Tag: Java

  • Historical Timezones and Computing

    Many moons ago, my colleague B and I worked on and supported a patient registration form management system for a health-care group. There was one tech-support case that had us stumped. An older gent in his 70s was admitted on his birthday, and his calculated age was off by one. We were stumped. Until I…

  • Ubiquiti Device Discovery Tool Outdated As Hell

    Last release was in 2017. It fails with modern Java installations. “A Java Exception has occurred.” Pretty opaque message. Installing an old version of Java is probably not a good idea, security-wise. So what to do? Here’s how I solved it. Pretty poor show, Ubiquiti.