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Better pattern for @Autowired

Posted on January 30, 2024 by tim

Just ran across this in a video about Spring Boot by Frank Moley and I thought it deserved a callout. When creating your Beans (e.g. Controller), you can either: @RestController() public class ItemController { @Autowired; private ItemService itemService; Or you … Continue reading →

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Teraflops Comparison

Posted on April 21, 2023 by tim

Documenting some various GPU hardware Name TFLOPssingle precision TFLOPStensor perf (FP16) TFLOPS(FP16-Sparse) Tensorcores CUDA cores RAM RTX 3080Ti 34.1 136 273 320 10,240 12 GB V100 (specs) 14 112 640 5,120 16 GB RTX3070 20.31 184 5,888 8 GB GTX … Continue reading →

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WordPress Comment Spam

Posted on December 29, 2020 by tim

A quick note on WordPress spam in comments – Starting 2020 November 26th and continuing until 2020 December 17th, a spammer created a bunch of comments on the one page that had accidentally allowed comments – “About” In total, there … Continue reading →

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Java Self Loathing

Posted on January 18, 2018 by tim

Oracle hates its own product so much (Java) that it actively discourages people from ever running it. This is apparent in the JNLP dialogs you get when starting an application for the first time. Can you spot the difference? Both … Continue reading →

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Real World Debugging Exercise

Posted on December 15, 2016 by tim

Just completed the Real World Debugging Exercise. It is a static page on this site (just like the Lot Area Calculator).

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Brother HL-2170W wifi

Posted on March 4, 2016 by tim

Having upgraded the wifi device, and changing the SSID and passphrase, the Brother HL-2170W printer needed to be updated. First, the “easy button” just failed. Never worked. Which I recall happened the last time I set up this printer. Next … Continue reading →

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Amazon EC2 PassMark per ECU

Posted on August 18, 2013 by tim

Ever wondered what an Amazon ECU is worth in terms of a PassMark-CPU Mark value? (see cpubenchmark.net for PassMark scores). One way to calculate the PassMark per ECU value comes directly from Amazon’s information where they describe the hardware behind … Continue reading →

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Sandy Bridge Recall Part 2

Posted on February 2, 2011 by tim

After learning the problem with the chips resides in the SataII connectors, I felt lucky. I had already ordered a SataIII SSD and a SataIII HDD, so I was already planning on using the SataIII connectors. Plus, by getting the … Continue reading →

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Programming Languages Vary in Power

Posted on March 20, 2010 by tim

The title is a “controversial” quote from the book Hackers and Painters. The book’s author calls it controversial; I call it blindingly obvious but still not seen by certain people. That book serves as an example that, even though programming … Continue reading →

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Commoditization of Intelligence

Posted on December 21, 2009 by tim

I just ran into the phrase “commoditization of intelligence” from Accelerando (Singularity). In the book’s context it is scary enough. But it is truly scary when it manifests itself today. Like when knowledge workers are treated like replaceable cogs in … Continue reading →

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