Deputy CTO. Java Champion, member Java SE Expert Group, JCP EC, OpenJDK Vulnerability Group and Adoptium SC. AMA about Java and JVM.

London, UK
Joined March 2012
Why is Windows and Windows applications so shockingly bad at cleaning up after itself? I can find upwards of 50GB of cache files, patches, log files, none of which are necessary. Do developers really think that disk space is unlimited?
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I have to say the AI assistant on the @WesternDigiCare website is missing the "I" in AI. I just typed, "How do I get a receipt or invoice", and its response was, "I think you want warranty, is that correct?" How does that possibly make any sense?
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I can only begin to imagine what the late Steve Jobs would have said if a designer had come to him and said: "We've decided that the best place to put the power switch for the Mac Mini is underneath, at the back. We want it to be different!" Genuinely incomprehensible idea.
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Sometimes I just shake my head in wonder at some of the ridiculous decisions companies make. Why? Why, for crying out loud, does Gmail call a folder a label? 100% of the world's population understands "folder". What purpose (or advantage) does renaming it to a label serve?
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Why does Apple think "natural scrolling" is the opposite direction to that which 99.9% of the world's population thinks is natural?
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I've been listening to the @virginmedia on-hold Jazz music for over 20 minutes (so far), and it's really starting to grate. Also, it's *really* unnecessary to tell me every 10 seconds that the lines are busy; I already deduced that!
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I'll hold my hands up and say I'm no Python expert. So, can someone explain this? I type quit, and Python understands I want to quit, but tells me to type quit() rather than exiting. Explain to me why this is not the dumbest response possible.
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Please, please @ubuntu, either make snap work so I can access files in the current directory or do away with it completely. It is utterly useless as provided.
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Genuine question: What is the point of the Snap package manager on Ubuntu? I installed an app that is so sandboxed that it can't access files in the current directory, which is essential for it to work. Genini suggests I run it via a trusted Docker image. WTAF?
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I'm rapidly discovering that the only way to use artificial intelligence effectively is if you have real intelligence...
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Outstanding customer service from @porterairlines. I fly from Ottawa to New York tomorrow and have checked in. To access my boarding pass, I need your mobile app. This isn't available to someone from the U.K. Why not?
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How can a 27-slide PowerPoint presentation be 11.8MB? I deleted every slide with a picture (not many), and it's still 6.8MB. While I'm at it, what moron in the Microsoft UI group decided to relocate the compress picture option? 😡
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Hi @aixenergy. Can you tell me how I can unsubscribe from your spam emails that I never signed up for? I have used the link that claims to unsubscribe me, but it doesn't. I even tried sending a direct email to [email protected], but that also failed. JUST STOP SENDING ME SPAM!
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This is a complete lie
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Simon Ritter retweeted
Remember when Musk challenged the World Food Program to explain how he could solve world hunger with just $6 billion, they did, and he just completely ignored them?
Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.
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I was yesterday years old when I discovered that it's a *really* bad idea to remove the Python package from your Ubuntu installation. An awful lot of stuff suddenly stops working.
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Great job @uber! Arrived at Heathrow Terminal 4 and none of your instructions for pickup are correct. App is wrong, website is wrong. Amazed if you get any business from here.
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This quote is from an article in @computing_news (computing.co.uk/news-analysi…). How can anyone look at that and see any sense in it? AI bubble? What AI bubble?
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