Andrew Bartlett

Software developer and cyclist in Wellington, NZ.

Most particularly known for most of 25 years on the Samba project.

My views presented here are my own, not of the Samba project or my employer.

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2026-09-10 19:41:35 UTC

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Do you know if there are any plans to do anything more interesting with it in the current era?

2026-09-06 20:24:09 UTC

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Respect the passion but the TPU is skewed hypothesis is getting old, skewing a single poll in a series is pointless, you have to make it up later, and if you miss badly on election day you loose credibility.
The polls Curia were being investigated for didn't have a truth to cross check with, they can get away with anything there, and still make a headline on "do you think we are overtaxed".
Opportunity may have peaked too soon or was a mirage started by Roy Morgan.

2026-08-23 20:32:56 UTC

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You said you were travelling, missing a spud? ;-)

2026-08-09 01:22:17 UTC

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Consensus decision making can lead to quite dysfunctional deadlocks as well.

2026-07-24 20:54:57 UTC

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I can understand the US carmaker's position, they would have to undercut their existing profitable light truck as car sales, but amazed how Toyota continues to fumble the ball.

2026-07-22 19:57:52 UTC

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(satirical) but just like those who read Playboy for the articles, what about those who only follow you for the gorgeous black and white photography? ;-)

2026-07-17 05:18:38 UTC

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And all the more reason to have openly counted paper ballots party scrutineers can independently tabulate.

2026-07-11 01:32:15 UTC

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Thanks!
Been looking to buy a mulcher but $500 for annual use seemed excessive.
https://newtown-tool-library.myturn.com/library/inventory/show/1250485

2025-01-11 19:49:51 UTC

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It is even worse than that, I had a conversation with a fellow parishioner over a morning tea where he extolled moving to OpenOffice.
On discussion about the security and release issues with AOO, he clarified that yes, he had moved to LibreOffice but still thought of it as OpenOffice.
The moribund AOO sadly continues to cause active harm to users :-(

2025-01-05 19:43:01 UTC

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They say:
Note
The new CDN is path-compatible with those servers. It’s only the domain that needs to change.
Why can't they just use a CNAME or a server that simply replies with a 301 redirect?
Seems strange to me, but I am not a web dev.

2024-12-29 04:59:28 UTC

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The original site is down for me but this tale cracked me up at the time: https://hackaday.com/2016/12/23/cat-vs-human-escalates-with-armor-plated-feeder/

2024-12-20 10:09:42 UTC

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Yeah I am less excited about the fake meat and more by innovative or simply delicious plant based foods that don't try to be meat.