There is not a single proper database

I’m so tired of it. I’m using MongoDB and you can store files, great. But the Go driver, the official one sucks. And the mgo driver is abandoned. The official driver is also slow, slower than Postgresql. 3.2ms for querying a dataset of 5k entries and another {“_id”: {“$in”: [“list”, “of”, “objectids”]}} that’s 1-20 long…

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Deutsche Bahn ist in die Cloud gezogen

Die Tagesschau sagt, “Deutsche Bahn ist in der Cloud”. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-bahn-cloud-101.html Jetzt wissen wir auch warum die Bahnpreise teurer werden. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bahn-preiserhoehung-101.html Habt ihr das nicht auch so gern das ihr Abgaben an Microsoft und Amazon zahlt wenn ihr mit der Bahn fahrt?

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Stop annoying me with cookie nag screens

The EUGDPR is pretty clear on what the default behavior should be. Deny all cookies. That doesn’t mean that you publishers can nag people with modal dialogs about their cookie preferences. Your site is not important. The moment I see this dialog I navigate back without ever coming back, on my phone. On the stationary…

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Nokia to build NASA’s LTE/4G network on the moon

Nokia selected by NASA to build first ever cellular network on the Moon LTE/4G technology promises to revolutionize lunar surface communications by delivering reliable, high data rates while containing power, size and cost. Revolutionize lunar surface communications… let that sink in. That is bullshit babble 1st class. Where previously is nothing *any* attempt at building…

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Disable tracker3 which gtk3 depends on

tracker3, a dependency of GTK, a widget toolkit… a tracking library being a dependency of a widget toolkit… the idiocy. The things we complain about in Windows for privacy concerns are just blindly accepted in Linux. Stupidity reigns supreme. I can already hear the critics of this post “you’re the one who’s stupid, it’s a…

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