Vítor Brandão
@noiselabs
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Platform Engineering
Bristol, UK | Porto, PT
Joined April 2011
My latest blog post is out now: "Distributed compiling with Gentoo Linux and WSL2" https://t.co/WuyFCzbohZ
#Gentoo #WSL #Distcc
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The year is 2021 and I've decided to embark on a journey to update an old laptop running an installation of Gentoo Linux [https://www.gentoo.org/] that hasn't been updated since 2015. I've since used...
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NEW: We've issued Bristol City Council with an enforcement notice for their failure to respond to the public's information requests. Subject access requests are a fundamental right, this action requires them to clear their SAR backlog and make lasting improvements.
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Are you looking for a thread on the trade deal between the UK and India and the lies some people are telling about it, from a cat? If so, you're weird but in the right place... Yesterday the UK and India announced a new free trade agreement, which it s estimated will add £5bn a
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@WokeWaste @innovateuk @UKRI_News @seanedward61 Have a look at the £2bn Bristol City Council ‘Leap Energy Partnership’ contract; to ‘support the aim of Bristol becoming a carbon neutral city by 2030’. One of my followers @WhatNeverNext highlighted this….
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THREAD: If you want an example of the huge regional inequalities in the NHS which sees the West Country massively underfunded & neglected compared to London, the SE & the North, this story is a great example. have a read: https://t.co/tVbiDKdXAt
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One in three people taken to hospital in an ambulance in Bristol waits for more than an hour outside - in London and the South East, it's one in 38
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Cancer cells hijack T-cells, making it harder for the body to fight back! Researchers discovered a surprising way cancer evades the immune system. It essentially hacks the immune cells, transferring its own faulty mitochondrial DNA into the T-cells meant to attack it. 1/
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I captured the entire "Planetary Parade" using my 11" telescope, and combined everything into one composite photo that stayed true to the angular scale of these objects. Made entirely with real photos, I hope this composite helps illustrate the scale of these things!
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UK energy storage boom 30GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) UK planning applications were submitted, with over 35% coming from the last quarter alone. https://t.co/vNnXwWycGZ
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The UK saw a slowdown in both BESS installations and submitted applications in 2024, while applications in Ireland grew by capacity.
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🧵 NEW: Are recent immigrants massively over-represented in Britain’s social housing? In a word: no But that doesn’t mean Britain’s social housing is immune from immigration pressures. A thread… 1/8
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Starship Flight 7 breaking up and re-entering over Turks and Caicos
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Test doubles (aka “mocks”) often get a bad rap, but are they really the problem—or is it how we use them? This talk revisits their origins, explores best-use scenarios, and shows how to make them reliable with contract and collaboration tests. 🎟️ For more talks like this, grab
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What happens in China never just stays in China. There is a surge in influenza A in the U.S. as well this winter. We rarely test whether the virus is conventional flu, or H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu. But the crowded ERs seen in many places are indications something is afoot.
⚠️ BREAKING: Hospitals in China 🇨🇳 Overwhelmed as Severe "Flu" Outbreak, Including Influenza A and HMPV, Resembling 2020 COVID Surge. Hospitals in China are overwhelmed as outbreaks of "influenza A" and "human metapneumovirus" resemble the COVID-19 surge from three years ago.
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Does HS2 have a future? And why might that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?🧵
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When I had a mobile phone snatched by a biker, I gave the police precise GPS details of its two UK locations, including Google maps pictures of front doors. The police refused to go to the addresses or investigate. This was maddening. The officers said they were not allowed
We left a bike with GPS trackers somewhere we assumed it would be safe... Right outside Scotland Yard. It was quickly stolen. Police didn't check CCTV, couldn't go to a "moving" GPS signal or one at an address Government has given up and police can't focus on rampant theft.
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NEW Might remember I cornered Rwandan President Paul Kagame in January and asked if UK would get money back if no migrants were transferred to Rwanda… answer revealed today: Govt paid £715m so far until June of this year “not recoverable under the terms of the Treaty”
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ChatGPT refuses to say the name “David Mayer,” and no one knows why. If you try to get it to write the name, the chat immediately ends. People have attempted all sorts of things - ciphers, riddles, tricks - and nothing works.
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I'm German. Europe is dying out. Birthrates are rapidly collapsing. Government incentives aren't working. By 2100, Europe will have lost 117 million people. Here's why Europe's population is imploding (and what it means for the world) 🧵:
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Top-notch performance from @BLACKGOLDhg yesterday in Bristol 🇬🇧 Every song a banger. Can't wait to see them headlining shows. #NuMetal #OldSchoolSound
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H5N1 UPDATE - NEW HUMAN CASE A child in California has just tested positive for H5N1. The child had no known exposures to infected animals or poultry.
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Portugal may be small, but it’s packed with wonders—majestic castles, timeless cathedrals, and golden beaches. Which of these breathtaking spots will steal your heart? 🧵
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