Joe Darcy

For those of us in the bay area, with one of the first rain storms of the season, a reminder to check the local storm drains to see if they are clear of debris blocking their flow.

I'm seeing lots of AI generated Java Dukes appearing with a mouth, feet, ears and more. Tip: when using AI, upload this “Duke Specification” image, prompt AI to follow as a reference. I think you'll find the resulting image is much better. Ex: "draw duke on a skateboard referencing this spec image"

Given prop 13, new funding for local bonds or similar?
(In my area, a larger portion of the water bill was transferred over to the property tax bill.)

Also at the time, the door sets came with both rounded-corner and square-cornered strike plates, matching whatever you might already have.

I ordered from www.baldwinhardwaredirect.com per-acquisition. At least at the time, you could order different finishes for each side. I used that feature to have a chrome finish inside the bathroom, matching the facets, etc., and brass outside.

One of those outlet wiring testers is a good tool to have in one's electrical toolbox; trust-but-verify all the existing work too.

Agreed; switching out the builder-grade door sets is a worthwhile upgrade. Too bad about the buyout.

Updating the switch plates of the outlets from the stock plastic ones is an easy cosmetic upgrade too.

YouTube video by Java Paths to Support Additional Numeric Types on the Java Platform #JVMLS

Video now available for my 2025 #JVMLS talk "Paths to support additional numeric types on the Java platform": youtu.be/xCdJb_zI5us

A Silicon Valley engineer’s go-to lunch spot closed. So he bought the place. During John Vink’s Apple and Google years, this pit-smoked chicken in Sunnyvale was a constant.

PS One location brought back by a customer: www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/15/a...

"We're renaming Xfinity to XNaNity to serve you better."

Not currently. I'll post messages here once we start making public pushes of this work, branches in the Valhalla repo are a likely first destination.

Slides for my #JVMLS talk on "Paths to support additional numeric types on the Java platform":
github.com/jddarcy/Spea...

Proposition 13 property taxes for those of us in California too.

That describes my feelings toward "Requiem for a Dream".

Bracing for mid-January 2038...

JSR 269 up for maintenance review (MR) for the changes being made in Java SE 25: jcp.org/aboutJava/co...
#OpenJDK

Excellent dried during other times of the year!

Just one month to go until my #JVMLS talk on "New Numeric Types in Java": openjdk.org/projects/mlv...

Even if solar provides dirt cheap generation for utilities, given regulatory capture benefiting those utilities, not guaranteed customers would see any cost savings.

Ouch!

Also good for increased local resilience against earthquakes, wildfires, and any other disaster.
Prior to the multi-day outage for my neighbor, I had two nearly 24-hour outages from PG&E less than 6 months apart. If I didn't have some on-site portable battery storage, 2X loss of fridge contents.

PG&E unreliability in northern California was a significant factor in me deciding to get a solar + battery system installed in the bay area last year. My neighbors one street after were w/o power for about a week a previous summer due to PG&E equip failures after a localized wild fire in park.

I first heard of this piece of American history via that podcast episode. I don't recall the information plaques at Manzanar describing this situation either.

Enemy Aliens | What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law <p>Falsely claiming there is a wave of violence perpetrated by migrants, Trump has threatened mass deportations under the broad and terrifying powers of the Alien Enemies Act.</p> ...

A podcast episode discussing this situation from a legal perspective: learnconlaw.com/86-enemy-ali...

Happy 𝜏 day to all who celebrate.

Contronyms FTW!

I put many hours into D2 went it came out. I came across Zarfen's channel recently and decided it would take less of my time today to watch his videos than to resume playing the game :-)

I suppose that was the problem ;-)

I haven't been to one in years.