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Tales from the jar side: DevNexus, Null Pointers at the JCP party, AI animals playing casino games, and the usual tweets and toots

Two big windmills are talking. One asks the other, "What kind of music do you like?" The other responds, "I'm a giant metal fan." (rimshot)

Apr 14 •

Tales from the jar side: NFJS talks in St. Louis, Stable Diffusion images, UConn basketball, I missed the earthquake, and the usual silly…

I was walking in the jungle and saw a lizard on its hind legs telling jokes. I said, "That lizard is really funny." "No," a local replied, "that's not a…

Apr 7 •

Tales from the jar side: Modern Java features and AI, More ragging on RAG, Claude poetry, and the usual silly tweets and toots

I am struck by the ill. Bring me the Quills, both Day and Ny. (rimshot, h/t to MostlyHarmless on Mastodon. Also, I'm fine. Just a good gag.)

Mar 31 •

Tales from the jar side: Stupid AI Tricks, A Devin video rant, Java 22 is out, Open source drama, and the usual silly tweets and toots

Five out of six scientists agree that Russian roulette is harmless. (rimSHOT)

Mar 24 •

Tales from the jar side: Adding AI to Java, Claude Haiku writes haiku, Devin has come for us all, and the usual silly tweets and toots

When I was young, I was poor. After years of struggle, I'm no longer young. (rimshot)

Mar 17 •

Tales from the jar side: My talk at IntelliJ IDEA Conf, I get access to Gemini 1.5 Pro, More fun with AI's doing math, Pi and Perplexity AI…

I like Quiet Tennis. It's like regular tennis, but without the racket. (rimshot)

Mar 10 •

Tales from the jar side: AI models can't do math, Ragging on RAG, Where was Gibbs?, and the usual silly tweets and toots

I'm doing crunches twice a day now. Captain in the morning and Nestle in the afternoon. (rimshot, h/t to the Mostly Harmless mastodon feed)

Mar 3 •

Tales from the jar side: Tool support in LangChain4j, My Kotlin book in a Java bundle, Lunar landers, and the usual silly tweets and toots

Don't give up on your dreams! Go back to bed. (rimshot)

Feb 25 •

Tales from the jar side

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