It arrived! My new 11” iPad Pro M4 just arrived. My 6 year old iPad will find a new home with my grandkids. This will be my 3rd iPad.
Do you remember the first computer virus that you encountered? For me it was Cascade, virus.wikidot.com/cascade. We thought it was cool. It infected IBM/MS DOS floppies. It would cause characters to fall to the bottom on the screen, many years before The Matrix. What was your first computer virus?
2/2 The live coding was scripted. If I have the opportunity to give this presentation again, I will prepare slides of the coding process. I believe I can create slides in such a way that it appears to be live code. Any thoughts?
In my session at JavaZone on the Java Microbenchmark Harness I had, in addition to slides, some live coding. I may never do live coding again. Not that it did not work but because of how I looked for most of the presentation, staring at my laptop screen with my head down. 1/2
When you want to look up something online, is Wikipedia the first source you read? It is for me so today I donated $52 to #wikipedia. Consider making your own donation.
I contacted my local JUG and offered it to them. I’d be happy to do it anywhere I could travel to and then come home. A little further, like Tokyo, Istanbul, or the ISS then cover my expenses and I’ll be there.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at JavaZone last week in Oslo. My presentation on the Java Microbenchmark Harness went well although Even going 10 minutes over my time, I could have used another 15 min. Here is the link to the video of my session. 2024.javazone.no/program/1878...
I will post on LinkedIn, Mastodon, and Bluesky. I implore anyone who reads this to abandon X/Twitter and join me on these other platforms. 3/3
The response was that it was allowed as free speech. Mr. Musk is a petty, hateful man who is disdainful of critical thinking. Therefore, I have made the decision to no longer monitor my X account nor post on X. I encourage my 7300 followers to do the same. 2/3