Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺

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geek, hacker, jack of all trades, yak shaver, tech debt hunter, multi-purpose software dev
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Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 16
Eniko FoxMay 16

Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser?

Or even just funding a non-profit to maintain an EU fork which does things like respect EU laws and regulations

Think about it

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 16
Show threadRandom GeekMay 15

So I'm pulling out ExifTool, a longtime favorite when it comes to handling file metadata. Random curiosity: has anybody else successfully implemented the same range and depth of file metadata manipulation? In a single API? One that's not just calling an `exiftool` executable under the hood?

I mean as much as some folks dislike Perl, they could at least do us the favor of stealing our best works.

https://exiftool.org

#Perl #ExifTool

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 16
Peter LoweMay 16

Hey y'all. I've created an Android app for fun called What's Across the Water, and I'm looking for some testers.

It uses your location and the phone compass to show you what's... across the water, when you're standing on a shoreline.

So, if you're on the shore of Italy facing Croatia then it'll say that, or if you're in Croatia facing an island it'll tell you the name of the island or town.

Here's a crappy screenshot, it's raining right now but hopefully you get the idea. I'm in Split, Croatia.

Anyone willing to test this out for me? It's a small download and you can download local area data from OpenStreetMap. If yes, message me the email address of your Google account and I'll add you to the list of testers. Thanks!

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 13
Olaf Alders 🇨🇦May 13
The key results from the 2026 Perl Toolchain Summit are in: https://www.perl.com/article/perl-toolchain-summit-2026-key-results/
The Perl Toolchain Summit 2026: Security, Testing, Porting and Community Collaboration

Around thirty Perl ecosystem maintainers gathered in Vienna for four days of intensive collaboration, delivering major security tooling improvements, testing infrastructure updates, and core performance enhancements that benefit the entire Perl community.

Perl.com
Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 12
Lady Laura May 12
#Meme #Humour
Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 12
Olaf Alders 🇨🇦May 12

Got a CVE for libwww-perl yesterday and a fixed version is available as of a couple of hours ago:

https://metacpan.org/release/OALDERS/libwww-perl-6.83/source/Changes#L3-13

Client Challenge

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 12
Justified Ancient of MoominMay 12
Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 11
Juhani LehtimäkiMay 11

FDroid currently has 383 open MRs to their main repo. Most are app updates or new apps waitikng to be added to the repo.

That is really quite a work queue for the volunteer maintainers.

If you're looking for places you could contriubute in OSS, this could be one, very meaningful way to do so.

#FDroid

Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 11
🆎May 3
Never let anyone try to talk you out of a quick half hour DIY project. Those three hours will be the best six days of your life.
Paul Cochrane 🇪🇺May 11
TendarMay 11

After 12 years of absence during the Orban rule, the Hungarian parliament raised the EU flag again.

It is the latest sign that you should never surrender to populism or any other form of radicalism, even when the odds are against you.

This is a decisive European victory.