Thankful QA Guy
@vought.bsky.social
Software quality and security person. Avid airplane and car enjoyer. Western Nevada. Goes camping in the desert at least twice a year.
Loves his dogs and cats, has too many things on his plate.
Lives in a shack in the woods.
I love that Google keeps shipping stuff that isn’t even MVP level and being rewarded for it.
I really hope that my career outlast the trend of product people just…having an idea, hiring a contractor and squirting out something no one wants, in which has value only as an extractive tool.
I really hope that my career outlast the trend of product people just…having an idea, hiring a contractor and squirting out something no one wants, in which has value only as an extractive tool.
Google has teamed up with Nvidia to offer a version of GeForce Now cloud streaming that is perplexingly limited in some ways and generous in others.
Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now
GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.
arstechnica.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I love that Google keeps shipping stuff that isn’t even MVP level and being rewarded for it.
I really hope that my career outlast the trend of product people just…having an idea, hiring a contractor and squirting out something no one wants, in which has value only as an extractive tool.
I really hope that my career outlast the trend of product people just…having an idea, hiring a contractor and squirting out something no one wants, in which has value only as an extractive tool.
“This says dog crate, but it is comfy enough for a cat”
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“This says dog crate, but it is comfy enough for a cat”
You know, what’s funny is that this applies 100% on a smaller scale to things like the burning man project.
Put a woman in charge, and all the performative online boosters of the latest marginalized community strangely turn into the most extreme misogynists you’ve ever encountered.
Put a woman in charge, and all the performative online boosters of the latest marginalized community strangely turn into the most extreme misogynists you’ve ever encountered.
What's really starting to come into view is that "online tankies" aren't even really that radically communist, it's just people with anti-American sentiments who are also culturally-4chan.
If you press them, they're absolutely racist, misogynistic, transphobic, and homophobic. That's their culture.
If you press them, they're absolutely racist, misogynistic, transphobic, and homophobic. That's their culture.
Fine. You all win. I’m logging off for the day because I‘m a big smelly man who’s also a Nazi and a bigot because I liked it better when Groypers didn’t have 1,770 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. Feel free to brag in your discords about how my jimmies have been rustled and I was owned.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
You know, what’s funny is that this applies 100% on a smaller scale to things like the burning man project.
Put a woman in charge, and all the performative online boosters of the latest marginalized community strangely turn into the most extreme misogynists you’ve ever encountered.
Put a woman in charge, and all the performative online boosters of the latest marginalized community strangely turn into the most extreme misogynists you’ve ever encountered.
This guy? He is having an era, that’s for sure.
Jesse Welles is brilliant, talented, and brave. ❤️
"Red" - Jesse Welles (LIVE at The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This guy? He is having an era, that’s for sure.
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Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off
YouTube video by ClarkeAndDawe
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Anybody got a status check on this one?
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Anybody got a status check on this one?
This is like the paranoid friend who swears Facebook is turning on the microphone* and listening to everything you say and hear to sell you stuff.
Why the hell would they bother, even if it wouldn’t take more power and data centers than currently exist to actually accomplish?
Why the hell would they bother, even if it wouldn’t take more power and data centers than currently exist to actually accomplish?
HINSON: As a mom, I think about watching a baby monitor. That's a very intimate moment with your baby and to think the Chinese could be spying on your morning routine
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
BARTIROMO: Why are they spying on moms?
HINSON: They just want to know what Americans are up to to undermine our way of life
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is like the paranoid friend who swears Facebook is turning on the microphone* and listening to everything you say and hear to sell you stuff.
Why the hell would they bother, even if it wouldn’t take more power and data centers than currently exist to actually accomplish?
Why the hell would they bother, even if it wouldn’t take more power and data centers than currently exist to actually accomplish?
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Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
Hey, we did it! We saved a comics store! Portland is truly richer for it.
Let’s keep doing it. Do you like books with pictures? Do you like cool spaces that are welcoming to everyone?
Go shop here! Or kick them some cash.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Let’s keep doing it. Do you like books with pictures? Do you like cool spaces that are welcoming to everyone?
