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Derick Rethans

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Hi, I'm Derick. I work on PHP as part of the PHP Foundation. I am the author of @Xdebug. I like #walking, #languages, #photography, #astronomy, and #space, and […] [bridged from https://phpc.social/@derickr on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Latest posts by derickr.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy on Bluesky

@sean I got one too! I didn't know I had an account with them still. I think I might just not reset it, because of "scheduled reasons".™

05.08.2025 13:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@christineburns I got one too yesterday.

05.08.2025 10:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three white shelves with PHP elephpants. The top shelf is only a single layer, and also holds a Lego model of the Cassini spacecraft.

Three white shelves with PHP elephpants. The top shelf is only a single layer, and also holds a Lego model of the Cassini spacecraft.

The elephpant enclosure has been upgraded! From a single shelf to three. There is still some space left for a few more...

#php #elephpants

03.08.2025 17:59 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Three white shelves with PHP elephpants. The top shelf is only a single layer, and also holds a Lego model of the Cassini spacecraft.

Three white shelves with PHP elephpants. The top shelf is only a single layer, and also holds a Lego model of the Cassini spacecraft.

The elephpant enclosure has been upgraded! From a single shelf to three. There is still some space left for a few more...

#php #elephpants

03.08.2025 17:59 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

@kboyd Yeah, it's about 2km long, I think.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/544863921#map=14/67.23110/14.60529

01.08.2025 14:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Derick Rethans (@derickr@phpc.social) Attached: 1 image 📷 Saltstraumen Saltstraumen is a small strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. It is located in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of the town of Bodø. 🔗 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen 🚩 Saltstraumbrua, Bodø, Norge #Photography #Norway #Lofoten

@kboyd That sounds very much like Saltstraumen in Norway, which I posted about just two days ago: https://phpc.social/@derickr/114938342986858924

01.08.2025 14:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
A wooden post has a single wooden pointer to Public Footpath. There are also three sets of circular waymarkers. Two point towards the Vanguard Way, two towards the Greenwich Mean Trail, and two towards the Scouts.

A wooden post has a single wooden pointer to Public Footpath. There are also three sets of circular waymarkers. Two point towards the Vanguard Way, two towards the Greenwich Mean Trail, and two towards the Scouts.

📷 Circular Pointers All Around

🚩 Slines Oak Road, Woldingham, United Kingdom

#FingerpostFriday #Photography

01.08.2025 12:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@ciaran It's not uncommon for airlines to have a specific first bus for just priority boarding passengers though.

31.07.2025 16:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
PECL :: Package :: ming

@ricmac No, I've never used it. I was already no longer using Windows at that time.

I *have* created Flash movies with a PHP extension though (https://pecl.php.net/package/ming). Apparently it still lives at https://github.com/libming/libming

31.07.2025 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Motherfucking wind farms…

30.07.2025 17:02 — 👍 45820    🔁 17302    💬 1141    📌 2293
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GitHub - derickr/online-safety-assessments Contribute to derickr/online-safety-assessments development by creating an account on GitHub.

@ntnsndr @iftas Feel free to use my assessments for phpc.social: https://github.com/derickr/online-safety-assessments

30.07.2025 16:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on social.openrightsgroup.org

#Libdems opposition to the #onlinesafetyact is beginning to snowball

Quite rightly, they are asking for suspension and a rethink.

Where is the opposition within Labour, Jeremy Corbyn's new grouping and the UK Green Parties? I hope they can also speak out against this car crash […]

30.07.2025 11:55 — 👍 3    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 0
A green triangle of land sits in front of a blue sky with some mountains in the background.

The foreground has churning circles of water.

One of the strongest tidal currents in the world:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen</a>

A green triangle of land sits in front of a blue sky with some mountains in the background. The foreground has churning circles of water. One of the strongest tidal currents in the world: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen</a>

📷 Saltstraumen

🚩 Saltstraumbrua, Bodø, Norge

#Photography #Norway #Lofoten

29.07.2025 20:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A green triangle of land sits in front of a blue sky with some mountains in the background.

The foreground has churning circles of water.

One of the strongest tidal currents in the world:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen</a>

A green triangle of land sits in front of a blue sky with some mountains in the background. The foreground has churning circles of water. One of the strongest tidal currents in the world: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltstraumen</a>

📷 Saltstraumen

🚩 Saltstraumbrua, Bodø, Norge

#Photography #Norway #Lofoten

29.07.2025 20:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The cover of Termination Shock. Yellow letters and flower on a black background.

The cover of Termination Shock. Yellow letters and flower on a black background.

