Ted Tschopp

tɛd t͡ʃʌp • Senior Enterprise Architect • Los Angeles 🏴🇺🇸 • ✟☧♂⚤⚭ • 30 years in IT • Founder of TheOneRing.com • Featured in Wired & LA Times

I love working in technology and watch the future unfold; some things I worked on were once science fiction.

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2025-11-25
In 2017 Randall Munroe posted a strip called "Seven Years" about being the caregiver for a loved one dealing with cancer:

https://xkcd.com/1928/

That strip literally made me cry, it was such a clear telling of what that experience is like; much of it could have been about my own life.

Except that my own experience had a different ending.

Today he put out "Fifteen Years":

https://xkcd.com/3172/

This one made me want to cheer. What a joy to see a story that has played out so differently, so much better. I have never crossed paths with Mr. Munroe, but I rejoice in his and his family's good fortune as if he were a good friend.

Here's to many more years.
Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-09-19

I am at Stadium Club at Dodger Stadium and wanted you to know.

"Giants Game”

Check out my photo or leave a comment at: app.foursquare.com/share/check

(Stadium Club at Dodger Stadium 1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, US)

- Ted

Don't have Swarm yet? You're missing out! Grab it at swarmapp.com/get now.

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-09-06

I am at Clearman's Galley and wanted you to know.

"With the kids visiting the Boat!

Check out the details or leave a comment at: app.foursquare.com/share/check

(Clearman's Galley 7215 Rosemead Blvd (@ Huntington Dr.), San Gabriel, CA, 91775, US)

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-07-14

🎶 “Soon May the AI Come” is a playful rewrite of the classic sea shanty “#Wellerman,” reimagined for the age of AI. Featuring coders, prompt engineers, and tireless language models sailing together toward a future of automation and endless debugging. Perfect for anyone who’s spent late nights fine-tuning models or whispering prompts into the digital abyss. 🤖✨ #SeaShanty #AI #TechHumor

youtu.be/uZEpmreVoPM

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-05-31

Camping with the boy

Rio Group Camping with Glenkirk (@ Silverwood Lake in Arrowhead, CA) swarmapp.com/user/4195/checkin

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-04-25

<sarcasm>
Getting ready for the weekend!!!
</sarcasm>

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-04-21

@yurnidiot watership down

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-04-20

@TheEddieShow I love how you can ask AI to unblur this stuff. I wonder if it’s accurate.

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2025-04-03
Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-03-29

Our Red Whiskered Bulbuls are back!!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-wh

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Elana | אילנהelana@babka.social
2025-03-21

≤2019: we are all just thinking machines being carted around by primitive meat chassis 🧐

2025: sometimes I think about each little cell of our bodies working hard to metabolize and turn materials of one kind into another kind, and I feel like a glorious and miraculous community of beings. every inhale of oxygen that becomes an exhale of carbon dioxide is a testament to that wonder. I am so proud of my body for defying entropy day after day, moment after moment

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-03-18

@Jackgiantkiller conviction, human weaknesses or compulsions that make them easy to connect with, magnetic / charismatic making them have a large following or being popular.

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Dare Obasanjocarnage4life@mas.to
2025-03-09

Given the rise of AI and vibe shift in employer-employee relationships in tech, I’ve lost all interest in encouraging my son to follow me into tne tech industry. I used to have misgivings about his interests in sports and related careers but now they’re gone.

It seems I’m not alone.

wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/pare

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Captain Buttoncptbutton@dice.camp
2025-03-09

@PTR_K
Not really what you are asking for, but I am very fond of the Starship Geomorphs by Robert Pearce. But they are for sections of starships or space stations or ground buildings at that sort of tech level.

Which probably isn't what you mean by "otherworldy elven city."

(Note that while they are designed for the #Traveller Space #ttrpg, they aren't particularly specific to that game or setting.)

travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com/

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2025-02-22

I expected coverage of the fediverse but none was to be found on the interior

A person holding a magazine titled "2600 The Hacker Quarterly," featuring a surreal cover with a cracked sculpture of a face and colorful butterflies against a cosmic background. Other magazines are visible on the shelf in the background.
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2025-02-15

Today, February 14, 2016, is the birthdate of the replicant known as Pris. Bioengineered humans created by Tyrell Corporation for cheap labor have implanted memories and a built-in four-year lifespan to prevent them from developing empathetic abilities (Blade Runner, 1982)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #BladeRunner

A screen surrounded by blue neon light. On it is a photo of a white woman's face. The text reads, "Replicant (f). Des: Pris. Nexus 6. N6FAB21416. Incept Date: 14 Feb, 2016. Function: military/leisure. Phys: Lev. A. Ment: Lev B.A woman with blonde hair in a shaggy haircut walks down a nighttime street, looking serious.
Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-01-26

@tinker Things Paladins say.

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-01-19

@ponytail @echo_xc What's the URL for Sup, I can't find anything on it when I do searches on Google.

Ted TschoppTedT@twit.social
2025-01-18

@echo_xc what’s the name of the apps. I don’t recognize their logos.

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2025-01-13

wikipedia article of the day

Wikipedia article: Splooting is lying in a spread-eagled, prone posture. It is typically performed by four-legged mammals such as dogs and squirrels when they wish to relax or cool down. It may also be known as frogging or pancaking. [Image] Example of a splooting English Bulldog

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