- You can spend any amount of money on Scotch, and it keeps getting better
- A Java instance field that is assigned exactly once via lazy initialization does not have to be synchronized or volatile (as long as you can accept race conditions across threads to assign to the field); this is from Rich Hickey
- Scotch + Random Internet Images + Speakers == Fun; giving off the cuff talks on silly subjects, with random internet images as your "slides"
- No one's that interested in Java anymore (at least, not at Hacker B&B)
- Only ride a zip line backwards if you are prepared to accept the consequences
- The linkage between honey and fried chicken has not yet penetrated into Research Triangle, despite my best efforts
- The cost of using the
synchronizedkeyword can go asymptotic with enough threads and contention, making ReentrantReadWriteLock much cheaper in comparison - Stu Halloway's house appears to have been designed by the same team that designed the Tardis, and is also bigger on the inside than the outside
- It is much more efficient to just hand Brian Goetz the $50 buy in, rather than go through the motions of playing poker with him
