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.
13.12.2024 01:51 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@jddarcy.bsky.social
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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.
13.12.2024 01:51 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I'm seeing lots of AI generated Java Dukes appearing with a mouth, feet, ears and more. Tip: when using AI, upload this βDuke Specificationβ 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"
10.10.2025 16:21 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Given 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.
24.09.2025 18:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I 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.
24.09.2025 18:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0One of those outlet wiring testers is a good tool to have in one's electrical toolbox; trust-but-verify all the existing work too.
24.09.2025 18:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Agreed; switching out the builder-grade door sets is a worthwhile upgrade. Too bad about the buyout.
24.09.2025 15:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Updating the switch plates of the outlets from the stock plastic ones is an easy cosmetic upgrade too.
24.09.2025 14:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Video now available for my 2025 #JVMLS talk "Paths to support additional numeric types on the Java platform": youtu.be/xCdJb_zI5us
21.09.2025 16:51 β π 9 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0PS One location brought back by a customer: www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/15/a...
20.09.2025 16:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"We're renaming Xfinity to XNaNity to serve you better."
22.08.2025 17:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Not 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.
08.08.2025 14:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Slides 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.
31.07.2025 23:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That describes my feelings toward "Requiem for a Dream".
28.07.2025 23:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Bracing for mid-January 2038...
22.07.2025 04:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0JSR 269 up for maintenance review (MR) for the changes being made in Java SE 25: jcp.org/aboutJava/co...
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Excellent dried during other times of the year!
06.07.2025 20:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just one month to go until my #JVMLS talk on "New Numeric Types in Java": openjdk.org/projects/mlv...
05.07.2025 19:04 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Even if solar provides dirt cheap generation for utilities, given regulatory capture benefiting those utilities, not guaranteed customers would see any cost savings.
03.07.2025 20:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ouch!
03.07.2025 00:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also 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.
02.07.2025 23:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I 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.
01.07.2025 15:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A podcast episode discussing this situation from a legal perspective: learnconlaw.com/86-enemy-ali...
01.07.2025 02:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Happy π day to all who celebrate.
28.06.2025 16:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Contronyms FTW!
27.06.2025 15:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I 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 :-)
27.06.2025 04:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I suppose that was the problem ;-)
19.06.2025 03:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I haven't been to one in years.
19.06.2025 01:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0