When I ran `borg list`, and other `borg` commands, I got the error: Failed to create/acquire the lock
I found this, which referred me to how to remove the lock (I was quite sure it was not in use).
Author Archives: Jay Jay
Understanding Legal Argument
Understanding Legal Argument (1): The Five Types of Argument looks fascinating, but who has time, who has time..?
HTML boilerplate
See My current HTML boilerplate for some good ideas for a starting place for HTML content. I kept a copy, here.
A logical way to test online software
An interesting approach to testing web services: A logical way to test online software.
Firefox 88
A new version of Firefox released: Firefox 88.
How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow?
How the Axiom of Choice Gives Sizeless Sets
How the Axiom of Choice Gives Sizeless Sets | Infinite Series. “The size of the set can’t be zero and it can’t be non zero.” Figures.
PHP in 2021
A nice write up on PHP’s recent successes: PHP in 2021.
PHP prepared statements and stored procedures
Here’s some good documentation on PHP prepared statements and stored procedures including how to call stored procedures with output parameters.
Installing zstd lib for PHP
To get the zstd_compress PHP function:
# apt install php7.2-dev # pecl install zstd
Then add “extension=zstd.so” to php.ini.