Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙

Professor at U. Kent, computer scientist, GC researcher, author of The Garbage Collection Handbook (2012, 2023), Garbage Collection (1996). Opinions are my own.

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

Dangerous misinformation on the @OneShow tonight about regularly changing passwords. It should be corrected asap.

Read https://t.co/d1gOh0ZGrD

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

@IsilDillig Ok. I’m now on BlueSky as https://t.co/L4ua0Z01Dx

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

One week on retrospective on #Trump's victory in #USElection2024. It's a 🎶 parody version of John Lennon & the @thebeatles "Come Together" - with what some might describe as brittle self awareness. Some more thoughts the full res. YouTube version: https://t.co/9Vovc5wSaU.

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

Superb service from @HM_Passport. Renewal application sent on Friday, new passport received on Thursday!! Shame it’s blue 😁

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

@WilliamAled @NationCymru @DrJohnGeraint Ditto. Destroyed my teeth. So many fillings

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

Well deserved! Congratulations, Philippa

[Imperial College London @imperialcollege]

Congratulations to Philippa Gardner, Professor in @ICComputing, who has received a @bcs Ada Lovelace Medal 🥇

Professor Gardner received the award in recognition of her work on language specification, software verification and bug detection ⬇️

https://t.co/9yc3OxyPqi

[Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary Account) @MAGALieTracker]

BREAKING: Barack Obama issues a DEVASTATING rebuke of last night’s Trump rally in a way only he could. This is a must watch. Retweet so all Americans see this.

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

Here's our last parody song about the #USElection2024. It's called "Bohemian Trumpsody" (based on the inimitable @QueenWillRock but with only six voices & no overdubs) & we've self-trolled in it as 'libtards' already, just to save folks time who might be offended 🎶🗳️🤞
👉https://t.co/heCwcVztt3

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

“Bohemian Trumpsody”

By @MarshSongs.

EPIC!

[Max Flugrath🗳️ @MaxFlugrath]

Wow this is shady. Elon Musk is funding a PAC that’s running two ads against Kamala Harris with messages that directly contradict each other.

The opposing messages are microtargeted to specific groups of voters, so each see one ad, but neither see both.

[Stefan Marr @smarr]

Instrumentation-based profilers give nicely consistent results.

But on the JVM, they give wildly unrealistic results.
Though, we can do better!

Humphrey will present our work on Thursday at @MPLR_Conf.

An overview as a blog post:

https://t.co/pjtNGUXdXP

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

Loved the sledge from 🇱🇰’s Kumara when he dismissed Lawrence in the 3rd Test against 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 . Lawrence had played a dreadful shot. “This isn’t T20, you know!”
Damned right. #TestCricket

[RNLI Whitstable @RNLI_Whitstable]

Coming up next Sunday - an opportunity to visit the boathouse and see some amazing model boats!
#RNLI200 #SavingLivesAtSea #FloatToLive #RespectTheWater #whitstablernli

[Sophie Kaleba @SophieKaleba]

Hi! I am looking for job opportunities around programming languages and their tooling, as I just submitted my PhD thesis on optimizing dynamic languages. Please get in touch if you know of a position or if you are hiring!

More about me @ https://t.co/mn0wgXrrFw

[Dominic Orchard @dorchard]

Interested in doing a postdoc with me on programming languages, tools, and systems for climate science at the University of Kent? See this video for more info, context, and ideas. Closes Sept 9th 2024 (details here https://t.co/nvfPHXnfyu…) https://t.co/DkdfuUuUaK

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

Not a fan of short form cricket like The Hundred but yesterday’s women’s final was very tense, won with a 6 and only 2 balls left. I’ve never seen such a competitive player as Shabnim Ismail - wouldn’t like to drop a catch off her bowling!

https://t.co/yiMNCRotIX

[Satnam Singh @satnam6502]

I loved this podcast interview with Dominic Orchard @dorchard, a functional programmer and Haskell hacker extraordinaire who I hugely admire. He tells a wonderful story about how he became a functional programmer and his mission to try and spread functional programming in the world of scientific computing, as well as motivating his more recent work on climate. He even has a go at explaining comonads without a whiteboard! An utterly inspiring person, and I strongly recommend listening to this edition on the @HaskelInterlude.
https://t.co/Z7xgdDBQ6Q

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

🎉 GOOD NEWS: progressive policies like ULEZ are WORKING.

The results after six months of ULEZ expanding London-wide:

🌳 5 million Londoners are breathing cleaner air.
📈 London’s air quality is improving faster than the average for the rest of England.

[Richard Jones 🇺🇦💙 @profrejones]

Another great song from the fabulous Marsh family. @MarshSongs

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This is pure gold.

I’m starting to think JD Vance is a worse VP pick than Sarah Palin