I hate to break it to any JS people out there, but I’ve successfully written an app using React, so it’s time has probably come. Might be best to move on to something else now that I’ve ruined it for everyone.
Hello, my name is Stephen Rushe and I drink tea, love cats, and provide sarcasm-as-a-service. I’m also responsible for Cricsheet, a project to provide ball-by-ball data for cricket.
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Went for my lunchtime walk and didn’t see a single cat. What’s the point of that?
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Success 😄
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A test post to check my new script to manage updating the site and syndicating to Twitter. Hoping that this will work 🙏
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“Github now has a dark mode”. Surely they’ve had that ever since they partnered with ICE.
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Yes! I knew I was forgetting something important! Also, a tree🎄
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A while back I told my Mum that when we can all see each other again safely we’ll “do” Christmas, regardless of when it is. Cook turkey and ham, make stuffing, have crackers, spend time together, even if it’s the summer. It has given us something to look forward too.
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More disgusting ICE news, yet continued silence from @github. Management clearly doesn’t care, and this also reflects dreadfully on Microsoft.
If you’re paying for Github, just stop. Or choose wiki support over human rights. Your call.
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Introducing the GitHub Stars program. We're excited to share and recognize those who go above and beyond in inspiri… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1301588299665084419
Does “educating the people around them and sharing their knowledge and passion” in the @github Stars program include people who are encouraging Github to drop ICE? @0xabad1dea and @holman come to mind.
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2 days until the deadline to submit a talk proposal to NI Dev Conf (@nidevconf). I’ve not submitted anything for a change (as I’ve not had any inspiration), but why don’t you? It’s a wonderful conference and they’re lovely people. #NIDC2020
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It has taken a good amount of time but I’ve finally moved my repositories off GitHub. If GitHub wouldn’t drop ICE I had to drop GitHub. https://deeden.co.uk/articles/2020/08/06/dropping-github/
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Dropping GitHub
It has taken longer than I would have liked, but I've finally stopped actively using GitHub for my own code and data. Nearly 9 months after mentioning the possibility of self-hosting my repositories again (due to GitHub continuing to work with ICE, and compounding that by basically ignoring any comments criticising the decision), I've finally moved to a new provider. I did think seriously about self-hosting, however I prefer not to have to deal with the admin, so I looked for a new host instead. In the end I settled on Sourcehut.
I started experimenting with SourceHut late last year as part of an investigation into a possible replacement for GitHub (using it in earnest for my Cricket Scorecard Accuracy Project), and I've used it for pretty much any new project I've started since then. It takes a little getting used to, but I've gradually settling into having git, todos, mailing lists etc. all separated out. I also really enjoy the speed of the stripped down pure-HTML websites.
After weeks of gradually moving and deleting repositories, tidying issues, and leaving explanatory messages on my already existing public projects (so that people can still find the code, and know why it has moved) I've completed the move of my repositories to SourceHut. This doesn't mean that I've completely left GitHub though. I still have an account so that those existing public projects can be found at their old URLs, I still use Github for work, as well as for submitting patches to other projects, and I've not yet implemented an IndieAuth endpoint to remove my dependency on GitHub for relmeauth; but I've pulled away as much as I can so far. I had already cancelled my paid subscription last year (having left it in place even when they made accounts free), as I couldn't in good conscience give the company any money, despite knowing that many good people work there (including some I know), and that they are vocal in their dislike of the collaboration as well.
I've held out hope that GitHub would drop the ICE contract, but that's not going to happen, and a nice interface and some convenient tools aren't worth it to me. This presumably won't make a difference to GitHub, but it matters to me. That's why if GitHub wouldn't drop ICE, I had to drop GitHub.
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@srushe 2018 csv data is missing in the csv downloads for all odis. Can you pls check.
Yes it won’t be there as the site was on hiatus during that period. I’m gradually working through the backlog (I’ve just finished doing 2019) and I’ll gradually add 2018.
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Nowadays every time @github announces a new feature my first thought is “but you’re still working with ICE”. And that’s why I’ve not created a new repo there since October, and why I’m gradually moving away.
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