Ross Nicoll
@jrossnicoll.bsky.social
Engineering lead for Google Cloud Web 3
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It’s about flowers, Alan Turing, and making the internet a little more kind and inclusive.
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It’s about flowers, Alan Turing, and making the internet a little more kind and inclusive.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please share this thread.
It’s about flowers, Alan Turing, and making the internet a little more kind and inclusive.
🧵👇
It’s about flowers, Alan Turing, and making the internet a little more kind and inclusive.
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Today's rant: Why on earth do hotels have glass bathroom walls? Especially in rooms with two beds.
May 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today's rant: Why on earth do hotels have glass bathroom walls? Especially in rooms with two beds.
My headphones: battery 70%
Me: I feel that
I then realized I said that out loud on a plane and no-one else has context, so I look like a crazy person 😅
Me: I feel that
I then realized I said that out loud on a plane and no-one else has context, so I look like a crazy person 😅
May 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My headphones: battery 70%
Me: I feel that
I then realized I said that out loud on a plane and no-one else has context, so I look like a crazy person 😅
Me: I feel that
I then realized I said that out loud on a plane and no-one else has context, so I look like a crazy person 😅
My attempts to retrain Instagram's algorithm has made my search pages 80% owls.
Not... Quite what I was aiming for but I'll take it
Not... Quite what I was aiming for but I'll take it
April 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My attempts to retrain Instagram's algorithm has made my search pages 80% owls.
Not... Quite what I was aiming for but I'll take it
Not... Quite what I was aiming for but I'll take it
Flight home is somewhat lively. If this is the end, please someone hire men in dark suits and shades to watch my funeral from a distance, imply some sort of super exciting double life 🤣
March 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Flight home is somewhat lively. If this is the end, please someone hire men in dark suits and shades to watch my funeral from a distance, imply some sort of super exciting double life 🤣
I've clicked one reel about how dental work is done, on Instagram, and now my search page is horrifying.
March 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I've clicked one reel about how dental work is done, on Instagram, and now my search page is horrifying.
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“Don’t do anything I would do!”
-me, giving advice
-me, giving advice
February 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Don’t do anything I would do!”
-me, giving advice
-me, giving advice
Does anyone know who the group handing out sandwiches and asking for donations on the subway are?
Like... Are they a legitimate charity?
Like... Are they a legitimate charity?
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Does anyone know who the group handing out sandwiches and asking for donations on the subway are?
Like... Are they a legitimate charity?
Like... Are they a legitimate charity?
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I haven't been posting because I'm literally lost for words.
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I haven't been posting because I'm literally lost for words.
"Don't make the person with the blowtorch laugh" is my quote for the evening
February 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"Don't make the person with the blowtorch laugh" is my quote for the evening
My biggest regrets are the things I didn't do because I was worried it was a mistake. Take more chances, make some mistakes, learn from them
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My biggest regrets are the things I didn't do because I was worried it was a mistake. Take more chances, make some mistakes, learn from them
Wondering if we're doing interviews wrong. Forget the fastest solution, I want to see you be creatively bad. Make the CPU cry
January 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Wondering if we're doing interviews wrong. Forget the fastest solution, I want to see you be creatively bad. Make the CPU cry
I think I've accidentally convinced my new boss that I'm actually three engineers in a trenchcoat. I will not be elaborating
January 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think I've accidentally convinced my new boss that I'm actually three engineers in a trenchcoat. I will not be elaborating
What do people do if an interview candidate doesn't seem at all likely to succeed in an interview? Obviously I can't talk about specifics, but do you cut the interview early or use the full time and see if you can rescue it somehow?
January 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What do people do if an interview candidate doesn't seem at all likely to succeed in an interview? Obviously I can't talk about specifics, but do you cut the interview early or use the full time and see if you can rescue it somehow?
To whoever just tried to ask the AI agent how to hack, that was the feedback box you typed that into.
At least I assume they just mixed up the boxes because I have no other suggestions.
At least I assume they just mixed up the boxes because I have no other suggestions.
January 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
To whoever just tried to ask the AI agent how to hack, that was the feedback box you typed that into.
At least I assume they just mixed up the boxes because I have no other suggestions.
At least I assume they just mixed up the boxes because I have no other suggestions.
Monday's weather forecast is best described as "Hell no"
If anyone needs me I'll be under every single warm thing I own, assembled into some form of blanket fort.
If anyone needs me I'll be under every single warm thing I own, assembled into some form of blanket fort.
January 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Monday's weather forecast is best described as "Hell no"
If anyone needs me I'll be under every single warm thing I own, assembled into some form of blanket fort.
If anyone needs me I'll be under every single warm thing I own, assembled into some form of blanket fort.
Woke up, read email, regretted reading email. How's your day going?
(It's fine, it's just full of things I need to do)
(It's fine, it's just full of things I need to do)
January 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Woke up, read email, regretted reading email. How's your day going?
(It's fine, it's just full of things I need to do)
(It's fine, it's just full of things I need to do)
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There is a persistent myth that if you work in entertainment - if you've done something people have absolutely heard of or enjoyed - that you must be rich. Actors, writers, producers: rich.
The sad truth is most of Hollywood is working class. So when you see a Go Fund Me, there's a reason it exists
The sad truth is most of Hollywood is working class. So when you see a Go Fund Me, there's a reason it exists
January 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
There is a persistent myth that if you work in entertainment - if you've done something people have absolutely heard of or enjoyed - that you must be rich. Actors, writers, producers: rich.
The sad truth is most of Hollywood is working class. So when you see a Go Fund Me, there's a reason it exists
The sad truth is most of Hollywood is working class. So when you see a Go Fund Me, there's a reason it exists
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Linked lists aren’t real.
January 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Linked lists aren’t real.
I would like everything to not be metaphorically and also literally on fire please
January 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I would like everything to not be metaphorically and also literally on fire please
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The moderation changes Meta is making across its platforms is another opportunity for me to remind you that having your own actively maintained site is one of the best ways to assure that people will always be able to find you, no matter what happens to the social media sites you don't control.
January 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The moderation changes Meta is making across its platforms is another opportunity for me to remind you that having your own actively maintained site is one of the best ways to assure that people will always be able to find you, no matter what happens to the social media sites you don't control.