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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 8d

Buy a foundation that already issues some sort of award, and rename their prize to something that sounds noble

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 9d

That mean compiler! Always spoiling the fun.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 10d

"we'd have to look into that very strongly"

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 10d

Isn't this exactly why you are always reading like six books at once? Seems like a classic "concurrency hides latency" solution....

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 11d

The "or something" tic is an excellent bayesian indicator.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 11d

So, in English, "poser" means someone who acts as if they have qualifications or expertise that they do not.

This is one of those words that has always seemed like it should be a cognate, but isn't, but in the case of your kitchen installers, perhaps is.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 11d

In the spirit of the rampant misuse of "exponentially", one might call this a failure of logarithmic proportions.

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Reposted by Brian Goetz

Ana-Maria Mihalceanu @ammbra1508.bsky.social · 11d

Hey #Java devs!

At @devoxx.com, the Java Team at #Oracle is hosting an "Ask The Architects" panel.

Post your questions here by Wed 23:00 UTC! Then check out the recording to hear the experts’ answers (as many as we can).

📝 Please read the questions others have suggested to prevent double-posting.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 12d

Et aussi: generalement, il y'a un seul lieu qu'on peut mettre l'evier...

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 12d

And it gets even worse with more ducks!

You can prove this inducktively.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 14d

It is funny how hobbies can be made almost entirely of dull or frustrating stuff (e.g. chopping onions) and yet be satisfying in the aggregate.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 16d

Every new recruit is a victory

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 16d

Sounds like someone needs a sandwich.

existentialcomics.com/comic/356

Schopenhauer's Despair

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

existentialcomics.com

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 18d

You should consider going those places in real life :)

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 19d

Does it depend on how "advanced" it is? "I'm not smart enough to program without types", or "I'm not smart enough to not write tests" don't seem like terrible assertions (though not obvious this is about "smart" as much as "detail oriented" or "careful" or something else.)

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 19d

What this tells me is there is not enough negative feedback for making the wrong call. (Like the old joke about “successfully called 12 of the last 5 recessions”.)

Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 19d

Ah, now here come the "this time it's different" predictions. Right on schedule.

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 22d

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Brian Goetz @briangoetz.bsky.social · 23d

Uhm, some of these seem questionable. Can I get my like back?

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