Gunnar Hillert
@hillert.bsky.social
Spring Developer, Java Champion, 2019 Kona IRONMAN Finisher, formerly @oracle @pivotal @vmware @spring.io @atlantajug @devnexus. Plant collector. Board member at Hawaii Island Palm Society.
While I am still waiting for my #MacBook Pro's motherboard to be replaced (coding on Windows right now 😳), I have been watching a few videos on www.youtube.com/@lapfix on how they recover data from macs. Quite unnerving. Anyone developing software using @frame.work laptops? Any complaints?
lapfix
A MacBook Repair and Data Recovery Center
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
While I am still waiting for my #MacBook Pro's motherboard to be replaced (coding on Windows right now 😳), I have been watching a few videos on www.youtube.com/@lapfix on how they recover data from macs. Quite unnerving. Anyone developing software using @frame.work laptops? Any complaints?
A little bit of irony when Geeksoutfit is incapable of stuffing a T-shirt into a USPS envelope bound to #Hawaii 🥁🥁 "due to policy issues". Global company but Hawaii is too remote? ☠️. #enshittification
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A little bit of irony when Geeksoutfit is incapable of stuffing a T-shirt into a USPS envelope bound to #Hawaii 🥁🥁 "due to policy issues". Global company but Hawaii is too remote? ☠️. #enshittification
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After some minor #Java imports-renaming-bingo, I finally updated my app to #SpringBoot 4 🎉. Some minor issues around Jackson 3 & Hibernate 7. Happy that it was fairly straight-forward!
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
After some minor #Java imports-renaming-bingo, I finally updated my app to #SpringBoot 4 🎉. Some minor issues around Jackson 3 & Hibernate 7. Happy that it was fairly straight-forward!
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Planted a Kepel tree seedling (Stelechocarpus burahol). 1 out of 5 seeds had germinated (Took almost a year). Got the seeds in July 2024. A truly spectacular tree (from SE Asia, Malesia). The flowers and fruits are directly on the trunk (cauliflory) and the fruit is edible.
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Planted a Kepel tree seedling (Stelechocarpus burahol). 1 out of 5 seeds had germinated (Took almost a year). Got the seeds in July 2024. A truly spectacular tree (from SE Asia, Malesia). The flowers and fruits are directly on the trunk (cauliflory) and the fruit is edible.
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
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Republican Senator Mike Rounds:
"Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan.”
"Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Republican Senator Mike Rounds:
"Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan.”
"Rubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon and he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. It is not our recommendation, it is not our peace plan.”
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You don’t actually learn things from ChatGPT et al in the same way you do through reading and thinking. Parents, you must absolutely stress this to your kids or they will be disadvantaged intellectually.
#ai #llm #chatgpt
futurism.com/artificial-i...
#ai #llm #chatgpt
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Something Disturbing Happens When You "Learn" Something With ChatGPT
Researchers discovered a disturbing trend among people who learned about a topic with ChatGPT, instead of using a regular web search.
futurism.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
You don’t actually learn things from ChatGPT et al in the same way you do through reading and thinking. Parents, you must absolutely stress this to your kids or they will be disadvantaged intellectually.
#ai #llm #chatgpt
futurism.com/artificial-i...
#ai #llm #chatgpt
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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Jmail: Gmail Clone with Epstein's Emails https://jmail.world/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46004118)
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Jmail: Gmail Clone with Epstein's Emails https://jmail.world/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46004118)
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Exciting News 🎉 Spring Boot 4.0.0 is here: spring.io/blog/2025/11...
Spring Boot 4.0.0 available now
Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.
spring.io
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Exciting News 🎉 Spring Boot 4.0.0 is here: spring.io/blog/2025/11...
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Spring Boot 4.0.0 available now
Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.
spring.io
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The wonderful people at the NZ Science Learning Hub have turned my talk on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction into a freely available educational resource. You can check it out here www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/my...
Mythbusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction
De-extinction hit the headlines recently with the ‘resurrection’ of the dire wolf and the push to bring back the moa. However, can scientists really bring back extinct animals? And more importantly, s...
www.sciencelearn.org.nz
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The wonderful people at the NZ Science Learning Hub have turned my talk on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction into a freely available educational resource. You can check it out here www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/my...
