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Timothy James

@geekitarian.bsky.social

I have helped 1000s of engineers sharpen their skills and find jobs. Full-time Engineering VP and part-time computer science instructor. Always mentoring & always learning. Disgruntled but optimistic. I like photography & music & photography & ampersands.

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We're hiring at Triple! If you live in or near Pittsburgh, come join our team and help millions of people save money. tripleup.com/careers

12.02.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

they say a messy desk is a sign of genius

I might be the smartest person alive

08.02.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's truly shocking how much less compulsive your phone use becomes when you configure it to be B&W / grayscale.

02.02.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

last time I heard this it was: a priest, a pastor, and a rabbit go to donate blood. The nurse asks, "What's your blood type?" and the rabbit says, "I think I'm a type O."

26.01.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This means that either a) they're really badly targeted or b) this kind of prescription drug advertising is profitable enough to just show to everybody.

26.01.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Note that I do not use Amazon Prime Pharmacy and I have not seen a single ad for a problem that I have. Not one for a problem I would even consider a possibility.

26.01.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The quantity and variety of ads that I get for prescription drugs while watching Amazon Prime is INSANE.

26.01.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I should have been more suspicious when I saw that it was 5 minutes long

25.01.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just watched a video titled "Funny moments from The Starving Games" and let me tell you that description was NOT accurate.

25.01.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

basically what I'm saying is that I'm a thousand years old

24.01.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

watching How I Met Your Mother for the first time right now

it's set in 2005

which weirdly makes it kind of like watching the Wonder Years depicting 1968 when it premiered in 1988

24.01.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

glad to hear TikTok is back online, I don't know what people would have done without their daily dose of mediocre dance videos and tiring "comedy" skits

20.01.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I don't think that people _almost_ recognizing Tony Hawk will ever get old

20.01.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

really glad that I'm getting a dozen emails every day from financial institutions telling me that someday this year I'll get tax documents from them, it's really important information that I was really concerned about and I wasn't just going to go chase down at the last minute anyway

17.01.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
sparking partnerships (headline)

sparking partnerships (headline)

you can only call them alliances if they're formed in the Alliance, OH area... otherwise they're

16.01.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

most of the time when somebody asks you for an opinion on a decision what they really want is for you to just tell them what they were going to do anyway

16.01.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my son takes music lessons and every couple of months the school has a recital. it's pretty much just kids between ages 6 and 16. except Tony. Tony is a middle aged dad learning the bass and he goes out there and plays his best Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

stay gold, Tony.

16.01.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't believe the absolute absurdity that non alcoholic white claw exists

12.01.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's 2025 and there's still not a way to tell websites that you visit that you never, ever want to install their stupid app

09.01.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

sure, let's remove fact checking too, why not

09.01.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the thing I love about Facebook now is how it shows me ads for things I don't care about and also shows me suggested posts that I do not want to see and very occasionally interrupts suggested posts and ads with personal updates from my network

09.01.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just ate a lot of cookies and pizza before midnight so I can certainly say Iโ€™m living my best life

01.01.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

remember 20 years ago when Geico introduced the caveman and it was sort of almost funny then?

good thing they realized they beat all of the humor out of that idea a decade ago, itโ€™d be awful to see those commercials over and over again today

26.12.2024 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

chrissy mermus

26.12.2024 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hiring is probably the most important thing to get right in a company, and choosing the right company is probably the most important thing for the candidate... so it absolutely blows my mind that I see people on LinkedIn complaining about having to do more than two interviews for a position

20.12.2024 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hugh Grant HATING THINGS
YouTube video by Outstanding Screenplays Hugh Grant HATING THINGS

not a big Hugh Grant fan or anything but I appreciate how much mundane stuff he absolutely hates

m.youtube.com/shorts/bmfVI...

14.12.2024 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

my Grinch trait is that I absolutely can't stand that "Wonderful Christmastime" song. Like I really really hate it. If I have to hear it once, I am not simply having a wonderful Christmastime.

12.12.2024 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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not making it up

09.12.2024 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like to teach data structures but I have more fun teaching web development or other courses where I can employ project based learning

09.12.2024 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think I just did too many follow indiscriminate follow backs

09.12.2024 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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