Darnell Otterson
@rfolkker.bsky.social
Chronically depressed software engineer questioning everything.
Can confirm.
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Can confirm.
Wish I saw this before we ended up in the north suburbs... Glad I saw it before we are leaving.
We commend those demonstrating peacefully right now. To ensure the safety of residents, the City is putting in place a vehicle perimeter in the area surrounding the scene of today's fatal shooting by federal agents. The zone includes Franklin Ave to 28th St, 35W to Pillsbury Ave
January 25, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Wish I saw this before we ended up in the north suburbs... Glad I saw it before we are leaving.
Today was a weird day to get pushed off tiktok and coming back here... I needed a distraction to focus on work. But life is more important. And the new terms are so toxic it is no longer safe to have the app on my phone. How ironic.
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Today was a weird day to get pushed off tiktok and coming back here... I needed a distraction to focus on work. But life is more important. And the new terms are so toxic it is no longer safe to have the app on my phone. How ironic.
Reposted by Darnell Otterson
"The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
- 1984 by George Orwell
- 1984 by George Orwell
Video ABSOLUTELY CONTRADICTS the DHS statement.
Video of man in street, being approached by ICE agents: www.reddit.com/r/behindtheb...
DHS statement is on Star Tribune live blog: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Video of man in street, being approached by ICE agents: www.reddit.com/r/behindtheb...
DHS statement is on Star Tribune live blog: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
- 1984 by George Orwell
- 1984 by George Orwell
Reposted by Darnell Otterson
ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary
January 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
ICE Vows To Restore Order Using Whatever Force Unnecessary
So, the more I deal with the competitive and paternal ownership infighting, the more I believe we need to switch from a team model to a CO-OP model.
January 25, 2026 at 12:47 AM
So, the more I deal with the competitive and paternal ownership infighting, the more I believe we need to switch from a team model to a CO-OP model.
Everyone be super careful out there; if the cold doesnt get you the ice might.
Be safe.
Be safe.
January 25, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Everyone be super careful out there; if the cold doesnt get you the ice might.
Be safe.
Be safe.
With everything going on lately, I can't help but notice that people with a history of trauma are faring a bit better. Knowledge that you have to keep going gives a perspective people need to hold onto.
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
With everything going on lately, I can't help but notice that people with a history of trauma are faring a bit better. Knowledge that you have to keep going gives a perspective people need to hold onto.
I started to connect the wires for my custom backlighting on my office display shelf, but just snapped on the connectors and plugged it in, and... nothing.
Turns out the data line wire was thin enough to pierce and make a connection, but the current lines were not.
I feel a bit silly.
Turns out the data line wire was thin enough to pierce and make a connection, but the current lines were not.
I feel a bit silly.
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I started to connect the wires for my custom backlighting on my office display shelf, but just snapped on the connectors and plugged it in, and... nothing.
Turns out the data line wire was thin enough to pierce and make a connection, but the current lines were not.
I feel a bit silly.
Turns out the data line wire was thin enough to pierce and make a connection, but the current lines were not.
I feel a bit silly.
I need to take a react app, create a debian package, and install it into a private repo. Then, create a second pipeline to retrieve it from the repo and install the files into blob storage.
I do not control the make process nor the debian structure.
No endpoint was created.
How is your day?
I do not control the make process nor the debian structure.
No endpoint was created.
How is your day?
April 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I need to take a react app, create a debian package, and install it into a private repo. Then, create a second pipeline to retrieve it from the repo and install the files into blob storage.
I do not control the make process nor the debian structure.
No endpoint was created.
How is your day?
I do not control the make process nor the debian structure.
No endpoint was created.
How is your day?
The whole mood.
April 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The whole mood.
Today I realized that YOLO is just the latest iteration for the case of the fuckits.
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today I realized that YOLO is just the latest iteration for the case of the fuckits.
Just got locked out of a financial account because they still use personal questions; I have no idea what I said. After resetting, I was reminded that almost all of their questions are experiences I do not have, so I have to pick really innocuous things I will never remember.
Great security...😪
Great security...😪
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just got locked out of a financial account because they still use personal questions; I have no idea what I said. After resetting, I was reminded that almost all of their questions are experiences I do not have, so I have to pick really innocuous things I will never remember.
Great security...😪
Great security...😪
Going forward, I am going to ask every potential employer what the name of their trunk is in their repositories, and they answer master or they don't know, I am gonna walk.
There is so much you can tell about leadership at a company that hasn't made this simple change.
There is so much you can tell about leadership at a company that hasn't made this simple change.
March 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Going forward, I am going to ask every potential employer what the name of their trunk is in their repositories, and they answer master or they don't know, I am gonna walk.
There is so much you can tell about leadership at a company that hasn't made this simple change.
There is so much you can tell about leadership at a company that hasn't made this simple change.
I do so love mandatory in-office days so I can put on headphones and try to drown out my coworker's random conversations. I do not care to eavesdrop on them, and I am incapable of tuning it out.
February 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I do so love mandatory in-office days so I can put on headphones and try to drown out my coworker's random conversations. I do not care to eavesdrop on them, and I am incapable of tuning it out.
Finally getting out of my latest funk, so I built a lego set and wired in 3 levels of Neopixels and an ESP8266 with WLED for automated colorful fun.
(Ignore the incomplete wired shelf)
(Ignore the incomplete wired shelf)
February 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Finally getting out of my latest funk, so I built a lego set and wired in 3 levels of Neopixels and an ESP8266 with WLED for automated colorful fun.
(Ignore the incomplete wired shelf)
(Ignore the incomplete wired shelf)
Crane machine tried to cheat me, so I took it's display plushy.
November 23, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Crane machine tried to cheat me, so I took it's display plushy.
I had to search list comprehension inpython today because I kept typing in [x from x in xes] and couldn't figure out why it didn't work.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I had to search list comprehension inpython today because I kept typing in [x from x in xes] and couldn't figure out why it didn't work.
Decided to restart my wordpress with a simple ADO hack I ran into that helped with Templating steps.
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ADO Hacks
Same step, different info: If you create a variable list (this can be done at runtime or statically defined) E.g.: variables: – name: recursive_variable value: Value1, Value2, Value3 (Notice …
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November 21, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Decided to restart my wordpress with a simple ADO hack I ran into that helped with Templating steps.
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Here is to the last sunrise over the Namib desert I got to see.
November 14, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Here is to the last sunrise over the Namib desert I got to see.