Did it make noises when they ran it, by any chance?
01.03.2026 21:45
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Did it make noises when they ran it, by any chance?
For folks who haven't looked at #EclipseCollections because they don't use the Eclipse IDE. Eclipse Collections (EC) and the Eclipse IDE are both independent projects at the Eclipse Foundation. 💡
Note: I created EC and have coded with IntelliJ for 24 years. 🙏
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Want to level up your API design and #Java coding skills?
The book "Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game" can help.
GenAI tools can help you code faster.
ECC shows how to design/code better, for the machine and future readers. Mechanical and Symmetric Sympathy.💡
I had no idea, to my shame, how good a guitarist John Williams is. Watching some old Keith Floyd, an episode where John is a guest, and he just casually plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra like it's an Oasis track.
A perennial bug of mine. Arithmetician != mathematician.
It's the thought that counts
There's drumming, and then there's drumming.
Oo, this looks promising!
This machine pretty much got me to where I am now, in a way, so it will be my mission to make it boot to an OS again.
I tried for an hour or so to get the installer working - no dice. It still has a Grub bootloader despite running fdisk /mbr. HDD had quite a few bad sectors, but otherwise OK (all 3gb of it). I think I might need a Linix distro to fully DD it back to properly empty and try again.
The BIOS screen is showing on the laptop
It still powers on, too, and there's even a Win 98 se disc in the drive...
A 1997 AST laptop
I've just found my first laptop...
Better collections in #Java are your choice. You can add #EclipseCollections as a dependency today, or tell the Core JDK team you want better collections in #Java, and hope enough developers ask and the work eventually gets prioritized. Your choice, or your voice. 🤷♂️
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Out of interest, has anybody explored AI+coding and really looked into liability & the affect that has on the whole endevour.
A screenshot of the Anthropocs "clauds-c-compiler" Github Issues page. There are 122 open issues, and the top issue is "wow it's shit"
Need I say more?
Finally picked up my new glasses. Quite a big change, so the initial response was instant distance problems and a little dizziness. Over the last couple of hours though, it's been like when your stream is bumped from 320p up to full 4k HDR.
#Java peers, congrats again to @jetbrains.com for 25 years of @intellijidea.com. Hear more about this major milestone from @maritvandijk.bsky.social & @antonarhipov.bsky.social in the latest Duke's Corner Podcast hosted by Jim Grisanzio lnkd.in/gRTwZQe4
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I started out doing Engineering in HE, decided I didn't want to sit at a computer doing CAD, moved to music, then trained to be and worked as a Chef for a while before moving into SE. I wouldn't like to presume it's the most indirect route into the profession, but I'd wager it's up there.
Just add the water gradually and stir as you go. It's not as temperamental as you might expect.
The really low-fat mayo you can get now is a pretty terrible substitute for mayonnaise. That being said, because it's so full of emulsifiers and it's almost entirely water, it's a great base for a low-fat salad dressing. Add your flavourings, dilute with hot water until you're desired consistency 👌
A post on LinkedIn in response to the argument that an empty collection is a better return value than null. The reply agrees, but then suggested returning an integer or String value in place of an empty collection type when using Java, stating it was clearer and easier to debug.
Gotta love LinkedIn. This take is so bad I genuinely could see this being an interesting interview question to enumerate all the reasons why it's a bad idea.
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
“Damn your syntactical vortex!” - Sue Perkins.
I need to remember that line the next time I'm fighting with CSS.
I've had some fun using this lib recently, so I thought I'd give it a shout - github.com/forge/roaster
If you find yourself tediously repeating coding similar things in Java, you can possibly automate it with a little investment.
I was asked after the "Refactoring to #EclipseCollections" talk at dev2next 2025 whether there were any #OpenRewrite recipes for EC. My answer was "No, but it would be great if someone contributed some in OSS." Thx @cmotlin.bsky.social! 🙏 @zakhav.bsky.social @ted.dev
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It reminds me so much of Children of Bodem. There's so much complexity here though. Thanks for sharing.
You couldn't have picked a better Gif
A black and white cat with it's head protruding through a balustrade.
"I see you're passing by. Perchance, has my food been replenished? If not, I'll take that into account the next time you're trying to walk down these stairs. It'd be a real shame if I irratically darted in front of your feet in a way you weren't expecting."
Stuck on a Maven configuration issue for a couple of hours. Decided to go on a 10km walk to clear my mind.
pro: found a solution before the 1km mark 🤩
con: 9kms more to go before I can try it out 😅
