Tapani Otala
@otala.me
VP Engineering @ Tidepool. Formerly Samsung, Amazon (Lab126), Adobe, TiVo, Canon, ... Building a better world, one byte at a time.
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My opinions are only mine.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjotala/
https://github.com/tjotala
I would be OK summarily firing or impeaching dolts who speak evil of Rob Reiner, like we saw happen with Charlie Kirk.
Let's start with the president...
Let's start with the president...
December 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would be OK summarily firing or impeaching dolts who speak evil of Rob Reiner, like we saw happen with Charlie Kirk.
Let's start with the president...
Let's start with the president...
Those same Americans sure love to blather about all the other countries’ politics as if they knew any better, and interfere with them, up to and including toppling regimes.
December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Those same Americans sure love to blather about all the other countries’ politics as if they knew any better, and interfere with them, up to and including toppling regimes.
I am shocked, shocked to discover that Pete Hegseth isn’t calling for peace through superior firepower, since he keeps claiming to be a such a studly warrior. I guess he’s exactly as cowardly poser as he seems to be.
December 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I am shocked, shocked to discover that Pete Hegseth isn’t calling for peace through superior firepower, since he keeps claiming to be a such a studly warrior. I guess he’s exactly as cowardly poser as he seems to be.
Oh yea, good point. And I guess even that wasn't true.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Oh yea, good point. And I guess even that wasn't true.
The last foreigner who certainly shook things up and was supposedly credited for making the trains run on time was an Austrian… 🙄
December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The last foreigner who certainly shook things up and was supposedly credited for making the trains run on time was an Austrian… 🙄
It’d be so much more lively scene if Alex Karp was also sitting (or trying to sit) on that beam.
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’d be so much more lively scene if Alex Karp was also sitting (or trying to sit) on that beam.
I’m no body language expert, but that there fella sure gives me vibes of a 5-year old desperately trying to BS his way out of being caught in a flat out lie. But that’s also unfair as most 5-year olds do it better.
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m no body language expert, but that there fella sure gives me vibes of a 5-year old desperately trying to BS his way out of being caught in a flat out lie. But that’s also unfair as most 5-year olds do it better.
I’m shocked, shocked I say that they did not switch to Comic Sans.
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m shocked, shocked I say that they did not switch to Comic Sans.
Well for once, I guess Trump wasn’t lying about how hard he works. He’s single-handedly doing more work to destroy the country than over 80,000 Somalis combined!
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Well for once, I guess Trump wasn’t lying about how hard he works. He’s single-handedly doing more work to destroy the country than over 80,000 Somalis combined!
Epstein called his jet Lolita Express. Patel probably calls his Booty Call Express.
December 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Epstein called his jet Lolita Express. Patel probably calls his Booty Call Express.
So he’s admitting that China can afford to give 37 pencils to per kid while the U.S. cannot afford a single one? But we sure can afford missiles, bombs, fighter jets and aircraft carriers and other goodies. Priorities!
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So he’s admitting that China can afford to give 37 pencils to per kid while the U.S. cannot afford a single one? But we sure can afford missiles, bombs, fighter jets and aircraft carriers and other goodies. Priorities!
Well, he’s giving farmers $12B to pay for the soybean market he screwed up. It tracks.
Maybe he could give $12B to teachers and classrooms? While I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony.
Maybe he could give $12B to teachers and classrooms? While I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony.
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Well, he’s giving farmers $12B to pay for the soybean market he screwed up. It tracks.
Maybe he could give $12B to teachers and classrooms? While I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony.
Maybe he could give $12B to teachers and classrooms? While I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony.
Wow Mr Costco Pack of Sharpies here lecturing us about pencils…
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wow Mr Costco Pack of Sharpies here lecturing us about pencils…
And Trump wishes there were more immigrants from the Nordic countries? As it stands, who would want to visit let alone stay?
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And Trump wishes there were more immigrants from the Nordic countries? As it stands, who would want to visit let alone stay?
Who would have thought that President Trump would make President Camacho look like a genius in comparison
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Who would have thought that President Trump would make President Camacho look like a genius in comparison
Looks like he's a serious operator! Probably at least two tours with either Meal Team Six or Delta Forks.
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looks like he's a serious operator! Probably at least two tours with either Meal Team Six or Delta Forks.
I commend your attempt, however futile it may be, to explain basic geography to people who can barely place their own state on the map of the U.S., let alone knowing the location and rough distance to any other country in the world. Including Canada and Mexico.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I commend your attempt, however futile it may be, to explain basic geography to people who can barely place their own state on the map of the U.S., let alone knowing the location and rough distance to any other country in the world. Including Canada and Mexico.
I'd love to hear their reaction if say Venezuela started blowing random MAGA boats out of the water for "being a clear and present threat to the human gene pool". Big talk for a guy whose main contribution thus far has been generating a lot of hot CO2.
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I'd love to hear their reaction if say Venezuela started blowing random MAGA boats out of the water for "being a clear and present threat to the human gene pool". Big talk for a guy whose main contribution thus far has been generating a lot of hot CO2.
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Melania Trump, Barron Trump, Dr. Oz, and a whole lot of Israeli-Americans such as Miriam Adelson would like a word...
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Melania Trump, Barron Trump, Dr. Oz, and a whole lot of Israeli-Americans such as Miriam Adelson would like a word...
Strippers don't accept Visa, MC, AmEx, etc.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Strippers don't accept Visa, MC, AmEx, etc.
I hope anyone who reaches flag rank would know better, and be enough of a student of history to know the term “Pearl Harbor file”
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I hope anyone who reaches flag rank would know better, and be enough of a student of history to know the term “Pearl Harbor file”
That’s a classic SEP. Somebody Else’s Problem
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
That’s a classic SEP. Somebody Else’s Problem
Have a heart for the poor starving military industrial complex. There’s only so much ammo, bombs, missiles, and other consumable equipment that you can sell during peace time.
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Have a heart for the poor starving military industrial complex. There’s only so much ammo, bombs, missiles, and other consumable equipment that you can sell during peace time.
How about we start with the TSA not asking us to remove our shoes in the first place.
Maybe before the 25th anniversary of the failed 2001 "shoe bombing" attempt, mmmkay?
Maybe before the 25th anniversary of the failed 2001 "shoe bombing" attempt, mmmkay?
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How about we start with the TSA not asking us to remove our shoes in the first place.
Maybe before the 25th anniversary of the failed 2001 "shoe bombing" attempt, mmmkay?
Maybe before the 25th anniversary of the failed 2001 "shoe bombing" attempt, mmmkay?