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January 27, 2024
gson supports records
I like using records in Java and getting rid of the boilerplate on my immutable objects. I also like using gson (google’s serialization/deserialization library) for my lightweight JSON needs. All I need is an annotation to use a different field … Continue reading →
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January 14, 2024
FTC Judge vs Judge Advisor
I’ve been judging FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) competitions for many years. It’s a lot of fun. The kids tell you about their robot and outreach and learnings and more. You also negotiate with other judges to determine the award winners. … Continue reading →
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January 7, 2024
ChatGPT for education – is it like a calculator?
At the NYC FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) local kickoff, there was a speaker from Columbia about AI. The target audience was high school students. He said two things that stuck with me. First was: Self awareness is the ability to … Continue reading →
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December 28, 2023
toList() vs collect(Collectors.toList())
I had some extra time this week so went through a bunch of Sonar findings. One was interesting – in Java 17 you can use .toList() instead of .collect(Collectors.toList()) on a stream. [Yes, I know this was introduced in Java … Continue reading →
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December 25, 2023
Unexpected Pytest things for JUnit Developers
I used PyTest for the first time recently. It’s similar to JUnit as one would expect (since they are both XUnit frameworks.) There were a few things that were unexpected though so writing a a blog post. That’ll help me … Continue reading →
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December 3, 2023
the problem with attending team/project meetings on vacation
I was recently discussing the impact of attending team/project meetings while on vacation with someone. Seemed like a good blog post. Vacation is supposed to be about taking a mental and physical break. This means that tangential work things (taking … Continue reading →
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New Wiley Engine (Admission Tests)
Looking for our mock exams/online materials? Wiley switched away from Efficient Learning to Admission Tests (https://login.admission-tests.wiley.c...). The link from Efficient Learning takes you there. (In fact as of early December, logging in at least partially routes you back to efficient … Continue reading →
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November 26, 2023
converting a PDF to a PowerPoint file on Mac
I was given a PDF of a presentation and asked to give a presentation on it. I’d like to use what is there and edit it a bit. I’d also like to not be presenting out of a PDF and … Continue reading →
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November 14, 2023
like the pants or the bottle?
I got a great question today about how I pronounce my name. I was asked if my name is “like the pants or like the bottle.” Pants – “jeans” vs Bottle – “genie” Pants win! I often say “Jeanne” like … Continue reading →
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September 24, 2023
cancelling spectrum and moving to hulu tv
After I got the refunds I could for the Spectrum carriage “disagreement” with Disney, I looked into online tv. I do want “cable” in that I want the lots of channels and live tv. And I want a DVR. However, … Continue reading →
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