Matt Gibson

Programmer. Writer. Ambulomancer. Non erratum sed designatum.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

I'm fascinated by the 1914 #Bristol International Exhibition, the great "White City" that lives on in the name of the local White City Allotments. I made a website that shows you @bristolarchives' plan of the Exhibition in a modern context: https://t.co/L5ndwZZrpS #history

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

All electrons in the universe but one are just pointers to the original, which is kept at room temperature in a very small glass jar at the BIPM in Sèvres, France.

[Martin Bauer @martinmbauer]

Much of the puzzling nature of quantum mechanics can be understood through one simple but profound fact: particles of the same kind are truly identical

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[Matt Gibson @gothick]

For a flagship service it’s amazing how often Bristol’s MetroBus simply doesn’t bother turning up, while its electronic boards carry on lying.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

Helicopter seems to be headed out there now. I fear something has gone Quite Wrong.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

There is something very wrong on the Portway and there are ambulances and fire crews including the rescue boat team heading that way fast. Maybe best avoided #bristol

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

Everyone

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@RobbieSkeates @ChopsyBristol I think the director and I must have similar taste in shots; snapped this back in 2022!

[Ethel Braithwaite @Ethelbrait1941]

Never stop saying "dozen" and "half dozen". Never stop using the word you read in an old novella. Never stop using your regional jargon. Don't succumb to an internationalized English stripped of its whimsy and romanticism in the name of streamlining global commerce.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@pleasantgreen Jesus. I'm not even American and I know the 555 exchange is a deliberately-not-real thing.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@RobertChiodo777 @KeruboSk Same with mine; born 1896.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@Sarkbeard @ChopsyBristol It felt like that when I arrived here, in 1995...

[I just fancied a KitKat and things spiralled @Kipplewinker]

Just seen this programme on iPlayer called #Threads I'm hoping it will take my mind off current global affairs. I like a drama about 80's fashion

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@vsync @CR1337 That just seems to be the quality of Microsoft messages these days. I guess they sacked all their translation staff and just use AI now.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@joolsd Poor George.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@Domin3478172021 @Calveit I bet Notepad++ is still vastly more efficient.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@WeirdBristol A passing stranger told me this very fact when I was there last Wednesday.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@ronanbeckman Always reminded of Larry Niven's first edition of Ringworld, where the great hard SF author had the earth rotating in the wrong direction in chapter one :D

[Feross @feross]

🚨 CRITICAL: Active supply chain attack on axios -- one of npm's most depended-on packages.

The latest [email protected] now pulls in [email protected], a package that did not exist before today. This is a live compromise.

This is textbook supply chain installer malware. axios has 100M+ weekly downloads. Every npm install pulling the latest version is potentially compromised right now.

Socket AI analysis confirms this is malware. plain-crypto-js is an obfuscated dropper/loader that:

• Deobfuscates embedded payloads and operational strings at runtime
• Dynamically loads fs, os, and execSync to evade static analysis
• Executes decoded shell commands
• Stages and copies payload files into OS temp and Windows ProgramData directories
• Deletes and renames artifacts post-execution to destroy forensic evidence

If you use axios, pin your version immediately and audit your lockfiles. Do not upgrade.

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@martr101 Cheers! #indomitablepub

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@smith_john21431 @WeirdBristol

[Matt Gibson @gothick]

@martr101 I think there are problems with adding bollards/railings by the pub because of cellars below(?). I wonder if there's space to narrow the road down and increase the distance to the pub frontage and maybe allow some bollards/railings/whatever. Or at least put a speed cam in...