Ben Evans

Queer, cisgender author / educator / software engineer mainly known for #architecture / #performance / #observability / #Java / #JVM

Much more likely to post pictures of #cats and rant about society, #antifascism, food and #queer stuff than tech, though.

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2024-12-27 11:40:38

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@nprofile…02z2 Determinstic results matter. "Agents" are a house built upon sand. No-one trusts what they bring & the obvious failures will become clear very soon.

2024-12-22 16:16:00

"Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

2024-09-20 11:50:03

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@npub1l0m…fxn2 So the tax would represent less than 2k per private flight to or from Scotland? Nowhere near enough, but it's a start!

2024-09-16 10:37:59

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@npub1lsk…6vq7 I am shocked, shocked to find out that there are massive loopholes in these treaties between parties with a huge power imbalance.

2024-09-16 08:28:14

A sm0l proposal - instead of "fast fashion", we start calling it "landfill fashion" - as that's where the vast majority of it ends up in very short order, and it is a prime example of the West exporting its waste for disposal in poor countries.

2024-09-14 16:47:06

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@npub194y…8ffc It doesn't work on mine, as anyone who tried to put one on would be taking a swift a nd immediate trip to A&E.

2024-09-14 16:24:02

They have little hats now! https://archive.is/JQI4x #cats #CatsOfMastodon

2024-09-14 15:40:49

@npub1vlw…xkpy So, I'm thinking of starting to get back into RSS - and I saw your post about NewsBlur. Do you recommend it, and do you have any tips for how to find interesting feeds?

2024-09-07 17:14:06

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@npub1078…qfnh I have now!

2024-09-06 09:48:34

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 "35"? Oh, my sweet summer child.

2024-09-06 08:31:46

Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice https://archive.is/tpFpT - is this the most "In Mice" headline ever? @npub1067…fdvg

2024-09-04 13:33:55

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@npub1cj0…cl2u Always.

2024-09-01 22:02:49

Absolutely perfect: https://archive.is/aPTSD

2024-09-01 18:58:16

Wired have apparently adopted the same sort of forced arbitration bullshit that we've seen in so many other cases lately. WTAF?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/063/825/736/176/896/original/bc82b94a647885fa.png

2024-09-01 12:08:36

This interview with Tony Blair is ... quite a thing.
By turns smug, delusional, unrepentant, self-contradictory, worringly authoritarian and quite obviously an absurdly easy mark for tech VC hucksters.
If you have any interest in #UKPol, do give it a read: https://archive.is/YV1Lg

2024-09-01 11:05:09

Does anyone have an actual source for the "Google deletes internal mail after 6 months" story?
The state of document rentention requirements was this 19 years ago:
https://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/news/fortune500/morganstanley/index.htm - note that the case dealt with email that was over 6 years old at that point & related to unfair allocations of tech stock at IPO.
I know b/c I was the guy who had to cover for some of the folks who got pulled off their regular work to help the search for missing emails.
What has changed?

2024-08-30 10:25:00

@npub1kuh…m595 I have had dudes on my timeline telling me (as self-id anarchists) that questioning whether the IDF are doing (in their own words) "literally everything they can to protect civilians" is, tq, immediate anti-Semitism.

2024-08-30 09:35:31

If you work in software: That awful little fucking weasel that you wish gone from your workplace is Kemi Badenoch. Go look at her record.

2024-08-30 08:10:45

If cops actually protected you and wanted to get bad guys, they would overwhelmingly endorse Harris in this 2-horse race.
Instead.
Instead.
Well, you go & look.
Cop "unions" ain't unions.
#uspol #union

2024-08-30 07:53:24

PSA: Al Jazeera English are platforming (and apparently paying) La Bindel and her SWRF and TERF bilge. That's an unfollow from me, dawg.

2024-08-29 14:56:12

Gotta love F/OSS. I spend half a day banging my head against a brick wall; an external colleague sends me a reference project & 20 mins later I've found a bug in the testing framework and several bugs in my own code. #java

2024-08-28 10:46:59

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@npub1ey0…5c0f I have no idea what your personal threat model is, so I'm just glad you found something that works for you, boo.

