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Last night I went to the theater to see a play based on the novel "Mephisto" by Klaus Mann. It's from 1936, very topical and...

Last night I went to the theater to see a play based on the novel "Mephisto" by Klaus Mann. It's from 1936, very topical and reflects the current developments in the USA in a frighteningly accurate way. A must-read.

It's about Hitler's rise to power and how people deal with it. Ignore or gloss over the situation? Deny yourself? Resist? Collaborate with fascists in the hope of not becoming a victim yourself?

Don't become a "monkey of power"!

#Mephisto #Novel #Hitler #Trump #USA

The inglorious past of my hometown Braunschweig in Germany:93 years ago today, on February 25, 1932, the stateless Adolf Hitler became a...

The inglorious past of my hometown Braunschweig in Germany:

93 years ago today, on February 25, 1932, the stateless Adolf Hitler became a government councilor of the city and thereby received German citizenship (a prerequisite for everything that followed).

#Braunschweig #Germany

We are currently rewatching all seasons of The X-Files. Thirty years ago, AI was still the "ghost in the machine" (S1E7). #ai...

We are currently rewatching all seasons of The X-Files. Thirty years ago, AI was still the "ghost in the machine" (S1E7). #ai #xfiles

As a PHP developer I somehow like this scam mail. #php

As a PHP developer I somehow like this scam mail. #php

swear words, us politicsSomeone here has a biography to give away... including a review. #fuck #elonmusk #bastard

swear words, us politics

Someone here has a biography to give away... including a review. #fuck #elonmusk #bastard

My wife left a special surprise in my Advent calendar today. A PHP mug. 😂#php

My wife left a special surprise in my Advent calendar today. A PHP mug. 😂

#php

Links to the...

Links to the docs:
https://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.connections.php
https://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.constants.php#pdo.constants.attr-persistent

I'm currently working with PDO in detail, checking several bugs/limitations of different drivers.I found this in the docs:"The...

I'm currently working with PDO in detail, checking several bugs/limitations of different drivers.

I found this in the docs:
"The value of the PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT option is converted to bool (enable/disable persistent connections), unless it is a non-numeric string, in which case it allows to use multiple persistent connection pools."

The value is documented as integer elsewhere in the docs, so how can it be a "non-numeric string"?

Can someone explain this to me? Can't find an example.

#php

"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if...

"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim."

Gustave Le Bon, 1895

"Unfortunately we cannot make this type of data collection opt-in because the limited data from voluntary reports wouldn’t provide...

"Unfortunately we cannot make this type of data collection opt-in because the limited data from voluntary reports wouldn’t provide enough insights..."

#Mozilla #Thunderbird for #Android violates EU law: https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/issues/8199

Does anyone have an idea on how to get details about internal server errors in the #Microsoft #Graph API?The problem: We make a PATCH...

Does anyone have an idea on how to get details about internal server errors in the #Microsoft #Graph API?

The problem: We make a PATCH request on a specific resource. The request is correct (following the documentation) and successful (all changes are applied), but nevertheless we receive an internal server error in response with no details.

We've had to deal with a lot of bugs in the API, but if you can't distinguish successful requests from incorrect ones, that's very unfortunate.

Successfully passed! 👍

Successfully passed! 👍

Relaxing in the bathtub without Spotify is really difficult. (Written from the bathtub.)

Relaxing in the bathtub without Spotify is really difficult. (Written from the bathtub.)

After #Spotify canceled me because I didn't want to accept their price increase, I went without it for exactly 15 days… Have now...

After #Spotify canceled me because I didn't want to accept their price increase, I went without it for exactly 15 days… Have now upgraded back to Premium. 😂

We have successfully completed the first day of ISO 27001 certification. Went really well after not knowing exactly what to expect. Now...

We have successfully completed the first day of ISO 27001 certification. Went really well after not knowing exactly what to expect. Now I'm a little more relaxed about the last two days.

Configuring #Jira is hell...

Configuring #Jira is hell...

The suggested solution from Microsoft Support would not only unnecessarily allow us to read the complete datasets of all employees...

The suggested solution from Microsoft Support would not only unnecessarily allow us to read the complete datasets of all employees world-wide (more than 300,000), but also to delete them afterwards. 😂

Instead of helping anyone, this ChatGPT/Copilot stuff only produces garbage that costs everyone a lot of unnecessary work.We wasted time...

Instead of helping anyone, this ChatGPT/Copilot stuff only produces garbage that costs everyone a lot of unnecessary work.

We wasted time reading this nonsense, had to explain it to the customer (who doesn't know how to rate it), and now we're supposed to attend a meeting to explain to everyone why the (AI-generated) "solution" isn't a solution.

Great new world!

A customer has a problem getting our software to work with Microsoft's software. Instead of asking us, they contacted their Microsoft...

A customer has a problem getting our software to work with Microsoft's software. Instead of asking us, they contacted their Microsoft Support and asked for a solution.

This "solution" includes very detailed step-by-step instructions and a code example… with two security issues. Also, it completely ignores the problem.

Looks like they use #ChatGPT internally. 😱

I just want to kick my 16 years younger self in the ass for the #PHP code he wrote back then (and which I now have to adjust).

I just want to kick my 16 years younger self in the ass for the #PHP code he wrote back then (and which I now have to adjust).