Ben Clapp
@bencl.app
Live in Auckland, here for a good time 💚
SRE in my day job
https://signal.me/#eu/YzexIUxSrudapXNGzqFa2TFTDT2Xqa6z4iGXk-i4MVJWYZE3gp5IBZqm71i5J5Jk
SRE in my day job
https://signal.me/#eu/YzexIUxSrudapXNGzqFa2TFTDT2Xqa6z4iGXk-i4MVJWYZE3gp5IBZqm71i5J5Jk
Just because I could, I created a Prometheus exporter for the Bluesky firehose.
Perhaps not the most efficient way to collect these metrics, but it's a fun experiment to see what's possible!
Perhaps not the most efficient way to collect these metrics, but it's a fun experiment to see what's possible!
GitHub - benclapp/bsky_firehose_exporter: Prometheus exporter for the Bluesky firehose.
Prometheus exporter for the Bluesky firehose. . Contribute to benclapp/bsky_firehose_exporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Just because I could, I created a Prometheus exporter for the Bluesky firehose.
Perhaps not the most efficient way to collect these metrics, but it's a fun experiment to see what's possible!
Perhaps not the most efficient way to collect these metrics, but it's a fun experiment to see what's possible!
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Stuff is reporting that Parliament grounds are essentially full with still thousands on the hikoi yet to arrive. I am so so proud to be tangata Tiriti & Pākehā today. Te Tiriti gives me a place to stand here in this whenua alongside tangata whenua. Thank you Aotearoa. PHOTO: Megan Jones
November 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Stuff is reporting that Parliament grounds are essentially full with still thousands on the hikoi yet to arrive. I am so so proud to be tangata Tiriti & Pākehā today. Te Tiriti gives me a place to stand here in this whenua alongside tangata whenua. Thank you Aotearoa. PHOTO: Megan Jones
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November 18, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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November 14, 2024 at 4:24 AM
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Melissa Derby breaking new ground as NZ's first ever pro-racism Race Relations Comissioner
She's on the board of the FSU, an organisation primarily concerned with protecting the perpetrators of racism, not the victims of racism. What are we gonna do about this folks.
August 16, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Melissa Derby breaking new ground as NZ's first ever pro-racism Race Relations Comissioner
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TIME TO RELEASE THE MEME
July 19, 2024 at 7:10 AM
TIME TO RELEASE THE MEME
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I suspect that some of you are feeling this quote, too?
"The most painful anguish that mortals suffer is to understand a great deal but to have no power at all."
—Herodotus
"The most painful anguish that mortals suffer is to understand a great deal but to have no power at all."
—Herodotus
July 9, 2024 at 3:24 AM
I suspect that some of you are feeling this quote, too?
"The most painful anguish that mortals suffer is to understand a great deal but to have no power at all."
—Herodotus
"The most painful anguish that mortals suffer is to understand a great deal but to have no power at all."
—Herodotus
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I know the latest NZ election outcome was less than good, but jesus.
July 7, 2024 at 3:44 AM
I know the latest NZ election outcome was less than good, but jesus.
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The Government™ has made an ad about the state of Democracy™ and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Feat. 🇮🇳 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇲 🇿🇦 🇮🇩 🇵🇰 🇮🇷 🇷🇸 🇲🇽 🇻🇪 🇧🇾 🇷🇺 🇧🇬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCph...
Honest Government Ad | the state of Democracy™ 🌎
The Government™ has made an ad about the state of Democracy™ around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Feat. 🇮🇳 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ...
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June 14, 2024 at 2:34 AM
The Government™ has made an ad about the state of Democracy™ and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Feat. 🇮🇳 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇲 🇿🇦 🇮🇩 🇵🇰 🇮🇷 🇷🇸 🇲🇽 🇻🇪 🇧🇾 🇷🇺 🇧🇬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCph...
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This is a very good idea, friends
These megabreaches are just emphasizing security isn’t enough you need to be de-risking by driving data purges and asking critical questions of product teams. You need customer location maybe but you don’t need to store a history of it.
May 31, 2024 at 11:42 PM
This is a very good idea, friends
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Getting pretty tired of this being almost my entire tech news feed these days.
May 30, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Getting pretty tired of this being almost my entire tech news feed these days.
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This tax cut isn't even pissing on us when we're on fire; it's pissing in our faces whilst our body's on fire.
Newshub: "What would you name this budget?"
