Ben Butler

Washington sleeping in a little blue hand bag

#Washy is sleeping in a little bag 😸
#cat

George and Washy at the stairs

:nkoWave: Hello and a good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: :ablobcatheartsqueeze: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe! ♥️😸

These two need a room with a couple of tiny rulers.

Can Microsoft Fix USB-C’s Tangled Mess? Microsoft attempts to make the USB-C port live up to its name by trying to force manufacturers to follow a standard. But you know what they say about standards.

USB-C is great. But it has a problem. Everyone knows what that problem is. Microsoft wants to fix it.

Good luck with that.

https://tedium.co/2025/06/02/usbc-microsoft-standards/

new @tedium

On the other hand... LOL.

It seems impossible for the #Mets to... lose now. This is going to take some getting used to.

Who is this team and what did they do with the #Mets

Ooof 😟 this morning i got the server bills and currently im still a massive €470+ short..

Upcoming week I'm gonna dedicate go clean up servers, merge some to cut costs

Unofrt active users has gone down but the cost do keep return and even increase every month

Please, if you can and want, help […]

KYW TV - An overnight fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s residence is being investigated as arson. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/josh-shapiro-governors-residence-harrisburg-fire/

The complete game makes no difference when your pitcher can't throw anymore.

OK, so there has to be some reason Mendy left Peterson in the game when he was obviously hurting, right?! #Mets #MLB

Everyone saw this happen during the #Mets game, right? (Pay attention to the background). #mlb

@ernie Hmm... If I ever stumble across the cash, this _could_ un-marry me from this ancient Pixelbook (which is getting slower and slower, and only runs Chrome, obviously).

@MarvinFreeman You'll just need to try and see, unfortunately, but most Fox games not shown regionally are finally on mlb.tv as of last season.

If you're like me, "Don't Lose My Number" was playing on Pandora when this post popped up on my timeline, which is just wacky:
https://musician.social/@top40yearsago/113885133654017064

Human nature being what it is, it seems extremely likely that sometime today we will see millions of U.S.-based TikTok users installing some shady or "free" VPN software just to get around the ban.

So even though we banned TikTok, ostensibly for security reasons, we end up creating an even […]

SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas didn’t disclose two additional trips from a billionaire friend, according to a Senate Judiciary investigative report released today by the committee’s Democrats […]

Ben Ramsey (@ramsey@phpc.social) 16.8K Posts, 515 Following, 4.15K Followers · Coder, author, & speaker. PHP 8.1 & 8.2 release manager. ramsey/uuid maintainer. Open source developer. Senior Staff Engineer. Pronouns: he/him/his “This guy seems to fundamentally misunderstand open source” — some rando on Hacker News “Who is this guy?” — another rando on Hacker News Co-admin of the https://phpc.social Mastodon server. All original content in public posts © me & licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, unless otherwise specified. :cc: :ccby: :ccsa:

@ramsey Use FOSS when and wherever possible. If there isn't an open-source alternative, ask why and look into it more.

PHP Community on Mastodon A server for PHP programmers & friends. Join us for discussions on the PHP programming language, frameworks, packages, tools, open source, tech, life, and more.

I’m doing research (particularly in the #PHP and #Laravel communities)…

If you could summarize your personal open source philosophy in a single post, what would it be?

No debating or arguing anyone’s philosophy; do that elsewhere. This isn’t about a right or wrong view.

#OpenSource

Screenshot of the Wordpress.org login window that demands you to declare that you are not affiliated with WPEngine

When logging into Wordpress.org (login.wordpress.org) you have to confirm that you are not affiliated with WPEngine.

While this looks petty and childish it's another sign the Wordpress is in the hands of people who can't find less destructive ways to handle their fucking midlife crisis.

Sure seems excited to announce that 8.4 percent of his company doesn’t want to work with him anymore https://ma.tt/2024/10/alignment/

[WP Engine drama]

My thoughts on #WPEngine and the recent #WordPress drama -

1. WP Engine certainly act in ways that are unethical and antithetical to the spirit of open source

2. @photomatt calling them out at #WCUS2024 muddied the waters between ethical, moral, and legal issues, and […]

Design is always going to be a huge amount of moving things around pixel-by-pixel until they "look right" (for each layout):
RE:
https://mastodon.social/@lickability/113193822098761855

Or make some plans to visit the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, it's not too late and it's going to be gorgeous there in Mid-October. You can still find a decent deal on a place to stay too!

Happy fall! (started at 8:43 AM Eastern, my favorite season). It's going to be an amazing foliage season here in New England, take a drive and enjoy!

Ever thought about traveling cross-country on a train for half a week? @mattl did it. Here’s what his thoughts are on the experience.

(He also answered a bunch of questions from readers on Bluesky and the fediverse. You might be on the list!) […]

Here's what former President Trump has posted on his social media platform less than four hours before he faces off with VP Harris here in Philadelphia.

@stux @subclub This beats the heck out of Substack, but...

@Ruth_Mottram The "portable" part may be debatable, but this Coway Airmega is so popular (I have three) that there is some data on it taking out COVID in the air:
https://cowaymega.com/products/mighty-ap-1512hh

@w7voa Wow, and I thought he was talking crazy when he didn't know what state he was in.