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I'm actually at the end of my two week Christmas vacation, would be going back to work on Monday.
Been doing nothing but playing Baldur's Gate 3 all day every day for the past two weeks.
The only thing I had planned was a short online meeting today.
I got an email yesterday and it turns out to be a rather long on site meeting 
So my vacation is cut short and my wake up time is about four hours too early (I'm a night bird, which is, unfortunately, pretty impossible in our morning-oriented society) 
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In US we call them night owls. I know because I certainly am one. That's mostly the result of years of playing music. Thankfully I can get by with five or six hours of sleep. This week was my first back to work after a vacation. It has been rough.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: This week was my first back to work after a vacation. It has been rough.
Next monday for me... and with a task that has to be done by friday  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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To quote Gerry Rafferty (Night Owl):
Quote: Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows
Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind
You stumble in with no thought of tomorrow
Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low
And I end up looking for somewhere to go
Yes, I should know better but I can't say no
Oh no, no, no
No, no, no, no
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Sander Rossel wrote: back to work on Monday.
That's why I went back to work on Wednesday - so I can ease back into it, starting with a 3-day work week. Had I waited until Monday, going from doing nothing for a few weeks, to a full 5-day work week right from the get-go would've been brutal.
I still found this week to be rather long, even with just 3 days.
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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I find my self fairly late in my career switching primary languages. I've spent 20 years working with C# & everything Microsoft, and now I'm at predominantly Java place.
I want a good detailed reference book. I don't need beginner concept stuff, but I'd like lots of technical details. I'd like to build my knowledge on the subtleties that may trip me up where I may be making assumptions based on C# that are not correct in Java. Effective Java seems to be frequently recommended, but it's not been updated since 2017.
Can anyone recommend a good Java reference book that's reasonably current.
Simon
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Yes, I found that book (Nutshell) most pleasant. Nice, short examples in the right places.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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+5 for your first reference.
When I read your message, I turned to my bookshelf, thinking "O'Reilly Nutshells are good value."
Among the 6 on the top shelf was Java (5th ed in my case).
I was doing some serious Java development in those days (2005ish).
Although I haven't opened it in years, it has survived at least two savage culls of my library.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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About 20 years old, but this was a book by the same David Flanagan, (one of co-authors of your first book), which I had studied at that time.
Java Examples in a Nutshell 3e https://amzn.eu/d/0DUBbTW
Not sure why he hasn't updated it since then.
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Thank you. These both look great. And both cover up to Java 17.
The complete reference looks like it's got a new edition due to be published in March so I might get 'in a nutshell' for now, and then the new version of the complete reference when it's out if I feel like I still want more 
Simon
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I have some blurry pictures very important to me.
I am looking for a software to remove blurry and some broken lines.
here is an example.
any recommendations?
diligent hands rule....
modified 4-Jan-24 14:08pm.
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New glasses?
Iβve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
Iβm begging you for the benefit of everyone, donβt be STUPID.
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If that's the exact same file you want to look at, that is just a low resolution image (297x170). No tool will make it "sharper". Otherwise, most decent image processing software will have filters for sharpening an image. Me, I'm using a very old Paint Shop Pro (not free) and Gimp (free).
Mircea
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