2024-08-28 10:18:28

Today in "Cluster analysis of ursine defecation and woodland areas" - https://archive.is/DeEtB #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

2024-08-28 07:40:48

In the wake of the Telegram arrest and the acres of shitty coverage of it:
The key point is that you cannot either be forced to (or refuse to) hand over that which you do not possess, neither can you be held liable for it: https://signal.org/bigbrother/santa-clara-county/ #signal

2024-08-28 07:33:45

@npub150t…ravx Today in "Ideas That Will Not Die" - https://github.com/fglock/PerlOnJava #java #perl

2024-08-27 08:10:19

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@npub14d7…dm4s There is going to be very good money to be made in due course by rescuing the members of the third group (those which survive, that is) from the holes that they are currently digging themselves into.

2024-08-14 03:38:16

If you believe that this rule about not accepting outside "gifts and incentives" applies to Veolia's senior managers and executives then boy do I have a bridge to sell you! - https://archive.is/1iWIN

2024-08-14 01:27:30

Followup piece on Nullability in #Java - coming to the language itself: https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/08/null-restricted-java/ #programming

2024-08-12 15:25:13

Somewhat-rare technical post from me - JSpecify and Nullability in #Java - https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/08/jspecify-java-nullability/ #programming

2024-08-12 04:26:07

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@npub1c0t…v7hu Sometimes a cat identifies the human they need. Sometimes a cat identifies the human that needs them.

2024-08-12 01:26:23

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@npub14q6…4za2 Thank you for elucidating so clearly just what I was struggling to express about my own misgivings regarding consensus blocklists.

2024-08-12 01:15:56

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@npub1jt0…nykl What news of our swift fleet's victories against our sworn enemies, the Mousetodons, Grand Admiral?

2024-08-11 19:43:12

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@npub18sn…5r2q "The street finds its own uses for things."

2024-08-11 19:33:40

One of the things I like about following the #Obsidian hashtag is that it regularly reminds me of the very different experience users can have of the same software tool - even for something as straightforward as this.
The way that I use it would not be at all familiar to many of the folks whose posts I read, and it's good to think about those other user perspectives on a regular basis - not just for Obsidian, but for all the software I write.

2024-08-10 03:25:02

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@npub135w…l3dn I got 99 problems, but a mouse ain't one.

2024-08-09 19:17:26

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@npub1yst…zkjt Save Ferris?

2024-08-06 09:28:53

I'm super-pleased to announce that my book "Java in a Nutshell" (8th Edition) is being made available for free download for another 6 months, courtesy of Red Hat - https://red.ht/java-nutshell-free #java #opensource

2024-08-06 08:03:24

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@npub10ye…h8re It really is a truly special place.

2024-08-05 15:50:18

JG Ballard was sadly unavailable for comment.
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2024-08-05 11:22:57

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@npub1nkw…kdqh
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2024-08-05 09:13:18

LRT: I was marooned in the Swiss village of Saas-Fee in 2000. With not much to do while the storm passed, we went to the village museum. The pictures of the glacier taken in 1880 were almost identical to the ones we took 120 years later.
When I was there in 2019 the extent of the glacial retreat in <20 years was truly shocking #climatechange

2024-08-04 21:51:33

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@npub19gy…m8jm It's community supported - but if you like #Kotlin I think that plugin is officially supported, if that makes a difference.

2024-08-04 19:33:47

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@npub13ds…cug4 No. This will be used as a tool for harassment and gatekeeping against groups under-represented in tech. Once again.

2024-08-04 14:18:39

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@npub16u4…nn46 Well, of course you should come and see us!

2024-08-04 14:12:35

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@npub1src…fms4 Let us hope so!

2024-08-04 14:09:43

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@npub1src…fms4 I'll stop deadnaming his shitty cesspool of a website just as soon as he stops deadnaming his child.

2024-08-04 09:24:08

The nice mid-50s lady who commented approvingly on my Echo and the Bunnymen shirt the last time I wore it to one of the stores in my barrio just walked past my balcony carrying a #Pixies tote bag while I was letting the cat out. #Barcelona

2024-08-03 15:30:44

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@npub1yzy…6q8n I had to explain to my 70-smthg mother what "Blep!" means.

2024-08-03 12:11:32

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@npub14p5…hakl I was quite surprised to discover that Badenoch has a computing degree (& possibly a masters) and apparently worked as a software engineer after graduating.