Go shop here! Or kick them some cash.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hey, we did it! We saved a comics store! Portland is truly richer for it.
Let’s keep doing it. Do you like books with pictures? Do you like cool spaces that are welcoming to everyone?
Go shop here! Or kick them some cash.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Let’s keep doing it. Do you like books with pictures? Do you like cool spaces that are welcoming to everyone?
Go shop here! Or kick them some cash.
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
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I'd rather he focus on say.....
-All the regulations that protected travelers that they immediately took away when they were voted in
-The burnout/lack of air traffic controllers
-The technical infrastructure of the airlines that keeps crashing out
-Etc etc etc
But no its "everyone dress better"
-All the regulations that protected travelers that they immediately took away when they were voted in
-The burnout/lack of air traffic controllers
-The technical infrastructure of the airlines that keeps crashing out
-Etc etc etc
But no its "everyone dress better"
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'd rather he focus on say.....
-All the regulations that protected travelers that they immediately took away when they were voted in
-The burnout/lack of air traffic controllers
-The technical infrastructure of the airlines that keeps crashing out
-Etc etc etc
But no its "everyone dress better"
-All the regulations that protected travelers that they immediately took away when they were voted in
-The burnout/lack of air traffic controllers
-The technical infrastructure of the airlines that keeps crashing out
-Etc etc etc
But no its "everyone dress better"
Reskeet with a time you looked cool
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool
I’m sure that letting masked men run around and abduct people in unmarked and un-plated vehicles won’t have any negative repercussions whatsoever…
…just a moment, I’m getting word that
…just a moment, I’m getting word that
Alameda police said they arrested a driver on Tuesday for possessing a stolen vehicle and fake federal agent insignia.
Alameda police: Person driving stolen van may have been impersonating a federal Homeland Security agent
Alameda police said they arrested a driver on Tuesday for possessing a stolen vehicle and fake federal agent insignia.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’m sure that letting masked men run around and abduct people in unmarked and un-plated vehicles won’t have any negative repercussions whatsoever…
…just a moment, I’m getting word that
…just a moment, I’m getting word that
I kind of saw this going in this direction, but to see the same thing happen over 40 years later really puts a bow on the fact that we’ve let our regulatory infrastructure decay…
There’s no reason this should happen on a properly maintained and inspected aircraft.
There’s no reason this should happen on a properly maintained and inspected aircraft.
there are some pictures out from the preliminary investigation into the UPS crash and holy fuck it’s American 191 all over again
there was no saving that plane
there was no saving that plane
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I kind of saw this going in this direction, but to see the same thing happen over 40 years later really puts a bow on the fact that we’ve let our regulatory infrastructure decay…
There’s no reason this should happen on a properly maintained and inspected aircraft.
There’s no reason this should happen on a properly maintained and inspected aircraft.
Pssst…anyone want to buy some internet?
Still in the tubes. I know what I got. .
Still in the tubes. I know what I got. .
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pssst…anyone want to buy some internet?
Still in the tubes. I know what I got. .
Still in the tubes. I know what I got. .
I love that in California any cop can decide your car is too loud and then you can’t drive your car anymore because of the BAR and CARB…despite no true incremental value to fixing a single car for emissions reasons.
But EPA violations on industrial scale? Go right the heck ahead, Apple and Tesla.
But EPA violations on industrial scale? Go right the heck ahead, Apple and Tesla.
I continue to be absolutely staggered that the people of the Bay Area put up with not only the rampant pollution, but the pathetic impotence of local regulators.
Maybe the abundance bros are right. Maybe people are fine with their kids going school next to this shit?
bsky.app/profile/nied...
Maybe the abundance bros are right. Maybe people are fine with their kids going school next to this shit?
bsky.app/profile/nied...
but hey, at least the air quality regulator that issued Tesla more than 90 notices of violation of the Clean Air Act last year did get the company to agree to a stipulation reading "It is not unreasonable to require Tesla to comply with District rules and regulations"
insanely pathetic shit!
insanely pathetic shit!
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I love that in California any cop can decide your car is too loud and then you can’t drive your car anymore because of the BAR and CARB…despite no true incremental value to fixing a single car for emissions reasons.
