Random thought: Fixing Java

If Oracle simply changes Java so that null.toString() returns the string "null" instead of throwing a NullPointerException, they will probably solve the majority of mysterious bugs in Java programs.

Of blips and blobs...

Random thought . o O ( databases have blobs of binary data... Why not have blips of binary code? Blobs and blips... Blips and blobs... )

Random thought: False Hope of Extensibility

Common Java anti-pattern is to name some classes as "DefaultFooClass" when there's actually no way to use any other implementation.

I think it should be called the "False Hope of Extensibility" anti-pattern.

Standards have fallen. Disappointed by IEEE

Personally, I'm disappointed that the IEEE is reporting this as a good idea. It's not and I'll just outline a few of the issues:

- Horribly exothermic, a lot of lost energy.

- Did I say lost energy? Making aluminium from aluminium oxide takes a lot of energy.

- Hydrogen embrittling of the gasoline engine.

- Accelerated corrosion of the exhaust manifold.

Come on! This shouldn't even have passed a basic engineering review. This is basic A Level chemistry!

https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/transportation/alternative-transportation/hydrogen-on-tap-device-trucks-fuel-efficient-vehicles

Photo: Kelly Wilkinson/Indy Star/USA TODAY Network/Imagn Content Services

Kurt Koehler, founder and president of AlGalCo, shows his HOT (Hydrogen on Tap) system, Thursday, April 9, 2020. It sits in a City of Carmel Street Department truck.

Wooting LEDs from Java

While waiting for things at work, threw together a bit of Java code to tinker with the keyboard LEDs.. Pointless but fun. 😁 Note to self: Should make time to open source it this weekend so that other people can waste their time.
Posted by Antony T Curtis on Wednesday, 20 March 2019

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