@tobias_petry The fear of modifying indexes on very large tables, especially in automated migration scenarios (where long alter queries could cause long deployments and downtime)
Twitter announced end of free API access from next Thursday! This may have consequences for your website. Check the impact to ensure it doesn't impact your user experience.
@schlessera@jonoalderson Ah didn't tie the GH/Twitter usernames together ๐คฃ
Why am I not surprised by the idea of irregularities in the block editor data structures :(
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@hankchizljaw Have you seen this petition to restrict the mining and trade of proof-of-work cryptocurrencies? It's not perfect, but might be if interest to you https://t.co/GXxwI5izFr. It seems unlikely the crypto fan boys will just stop on their own
Proof-of-work cryptocurrencies are shockingly inefficient, and totally go against any aims to reach net zero.
Time to ban their mining and trade in the UK? https://t.co/GXxwI5izFr
The power consumed per Bitcoin transaction on average could power an average US household for more than 1.5 months.
The carbon footprint of just one Bitcoin transaction amounts to 658kg of CO2, which is equal to the carbon footprint of almost 1.5 million VISA transactions.
The second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum currently runs on about half of the energy required to run Bitcoin.
Combined they could consume 300(+) TWh in 2022, which is 1.2% of global electricity consumption and close to the electricity consumption of the entire United Kingdom.
@jensimmons I'd assume it means the "initial" (default) value in the browsers user-agent stylesheet for the given element.
Not sure if it's more nuanced and that, especially in cases where different browser defaults vary.