2024-08-03 11:05:26

How did I not know that XKCD's What If? a) had a YT channel & b) was narrated by Randall himself, who apparently has a gorgeous voice that's really well suited to it?

2024-08-03 10:17:07

Occasional reminder to join a fucking union: https://archive.is/9L8FX

2024-08-03 08:12:17

This is an absolute banger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRgMue4O3A #goth #thecure

2024-08-03 07:41:17

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@npub1dzq…ramy No paywall: https://www.e-pages.dk/hahamburgharburg/1705/article/2090660/25/4/render/?token=213b33ed02b6e07f6937ec48abc66ff1

2024-08-02 08:43:16

OMFG - I *have* to see this: https://archive.is/7RBf3

2024-08-01 10:44:29

On the occasion of his 205th birthday:
"Would you like to read a book by Herman Melville?"
"I would prefer not to."

2024-08-01 10:43:53

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@npub1ks7…eg5u "Would you like to read a book by Herman Melville?"
"I would prefer not to."

2024-07-30 21:18:35

My Mute and Block fingers are getting quite the workout today.

2024-07-30 21:10:42

https://archive.is/PwDdj - TikTok has 40k paid moderation staff and it's losing the battle against Nazis.

2024-07-30 15:16:28

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@npub1f35…r62u https://archive.is/9v9sU - non-paywalled link

2024-07-27 05:21:48

How did I not know that he had been forced by the courts to do this: https://craigwright.net/ ? - this is the funniest thing I've seen in ages #FuckAroundFindOut

2024-07-24 14:57:25

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@npub1006…dph0 No paywall link: https://archive.is/IVAw4

2024-07-21 06:25:53

This little boy was on my terrace to greet me when I woke up this morning for my first day on #Crete for JCrete 2024 #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Java
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/823/043/590/715/842/original/272500cc32a7572e.jpeg

2024-07-21 05:33:06

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@npub1yn0…jxuc I do wonder about OP, though. Every pet rabbit I've ever known used to throw temper tantrums on the regular.

2024-07-19 18:29:43

In case you still thought you were living in a sane world: Crowdstrike lost more "value" between 09 July and yesterday than it has in the last 24 hours.
Today's shenanigans (i.e the worst single -root-cause outage in history) is apparently only worth a 12% devaluation of their company.
One for the next time you have to deal with some "Free Market" numpty.

2024-07-19 15:50:04

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@npub1d63…cl6x For me the question is not "when will I need this?" but "when will I need to be definitely sure that this doesn't exist?" - in debugging and outages the latter case is IMO much more common.

2024-07-19 15:05:47

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@npub1psd…9sr7 I would also argue that Accelerando also has quite a bit about trade (or, at least, commerce) in it as well.

2024-07-18 22:29:04

After watching The Boys S4 finale and the use of "Heart-Shaped Box" over *that* ending, I felt it was time to bust out the #Nirvana records.

2024-07-18 22:18:09

Ah, fuck it, we had a good run - the cephalopods can have the planet: https://www.mbl.edu/news/what-can-cephalopods-teach-us-about-adapting-climate-change

2024-07-18 17:27:23

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@npub1evu…uf5t Good, if rather overdue, news.

2024-07-17 09:13:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH_F1mU5dF0 - it's always funny listening to Karen Fukuhara talk, b/c I can so hear both Kipo and Glimmer in her voice.

2024-07-16 19:58:33

This is a superb piece on just how available your data is: https://interaktiv.br.de/ausspioniert-mit-standortdaten/en/index.html

2024-07-16 17:46:22

Today's bug report: #IntelliJ doesn't believe "mustelid" is a word. #Java

2024-07-15 22:58:57

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@npub17ce…zvzg Bob, have you been committing a Web3 again?

2024-07-14 17:04:28

In case you're having a bad day, a reminder that there are people that believe that the X-Men are a metaphor for being persecuted for having conservaitive views. #marvel

2024-07-14 09:53:33

Looks like a good day to do some horrible shit with Maven.

2024-07-14 06:55:12

Looks like a good day to do some horrible shit with Docker.

2024-07-14 05:07:25

Looks like I picked the wrong fucking morning to have my body wake me up after ~6 hrs and then refuse to let me go back to sleep.

