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The nuance that seems to come up is parent records with child records - ie if you remove the association, the associated child audit entries disappear.

Its easier to see the issue if you remove this type of record keeping to other situations- ie if a foster parent looks after a child, say the kid breaks a leg playing football while under the care of the carer, then the kid moves on…. You’d want to know that both the kid had the accident with the carer and that the carer looked after a kid that had an accident while with them. Both sets of information either end are needed. The accident shouldn’t disappear from the carer’s record.

Yet you hear this from system designers or developers.

I’m starting to think that anyone who designs or builds systems that handle data should do a basic bookkeeping course that covers how double entry works.

The accountants managed to work out for us since the 13th Century that if you move money from A to B, both A and B need an audit entry describing the movement each way. Write only - nothing is removed. Yet I don’t see an equivalent teaching in the various system design books, despite this concept being fundamental to any system that needs (financial and non-financial) auditing capabilities.

Da mich gestern ein Kollege frug: haut doch bitte mal eure besten Hinweise auf Doku zum Thema "Einstieg ins Embedded Linux System Design" raus. Die üblichen Schulungsanbieter bilden ja meist nur Teilaspekte fort (Kernelhacking, Userspace Programmierung, Buildsysteme) - aber so die große Systemdesign-Rundfahrt habe ich bisher nicht gefunden. Any ideas wo er sich aufschlauen kann außer "jemanden mit Erfahrung fragen"?

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What if moderation were partially decoupled from server administration in the fediverse? What if you could choose one or more moderators or blocklists to "subscribe" to, and then make your own exceptions about specific users or servers to block or allow? Maybe "reports" could be compiled into user-specific block lists, which could then be voluntarily aggregated. Kind of a federated approach to moderation itself...

It seems like this would be a better system, and also would resolve a lot of debate about moderation and defederation up front.

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#introduction time since I've moved to a new instance (from @gpage), and my one plea for boosting this to assist in federation help. Thank you.

I play #games, specifically #boardgames, but I'm open to others (both digi/analog). I've done a lot of #boardgame playtesting in the past (including, but not limited to; Root and John Company from Cole Wehrle, and Gandhi: Decolonization of British India from Bruce Mansfield) and I still do. Although anymore, I usually limit that to really digging into one title for a few seasons to see it through the entire process over playing just one or two iterations of something at an Unpub event or short sprints.

I find it interesting why people like the games (or things in general) that they do. I'm quite a curious critter in that regard and likewise I love stuff like the Richmond Forum or TEDTalks that make me think (and I read the London Review of Books somewhat regularly).

As such, I find #boardgamedesign to be fascinating from a #systemdesign perspective. Some of that is because I've built a long career in the IT system design and implementation space. In 2023, my spouse challenged me to finally get off my duff and design something to play with friends. That's a... "work in progress" at the moment, but I'm happy to discuss design challenges with folks.

For my #wargaming (and history) interests, I have nerded out on the #ColdWar and it's various dynamics/locations plus Japan until WW1. I usually play #wargames for a series of iterations and then trade/sell them unless they hold steam with my group or are otherwise special. Shelf space is at a premium and I think a game that doesn't get played because it's just sitting there could go to a home that will enjoy it more. As such, I use a modified Jones Theory for keeping games, and I churn through a bunch every year.

I do paint minis, mostly in the winter months because my setup isn't conducive currently for summer painting. I prefer CMON's Arcadia Quest or other various SD-style figures for that purpose. I am the proud owner of assembled terrain (!!!) and I don't think has ever seen the light of day...

Otherwise, I enjoy most forms of music and in a prior life did on-location audio recording and some spare time as a roadie for smaller bands. Modern country and 50s rock are two areas that I shy away from though.

Covid caused me to take an interest in spectator sports, specifically stuff that is off the beaten path. I now somewhat consistently watch Cricket (T20 and some ODI), Cycling, and to a lesser degree Rugby 7s. In general, I'm more likely to watch women's iterations of sports when possible (I find the dynamics of play are more interesting than the men's side). We've been a season ticket holder for the local soccer team since before they last won a championship (2009).

2 cats (sisters), and one spouse. We (technically) have a garden and make haphazard attempts at keeping it alive and tended. Send me your cat and boardgame pictures please. I've had exactly one dog in my life, and they were the best dog...
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