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
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?
I guess it’s only fitting if this resulted in the destruction of the west wing.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I guess it’s only fitting if this resulted in the destruction of the west wing.
WTAF? Finland, of all countries, ought to know better
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
WTAF? Finland, of all countries, ought to know better
Usually it’s not the years but the experience, yet somehow I have hard time believing early 20-somethings barely out of HS could have gained enough experience in govt or industry to gain the title “Senior Advisor” of anything
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Usually it’s not the years but the experience, yet somehow I have hard time believing early 20-somethings barely out of HS could have gained enough experience in govt or industry to gain the title “Senior Advisor” of anything
Maybe he mistook Mamdani for MBS?
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Maybe he mistook Mamdani for MBS?
U.S. security guarantees of 2025 are just as worthless as U.S. security guarantees of 1994, or maybe even less so, if that’s possible.
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
U.S. security guarantees of 2025 are just as worthless as U.S. security guarantees of 1994, or maybe even less so, if that’s possible.
Gee, so that means X has known (under the hood) this all along, and Elon didn’t see fit to do anything about it, despite promising to wipe out bots. This is my shocked and surprised face. :-|
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Gee, so that means X has known (under the hood) this all along, and Elon didn’t see fit to do anything about it, despite promising to wipe out bots. This is my shocked and surprised face. :-|
I ain’t wading into that cesspool, no siree. Only if I get me some of that juicy Soros hazard pay everyone keeps promising.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I ain’t wading into that cesspool, no siree. Only if I get me some of that juicy Soros hazard pay everyone keeps promising.
Has Trump ever been right about, well, anything? I can’t recall any examples
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Has Trump ever been right about, well, anything? I can’t recall any examples
I thought we were getting our stats from DoorDash now?
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I thought we were getting our stats from DoorDash now?
GOP: states’ rights!
KS: hold my beer <passes laws and reaffirms right to abortion>
CA: <enacts environmental laws regarding gasoline etc>
MA: <enacts laws protecting healthcare providers against out of state lawsuits>
GOP: waitaminute hold up, no, no, not like that!
KS: hold my beer <passes laws and reaffirms right to abortion>
CA: <enacts environmental laws regarding gasoline etc>
MA: <enacts laws protecting healthcare providers against out of state lawsuits>
GOP: waitaminute hold up, no, no, not like that!
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
GOP: states’ rights!
KS: hold my beer <passes laws and reaffirms right to abortion>
CA: <enacts environmental laws regarding gasoline etc>
MA: <enacts laws protecting healthcare providers against out of state lawsuits>
GOP: waitaminute hold up, no, no, not like that!
KS: hold my beer <passes laws and reaffirms right to abortion>
CA: <enacts environmental laws regarding gasoline etc>
MA: <enacts laws protecting healthcare providers against out of state lawsuits>
GOP: waitaminute hold up, no, no, not like that!
Is this like everything else Trump has promised to deliver in two weeks?
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Is this like everything else Trump has promised to deliver in two weeks?
“Insubordinate”?!? Where does he get off thinking the press works for him? If anything, we pay his salary so who here is the employee of all U.S. citizens?
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Insubordinate”?!? Where does he get off thinking the press works for him? If anything, we pay his salary so who here is the employee of all U.S. citizens?
Sure, we’ll just have to repeal The Hague Invasion Act of 2002 signed by Bush Jr, and re-sign as party to the ICC like Clinton did except this time get it ratified by the Congress.
Ilhan Omar already tried the repeal in 2022, and it never got past committee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
Ilhan Omar already tried the repeal in 2022, and it never got past committee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
American Service-Members' Protection Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sure, we’ll just have to repeal The Hague Invasion Act of 2002 signed by Bush Jr, and re-sign as party to the ICC like Clinton did except this time get it ratified by the Congress.
Ilhan Omar already tried the repeal in 2022, and it never got past committee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
Ilhan Omar already tried the repeal in 2022, and it never got past committee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
A case of “nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution”?
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A case of “nothing is as permanent as a temporary solution”?
The U.S. does not recognize ICC, because… reasons? No different from Russia, China and India in that respect. When you’re big enough and powerful enough, you can get away with it.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The U.S. does not recognize ICC, because… reasons? No different from Russia, China and India in that respect. When you’re big enough and powerful enough, you can get away with it.
3) start a “short, victorious war” with Venezuela, Nigeria, Panama, … or basically just any country that poses no real threat to the U.S.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
3) start a “short, victorious war” with Venezuela, Nigeria, Panama, … or basically just any country that poses no real threat to the U.S.
There is such a system, and has been for decades. They’re called H-1B and O-1 visas. You can check out the requirements here:
www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
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H-1B Specialty Occupations | USCIS
This nonimmigrant classification applies to people who wish to perform services in a specialty occupation, services of exceptional merit and ability relating to a Department of Defense (DOD) cooperati...
www.uscis.gov
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
There is such a system, and has been for decades. They’re called H-1B and O-1 visas. You can check out the requirements here:
www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
www.uscis.gov/working-in-t...
Well, that's pretty darn embarrassing admission on the quality of the Trump Fence and CBP, if you can drive a cow herd into the country without anyone noticing.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Well, that's pretty darn embarrassing admission on the quality of the Trump Fence and CBP, if you can drive a cow herd into the country without anyone noticing.
I’m not so sure. The US has invaded countries with less justification (Grenada, Panama come to mind).
Oh and there won’t be a congressional declaration of war either. I don’t think there’s been one since WW II.
Oh and there won’t be a congressional declaration of war either. I don’t think there’s been one since WW II.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’m not so sure. The US has invaded countries with less justification (Grenada, Panama come to mind).
Oh and there won’t be a congressional declaration of war either. I don’t think there’s been one since WW II.
Oh and there won’t be a congressional declaration of war either. I don’t think there’s been one since WW II.
Cue re-branding it as “Clean Oil” in 3, 2, 1, ….
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Cue re-branding it as “Clean Oil” in 3, 2, 1, ….
How did I miss M. A. Numminen and Spede Pasanen being sex symbols? 🤢
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How did I miss M. A. Numminen and Spede Pasanen being sex symbols? 🤢
If “more cowbell” was a picture…
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If “more cowbell” was a picture…
Well, I suppose it’s good then that no one’s GAF when it gets chucked out by next admin as the cheap trash that it is.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Well, I suppose it’s good then that no one’s GAF when it gets chucked out by next admin as the cheap trash that it is.