Spring Festival Extra Bandwidth: https://iam.paulg.it/2021/02/08/spring-festival-extra.html
Shanghai reports 6 local COVID-19 cases, first outbreak since November - Global Times: https://iam.paulg.it/2021/01/22/shanghai-reports-local.html
CHINA: Negative test now required for all CNY travel : https://iam.paulg.it/2021/01/21/china-negative-test.html
Some people don't mind being spied on.
Some people are happy as long as their messages are E2EE.
Some people refuse to compromise when it comes to taking control of their personal data.
Those people #GetSession.
One year on: https://iam.paulg.it/2021/01/19/one-year-on.html
5 Python Tricks You Should Start Using in 2021
Python is evolving. Don’t get left behind!
https://towardsdatascience.com/5-python-tricks-you-should-start-using-in-2021-1084af21c2f2
#XMPP is down! 😮
Wait, no, that's impossible.
#Signal is down: https://status.signal.org/
#decentralize folks!
Reminder that I wrote a book for struggling programmers called "The Mediocre Programmer". It's a book about helping folks along on their journey with programming, including advice on finding communities, ranking ourselves (spoiler: it's not helpful), backstage vs. performance, and even the emotions surrounding programming. It's a free eBook released under a Creative Commons license. I hope you'll check it out:
CHINA: Another city reports new locally transmitted COVID-19 case : https://iam.paulg.it/2021/01/04/china-another-city.html
New variant from UK found in Shanghai : https://iam.paulg.it/2021/01/01/new-variant-from.html
New variant from UK found in Shanghai : https://iam.paulg.it/2021/01/01/082505.html
A tech-loving geek, a taster of Whisky, listener of Music, Podcasts and my Wife (sometimes). Originally from the UK but now living and working in the Megacity of Shanghai, China.