I've just finished reading Termination Shock.

I'm a fairly big fan of Neal Stephenson, but this was a little too weird for me. It's a pretty good story, but there isn't a real conclusion, and some scenes are cringy, especially if you're Dutch.

#BookList2025 #Reading

27.07.2025 22:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Two in a row...

Wordle 1,499 2/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle

27.07.2025 22:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Meme: photo of the sign at the entrance to the Trump International Golf Links at Turnbury in Scotland.

Someone has added a sign in the same typeface design, saying:

TWINNED WITH EPSTEIN ISLAND

Meme: photo of the sign at the entrance to the Trump International Golf Links at Turnbury in Scotland. Someone has added a sign in the same typeface design, saying: TWINNED WITH EPSTEIN ISLAND

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind …

26.07.2025 15:40 — 👍 37    🔁 91    💬 3    📌 0
Original post on furry.engineer

How many hundreds of thousands of UK citizens are now having all their internet traffic inspected and monetised by Christ-knows who?

We warned government and Ofcom about this and they ignored us.

They need to face the reality of this, and the consequences.

Tell your MP about this today […]

26.07.2025 20:26 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on mastodon.org.uk

"Oh you are in the UK: you have to prove your age via one of these methods:

Credit card - oh, that was declined for some reason although you approved it on your phone

By email address - oh, you use an unique email address for everything so we can't find you in our list of email addresses

By […]

26.07.2025 14:52 — 👍 0    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 0

@michael I did. It was ignored then too by my MP, just like it was when I wrote earlier this year (to my new MP). 😕

I don't even mind the age verification (as long as it's done safe and proper) for adult content access. It's the rest that is in scope is what puts me off.

26.07.2025 08:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wordle 1,498 2/6*

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle

25.07.2025 23:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Online Safety Act - shutdowns and site blocks Report incorrectly blocked sites on UK ISP and mobile networks.

Reminder that if you come across sites that are geoblocking the UK thanks to the #onlinesafetyact please let us know here

https://www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks

25.07.2025 10:48 — 👍 0    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
A black metal post has both a (30) sign, as well as a pointer to the Vanguard Way for walking, and cycling signs to Lloyd Park and Croydon.

A black metal post has both a (30) sign, as well as a pointer to the Vanguard Way for walking, and cycling signs to Lloyd Park and Croydon.

📷 Cars or Walks?

🚩 Fairfield Road, London, United Kingdom

#FingerpostFriday #Photography

25.07.2025 12:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@kboyd Also utterly pointless, because it's not going to stop the starvation and genocide.

24.07.2025 23:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on phpc.social

"UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house" | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/24/uk-police-detain-pro-palestine-protester-80-almost-27-hours-search-house

Tying any sort of protest in support of Palestine to support for the […]

24.07.2025 15:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on phpc.social

BBC 1's News at Ten is following on from the footie, rightfully leading with the Israeli led starvation of the Gaza population. Not only are they starving, when they try to get food, they're being shot at. Israel is saying there is no problem.

Do I trust the 100s of aid agencies complaining and […]

23.07.2025 21:45 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on phpc.social

BBC 1's News at Ten is following on from the footie, rightfully leading with the Israeli led starvation of the Gaza population. Not only are they starving, when they try to get food, they're being shot at. Israel is saying there is no problem.

Do I trust the 100s of aid agencies complaining and […]

23.07.2025 21:45 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Out: @organicmaps
In: @CoMaps

It was pretty easy, using the bookmarks/tracks export and import to move all my stuff over.

Just had to download the maps again.

#maps #OpenStreetMap

23.07.2025 20:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
An empty road carves around the edge of a mountain on the left. The view is that of the calm sea with several islands in it. The sky has a cloud in it, and the light is very low.

An empty road carves around the edge of a mountain on the left. The view is that of the calm sea with several islands in it. The sky has a cloud in it, and the light is very low.

📷 Midnight at Værøy

🚩 Nordlandsveien, Sørland, Norge

#Photography #Norway #Lofoten

22.07.2025 16:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A panorama from high up shows on the left the rocky formation called the Svolvær Goat. It sits in front of a landscape with a town, Svolvaer, which is situated among bays, hills, and mountains.

A panorama from high up shows on the left the rocky formation called the Svolvær Goat. It sits in front of a landscape with a town, Svolvaer, which is situated among bays, hills, and mountains.

📷 Svolvær Geita and Svolvær

🚩 Svolværveien, Svolvær, Norge

#Photography #Norway #Lofoten

22.07.2025 15:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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