from the cloud. First up, my toy encrypted secret sharing service!

    https://eric.mann.blog/the-great-migration-next-steps/

    michael,
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    @ericmann I want to check out Project Swordfish now 😆

    Come On Sport GIF by UFC

    michael,
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    @ericmann thank you ☺️

    Need to check it out properly. I’m currently using a self hosted instance of password pusher for secret sharing, but I think this might be overwhelming for some people, as it’s got so many options and buttons …

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