Although I believe very deeply that 2 + 2 equals 4, I guess you don't really see me here passionately advocating about it, or out holding up signs, etc., trying to go out and reason with people about it. I do feel like I *should*.... (1/2)

An Arkansas bill (among its other provisions) targets *hairstylists* who give kids *non-gender-conforming haircuts*. www.newsweek.com/arkansas-bil... These people trying (with mounting desperation) to police gender are out of their effing minds.

Arkansas bill targets 'gender nonconforming' haircuts for kids

If passed, the bill would let parents sue anyone supporting a minor's social gender transition, from hairdressers to teachers and nonprofits.

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I have published a new blog post to explain what benefits Spring developers can expect from the next-level Spring null safety support based on JSpecify and NullAway. spring.io/blog/2025/03... It will be available for general consumption in the upcoming Spring major version at the end of the year.

I wish SO HARD I had been filming my daughter's reaction as I showed her this explanation of Graham's Number last night. It was incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6c... When he got to "3 to the power of something-trillion", she laughed in genuine delight. After that it was not funny anymore.

Day[9] Story Time #4 - Graham's Number

YouTube video by Day9TV

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It doesn't matter whether it was "really" a Nazi salute, or if Trump "really" would invade Greenland. That isn't even the point. They are blurring the lines. They're ensuring there won't be a *one clear moment* when they've suddenly gone too far. They're boiling us like the proverbial frog.

Justice served. crazybob aka Bob Lee's killer has been convicted of murder 2nd degree, which should put him in prison for a long time. I had felt fairly confident of this outcome, but hearing the guy's attempts to claim "self-defense" made me feel almost physically ill, so I feel relieved now.

In Java `==` is defined for every reference type, but is very often not what we want, and we sometimes have bugs until we remember to use `equals()` to determine *logical* equivalence instead. I'm curious what are the various "good" uses for the `==` operator out there. Here are some that I know:

This is the way. Please. It's especially ironic when some rando says something horrible and then their message ends up reaching millions of people because well-meaning folks want to broadcast just how outraged they are by it. I see these things every day. Staaaahhhp

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2y ago

"Don't Engage, Just Block" is having a real effect and you can tell it's frustrating the bots, chuds and trolls. They're in my comments trying everything they can to get people there to react -- and no one's biting. And then I swing by and chuck 'em into the cornfield and that's that.

I hate that they're making this, and I especially hate that my ass will be in that theater on opening night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2g...

'How to Train Your Dragon' Official Trailer (2025 Live-Action)

YouTube video by Entertainment Tonight

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@melissarkaplan.bsky.social I am touched that my favorite singer in the entire world followed me back! However, now get ready to learn some things about Java programming hahaha :-)

I'm here to make Java-related/tech-related posts and replies, but I can't promise to stay on topic 100% of the time. You get the whole unfiltered me, folks. All opinions, incidentally, are strictly my own (and are sometimes wrong). I'm shooting for >50% Java-related though. :-)