Daniel Thomas' Blog

[Email sent to the ACM Digital Library team] Dear Digital Library team, ACM is my preferred publisher and I love the digital library, it has been the best resource for computer science papers.

My first interaction with Ross was through his work.

I needed to transfer files between an old server and its replacement. rsync over ssh is the obvious tool to use but working out how to use it properly such that all file permissions are preserved under the restriction that it is not possible to ssh as roo…

Or: or why the drains are blocked: Context: “Cookie licking is the act of claiming something as something only you can do, but without actually doing it.

The climate emergency requires rapid system change to enable widespread and speedy adoption of more efficient and better ways of doing things.

Sometimes people feel powerless, like their individual action does not matter.

The primary purpose of the EU is peace in Europe (particularly between EU members).

A substantial factor in my feelings of despair at Brexit is guilt.

The United Kingdom of England and Wales will not be great in power but it could yet be great in love.

I am leaving Google and similar companies cloud services and moving to my own infrastructure for my personal data.