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PostgreSQL is a great pub/sub and job server.
https://webapp.io/blog/postgres-is-the-answer/
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Postgres is a great pub/sub & job server
If you need a publish/subscribe or job server at any point in your project, try using Postgres. It'll give you lots of data integrity and performance guarantees, and it doesn't require you or your team learning any new technology.

I did all of my original SI simulations for the SFP28 front side launches using only layer 1 signal and layer 2 ground plane, ignoring everything deeper in the board.
Some of you asked if the ground plane voids needed to extrude all the way into the board. Does it matter?
For the BGA launch, at least, the answer is in: there is a measurable effect in simulation, but it's minimal. Return loss of the launch is better than -20 dB in both configurations so I'm not going to bo…

The Magnificent Loser: The Book I Wrote to Answer Two Words in Red Ink
Every writer carries a verdict he never agreed to. Mine was two words long, written in red marker across the title page of a play I cared about, by a historian whose judgment I had asked for and could not afford to ignore....

I did a test in Romania, #meshtastic vs #meshcore and here is the quick summary:
Over 250 Meshtastic nodes found, compared to 70 Meshcore nodes.
BUT
Meshtastic was basically dead, no one talked, or answered anything. I only got one message with the following - "test&…

Hoorah, #DH2026 @… folk have provided some links to answer my most pressing question - 'How do I get from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Daejeon?'

DH2026 FAQ - DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
DH2026 FAQ Location: Daejeon Convention Center (DCC), Daejeon, Republic of Korea | July 27–31, 2026 Official English Homepage · Google Maps (Plus Code: 99GR+3P Daejeon) Note: The Daejeon Convention Center comprises two separate buildings, DCC I (the older building) and DCC II (the newer building). All DH2026 activities take place in DCC I. Please disregard […]

Sources: the EU Parliament plans to launch EPGenAI Hub as early as September, giving MEPs and staff access to Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral models (Max Griera/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-european-parliaments-answer-to-its-ai…

The European Parliament’s answer to its AI worries: More AI
The institution is opening its doors to models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Mistral as it tries to bring lawmakers’ growing use of the technology under control.

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
-- Henry David Thoreau, from "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"
True or not--it's impressive poetry, if you read it while impressionable.
"The question is not what you look at, but what you see."
-- Henry David Thoreau, from Journal entry, 5 August 1851.
Now...make an answer to the question, and post it!
#Thinking

Warning: Beer
On a blackboard for a restaurant is written: BEER is the answer but I can't remember the question.
#photography #beer

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Angriffswelle auf Arch Linux: Hunderte Paketbeschreibungen mit Malware im AUR

Angriffswelle auf Arch Linux: Hunderte Paketbeschreibungen mit Malware im AUR
Arch Linux wehrt sich gegen eine Angriffswelle, die massenweise Paketbeschreibungen im inoffiziellen Arch User Repository mit Malware verseucht hat.

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Viel Geduld: Chinesische IT-Spione lauerten lange in Forschungseinrichtungen

Viel Geduld: Chinesische IT-Spione lauerten lange in Forschungseinrichtungen
Viel Geduld haben chinesische Angreifer bewiesen: Sie nisteten sich in Redcap-Servern ein, nutzten das aber erst mehr als ein Jahr später voll aus.