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https://retout.co.uk/2021/10/07/ossf-london-2021/
Reflections on OSSF London 2021 | Tim Retout
Oct 7, 2021 - On Tuesday I attended the Open Source Strategy Forum in London, which is a meeting of the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FinOS), part of the Linux Foundation....
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https://retout.co.uk/2012/10/02/enscript-1.6.6/
Enscript 1.6.6 | Tim Retout
Oct 2, 2012 - The other day, I released GNU Enscript 1.6.6. You should all go and send me bug reports. It's basically the same as the 1.6.5.90 release, but more official....
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https://retout.co.uk/2011/03/06/software_architect/
Software Architect | Tim Retout
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https://retout.co.uk/2010/10/03/nmus/
NMUs | Tim Retout
Oct 3, 2010 - It's been raining this weekend in Southampton. This afternoon's not been too bad - I went for a walk around the city walls. Just a few hundred years ago, the...
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https://retout.co.uk/2008/06/30/the_things_i_do_for_debian/
The things I do for Debian | Tim Retout
Jun 30, 2008 - Blue and White G3 PowerMac on eBay, collection only: £10. Train fares to and around London: £26. Fixing an annoying PowerPC f-spot bug: priceless. It weighs...
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https://retout.co.uk/2021/01/10/go-trie-benchmarks/
Go Trie Benchmarks | Tim Retout
Jan 10, 2021 - After writing a trie I wanted to better understand its performance, so I wrote some benchmarks against various other Go implementations for storing UK...
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https://retout.co.uk/2023/02/04/almalinux-and-sboms/
AlmaLinux and SBOMs | Tim Retout
Feb 4, 2023 - At CentOS Connect yesterday, Jack Aboutboul and Javier Hernandez presented a talk about AlmaLinux and SBOMs [video], where they are exploring a novel...
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https://retout.co.uk/2009/06/30/the_techteam_suck/
The Techteam Suck | Tim Retout
Jun 30, 2009 - (But so does PyBlosxom for using file timestamps.)
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https://retout.co.uk/2009/09/20/escape_velocity/
Escape Velocity | Tim Retout
Sep 20, 2009 - I am no longer going to tag my blog posts with Planet {WUGLUG,UWCS}. As I don't even lurk in the IRC channels any more (or read the mailing lists), and as of...
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https://retout.co.uk/2022/06/29/git-internals-and-sha1/
Git internals and SHA-1 | Tim Retout
Jun 29, 2022 - LWN reminds us that Git still uses SHA-1 by default. Commit or tag signing is not a mitigation, and to understand why you need to know a little about Git’s...
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https://retout.co.uk/2010/11/03/flattr-y_will_get_you_nowhere/
Flattr-y will get you nowhere | Tim Retout
Nov 3, 2010 - Dato pointed out on my post yesterday that I had omitted to link to the Ikea catalogue. And then it hit me - I am completely failing to monetize this blog!...
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https://retout.co.uk/2009/10/26/the_story_so_far/
The story so far | Tim Retout
Oct 26, 2009 - I spent the weekend in Rugby, not doing very much. I had this morning off work to travel back to Southampton, and it was surprisingly busy. This afternoon I...
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https://retout.co.uk/2008/04/03/postgresql-uk-2008/
PostgreSQL UK 2008 | Tim Retout
Apr 3, 2008 - Yesterday, I was at the first ever PostgreSQL UK conference, in Birmingham. The venue was familiar from various events last year, such as GUADEC and PyCon UK -...
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https://retout.co.uk/2010/11/11/imitation_is_the_sincerest_of_flattr-y/
Imitation is the sincerest of Flattr-y | Tim Retout
Nov 11, 2010 - Of course, now everyone wants to hate Flattr, and ban its buttons from Planet Debian. You can't coerce effectively over a network connection - unless you wave...
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https://retout.co.uk/2014/06/07/day-of-action/
Day of Action | Tim Retout
Jun 7, 2014 - Today I attended the Don't Spy On Us campaign's Day Of Action at Shoreditch Town Hall in London. I'm not sure how much actual action there was, but the talking...
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https://retout.co.uk/2007/10/11/moenchengladbach/
Mönchengladbach | Tim Retout
Oct 11, 2007 - This week, I have mostly been in Mönchengladbach, at the German office of credativ GmbH. It's a completely different experience working here, compared to...
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https://retout.co.uk/2007/09/07/first_post/
First post | Tim Retout
Sep 7, 2007 - I've accepted a job at credativ, in Rugby - I start on the 17th. This means I'm preparing to move back to the Coventry area. (I just can't get away.) It's very...
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https://retout.co.uk/2008/11/09/mod_macro/
mod_macro | Tim Retout
Nov 9, 2008 - Interesting discovery of the evening: the third-party Apache module
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https://retout.co.uk/2007/12/07/emacs_keybindings_for_gtk_textboxes/
Emacs keybindings for GTK text fields | Tim Retout
Dec 7, 2007 - My attempt to learn to use emacs continues. Today's discovery: I can enable emacs-like keybindings in GTK text fields (well, Readline-like) - this includes...
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https://retout.co.uk/2008/03/22/shell_startup_times/
Shell startup times | Tim Retout
Mar 22, 2008 - So, a benchmark. tim@regulus:~$ time zsh -i -c exit real 0m0.064s user 0m0.048s sys 0m0.008s tim@regulus:~$ time bash -i -c exit exit real 0m0.540s user...
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https://retout.co.uk/2010/06/25/work/
Work | Tim Retout
Jun 25, 2010 - Today I wore a tie to work, and told everyone it was
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https://retout.co.uk/2010/08/30/hacking/
Hacking | Tim Retout
Aug 30, 2010 - Here in the UK we've had a bank holiday weekend. Usually I would have gone to Cambridge for the Debian BBQ, but this year I joined forces with Thomas Adam for...
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