Deputy CTO. Java Champion, member Java SE Expert Group, JCP EC, OpenJDK Vulnerability Group and Adoptium SC. AMA about Java and JVM.

London, UK
Joined March 2012
Simon Ritter@speakjava
Sep 10
I'll hold my hands up and say I'm no Python expert. So, can someone explain this? I type quit, and Python understands I want to quit, but tells me to type quit() rather than exiting. Explain to me why this is not the dumbest response possible.
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Sep 10
Replying to @JackieD86388657
Alright, Jackie, how does your xenophobic, myopic opinion fit in with reality?
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Sep 9
Replying to @TheBritishIntel
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Sep 9
AI-generated slop.
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Jul 27
How can a 27-slide PowerPoint presentation be 11.8MB? I deleted every slide with a picture (not many), and it's still 6.8MB. While I'm at it, what moron in the Microsoft UI group decided to relocate the compress picture option? 😡
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Jul 27
Replying to @TonyKnox15
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Jul 22
This is a complete lie
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Jul 22
Replying to @Jenny_1884
If only you could use the internet for more than posting things on X that you don't understand. Behold! A whole 10 seconds of research using Google AI.
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Jul 9
Replying to @TransChicken2
It's fascinating that people like you are more than happy to use the internet to post speculative nonsense like this. Yet you are quite unable to use the internet to answer your own question. Try Google AI mode.
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Simon Ritter@speakjava
Jun 27
Replying to @andie1105
Well, at least you did some research. However, the article only explains why we are experiencing a heatwave at the moment, which has nothing to do with climate change. 3 days in a row, we exceeded the highest temp ever in June. Look at the graph here, from NASA.
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