Got to say: Just been through upgrading an app from #PHP 8.1 to 8.3 and it's really nice and painfree.
Very few breaking changes, and the few that are there are stuff that a sensible person would've addressed a long time ago.
Unfortuantely that means that apart from readonly classes, there are also few exciting new things in there. But I guess these also are just point updates after all…
Almost boring 😉 (Not a bad thing! Stability is also nice.)
@michael As a general rule, "well-behaved" #PHP code tends to upgrade very easily and quickly. Code that is not well-behaved... less so.
Mainly that's because older PHP versions allowed all sorts of stupid shit, and the list of allowed stupid shit has been steadily decreasing over the years. The less stupid shit your code does, the easier the upgrade process will be. 🙂
@Crell yep I still got scars from when I upgraded my very first ever PHP application from 3 to 5. I was a kid when I started writing that app, so it definitely was full of stupid shit (still is, to be honest: always only ever stuck on band aids - the full rewrite is finally planned for later this year), so the upgrade was beyond hard.
But yeah, since then I’ve learned how to code properly (I think) so upgrades tend to be a lot simpler.
That first experience traumatised me for life though, so I’m still always scared when I start …
One of the hardest parts of being married is when the OH wakes you up in the middle of the night because she ‘heard something downstairs’ and is now convinced there’s someone in the house.
The worst part though is that after you have checked the house, and inevitably found that there is of course no intruder (I’m genuinely not sure what I’d do if there ever was one, by the way. I’m no American, so there are no weapons in the house 🤷♂️) your body involuntarily goes on high alert, and for the next half hour every tiny sounds sends the adrenaline rushing, preventing me from falling asleep again, despite knowing full well that there is still no intruder 🙄🙄🙄
@Jbasoo Yeah, thankfully we are so far OK with FTTC, so I have been able to avoid Virgin so far ...
But over the next 1-5 years I imagine the kids will be starting to be stream and/or game a lot more, and that's where I think we'll need extra capacity …
@michael Yeah if you can get away with lower speeds it's not too bad. With my wife and I working remotely we need faster speeds than the alternatives provide, which means I need to keep negotiating on renewal (which I hate doing)
The more I’m trying to learn Arabic the more I’m becoming convinced that whoever came up with that script, did so with the express intention to mock learners.
How else can you explain that ج ح and خ all make very different sounds, whilst the sounds for ث and ط are essentially indistinguishable 🙄
@skribe Many different written systems as well. For example in Egypt you have at least the following:
Religious/old Arabic as used in both mosque and Church settings (I don't even know whether these are both using the same language, but I doubt it)
Formal Arabic as used in the news, courts, etc.
Informal Arabic as used in every day settings (and which of course has lots of different dialects - Egypt is large country [though maybe not so large when compared to Australia 😆]).
Each of these have their own grammar and vocabulary. And there'll definitely be people in Egypt who’ll only be able to understand 1 or 2 of these (especially because illeteracy is actually still quite common, so lots of Egyptians really only know informal Arabic).
@michael When experimenting with AWS, Azure, and more I always pull down anything after I have completed a tutorial. I don't trust cloud service providers not to charge for something that should not be charged for.
I really do like #Tailscale But I’m concerned that one day - once I’ve fully bought into their ecosystem- the fee plan will come to an end and I’ll have to learn how to deploy a vpn myself 🙈
"Hello, AI. This is your buddy Michael. This is what I do for a living. List items. Now, give me an outline for a fun career workday presentation for ages ____ that is fun and doesn't make me look too nerdy. It is a 45-minute presentation. Opensource images would be nice, too"
I've got an Apple account to purchase hardware for my employer. The employer has recently claimed their domain in the Apple Business Manager portal, and as such when I log in with my work email. I now get the below screen.
I cannot use any other work email address here, as it tells me that I cannot use any of my employer's domains.
I don't want to use my personal email address for work purposes, for obvious reasons.
What's the answer?
[boosts would be very welcome, of course, if you don't know the answer, as the Apple Support is as helpful as a chocolate teapot …]
@michael
Yes, I thought so... the whole Apple commercial closed policy appears wrong to me but it's probably not what you want to hear nor does it help you much, it's just why I steer away from any Apple products and services... and happy my employer doesn't force my choice.
@barbapulpe Apple is a joke in many ways. It took us about 1 year to get our ABM account set up. I guess partially because we are (extremely) small fry for them.
Problem is I really like my MacBook, and iOS is, for all its shortcomings - and there are many - still by far the best OS for me …