Brian Demers

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Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft.

If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you.

Onward and upward!

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Tetanus and COVID vaccines yesterday 💉
One in each arm.

Happy to get the boosters, but I'm sore. 🫩

No worries!

Just a heads up there is a minor breaking change pending for the next release:
github.com/apache/direc...

Hopefully it won't cause any issues on your end!

SCIM Profile for Security Event Tokens This specification defines a set of SCIM Security Events using the Security Event Token Specification RFC8417 to enable the asynchronous exchange of messages between SCIM Service Providers and receive...

Either way we should make sure SCIMple has a test for it. (This patch logic will also be used in the near future with the SCIM related security events)

datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ie...

Yup!
I noticed your post on the SCIM mailing list yesterday. Was that related to an issue with SCIMple?

I hadn't see that before! Very cool
(but I don't think I can handle another time format) 🤣

I thought audio books were the only option 🙃

YES!

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Timezones are hard enough...

When are we going to end daylight savings?

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I was running into issues with diffoscope on my mac (installed with brew).

Solution: install newer perl (brew install perl)
which brings in a newer version of zipdetails

#reproducible-builds

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Another day, another notification of my personal information being leaked...

1 year worth of free credit monitoring is not a sufficient consolation prize

Thanks for coming to the @bostonjavausers.bsky.social @andresalmiray.com!
🍯

Going to @devnexus.bsky.social is always a great time!

See you next year!

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The pet microchip registry we used just shutdown. 🐾

Anyone have a recommendation for new one in the US?

#coderdogs

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Congrats!!!

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My car mechanic uses an AI phone bot (when the lines are busy). 🛻

It's _almost_ good, it answered with "Hello Brian"
I could hear fake typing while it was "thinking". 🤖

My call was a little off script, so it was still a fail, but it was less frustrating than a phone tree. 🤔

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Spent the morning trying to figure out why I couldn't ssh anywhere...

Apparently my `pinentry` was broken 🤷

'brew upgrade' fixed it, but didn't leave me feeling confident...

JChampions Conference Conference organized by Java Champions and featuring Java Champions in the presentations.

#Java peers:
Members of the #Java_Champions program are hosting their annual #JChampionsConf in late Jan w/speakers such as @brunoborges.bsky.social @hanno.codes @horstmann.com @elias-nogueira.bsky.social @kevindubois.com @danieloh30.bsky.social @hollycummins.com

➡️ jchampionsconf.com/index.html

Yes!
Deleting and replacing old code isn't something we talk about enough!

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Welcome back from vacation everyone...

Now to get through a couple weeks of email...

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Played hockey tonight, but I forgot my contacts…

Playing with foggy glasses kinda sucked…
🤓👓

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After starting a "Customer Service Chat" with Amazon, it still took multiple messages and four clicks to convince the bot that I wanted to talk to a human...

Please ping @bmarwell.de if you're local JUG is missing from this pack

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New pair of glasses... now wearing headphones hurts.
👓🎧
Any advice?

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Very cool!
I'm going to start trying this out with the camera and flashlight.

I just need to use it before I forget about it...

Yes

Discovering the perfect Java Supply Chain Attack vector and how it got fixed

Discovering the perfect Java Supply Chain Attack vector and how it got fixed

xdev.software/en/news/deta...

Watching @lawrencedlockhart.bsky.social at JAXJUG, talking about @vaadin.com
🦌

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We've trained the dog to ring a [digital] bell when he wants to come inside.

He's also figured out, he can ring when he wants me to refill his outdoor water bowl.

A typical day: