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.
Hey Siri, tell me how to simultaneously destroy the resale value of a car in one demographic while causing it to rise stratospherically in another
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hey Siri, tell me how to simultaneously destroy the resale value of a car in one demographic while causing it to rise stratospherically in another
Also, as a remote fleshbot I ostensibly work out of Minneapolis, so it would be cool to use Waymos on office trips where it gets…more cold than SF.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Also, as a remote fleshbot I ostensibly work out of Minneapolis, so it would be cool to use Waymos on office trips where it gets…more cold than SF.
As a QA person, I would be more comfortable in a Waymo than any other vehicle that promised any sort of autonomy.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As a QA person, I would be more comfortable in a Waymo than any other vehicle that promised any sort of autonomy.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
*freshmen* plural.
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
*freshmen* plural.
I’m sure that between him and Berger, they can provide enough Bro energy to get a biplane filled with lead to the moon.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m sure that between him and Berger, they can provide enough Bro energy to get a biplane filled with lead to the moon.
Like, I can’t even get a key to rotate on a flat surface and here is the government making them roll.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Like, I can’t even get a key to rotate on a flat surface and here is the government making them roll.
A key roll. Impressive.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A key roll. Impressive.
Go ahead and tell me about how you think burning man is stupid and a waste and dumb, but all the travel and all the carbon and all the consumption that happens for that event is roughly equal to freshman showing up for college at a big state university.
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Go ahead and tell me about how you think burning man is stupid and a waste and dumb, but all the travel and all the carbon and all the consumption that happens for that event is roughly equal to freshman showing up for college at a big state university.
I’d like to make sure that everyone understands that burning man as an event survived only through the largesse of the Musk Brothers.
For this, there is no good answer. Elon captured burning man just as effectively as he captured the US government, and by the same method.
For this, there is no good answer. Elon captured burning man just as effectively as he captured the US government, and by the same method.
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’d like to make sure that everyone understands that burning man as an event survived only through the largesse of the Musk Brothers.
For this, there is no good answer. Elon captured burning man just as effectively as he captured the US government, and by the same method.
For this, there is no good answer. Elon captured burning man just as effectively as he captured the US government, and by the same method.
I gotta give Marian Goodell props though - she can do a good job of apparently looking past the bitter middle-aged dudes who think they know everything about burning man and could do it better than a girl.
She has also done a good job of keeping an impossible and improbable project healthy.
She has also done a good job of keeping an impossible and improbable project healthy.
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I gotta give Marian Goodell props though - she can do a good job of apparently looking past the bitter middle-aged dudes who think they know everything about burning man and could do it better than a girl.
She has also done a good job of keeping an impossible and improbable project healthy.
She has also done a good job of keeping an impossible and improbable project healthy.
“Pull up the ladder! Hurry, before more people enjoy the same chances I’ve had!”
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Pull up the ladder! Hurry, before more people enjoy the same chances I’ve had!”
“The USS Pirogue, with support ships USS John Boat and USS Buddy’s Airboat, all manual platforms - are at a significant disadvantage to automated platforms like the AA-powered Seawolf class that will turn in circles in your tub.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“The USS Pirogue, with support ships USS John Boat and USS Buddy’s Airboat, all manual platforms - are at a significant disadvantage to automated platforms like the AA-powered Seawolf class that will turn in circles in your tub.”
I remember watching this place get built around 2007 I think, and wondering why anyone thought people would drive to and park in San Francisco to buy things at a mall with the same stores as Valley Fair or Stonestown.
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I remember watching this place get built around 2007 I think, and wondering why anyone thought people would drive to and park in San Francisco to buy things at a mall with the same stores as Valley Fair or Stonestown.
The rental car was a Cadillac of some sort… very similar to the sedan that featured prominently in the Matrix.
This rental Caddy appeared to be the vehicle that was in the movie, post fight with dreadlocked computer ghosts. Someone had punched the entertainment system, and there were bits of flesh.
This rental Caddy appeared to be the vehicle that was in the movie, post fight with dreadlocked computer ghosts. Someone had punched the entertainment system, and there were bits of flesh.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The rental car was a Cadillac of some sort… very similar to the sedan that featured prominently in the Matrix.
This rental Caddy appeared to be the vehicle that was in the movie, post fight with dreadlocked computer ghosts. Someone had punched the entertainment system, and there were bits of flesh.
This rental Caddy appeared to be the vehicle that was in the movie, post fight with dreadlocked computer ghosts. Someone had punched the entertainment system, and there were bits of flesh.
Mine involves a diverted flight (MSY became IAH), rental car comedy* during a thunderstorm, and my discovering Buc-ee’s on the way east.
(I-10 between Houston and Baton Rouge really ought to be trucks only. Build a more tractable interstate for people with normal cars.)
*unfunny comedy
(I-10 between Houston and Baton Rouge really ought to be trucks only. Build a more tractable interstate for people with normal cars.)
*unfunny comedy
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Mine involves a diverted flight (MSY became IAH), rental car comedy* during a thunderstorm, and my discovering Buc-ee’s on the way east.
(I-10 between Houston and Baton Rouge really ought to be trucks only. Build a more tractable interstate for people with normal cars.)
*unfunny comedy
(I-10 between Houston and Baton Rouge really ought to be trucks only. Build a more tractable interstate for people with normal cars.)
*unfunny comedy
This seems like an ideal gift for a certain someone in my life.
Trying to figure out the ideal way to get my hands on one of these without driving all the way out to San Francisco in order to camp in front of Ameoba…
Trying to figure out the ideal way to get my hands on one of these without driving all the way out to San Francisco in order to camp in front of Ameoba…
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This seems like an ideal gift for a certain someone in my life.
Trying to figure out the ideal way to get my hands on one of these without driving all the way out to San Francisco in order to camp in front of Ameoba…
Trying to figure out the ideal way to get my hands on one of these without driving all the way out to San Francisco in order to camp in front of Ameoba…
You won’t be buying it at the Tesla diner I assume
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You won’t be buying it at the Tesla diner I assume
I bet Eric burger is really sad this morning.
I’m not even gonna correct that speech to text error because it probably makes him even sadder.
I’m not even gonna correct that speech to text error because it probably makes him even sadder.
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I bet Eric burger is really sad this morning.
I’m not even gonna correct that speech to text error because it probably makes him even sadder.
I’m not even gonna correct that speech to text error because it probably makes him even sadder.
This picture keeps disturbing me because there is clearly a stain centered over the man’s left nipple that…
Gross
Gross
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This picture keeps disturbing me because there is clearly a stain centered over the man’s left nipple that…
Gross
Gross
A drogue parachute from the B-52G.
This is the chute that pulls the braking chute. It’s big, yet pretty small.
I also have a wooden shift knob from a 2002tii…that doesn’t fit my current BMW.
This is the chute that pulls the braking chute. It’s big, yet pretty small.
I also have a wooden shift knob from a 2002tii…that doesn’t fit my current BMW.
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A drogue parachute from the B-52G.
This is the chute that pulls the braking chute. It’s big, yet pretty small.
I also have a wooden shift knob from a 2002tii…that doesn’t fit my current BMW.
This is the chute that pulls the braking chute. It’s big, yet pretty small.
I also have a wooden shift knob from a 2002tii…that doesn’t fit my current BMW.