Chloe Swarbrick: "It's punching down."
Chloe Swarbrick: "It's punching down."
May 30, 2024 at 2:50 AM
This tax cut isn't even pissing on us when we're on fire; it's pissing in our faces whilst our body's on fire.
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Google, 1998: We're going to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Imagine the whole world's knowledge in your pocket!
Google 2024: Drink your own piss. Now eat glue.
Google 2024: Drink your own piss. Now eat glue.
May 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Google, 1998: We're going to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Imagine the whole world's knowledge in your pocket!
Google 2024: Drink your own piss. Now eat glue.
Google 2024: Drink your own piss. Now eat glue.
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not sure I've seen a politician employ "things are only bad right now because we're enacting our policies" as a messaging strategy before. It's a bold play and I'm keen to see how it goes
!["Well, it's not positive at the moment because we're having to make some pretty tough decisions. It's not easy when you've got people losing their jobs in the public service. It's not easy, right," Luxon explained.
"It is not easy to actually put sanctions on beneficiaries not holding their obligations on the jobseeker benefit, it is not easy to evict unruly tenants out of [Kainga Ora]. So, I get all of that, right. But we have a hell of a mess to fix, we are going to turn the show around. And I am sorry, but I am not going to get bounced around by polls."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2ciomgnj77luqjmcfyjvngc/bafkreiccrq2am2ujszp722yqfb7wyz5hedhtcaqcjcgd4dtuan4wjjgzpi@jpeg)
April 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
not sure I've seen a politician employ "things are only bad right now because we're enacting our policies" as a messaging strategy before. It's a bold play and I'm keen to see how it goes
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me: no one believes me when i say there's a secret race of horse-people
therapist: try to ignore the naysayers
me: the fucking who
therapist: try to ignore the naysayers
me: the fucking who
April 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
me: no one believes me when i say there's a secret race of horse-people
therapist: try to ignore the naysayers
me: the fucking who
therapist: try to ignore the naysayers
me: the fucking who
Strands #45
“The long run”
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“The long run”
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April 16, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Strands #45
“The long run”
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“The long run”
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I am sympathetic to people who feel so hopeless in the face of climate change, exploitation and oppression that they become nihilists and either passively or actively feel that humans might be better off going extinct. But for what? For a system that's only 500 years old?
April 8, 2024 at 2:11 AM
I am sympathetic to people who feel so hopeless in the face of climate change, exploitation and oppression that they become nihilists and either passively or actively feel that humans might be better off going extinct. But for what? For a system that's only 500 years old?
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The Government has stopped paying for sensors that allow parents of kids with diabetes to sleep through the night without worrying about ‘Dead in bed’ syndrome. The money will instead go to landlord millionaires. Some will get over $1m/yr in tax benefits. thekaka.substack.com/p/paying-for...
Paying for tax cuts by not funding insulin pumps and glucose monitors for disabled kids
Ministry confirms funding pulled for new insulin pumps & glucose monitors, raising carer fears of 'Dead in Bed syndrome'; Simmonds didn't tell Cabinet of funding halt designed to help pay for tax cuts
thekaka.substack.com
March 22, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The Government has stopped paying for sensors that allow parents of kids with diabetes to sleep through the night without worrying about ‘Dead in bed’ syndrome. The money will instead go to landlord millionaires. Some will get over $1m/yr in tax benefits. thekaka.substack.com/p/paying-for...
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I wrote about the idea of irreversibility in climate change and its incompatibility with politics five years ago. Doesn’t seem wrong now.
March 21, 2024 at 12:15 AM
I wrote about the idea of irreversibility in climate change and its incompatibility with politics five years ago. Doesn’t seem wrong now.
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Love this story: Air Canada's chatbot gives false advice on booking a bereavement ticket, guy gets screwed, then Air Canada then argues its chatbot is a SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY FROM THEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS OWN ACTIONS. lol wut
anyway they lost the case hardcore
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
anyway they lost the case hardcore
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Love this story: Air Canada's chatbot gives false advice on booking a bereavement ticket, guy gets screwed, then Air Canada then argues its chatbot is a SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY FROM THEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS OWN ACTIONS. lol wut
anyway they lost the case hardcore
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
anyway they lost the case hardcore
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hot cost of living tip: if you put a rat over your face, the facial recognition tech will let you do whatever you want
February 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Hot cost of living tip: if you put a rat over your face, the facial recognition tech will let you do whatever you want
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