As per the title of this post, I want to get straight to the point.If you are setting up VPC Peering with MongoDB, then wait 20 minutes for it to kick in, before you remove any IP Access list entries from the Network Access section and just have the peering CIDR range. The story: I’m… Continue reading VPC Peering in MongoDB not working? Just wait 20mins

Whilst trying to send a payment from my Bank West Credit Card account to a bank account with my main Bank account, I went through the Make a Payment process. This post is basically me complaining that the “Make a Payment” screen when adding a new recipient asks for the “Nickname“, however that’s completely the… Continue reading The Importance of good UI Labels

There’s a great technology based around giving people a 6th sense.Currently it’s basically a vibrating smart watch or fitbit like device that’s connected via Bluetooth. The idea is that you can FEEL when something is happening.My thought was to connect it to the Flight Radar 24 APIs so I’d know how close by an aircraft… Continue reading 6th Sense + touch Grid = tactile knowledge of ship or suit or surroundings

TLDR – Compile librdkafka from source Both Ubuntu 20.04 and AMI Linux 2 (effectively CentOS) have an older version of the librdkafka. My Ubuntu Vagrant VM shows v1.2.1 where as php-simple-kafka-lib shows the requirements as: php: ^7.3|^8.0ext-simple_kafka_client: >=0.1.0librdkafka: >=1.4.0 In order to install the PHP simple_kafka_client extension (using Pecl or complied from source) it needs… Continue reading Installing php-simple-kafka-lib (librdkafka version issues)

If we are in a simulation is there someone going “Ohh great, who decided to wire up the Metaverse to this Dyson Sphere’s quantum processing cluster? Now the processing available for my tasks has dropped and before I can get things back I’ve got to check for intelligent beings and try not to enact genocidal… Continue reading Could we be in an accidental simulation?

Recently I’ve come to a conclusion. I’ve got to focus on achieving a state of financial thriving before I can really focus on helping the transition to a Post-Scarcity Society, which is my core aim. Think of it like the advice that you should put your Oxygen mask on first. Side note: That’s because you’ll… Continue reading Focusing on Drivible

Over a year ago I got the Huawei GT2 Pro watch. It was a present from my wifey. https://consumer.huawei.com/ph/wearables/watch-gt2-pro/ Only today did I work out why certain songs can’t be uploaded to it. TLDR: You need to have a sample rate of at least 32khz. Use V7 in MP3 LAME encoding settings, v8 or 9,… Continue reading Adding MP3s to the Huawei GT 2 Pro watch

This blog post is really just my notes and highlights after reading the very well put article by David Rosenthal on Cryptocurrencies https://blog.dshr.org/2022/02/ee380-talk.html His post is definitely worth the read for anyone who’s a crypto lover or hater.It covers some of the good points, but a lot of the systemic issues with Cryptocurrencies as they… Continue reading Systemic issues with Cryptocurrencies