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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A wise review by Holly Case of an excellent book by Iryna Vushko.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case · Thin Pink Glaze: Habsburg Legacies
We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration. In addition to the lingering legacy of 19th-century state...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A wise review by Holly Case of an excellent book by Iryna Vushko.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The ultimate #Apple #Enshittification - The screen on my M3 MacBook Pro failed 2 weeks ago and got replaced. Today seemingly the macOS Tahoe upgrade fried my motherboard 🎉 and thanks to all the "glue", data from failed Macs is unrecoverable 💀. WTF. Time to look at non-Apple options.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The ultimate #Apple #Enshittification - The screen on my M3 MacBook Pro failed 2 weeks ago and got replaced. Today seemingly the macOS Tahoe upgrade fried my motherboard 🎉 and thanks to all the "glue", data from failed Macs is unrecoverable 💀. WTF. Time to look at non-Apple options.
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“Even business leaders once portrayed as liberal visionaries were swept up in the rising tide of American fascism, becoming some of its most enthusiastic public admirers. Their conversions served as powerful and useful propaganda tools for the regime.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Just attended the 2h #Hawaii DOT Priority Multimodal Network Webinar. I think we all need to get more involved with local government issues, maybe even get elected sometime. Often quite boring - but without "us", the people, #democracy dies.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Just attended the 2h #Hawaii DOT Priority Multimodal Network Webinar. I think we all need to get more involved with local government issues, maybe even get elected sometime. Often quite boring - but without "us", the people, #democracy dies.
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Why is South Park is covering tech politics better than every major US newpaper, magazine and cable news network combined?
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Why is South Park is covering tech politics better than every major US newpaper, magazine and cable news network combined?
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After a year of work, we are happy to share that Spring Framework 7.0 GA is now available! spring.io/blog/2025/11...
Time to celebrate, get a bit of rest and help the team to prepare Spring Boot 4.0 GA release planned November 20th 😊
#spring #java
Time to celebrate, get a bit of rest and help the team to prepare Spring Boot 4.0 GA release planned November 20th 😊
#spring #java
Spring Framework 7.0 General Availability
Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.
spring.io
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
After a year of work, we are happy to share that Spring Framework 7.0 GA is now available! spring.io/blog/2025/11...
Time to celebrate, get a bit of rest and help the team to prepare Spring Boot 4.0 GA release planned November 20th 😊
#spring #java
Time to celebrate, get a bit of rest and help the team to prepare Spring Boot 4.0 GA release planned November 20th 😊
#spring #java
Watched the excellent #AlGore #COP30 🇧🇷 presentation + panel on #AI #MachineLearning #OpenSource data in the fight against #ClimateChange + tools like #carbonmapper & @climatetrace.org (Impressive data visualizations!!) @cop30brazil.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtq...
LIVE: From Data to Action: Al Gore’s Climate Warning at COP30 | DWS News | AC14
YouTube video by DWS News
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Watched the excellent #AlGore #COP30 🇧🇷 presentation + panel on #AI #MachineLearning #OpenSource data in the fight against #ClimateChange + tools like #carbonmapper & @climatetrace.org (Impressive data visualizations!!) @cop30brazil.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtq...
Have been doing some field work lately, recording the #GNSS (GPS) coordinates of my palm collection + bug fixing my app at the same time. A huge shout-out to #Kamal 2. Every code-change == new deployment. Simple + rock solid. IMO the best tool to deploy #Java ( #Spring) web apps to #VPS / bare-metal
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Have been doing some field work lately, recording the #GNSS (GPS) coordinates of my palm collection + bug fixing my app at the same time. A huge shout-out to #Kamal 2. Every code-change == new deployment. Simple + rock solid. IMO the best tool to deploy #Java ( #Spring) web apps to #VPS / bare-metal
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Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support.
I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland. I have 25+ years experience as a software developer, 8 as devrel www.linkedin.com/posts/aalmir...
I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland. I have 25+ years experience as a software developer, 8 as devrel www.linkedin.com/posts/aalmir...
#opensource #opentowork | Andres Almiray
Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support.
I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland (...
www.linkedin.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support.
I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland. I have 25+ years experience as a software developer, 8 as devrel www.linkedin.com/posts/aalmir...
I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland. I have 25+ years experience as a software developer, 8 as devrel www.linkedin.com/posts/aalmir...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️