Roaming around the apartment complex I grew up, in with friends and a link cable meeting new kids and trading Pokemon were some of the best times of my life.

I'm still a Pokemon fan to this day. I play Go all the time, collect cards when they're not obscene to acquire, and I'll probably buy a Switch 2 when they come out with the upgrade to immerse myself in the online aspect of modern Pokemon games. Fantastic franchise.

Heads up that the switch 2 launched last May! (Depending on region) though they announced the next mainline Pokémon game won’t launch till 2027.

Above is probably referencing an "Upgrade Pack," a product allowing owners of Switch 1 games get them to work a little better on the Switch 2. For examples, the $10 "Pokemon Legends" Upgrade Pack slightly improves the frame rate and draw distance.

If my heat stops working then my heat starts working.

Consider yourself blessed, the one place in my neighborhood where I get one bar on LTE is the same place I once was repairing my car. Awful experience but the rest of the subdivision is fine.

People have been using "off the market" since before the internet was born.

> There's no objection, but it doesn't work because men compete while women collude.

It's funny because many people, even some women would say you have the genders flipped here

Anyone who says a woman can give birth multiple times a day is.... smoking crack.

.350 Legend is a rising hunting round for deer with upper receivers that can be slapped onto a common AR-15 lower.

Location: East Coast (DC/Philly), willing to work remote in most any time zone Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: AWS, Python (love Django), JavaScript/TypeScript (love React), Docker, PowerShell, Postgres Resume: Available on request Email: k.mensah94@outlook.com

Seeking: Ideally looking for junior/associate roles

The Paul Graham advice of "build things you and your friends would use" alongside Python -- which was my first language, getting back to coding for the first time since 9th grade -- is basically the carrot I've offered to a few people wanting to get into coding.

I'm lucky in the sense that what got me back into coding was a very specific set of personal needs that drove me mad in the best way with passion. I'm not a technical wizard, but coding and growing over the last few years has to count for something.

I needed this 3 days ago before I approached a mental breakdown, haha.

Yes, but I've never been an employed programmer -- I lost my job over a year ago, and basically, because I still have the chance to upskill and live with my parents, I've used the last year to work part-time and flesh out some projects and become more employable overall.

I'll be starting a job next month, because at this point I probably gotta get back on the hamster wheel and work into some professional progress, but I'm hoping this is my last non-programming job. The last 13 months have absolutely been worth the price of admission.