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Edd Barrett

@vext01

Programmer, computer scientist, OpenBSD developer.

 Kent, UK
theunixzoo.co.uk
Joined October 2008
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Is anyone experiencing github sending webhooks with unexpected TLS version numbers? Today our webhooks started intermittently failing to send to our nginx instance... it's all a bit odd. #github #webhooks
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Programming Language Implementation Summer School (PLISS) 2023 registration is open -- we have another roster of great speakers, and this PLISS is aimed at all junior researchers. I'm looking forward to it! pliss.org/2023/
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davmac@davmac31419 May 2023
A team at Oracle is currently being put together to develop static analysis tools. It's a niche area but an interesting one. If you have experience in or genuine interest that area, and good software development skills, it might be a good fit for you. DM me for more info.
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CF Bolz-Tereick@cfbolz3 May 2023
Do I know anyone working at @datadoghq who knows what they are doing with PyPy? (One of their job listings mentions it: careers.datadoghq.com/detail… )
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gefs: a good enough file system for plan 9 (*and maybe someday OpenBSD) orib.dev/gefs.html
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I've been using fish as my shell for a couple of months -- it's very good! However, the default behaviour of `fish_add_path` is a security footgun: if you've ever used it without adding `-g` you should check your `$PATH` github.com/fish-shell/fish-s…
fish_add_path defaulting to "universal" is a security worry · Issue #9648 · fish-shell/fish-shell

fish_add_path defaulting to "universal" is a security worry · Issue #9648 · fish-shell/fish-shell

Some of my software started misbehaving today, and after I examined it with OpenBSD's ktrace I found it was trying to read from ~/tmp -- but I hadn't specified that as my temporary director...

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We have an open position in soft-dev for a software security researcher -- come and join us! tratt.net/laurie/blog/2023/s…
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I'm heartbroken to share this news about our dear friend and colleague, @ChrisGSeaton.
Screenshot of a message from Shopify's Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team that includes: Our dear friend and colleague Chris Seaton passed away last Saturday, December 3rd. Chris was an important part of our team at Shopify, and a notable figure in the Ruby community, and we are deeply saddened by our collective loss. Chris accomplished much in his life. He completed a Ph.D., rose to be Squadron Leader in the British Army Reserve, and started a young family. Chris began the TruffleRuby project in 2013 as an intern at Oracle Labs and stewarded it into a full-fledged Ruby implementation. Chris advanced the state of the art in dynamic language optimization, co-authoring 16 publications, contributing to countless others, and establishing both the Ruby Bibliography archive of Ruby research publications and the Ruby Compiler Survey. For his efforts, he was a Ruby Prize finalist in 2016. Chris’s papers, essays, and code contributions are currently archived at chrisseaton.com.

ALT Screenshot of a message from Shopify's Ruby and Rails Infrastructure team that includes: Our dear friend and colleague Chris Seaton passed away last Saturday, December 3rd. Chris was an important part of our team at Shopify, and a notable figure in the Ruby community, and we are deeply saddened by our collective loss. Chris accomplished much in his life. He completed a Ph.D., rose to be Squadron Leader in the British Army Reserve, and started a young family. Chris began the TruffleRuby project in 2013 as an intern at Oracle Labs and stewarded it into a full-fledged Ruby implementation. Chris advanced the state of the art in dynamic language optimization, co-authoring 16 publications, contributing to countless others, and establishing both the Ruby Bibliography archive of Ruby research publications and the Ruby Compiler Survey. For his efforts, he was a Ruby Prize finalist in 2016. Chris’s papers, essays, and code contributions are currently archived at chrisseaton.com.

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Calling all BarCamp regulars and veterans. What advice would you give to someone thinking about coming to a BarCamp for the first time?
Image from BarCamp Canterbury (@BarCampCant)
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Fax from 3333 #emfcamp
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I wonder if anyone going to #emfcamp could help me fix my Marantz Superscope CD-330 cassette recorder? It has an earth hum that I've been unable to track down. It's this one: petervis.com/Cassette_Tape_R…
Marantz CD-330

Marantz CD-330

Marantz CD-330 portable cassette deck overview with functional highlights

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A friend is looking to hire embedded C programmers to work (remotely from any country) on IoT and automotive systems. Experience with embedded systems, micro-controllers, and Linux/BSD is desirable, but not required. PM me if interested.
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The ISMM'22 submission deadline has been extended: conf.researchr.org/home/ismm…
Come and work with us doing research on language migration with Python VMs! jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/036…
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David Bowie Predicts the Impact of the Internet on Newsnight (1999)
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I encountered a rewrite of an old classic windows game Lode Runner mmr.quarkrobot.com/ . Me and @DavidElliston made a bunch of levels back in 1995. Last night I was able to copy our original levels off my original 3.5floppy school disk. Let's play them; 26 years later!
Image from Allan Callaghan (@calaldees)
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Heya! I am recruiting a PhD student at CMU at the intersection of distributed systems and machine learning 😃 Application deadline: Dec 9! (GREs not req) If this could be you, feel free to reach out and to let me know to look for your application in the pile! RTs welcome 🤗 – at Pittsburgh, PA
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Stefan Marr@smarr30 Nov 2021
If you're interested in doing a PhD in programming languages, we will have some scholarships again! If you like implementation stuff, interpreters, and compilers, or concurrency, talk to me! And, there are a few spots for non UK students, too! 🥳
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This job on Python VMs in our research group closes on Nov 21st -- apply now, for fame and fortune! [Note: fame and fortune not guaranteed. Fun with programming languages, however, guaranteed.] jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/036…
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