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The_Tim

@The_Tim@mastodon.social

I host the podcast "Dispatches from the Multiverse" & comment on podcasts, data, games, LEGO, real estate, economics, EVs, drones, & all things awesome. Also I'm the guy who posted that video of a raccoon trying to catch snowflakes.

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RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

The_Tim,
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@RickiTarr Guess I'd have to say for me it's unemployment, and apparently I cope by making charts of the fruitless job search, which is just about to hit its one-year anniversary. 😟

The_Tim, to Palestine
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"WELL ACTUALLY, the indiscriminate murder of civilians, including literal infants and children is OK because of the history of the area" is quite the take. 😬

MissingThePt, to random

May 4 Be With You.

The_Tim,
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@MissingThePt Fourth day of month five be with you, also.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Dammit.

I turn 55 on the 20th.

Why does this keep happening?

The_Tim,
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@Mrfunkedude We have the same birthday! I'm 11 years behind though.

Green_Footballs, to random
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Will always be the ultimate image of Republican cowardice.

The_Tim,
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@Green_Footballs This classic is pretty good too.

The_Tim, to random
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Who could have possibly foreseen it. 😒 https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/23/spotify-earnings-q1-ceo-daniel-eklaying-off-1500-spotify-employees-negatively-affected-streaming-giants-operations/

The_Tim,
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@paezha @ezlin True, but not limited to the USA. (Spotify and its CEO are based in Sweden.)

rodhilton, to random
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Thinking of announcing to the family group text that everyone can relax because I finally got Hundreds of Beavers on Plex for them

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12818328/

The_Tim,
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@rodhilton Never heard of that one before, but after looking it up, I feel compelled to get it for my own Plex server as well!

RickiTarr, to random
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Sometimes you realize what a dirty gossip you are, I saw this pop up on YouTube, and thought, "Yeah baby, tell me that Filthy Yarn Scandal."

Y'all I don't knit, I'm not involved in this, but now I kind of want to be. Please everyone guess what the drama is!

The_Tim,
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@RickiTarr I thought you said "Filthy Yam Scandal" and now I want one of those, too.

mcc, to random
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As part of their aggressive attempt to get people to replace their old headsets, Facebook's Quest 1 headsets, released in 2019, will be barred from purchasing any app on the Quest store released after April 30, even if that app would have supported the Quest 1 when sideloaded.

The aggressive deprecation schedule really makes me baffled why anyone would trust Facebook with their money here. This is a novelty/nice-to-have device, not something you upgrade every 2 years.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwilliams/2024/03/29/meta-issues-warning-that-impacts-many-quest-headset-users/?sh=42b7afa66306

The_Tim,
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@mcc I lost all respect for Oculus the moment they sold to Facebook.

And this isn't the first time they've given the middle finger to users of older hardware, either. They screwed over GearVR owners.

The_Tim, to random
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@notjustbikes I met a lovely lady from the Netherlands the other day. My small talk was "there's a YouTube channel I watch that's made by a guy who moved there." She immediately replied: "Oh, Not Just Bikes? Yeah, I love that channel."

GottaLaff, to random
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Personal update for those who are following my house saga:

Our twins and our agent saw the house. We FaceTimed from Oregon. 👎🏻 Big disappointment. We’ll explore more homes when we get to BC. Not expecting to buy anything this trip.

The_Tim,
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@GottaLaff It's the worst when the listing photos make a home look way better than it really is in person. Such a terrible sales strategy too, since you're guaranteeing that most people's reaction will be disappointment when they actually visit the house.

The_Tim, to random
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Five months into I still have no job despite having applied to over 500 roles, often with internal referrals from my network. If anyone on here has any connections that are hiring data roles I'd love an intro. Here's my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetim/

In the meantime, with unemployment benefits set to run out soon, I've started a to hopefully raise enough money to keep paying our bills while I continue my job search and side projects. https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-family-unemployment-fund

The_Tim, to random
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Onion saga on /r/Seattle today was mildly amusing.

The_Tim, to random
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Gee, thanks LinkedIn. Very useful email. Definitely worth sending. 🙄

RickiTarr, to random
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People, stop saying I need more self-discipline, I punish myself enough already.

The_Tim,
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@RickiTarr

animated gif, short loop of Captain James T. Kirk from the TV show Star Trek slapping himself across the face

thomasfuchs, to random
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It's cool how you can't call your local post office on the phone when there's an obvious issue with a package to you that gets loaded in a truck in a slightly different (but wrong) zipcode every day for three days now and mysteriously fails to be delivered

The_Tim,
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@thomasfuchs Can't you though? My local post office's direct phone number comes up on the USPS site: https://tools.usps.com/find-location.htm?location=1362862

The_Tim,
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@thomasfuchs Weird and frustrating. I've never had trouble talking to a real person at our post office via the direct local number when I have problems with delivery.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Just remembered another minor tech hype from a few years ago when Silicon Valley douchebros wanted to sell everyone on wireless charging at a distance (like plug something into outlet and it uses magical waves to beam power to your phone and laptop)

The_Tim,
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@thomasfuchs

The_Tim, to random
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@notjustbikes I was inspired by the latest episode of The Urbanist Agenda to pull out my small collection of vintage Wired magazines from 1993/1994 and no joke, this comic was in the back of the very first issue. 🤦🏻

[it was a single page, but I split it into two here so the full alt text would fit.]

Photo of the bottom half of a full-page comic strip from the 1993 premiere issue of Wired magazine. Panel 6: Man stands in train station, speaking to passers-by. "'Scuse me folks… would you trade me an old, crinkly dollar for this fresh new one?" Passers-by: "Yeah, right. I've heard about that scam!" Panel 7: Man is beginning to look frantic. "These credit cards won't do me any good! Hey! There's my A.T.M.!!" Panel 8: Man has a crazed look on his face as he hastily withdraws cash from the ATM. "I'll just keep withdrawing cash until I get something that @*%# machine will accept!" Panel 9: Man stands slouched over in front of ATM, dejected again. "I withdrew so much money, the A.T.M. can't process any more transactions." A pair of scary-looking men approach the man, presumably with criminal intent. Panel 10: Man is beaten up, with torn clothes, hitchhiking next to a busy freeway packed with cars. "Next time I'll do my part… to BOOST NEW AUTOMOBILE SALES!"

The_Tim,
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@notjustbikes Also, RE: the optimism in the pages of early Wired magazines… This is issue #5, from November 1993. 😆

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Someone made a comment, and I'd like to address it for everyone.

The comment:

"Addressing outrage surely must be exhausting and you've provided tools and resources to help us. But there's plenty of stuff that flies above the heads of us laypeople that isn't hair-on-fire panic that I turn to you for understanding."

I do not believe the news is "above the heads of laypeople."

I think the laypeople are being confused and made to believe it is over their heads.

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The_Tim,
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@Teri_Kanefield That's why I only follow one lawyer: Legal Eagle. ⚖️🦅 😏

The_Tim, to random
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This is what the past ~10 months of job-hunting has looked like for me. It's brutal out there.

I have what is hopefully my last interview tomorrow morning. 🤞🤞 #jobsearch #data #visualization #unemployment #layoffs

The_Tim, to random
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We have had this farm animals baby toy set since our now-12-year-old daughter was a baby and it's only just now, getting it back out for our 8-month-old son to play with, that I realized that all of these farm animals…

• are about the same height as the farmer
• are standing upright
• are holding their front legs up like arms

Those aren't animals. They're people in animal costumes. My kids have been playing with a toy set full of farm-themed furries.

The_Tim, to random
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Opened the Burger King app to find this special deal. LOL, well played.

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