Simon Ritter @speakjava

Deputy CTO. Java Champion, member Java SE Expert Group, JCP EC, OpenJDK Vulnerability Group and Adoptium SC. AMA about Java and JVM. twiends.com/speakjava London, UK Joined March 2012

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

4 weeks ago

The majority of people in the UK who are currently protesting about immigrants arriving in small boats are of Anglo-Saxon origin. That would be the same Anglo-Saxons who arrived in the UK in small boats from the 5th to 11th centuries. Oh, the irony!

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

2 months ago

The view from my hotel this morning in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. About the closest thing you’ll get to waking up in the morning and thinking you’re on a different planet. 😀

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2 months ago

I’m in La Paz, Bolivia, and this is the first hotel I’ve ever stayed in that’s offered bottled oxygen as a service 🤔

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

3 months ago

I love @KodiTV for streaming videos I have on a server, but how is it that the developers have never managed to figure out how to sync the server's directories accurately with what's shown in the menus? I mean, this is not complicated.

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

4 months ago

Why is everything online such a struggle? @AmexUK @AskAmex, you sent me a message saying I'm near my credit limit. OK. I use your app, and it shows transactions that are only a third of the way to my limit. How can you not provide accurate information?

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

4 months ago

I genuinely didn't believe this was possible. But it is. @Iberia has worse IT systems than BA. Here's the message I got when I tried to use the online check-in this morning.

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4 months ago

What’s going on, @Iberia ? You’re letting all of group 1 and 2 through boarding, yet there’s nowhere for us to go. Chaos ensues!

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

4 months ago

Anybody else think the Monaco Grand Prix was a complete waste of time? Driving slowly to back up other drivers so your teammate can get a free pit stop is not what I want to watch as @F1. The two pit-stop rule change made for a ridiculous "race".

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

4 months ago

I honestly thought @British_Airways IT systems could not be beaten for how bad they are. Obviously, I hadn't tried @Iberia. I guess they are both part of the same group...

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4 months ago

Hey, @Iberia_en @Iberia. You tell me I have items pending payment, but you provide no way to make a payment. How am I supposed to pay???

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4 months ago

Steve Elliott was my host manager when I joined Sun back in 1996. He and I share an obsession with keeping Java memorabilia; he has way more than I do. Check out his 30 years of Java photo compilation here: flickr.com/photos/jabberw…

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

5 months ago

Hey, @AskNationwide, why do you bury verification messages under settings -> security? These are *not* settings, but messages. Under the 'help' section, it says verification messages can be accessed from the menu in the app. This is not helpful, or useful.

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

5 months ago

House flies have to be the stupidest creatures on the planet. How do they still manage to survive?

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

5 months ago

Outstanding customer service from @TfL this morning. The 0630 District line from Richmond was cancelled but you couldn’t even be bothered to make an announcement. Big round of applause 👏👏👏

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

6 months ago

The new website look for @British_Airways is so good, I can't even login using Google Chrome (it just loops me back to the home page without asking for credentials). Just how bad can their IT systems get?

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

7 months ago

What the? Hey @Brother_UK, how can the status monitor for my printer require over 200GB of memory??? Truly, the mother of all memory leaks!

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7 months ago

It’s incredible to see the Java community thriving after 30 years! I’m honored to keynote Duke Turns 30 and take a look back at Java’s journey. Let’s celebrate together and explore how Java continues to shape our world.azul.com/duke-turns-30-…

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

7 months ago

WTAF? According to the @British_Airways chatbot on X, which seems to be stuck four years ago, you need to provide proof of vaccination. This requirement was dropped two years ago. The usual problem with AI: GIGO.

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7 months ago

I can only assume the @British_Airways IT systems were developed by an intern. For example, when I enter my date of birth, I get a warning message that the date is incomplete as soon as I enter the day. No shit, how can I enter three values simultaneously?

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Simon Ritter @speakjava

7 months ago

I'm off to the US this weekend. Just under two weeks in San Diego, Las Vegas, Nashville and Atlanta. I'm going with an open mind and hope to talk to many people there to try and understand the current situation. To assist me, my reading for the flight is "Deer Hunting with Jesus"