Tim Jones
@geldshot.bsky.social
Software Test Engineer and Software Engineer. Currently looking for work.
https://github.com/geldshot
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https://github.com/geldshot
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what really gets me is that all violence is political violence and when powerful people say “political violence” what they mean is “violence that might include me” and you know this because they’re only talking about one of today’s shootings.
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
what really gets me is that all violence is political violence and when powerful people say “political violence” what they mean is “violence that might include me” and you know this because they’re only talking about one of today’s shootings.
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So about that 3D printer @hollyanderson.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So about that 3D printer @hollyanderson.bsky.social
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IKEA knows its customer base
June 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
IKEA knows its customer base
linux development is great but every once in a while I get a problem that's arcane "what is actually installed and how" that has me googling and retyping things 20 different times till I find the actual solution half a day later. Still fun though.
June 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
linux development is great but every once in a while I get a problem that's arcane "what is actually installed and how" that has me googling and retyping things 20 different times till I find the actual solution half a day later. Still fun though.
Setup my discord bot to be a service on my pi, now it'll restart without me needing to check it
June 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Setup my discord bot to be a service on my pi, now it'll restart without me needing to check it
Long term plan, once i get a couple different projects done I'm going to start doing research on IRC implementation.
May 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Long term plan, once i get a couple different projects done I'm going to start doing research on IRC implementation.
I think a bad project initializer just borked the repo somehow, but now it's done and I'm onto... adding thyme leaf and possibly other stuff for data visualization... joy
May 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I think a bad project initializer just borked the repo somehow, but now it's done and I'm onto... adding thyme leaf and possibly other stuff for data visualization... joy
I spent a week with dental headaches trying to figure out how to get a simple java api with spring working (backed bysqlite) and just... repeatedly failing and giving myself worse headaches. Then I restarted yesterday and got it done in an hour.
May 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I spent a week with dental headaches trying to figure out how to get a simple java api with spring working (backed bysqlite) and just... repeatedly failing and giving myself worse headaches. Then I restarted yesterday and got it done in an hour.
The power of scrap everything try again should not be underestimated in programming
May 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The power of scrap everything try again should not be underestimated in programming
But uh, there are alot of asses involved and alot of risk the hype gang is trying to force on people. plus sweeping all these ethical concerns under the rug is pretty bad.
May 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
But uh, there are alot of asses involved and alot of risk the hype gang is trying to force on people. plus sweeping all these ethical concerns under the rug is pretty bad.
That said how someone reacts to the use of LLM's is a good way to understand them better (not in a negative way). Someone resisting the use isn't a luddite, they value reliability and consistency. Someone jumping on the tech isn't bad either unless they force others to.
May 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
That said how someone reacts to the use of LLM's is a good way to understand them better (not in a negative way). Someone resisting the use isn't a luddite, they value reliability and consistency. Someone jumping on the tech isn't bad either unless they force others to.
You're a shop that only makes crud apps? Cool, clock out early because you'll need it when all the support tickets come in. But for most people programming is still a rich and involved problem solving adventure and LLM's are at best another tool. Some people still don't use neovim so calm down!
May 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
You're a shop that only makes crud apps? Cool, clock out early because you'll need it when all the support tickets come in. But for most people programming is still a rich and involved problem solving adventure and LLM's are at best another tool. Some people still don't use neovim so calm down!
Even the people hyping how productive it theoretically could be dont really appreciate that their company cannot effectively sell 10x the product, or that even if it gets there, 10x isn't strictly useful.
May 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Even the people hyping how productive it theoretically could be dont really appreciate that their company cannot effectively sell 10x the product, or that even if it gets there, 10x isn't strictly useful.
I think I've come to the conclusion that AI hype is much ado about not much. It's probably not going to hurt things (other than right now) much and the best case scenario is a gradual adoption by a subset sort of like node or python.
May 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I think I've come to the conclusion that AI hype is much ado about not much. It's probably not going to hurt things (other than right now) much and the best case scenario is a gradual adoption by a subset sort of like node or python.
ah yes, let me commit the start of this project now that I have it there... oh, i didn't set a repo? I swear I did what the heck?
May 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ah yes, let me commit the start of this project now that I have it there... oh, i didn't set a repo? I swear I did what the heck?
I need a break from arch today. I cant get budgie to work on a non-root user.
May 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I need a break from arch today. I cant get budgie to work on a non-root user.
I finished installing arch linux on my surface only to realize i forgot the network manager.
a man standing in front of a swimming pool
ALT: a man standing in front of a swimming pool
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May 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I finished installing arch linux on my surface only to realize i forgot the network manager.
Fixed selenium in my wsl setup. I suspected the problem was the manager just didn't work for linux and... I was right. You just build your own service, set the executable_path and then pass that into the driver when creating it. THANK GOD.
May 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Fixed selenium in my wsl setup. I suspected the problem was the manager just didn't work for linux and... I was right. You just build your own service, set the executable_path and then pass that into the driver when creating it. THANK GOD.
Linux: cannot mount
Me: what?
Linux: nothing, sorry
Me: what?
Linux: nothing, sorry
May 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Linux: cannot mount
Me: what?
Linux: nothing, sorry
Me: what?
Linux: nothing, sorry
Today is c memory management review and selenium embedded in my wsl fixing. I'm honestly going to try and flash a surface pro later to Linux also so... busy day.
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today is c memory management review and selenium embedded in my wsl fixing. I'm honestly going to try and flash a surface pro later to Linux also so... busy day.
when you realize the depth first and breadth first search implementations for your maze solver are a single character different.
May 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
when you realize the depth first and breadth first search implementations for your maze solver are a single character different.
A new barrier to programming has reared its ugly head, power outage!
May 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A new barrier to programming has reared its ugly head, power outage!
Every day I get closer to jumping into Linux and finding out if I can actually game reasonably in it. It's better for nearly everything else I do and it's not Microsoft's BS.
May 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Every day I get closer to jumping into Linux and finding out if I can actually game reasonably in it. It's better for nearly everything else I do and it's not Microsoft's BS.
Took a break from coding to rest after getting a headache multiple days in a row. I think I'm subconsciously clenching my teeth when dealing with this problem so that plus dental work is giving me migraines. I'll be sure to figure out this sqlite dialect problem Monday though.
May 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Took a break from coding to rest after getting a headache multiple days in a row. I think I'm subconsciously clenching my teeth when dealing with this problem so that plus dental work is giving me migraines. I'll be sure to figure out this sqlite dialect problem Monday though.
Trying to make sqlite work with my ORM is actively giving me a headache. If spring complains one more time that it's missing a dialect I'm providing...
May 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Trying to make sqlite work with my ORM is actively giving me a headache. If spring complains one more time that it's missing a dialect I'm providing...