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@jasondlee Cutting taxes and spending will not allow younger generations to buy a house. Raising wages would, but only if housing inflation was kept at 0.

@nottycode That's not the only alternative. Rather than throwing cash around like its mardi gras beads, they could find ways to allow people to keep more of their own money (cut taxes AND spending), so things like home ownership aren't out of reach.

I, too, enjoy inflation. :| And buying votes.

@bmarwell @real_keychron I’ll be honest this isn’t my favourite layout, but I wanted the Hall effect sensors. I have a few 65% keyboards, but I can’t use them at work because there is no back tick character.

@nottycode @real_keychron I personally prefer full arrow keys and the keys above. Ordered a K11(?) for my colleague and he's very happy with it. ☺️ I think they have a very high quality!

Can't wait for my new @real_keychron ⌨️keyboard for use at work to arrive! Too bad I'm already at 💼 work...

@bmarwell @real_keychron This one: keychron.com/products/keych… I like it, but I haven’t done anything that benefits from the Hall effect switches yet.

@nottycode @real_keychron So how is it? And which one? 😃

@bmarwell @real_keychron I have a new one waiting for me when I get home Sunday. I got one with Hall effect sensors. I have too many of their products. I like mechanical keyboards and they are a good option for lazy people.

@nottycode @real_keychron A #keychron K2 Max, for work (office). At home, I have a Keychron V6 Max. twitter.com/bmarwell/statu…

@starbuxman I understand Eclipse OpenJ9 isn't affected, so if you are on 14.4 and need Java now, using IBM Semaru Runtimes is an option: developer.ibm.com/languages/java…

will this release include a fix for the macOS 14.4 issue? Might be worth delaying a few days…

@brunoborges Cutting up my PR card was the most stressful thing I’ve done in 20 years.

Tired: Permanent Resident Card. Wired: Canadian Citizenship! Sorry, eh... 🇨🇦

@speakjava the one that holds 236.588 ml.

I know that all units of measurement are ultimately arbitrary, but who thought the "cup" was a good idea? When a recipe calls for a cup of polenta, what does that actually mean? Here's five cups in my kitchen, all varying significantly in size. Which do I choose? 🤔

@EliteGentleman @otaviojava @OpenLibertyIO The spec isn’t final so it won’t be in the main release.

@otaviojava @OpenLibertyIO Thanks, Otavio. I see that the #JakartaData API is only the @OpenLibertyIO Beta release. Is there one on the main release?

@otaviojava do you know which #JakartaEE compliant app servers have an implementation of #JakartaData or any reference implementation of #JakartaData that supports #JPA? Thanks.

@anghelides Yeah, I swear Pike’s ready room is larger than Picards entire bridge. Maybe this is a parallel world where everyone is 1/2 the size, but the ships are not.

@t_mammarella I just read about the layoffs and was thinking of you, I am glad that you have found somewhere. Good luck with your new role.

As for the good news, I feel incredibly lucky to say that I’ve recently accepted a new role. More will be revealed soon and I am really looking forward to this new chapter.

My role was eliminated this week by the company wide layoffs at Sonatype. I’m doing my best to reach out to external engagements but in the meantime contact me here or on LinkedIn if your email to me bounces.

I will be really happy if commercial fission power generation is really 5 years away, but it has been 10 years away all my life. I very much hope this happens.

Today I found out that the twitter iOS notifications all section doesn’t have all the notifications.

@BriannaWu The current British government does a lot of things that are in poor taste. They do not seem to understand recent history, let alone what happened 250 years ago.

In complete seriousness, I do think it’s in poor taste for Britain to celebrate the coronation of Charles in Boston streets. We didn’t overthrow the British for no reason. A lot of early American law around rape was developed directly because of their use of it to terrorize us.

At the Apple Store and I think I just heard the apple sales person claim you need more RAM if you travel a lot. Something to do with using it with an iPhone. I’d call BS to his face if I want half thinking I have mistreated him.

@tprstly @SteelSeries I like TKL, but I also have a 65% and 75% and they make the TKL look massive.

@jasondlee The code is going the wrong way, and it should be green.

It is, of course, not practical, and I do enjoy what I do, but it sure does sound nice. :)

Would love to give credit for this, but I can't, as I swiped it from a Mastodon post that didn't give credit either, but. 100% :P

This is the first time I haven’t presented the Liberty quarterly update in over 5 years. Sadly a personal commitment came up last minute, but I got an excellent group to sub for me and I’ll be here for the second run on the 20th.

@BillyKorando Maybe one day ChatGPT can do it for you.

You know, this taxes thing is kinda bullshit.