2024-07-12 17:36:49

Some more good news - https://archive.is/36uUq (and in #es https://archive.is/DC9Qg) - once again reminding us that fash just aren't any good at governing.

2024-07-10 12:23:07

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@npub1c2q…jsa8 I wish them the very best of fucking luck. I'll even give them a head start.

2024-07-10 09:28:17

The creatures outside looked from Statler to Waldorf, and from Waldorf to Statler, and from Statler to Waldorf again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

2024-07-10 09:20:35

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@npub18cx…5yta Oh, and in case it's not obvious, thank you so much for writing this piece - it's spot-on.

2024-07-10 09:15:29

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@npub18cx…5yta Dominic Cummings used to be my go-to example of a yokel taken in by the clownshow of Silicon Valley carnival barkers, but it appears I fogot about Blair.

2024-07-10 08:16:03

"Why do you have your sexuality / gender on your profile, blah blah? Surely in 2024, blah blah blah blah"
Because I've just had a third professional colleague reach out to me and tell me that my vocal outness made it easier for them to be out too.
So: They Stay. Feel free to attempt to disagree with me in the comments.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/761/198/724/807/072/original/1182a63fce83d701.jpg

2024-07-10 08:11:46

"We Can Always Tell" claims another (cis) victim / TERF scum have blood on their hands, part 14769521 in an apprently endless series - https://boredbat.com/86-year-old-woman-beaten-because-she-looked-trans/ - an 86-year old woman FFS.

2024-07-10 07:16:20

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@npub1d36…m6s0 Both of those terms are sufficiently non-specific that I could construct a convincing argument for both the pro and contra viewpoints.

2024-07-09 08:41:25

TFW You momentarily get @npub1efh…770m and @npub1n85…25tg confused

2024-07-09 07:13:15

From Pesto to porridge: https://archive.is/mKpQn

2024-07-08 14:25:30

@npub1cvv…mv8d For a second there I thought you were replying to the post above.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/751/326/658/088/776/original/16c56abe8dbdb0db.png

2024-07-08 14:14:44

"It might just be a Jagrafess today, but it could always be Daleks tomorrow." - can't believe I just used a #doctorwho metaphor in a discussion of software security threats.

2024-07-08 13:58:09

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@npub1rap…mla2 It's quite a shock to realize, within just a few days of a change of Govt, just how much the Tories had normalized petty, vindictive and just downright evil public policies.

2024-07-08 09:18:38

I wonder what would have happened if a charity that did not have Charles Windsor as its patron attempted to pay 1M EUR in cash into its bank account - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61941113

2024-07-08 08:30:33

Of course people have the right to practise their religion without fear or persecution. But without ridicule? And to have that overrule freedom of expression? Absolutely the fuck not - https://archive.is/9In8g
I'm sure I also recall something about a "proud spirit that cannot endure to be mocked" - but for the life of me, I can't seem to remember the rest of that passage.

2024-07-07 22:08:01

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@npub1u3t…c6ug I mean, I'm not a particular fan of theirs, but: https://archive.is/LpwNF

2024-07-07 18:57:54

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@npub1w2w…amxd Something from graph theory? Dijkstra's algorithm? Cycle detection in a digraph? Computing the transitive closure of a subgraph?

2024-07-07 15:50:06

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@npub1f04…7c29 Archive: https://archive.is/K8se7

2024-07-07 12:18:18

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@npub1t7u…78cc Bear in mind that European countries can vary wildly. E.g. Spain is about the size of Oregon or the 2 Carolinas but has *vastly* different Autonomous Communities within it.

2024-07-07 08:58:36

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@npub19a7…rk6d Are you visiting Barcelona? Have a great holiday!

2024-07-06 12:45:48

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@npub18mp…xr3y Spain has a number of visa options that would be open if you can work remotely (i.e. not for a Spanish company) and pay for private health insurance.

2024-07-05 19:16:40

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@npub1r0j…r2s5 One of the very few Tories I have any time for at all. This is a positive step.

2024-07-05 15:54:48

In footie news, sad to see Lucy Bronze leave Barça for Chelsea - but I completely get that it's the right move for her, and understand that Chelsea (a fine side) want to strengthen their bench, plan for the future and maybe get that elusive bit of silverware they're still chasing.
The Men's game between España and Deutschland should be worth a look later as well. #football