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As I mentioned before it’s hard to find a spot to fly drone legally. What I figured out was that flying over bodies of waters is generally more acceptable, as long as they are not privately owned or belong to a municipality. Bannerman Castle has long been on my list of attractions to visit (by…

My plans to wait for Linux ARM (Snapdragon X Elite) support to stabilize before upgrading my 4 year old HP Spectre got derailed by its failed USB-C, making me upgrade now, and do a quick review of what’s going on in the world of laptops, CPUs and Linux. To avoid extra effort learning new platform…

Today, Cybernews announced a 16 billion credentials exposure, adding weight to the announcement by mentioning Apple, Facebook, Google. I find it curious that services like popular banks or trading platforms aren’t mentioned, as anything involving money adds much more weight and grabs attention, so I’m wondering if they are not part of the breach, or…

The reason my previous post had to be corrected multiple times is due to my over-reliance on AI. I’ve been using ChatGPT as a smarter alternative to Google, and it has become a habit. The app installed on my phone outperforms Alexa and Siri in understanding what I say and providing answers by far. However,…

Last week, Java 23 was released, another short-term support version. The NY Java SIG hosted a meetup to celebrate and discuss the new and not so new features that it brings us. [Correction] Project Loom and its virtual threads are fully available, and there is no lack of interesting things that make Java a modern…

Last week, I filed my second patent. My first one happened back in my Silicon Valley startup days, and doing it again was the last thing I expected after making a move to NYC and starting to work for banks. Plus, there’s always that added challenge of doing something a second time — as they…