h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

Sharing a hard disk between multiple processes - without the long delays https://lwn.net/Articles/782876/ #linux

Websites can make a http request to other websites, so websites need to be sure that requests to "buy now" or "add comment" are genuine. https://scotthelme.co.uk/csrf-is-dead/ #webdev

Film recommendation: The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin. A comedy with believable characters and big ideas. https://archive.org/details/Popcornarchive-theGreatDictator1940

A beautiful old church in north Essex
https://essexchurches.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/great-easton-st-john-and-st-giles/

How many bits are needed to describe a page of memory?
https://lwn.net/Articles/787338/ #linux

Earth's temperature over the last 20,000 years. https://xkcd.com/1732/

Qt5 custom build for armhf embedded development
http://www.enricozini.org/blog/2020/qt5/qt5-custom-build-for-armhf-embedded-development

The Government Data Graveyard: numbers we've stopped measuring
http://missingnumbers.org/introducing-the-government-data-graveyard/ #data

Who writes Linux?
https://zaitcev.livejournal.com/251795.html

The UK Government buys Google ads to prevent cybercrime https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/05/uk-ad-campaign-seeks-to-deter-cybercrime/

The search for magnetic monopoles
https://youtu.be/S3xH97Su-KY #science

Don't trust this sign, Beesworth does not exist https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/theres-no-such-thing-beesworth #roads

Which parts of the world have similar climates? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification #world

11 Geometry Puzzles That Drive Mathematicians to Madness
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2020/04/15/11-geometry-puzzles-that-drive-mathematicians-to-madness/ #math

How many people are…?
100 - 2x Bus
1,000 - Long train
10,000 - Local Gov ward
100,000 - UK Gov constituency
1,000,000 - Dublin urban area
10,000,000 - Greater London
100,000,000 - Germany
1,000,000,000 - N and S Americas

Singing one syllable out of sync https://youtu.be/Een_AKh7Nik

The UK's electric power consumption and what the sources are. Shows the current mix of gas turbines, wind farms, and imports from abroad. http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

It's normally a good idea to enable 2FA, such as requiring Google Authenticator codes, but which websites support it? And which websites don't take the security of your data seriously enough? https://twofactorauth.org/ #security