But EPA violations on industrial scale? Go right the heck ahead, Apple and Tesla.
But EPA violations on industrial scale? Go right the heck ahead, Apple and Tesla.
Elon Musk never had an original thought in his life.
Here he is pretending to have Douglas Adams’ idea.
Douglas Adams would’ve reviled Elon Musk.
Here he is pretending to have Douglas Adams’ idea.
Douglas Adams would’ve reviled Elon Musk.
Good news everybody: Grokipedia will contain all knowledge about the universe and will be distributed periodically throughout the solar system
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Elon Musk never had an original thought in his life.
Here he is pretending to have Douglas Adams’ idea.
Douglas Adams would’ve reviled Elon Musk.
Here he is pretending to have Douglas Adams’ idea.
Douglas Adams would’ve reviled Elon Musk.
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The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
Got a 1962 Columbia console stereo?
No, you’ve got a home-grade IT and music cabinet.
No, you’ve got a home-grade IT and music cabinet.
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Got a 1962 Columbia console stereo?
No, you’ve got a home-grade IT and music cabinet.
No, you’ve got a home-grade IT and music cabinet.
Oh look, it is my set of bespoke, re-engineered timing chain guide parts for a 25 year-old BMW V8 engine.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Oh look, it is my set of bespoke, re-engineered timing chain guide parts for a 25 year-old BMW V8 engine.
This is encouraging news, especially down in Clark County. Good stuff.
A lot of unprecedented things happening in Nevada with Lombardo as governor. None of the belly-acher types I live near has anything good to say about him, but compliments are hard to come by in Storey cty.
A lot of unprecedented things happening in Nevada with Lombardo as governor. None of the belly-acher types I live near has anything good to say about him, but compliments are hard to come by in Storey cty.
A Nevada Senate committee approved the last-minute proposal to crack down on corporate home buying in Nevada.
It follows an unprecedented move from lawmakers to add an item to the special session agenda.
Follow along in our live blog: thenevadaindependent.com/article/film...
It follows an unprecedented move from lawmakers to add an item to the special session agenda.
Follow along in our live blog: thenevadaindependent.com/article/film...
thenevadaindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is encouraging news, especially down in Clark County. Good stuff.
A lot of unprecedented things happening in Nevada with Lombardo as governor. None of the belly-acher types I live near has anything good to say about him, but compliments are hard to come by in Storey cty.
A lot of unprecedented things happening in Nevada with Lombardo as governor. None of the belly-acher types I live near has anything good to say about him, but compliments are hard to come by in Storey cty.
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NOLA pals, let me know what you need.
This New Orleans operation is going to closely resemble what we just went through in Chicago.
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NOLA pals, let me know what you need.
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wow nvidia beat on earnings what a huge surprise. anyway did anybody work out how anybody makes a dollar of profit plugging gpus in or are we still in a holding pattern
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
wow nvidia beat on earnings what a huge surprise. anyway did anybody work out how anybody makes a dollar of profit plugging gpus in or are we still in a holding pattern
Coming to the realization that the Department of Justice, which should be where the best of the best of the most honest and civic minded attorneys in the nation end up, - isn’t as functional as your average traffic ticket attorney.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Coming to the realization that the Department of Justice, which should be where the best of the best of the most honest and civic minded attorneys in the nation end up, - isn’t as functional as your average traffic ticket attorney.
The bureau of land management is very much inside baseball to most of the country. Between the Rockies and the Pacific, it is the largest single land administrator.
BLM manages things like permits for events like burning man and King of the Hammers. Cattle. Oil. Etc.
This will be a disaster.
BLM manages things like permits for events like burning man and King of the Hammers. Cattle. Oil. Etc.
This will be a disaster.
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The bureau of land management is very much inside baseball to most of the country. Between the Rockies and the Pacific, it is the largest single land administrator.
BLM manages things like permits for events like burning man and King of the Hammers. Cattle. Oil. Etc.
This will be a disaster.
BLM manages things like permits for events like burning man and King of the Hammers. Cattle. Oil. Etc.
This will be a disaster.