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Coder, OSS Author (Jackson, Woodstox, java-uuid-generator etc); father; hiker; immigrant; worker. Born in Finland, lives nowadays in the magnificent US Pacific Northwest.

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Wow they won’t even have to spend money to rename things like we did with the Department of War

04.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 1452 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 6

Donald Trump just became the first US Commander in Chief since 1991 to have three American fighter jets shot down by another country… and somehow, it wasn’t even an enemy.

02.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 3070 πŸ” 865 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 42

Cool. Got accepted into Anthropic's 6 month free Max for OSS Authors program!

03.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying out OpenAI's Codex -- seems legit, no big surprises/disappointments, wrt structured Java library bug fix / test repro use cases so far. Solid backup when running into Claude token limits? :-D

28.02.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a β€œweapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

25.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 12649 πŸ” 6094 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 331

So some jerk called the police, who just beat up a disabled Rohingya refugee instead of trying to communicate with him and then charged *him*. He probably thought he was getting jumped since he couldn’t see or understand the cops.

He survived a genocide and ending up getting murdered by CBP.

25.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 1182 πŸ” 338 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 10

If Trump's address tonight really is over two hours long, how many times will he doze off during his own speech?

24.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 587 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 7

yeah. So it has been on my radar FWTW.

24.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

but FWTW there are both concerns ("isn't this just strange over-complicated CSV variant?") and practical complications (how to actually represent TOOL as data model), so it'd be some effort, hence hesitation.

24.02.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes (there's even PR contributed for it), but decided I'd want to see if TOON actually gets adoption before adding more code to support (just in case it turns out to be a fad) -- is there use beyond hype?
(I realize there's potential chicken/egg issue there)

24.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I realized long ago that whenever one is unimpressed with a song, movie, TV show, performer, etc that everyone else seems to think is the GREATEST THING EVER, it's best to simply remain silent on the topic.

23.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 712 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 19
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America 2026.

22.02.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 6580 πŸ” 2209 πŸ’¬ 182 πŸ“Œ 94

... specifically, 3 oldest `jackson-databind` issues solved 10+ years old.

23.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and yes, it's somewhat of a Big Deal: first LTS for 3.x AND boatloads of fixes -- many bugs reported years (some decade...) ago.

23.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Status: playing with Codex since it has some Gratis usage now. Nothing much to say yet, appears to work ok so far but only casual repo summarization etc

23.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jackson Release 3.1 Main Portal page for the Jackson project. Contribute to FasterXML/jackson development by creating an account on GitHub.

Jackson 3.1.0 LTS version (github.com/FasterXML/ja...) being released. HUGE "minor" release with over 140 (!) changes, mostly fixes. The first Long-Term Support version for Jackson 3.x; upgrade from 3.0.x strongly recommended. #java #json #xml #csv #cbor #smile etc #jackson

23.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Also: Jackson 2.21.1 (another LTS -- Long-Term-Support) branch release) patch release out: github.com/FasterXML/ja... #java #json #jackson

23.02.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jackson Release 2.18.6 Main Portal page for the Jackson project. Contribute to FasterXML/jackson development by creating an account on GitHub.

Jackson 2.18.6 (LTS) patch release out: github.com/FasterXML/ja... #java #json #jackson

23.02.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In October 2024, the Georgia secretary of state’s office launched an investigation after receiving numerous reports from residents across several counties saying they’d received partially prefilled absentee ballot applications from Musk’s America PAC. trib.al/n6hAZOC

20.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 3064 πŸ” 1184 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 83

Is it true that if they can arrest a Prince, we can arrest a guy from Queens?

19.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't think there's any real legal incentive, but it'd be great if Prince Andrew decided to incriminate one of his co-conspirators now.

19.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2931 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 10

I have heard many like Gemini as well.

18.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On token usage: for some reason, certain things seem way more (or less) token-hungry than others. Most analyses, even long-running ones, appear cheap. And mechanical transformations surprisingly expensive. With Claude that is. FWTW.

18.02.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh. Codex App does not support Intel Macs (my Mac mini not Apple silicon, bit old) :-(
Maybe Codex CLI is an option...

18.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

was thinking about it -- they have similar (~20$/month) plan I think? Might want to give it a try.

18.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

As I have mentioned a few times, I find Claude Code VERY good for development of OSS libraries. But now facing the usual token limits -- esp. with test refactoring -- with Pro. Going max bit too steep cost so thinking of complementary tools. I like agentic (CLI) approach. Any recommendations?

18.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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A 12-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas 
Detained for 60 days

β€œMore than 60 days … going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems the water is what makes people sick here.”

Ender A 12-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 60 days β€œMore than 60 days … going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems the water is what makes people sick here.”

β€œMore than 60 days … going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems the water is what makes people sick here.”

- 12 year-old imprisoned for 60+ days in Texas concentration camp

17.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 1210 πŸ” 371 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11
Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas 
Detained for 70 days

β€œI don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days β€œI don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by 
@micarosenberg
 et al for ProPublica:

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

β€œI don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

17.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 12165 πŸ” 6997 πŸ’¬ 324 πŸ“Œ 831
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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard is Covering Up a Call About someone Close to the White House This is an impeachable offense. I sat down with the whistleblower's attorney for an in-depth, 45-minute interview. You don't want to miss it.

NEW: Easily one of the most important interviews I've done. This is bigger than the intel that led to Trump's first impeachment, and Tulsi Gabbard, Susie Wiles, & seemingly Trump himself are feverishly trying to cover it up. You can watch the interview here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-tulsi-...

09.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 2509 πŸ” 1060 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 35

Your Ring camera can scam passing dogs and compare them to databases of missing dogs and that’s heartwarming and there are absolutely no sinister implications that’s why the guy in the button-down and Dockers is soothing

09.02.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 2723 πŸ” 362 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 16