Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 13/09/2026A former teammate would always say “package” (while staring at types named *Packet) presumably because of in-the-head double translation. Not sure if that refutes or confirms this hypothesis. 000
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 06/09/2026It is windows/Mac and that + family sharing were my top priorities. If I ever manage to actually get a Linux daily driver up I’ll surely be sad. 110
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 29/08/2026Feels like the National Weather Service office is also hanging by a thread here. 000
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldDale Denwalt @denwalt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Here I was thinking that incarcerated prisoners make stop signs and license plates. As it turns out, in Oklahoma, there is a prison-based call center doing push polls for conservative candidates. oklahomawatch.org/2026/08/24/w...oklahomawatch.orgWho’s Calling? - Oklahoma WatchOklahoma prison inmates are working in call centers placing political calls and insurance telemarketing on behalf of outside companies, earning $2 an hour while a Virginia super PAC paid nearly $600,0... 162
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 18/08/2026For our first kid we got a baby gate that had a cat door in the bottom. Cat jumped over it, ignoring the door. Baby crawled through the door. 010
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldTalia Stroud @handle.invalid · 14/08/2026We have an AI news site in Austin and you might have one too … thanks to Maggie Quinlan with @austinchronicle.bsky.social for covering this and for going “down the rabbit hole” with me … www.austinchronicle.com/news/ai-news...austinchronicle.comAI News Lurks in Austin. Who’s Behind It? • The Austin ChronicleAI News Lurks in Austin. Who’s Behind It? 032
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 13/08/2026I guess I have been doing too much retirement planning lately because my brain read this as “Important TAX advice…” and had a real hard time with the end of the sentence. 010
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldDeen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I wanna make sure everyone understands what this means: when you pull TikTok data for the same hashtag at the same time using the official API and a scraping tool, you'll get two completely different datasets. 38129
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 10/08/2026Our DM graciously manages this for us via “look at own schedule then create a Discord multi-answer poll for the next few months of availability” where everyone says whether they can make it. Days over threshold are scheduled. Limited to Mondays. Still means a month+ between sometimes… 020
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldStephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Parents Parents 2026 BCE 2026 CE 🤝 "These kids and their damned tablets" 235232959
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldLindsey Meeks @lmeeks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026What swag do you actually like and/use? 001
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 02/08/2026becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together 354006413
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 31/07/2026Dinner conversation with the kids for the next month: sorted! 120
Reposted by Rainer Sigwald𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 & 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 28/07/2026Nothing could have prepared me for that 221963
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldfurby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. Cannot CHECK PHONE in combat. You were killed by DARK WIZARD! 2655621573
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldDEI Speedwagon @myrrlyn.net · 17/07/2026you stupid mother fucker (markwayne not eugene) we tricked the entire world into sending their smartest hardest working people here and then tricked those same people into staying permanently instead of going back to their home country you are BLOWING UP OUR SPOT 753906843
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldMike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep. 18697312039
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/05/2026talarico is going to be forced by attack ads to spend all of his time hanging out with his hot girlfriend and eating central texas barbecue 431224134
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 23/05/2026I approve of this park design that has led to a pack of kids roving around shouting “the dam is holding!” at each other. 000
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 14/05/2026I am having a bit of a crisis about this on the receiving end. Comments from coworkers that I would have cherished for thought and details but I know they’re coming from an LLM and I want the human to read it and tell me the short message I would have been annoyed by a year ago. 000
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 09/05/2026I loved it but read it long before having kids and am scared to revisit it! 110
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 27/04/2026no one tells you setting up a NAS takes as long as it does. perhaps because ignoring people who run NAS systems at home is a natural and normal instinct 4163424
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 24/04/2026With the folks I talk to often I have given up on specifying times and everything is relative, like “half an hour before the team meeting”. 000
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldThe Needling @theneedling.com · 04/04/2026‘You Didn’t See Shit,’ Local Says to California Tourist Witnessing Sunny Seattle Spring: tinyurl.com/2wc2b6de 18649107
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldLindsey Meeks @lmeeks.bsky.social · 06/03/20263. Local news covered issues like academic outcomes & bond issues more, but if voters wanted to know more about conservative groups’ involvement, it was concentrated in national coverage. National news cannot cover each school district leading up to Election Day, leaving local voters under informed. 001
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 02/03/2026Our plug-in hybrid has a seven gallon tank. We fill it up almost exclusively on road trips. It’s one more thing I can’t relate to my father-in-law on… 000
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldmichael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I hear the Miniature Counterfeiters' Guild is accepting new applicants, if you're looking to make a little coin 24958338
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldpaul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 06/02/2026the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran 10069811538
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldpost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 22/01/2026punchline's worth it on this one 2420118
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 19/01/2026Let me know how this works for you! I found github.com/rainersigwal... not very helpful, sadly, but maybe you made better choices for events/types/correlations.github.comGitHub - rainersigwald/TraceEventLogger: An MSBuild logger that emits trace_event JSON suitable for Chrome's trace viewer.An MSBuild logger that emits trace_event JSON suitable for Chrome's trace viewer. - rainersigwald/TraceEventLogger 020
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 25/12/2025I hadn’t heard this and it’s been in heavy rotation since you recommended it—thanks! 000
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldNeven Mrgan @mrgan.com · 30/11/2025You know I’m a Food Guy, and Paprika is where all my recipes live. It’s a no-nonsense, pragmatic, workhorse kitchen app. If you know what a mise is, this is the recipe app you want. 0244
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 08/11/2025If you could start these threads during the week I would be more helpful 😅 240
Reposted by Rainer SigwaldMerrie McGaw @merriemcgaw.bsky.social · 05/11/2025.NET is hiring. WinForms is looking for an SDE2 to help us drive the next version of the best UI stack of all time jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...jobs.careers.microsoft.comSearch Jobs | Microsoft Careers 034
Reposted by Rainer Sigwaldjaredpar @jaredpar.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Interested in working in .NET Tooling? My team is hiring for a few roles. This is a great to impact the .NET ecosystem, work with devs all across Microsoft and help drive the .NET platform forward. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo... jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo... 22725
Rainer Sigwald @rainer.sigwald.org · 28/10/2025D&D: “I’m starting to think the dragon’s on their side.” “What because it cast magical blindness on your guys?” 020
