Manfred

@nocoursewalks

Embedded software engineer, working on Linux and Android OS. He/him. In no particular order: 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇵🇷

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Manfred@nocoursewalks· 11d

This is pathetic. This is not a meal.

United airlines Omaha to San Francisco in flight menu.

Starters: banana

Entree: either corn flakes cereal, or a cheese tray

Manfred@nocoursewalks· 16d

If you're actually curious to find out, tough shit, it won't be me.

Old tie rod end vs new. The old is clearly busted up and the new looks in fantastic shape

Manfred@nocoursewalks· 16d

Think I can win a national championship like this?

Tie rod end. This is the part that connects the wheel hub to the steering. The rubber housing is split open, there's no grease inside, and the ball joint inside is exposed to plain air and dirt.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· 20d

Waiting for my copy of the Reconstruction Papers to arrive

Manfred@nocoursewalks· 25d

I'm suddenly reminded of this. I think some companies will need to find out the hard way.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· 27d

The kind of argument only a lawyer could love

SF gate headline. United argues in SF court that window seat doesn't mean seat next to window. Photo is a view out of an airplane window.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Jul 1

Nah, he was so butthurt about it that he inserted a footnote in a completely unrelated case. slate.com/news-and-pol... We can and should make him absolutely miserable for writing this.

Now it appears that Kavanaugh has some regrets. Last Tuesday, the justice backtracked from his previous position without quite acknowledging the retreat. He did so in a concurrence to the Supreme Court’s decision to block President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard—a case that does not even directly concern “Kavanaugh stops.” In a footnote, he declared that race and ethnicity could not be “considerations” when officers make “immigration stops or arrests.” That directly conflicts with his earlier assertion that officers can use race and ethnicity as a “factor” when deciding whom to detain. The two positions cannot be reconciled. Yet Kavanaugh did not admit that he had changed his position; he simply pretended that the law in this area was “clear,” when he himself muddied it just months earlier.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Jun 12

You can literally just read the replies. They liked this post! You're inserting words that were not present on the post.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Jun 11

Two red buttons meme. Guy sweating while deciding which button to push: "story gets traction" or "story doesn't get traction"

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Jun 5

The hardest problems in software engineering are all people problems - AI edition @charity.wtf here with another banger. charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusi...

Enthusiast: “Let’s ship without code review! Company X is doing it. This is clearly where the world is headed. Why do you hate the future?”

Skeptic: “Are you fucking kidding me right now? I’ve got people I’ve never heard of submitting diffs in crayon and you want me to just auto-accept this shit? Your father was non-technical and your mother had a face like a donkey, and together I guess they made you.”4

Both can be right (minus the face thing). Yes, the field is directionally moving toward software factories and AI-validated diffs. Yes, it may be absolutely unthinkable to start auto-accepting diffs given the current state of your codebase and guardrails. Both of those things are more likely true than not, in fact.

But “what’s wrong with you” and “that will never work” are conversation stoppers dressed up as positions. (Remember, you are both very smart and you are on the same side.) The productive version of this conversation is:

“What would it take for you to feel comfortable shipping code to production without reading it?”

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Jun 1

A red BMW M3 on track, driving from right to left. Behind the car is a white concrete wall with red words painted on that say "extreme danger stay behind."

Manfred@nocoursewalks· May 20

Shorter Fidelity: "I saw your recent 'trades' in the market. Let's talk about parking your money in SPY."

Email from Fidelity Investments.

Subject: unable to reach you

Hello,

I recently tried to contact you about your Fidelity account but couldn't reach you. I'm hoping we can find time to review your account and create a personalized plan that aligns with your financial goals. You can reach me at the number provided below.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· May 20

Also note the talking point here in the chyron. This is a (reactionary centrist) Dem talking point. Methinks he just has a finger in the wind and is himself being reactionary in response to short term political changes.

CNBC chyron: Bezos: taxes for lower salary workers are too high

Manfred@nocoursewalks· May 17

Yo dawg, I heard you wanted some meth...

Xzibit "yo dawg" meme template image with no text

Manfred@nocoursewalks· May 10

$Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power$

Manfred@nocoursewalks· May 6

Army recruiter inviting you to sit in an empty chair labeled Firefox (this is a meme)

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 27

A cuck chair in a corner of a hotel room

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 27

Suboptimal UX on Firefox mobile here. Closing a tab creates an "undo" popover that blocks you from closing the last tab in the list. I'm guessing the dev who did this did not try it out first?

Screenshot of the bottom of Firefox on Android. Image description already in post.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 19

Choose your fighter

Two advertisements side by side at a metro station. One advertises "skilled trades are in demand" while the other advertises $9900 online MBA"

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 17

WTF is this shit? Someone please make me the Senate majority leader, I will make these chucklefucks do some work

Shortly after 2 a.m. they quickly agreed to the 10-day extension, which was agreed to on a voice vote without a formal roll call. It next goes to the Senate, which is gaveling for a rare Friday session, as Congress races to keep the surveillance program running.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 16

Dog fetch meme. Please bomb. No car. Only bomb.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 14

If I don't put money on a specific price movement: trade me If I do put money on a specific price movement: fade me

Daily chart of the S&P 500 today. It went green at 10am

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 14

Reminds me of this guy

Elliot Carver from the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. He's wearing a headset.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Apr 6

Hello, fellow window seat enjoyer. Most of mine aren't as pretty but here's a very recent one flying into LAX.

Photo from airplane. Marine layer clouds trying to squeeze between two mountains.

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Mar 31

Alan Ritchson for president

Instagram post from Alan Ritchson. He's a white man with massive muscles. He's wearing a black T-shirt that says "arrest the cops who killed Breonma Taylor"

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Mar 27

Wheels down LAX. Current view:

The view from an airport observation deck. Lots of planes parked at gates. One plane on a taxiway. Cloudy and hazy

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Mar 26

Bird 1 at stand-up comedy speaking into microphone: the US has already won the war.

Bird 2 in crowd: boooo! Get better material!

Bird 1 getting stressed out looking at notes which say "the US already won" over and over again

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Mar 20

Arizona mentioned meme image with lots of Arizona-related items on it

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Mar 18

One of the reasons I fell in love with my car before I even bought it was how much they centered the act of driving into the design of interfaces, human factors, etc. Dead center is everything you need and use all the time: digital speed and a massive tachometer.

2013 Scion FRS instrument cluster. Described in post/thread

Manfred@nocoursewalks· Mar 18

"The escape of the virus to Italy and other countries is a warning sign, but not a red alert." Obviously you should wait until ambulance sirens are passing your home multiple times an hour before doing something to prepare for disruption.