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The QA Department @theqadepartment.net · 02/10/2026

#2 - Drop Test theqadepartment.net/comics/2026/... #WebComics #QA #QualityAssurance #Klutz

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(Beanie is carrying a box, whistling to themself.)

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(Beanie drops the box)

Beanie: Oh No!

Panel 3

(CRASH)

Panel 4

(Monocle Appears)

Monocle: A-HEM!

Beanie: Uhhhh...

Panel 5

Beanie: Drop Test?

Panel 6

Monocle: Hmmm...

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Monocle: Looks like it passed! Keep up the good work!

Beanie: Whew!

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Monocle: The product being in the hands of a total klutz is a valid customer scenario, after all.

Beanie: Hey!

Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 01/10/2026

Got my COVID and Flu shot at work today. My 5G reception is better than ever! I can also hear Bill Gates whispering satanic messages in my ear.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 06/09/2026

You're telling me Cocomelon wasn't *already* AI slop?

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/09/2026

Getting storms in #RochesterNY. We're fine, but I did see this on radar. I think this is the first time I've ever seen a target-like shape on radar before. I suspect there's a radar dish at the bullseye. #weather

A radar with several yellow and red circles surrounding a center point near Buffalo, NY.

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The QA Department @theqadepartment.net · 31/08/2026

#1 - Welcome to Chaos! theqadepartment.net/comics/2026/...

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Glasses: Welcome to the QA Department! First Day?

Beanie: Yup!
Panel 2

Glasses: Our job is important! We are the last line of defense before the product gets into the customer's hands.
Panel 3

(Some smoke appears)

Beanie: (pointing to the smoke) Uhhh...

Glasses: AH! Smoke! Must be new hardware day!
Panel 4

(Smoke starts to fill up the room)

Glasses: Nothing like the smell of melted electronics to wake you up! Hardware engineers must have soldered something wrong.
Panel 5

(Smoke fills half of the room)

Beanie: How often does this happen?

Glasses: At least once a week.
Panel 6

(Smoke fills the entire room, only the character's legs are visible)

Beanie: ...

Glasses: Fire extinguisher training is at 11:00. You should probably attend.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 30/08/2026

Saw Coyote vs. ACME today at @thelittletheatre.bsky.social. If you grew up watching Looney Tunes, go see it!

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 29/08/2026

Did a drone experiment with a #Meshtastic node strapped to it. I don't think it really helped with getting messages out, but it did seem to help with reception. Next time, I think I need a better antenna, and maybe angle it vertically somehow.

A drone flying slightly off the ground with a Meshtastic node strapped to it.

A drone sitting on a landing pad with a Meshtastic node strapped to it.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 28/08/2026

A couple of photos of the lunar eclipse last night via my phone camera through binoculars.

The moon with about a quarter of the bottom left missing due to the Earth's shadow.

The moon with about half of the bottom left missing due to the Earth's shadow.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 26/08/2026

In honor of Tim Curry's passing, I present my all time favorite scene with him (from Red Alert 3): youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...

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Tim Curry as Premier Cherdenko - Space!

YouTube video by Athrun Talan

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 19/07/2026

I always wanted an indoor waterfall, but not like this. Remember to clean your gutters every so often! One we cleaned them during a break in the rain, they stopped overflowing and no more waterfall!

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 19/07/2026

Time lapse of a storm that rolled through #RochesterNY today. We had some mild basement flooding, but otherwise we made it out okay! youtu.be/ndQMcx8lN7w?...

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A Storm Rolls Through Henrietta, NY - July 18th, 2026

YouTube video by K2SRH

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 12/07/2026

Made the pilgrimage to the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum today!

An old diesel locomotive that says Beebee station on the side.

An old orange electric trolley behind a railroad crossing sign.

An old Conrail box car. It says NYC 21273 on the side.

A diesel locomotive. It says "Livonia Anon & Lakeville" on the side. It is number 20.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 19/06/2026

My local #ScoutingAmerica council is hosting an adult Pinewood Derby race tomorrow. My entry, a replica of a Siemens Charger locomotive with @amtrak.com's paint-job 🚆

A small Pinewood Derby car with Amtrak's paint design on it. Instead of paint, it uses a lot of reflective tape.

A small Pinewood Derby car with Amtrak's paint design on it from the back. Instead of paint, it uses a lot of reflective tape.

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Kira Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️ @kiraleigh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

we need to go back

a neon green transparent gameboy color handheld console with pokemon green version on the screen.

a transparent shimmery light blue nintendo 64 gaming console

a transparent medium blue playstation 2 gaming console

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 10/06/2026

Went to Buffalo today to see #BigBoy. It was worth the wait!

A giant stream locomotive surrounded by a small crowd of people.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

also since it’s pride month i have to post the ICONIC “trans jupiter” image

The planet Jupiter in UV light, resembling the trans flag.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 31/05/2026

The Little Theatre in #RochesterNY played Detective Pikachu today! I forgot how fun that movie is!

A marquee sign that says "Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Sunday May 31, [S] Science on Screen".

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Mike Feher @saxmike71.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Same energy:

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 25/04/2026

#ImagineRIT had a "Retro Computing" exhibit. They had this old iMac. ... I had one of these Macs growing up... Am I old now 😭

An iMac from the mid 2000's. It has a domed base with a monitor that spins around the base.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 10/04/2026

Happy Splashdown Day to those who celebrate! #ArtemisII

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 07/04/2026

No big deal just a solar eclipse as seen from the moon streamed to us here on Earth by astronauts who are farther away from their home planet than any human has ever been

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 06/04/2026

Finally installed a mobile #AmateurRadio setup in my car! Running the wires was painful, but I made it work. Only thing I'm unsure about is the antenna... It's on a magnetic mount on my roof with the wire going through my sunroof. I didn't want to drill holes in my car 😅.

View from the driver's seat looking down towards the petals. There is a BTECH handset attached to the side of the center console.

A box that says "BTECH" with a coaxial cable coming out from the front, right side. This is located just behind the back seat, but in this picture the seat is folded down.

View from the trunk, which has the radio mounted to the ceiling of the trunk, with black and red wires connected to it, coming from the left side of the trunk.

Roof view, featuring a Signal Stick NMO antenna connected to a magnetic mount. The wire is going through the sunroof.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/04/2026

You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world... You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “Look at that, you son of a bitch". - Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 16/03/2026

I tried playing with @avaloniaui.net 's re-create UI MCP server. I threw it a curve-ball; trying to recreate the Wii's Forecast Menu UI. I don't think AI is taking my job yet, but it did give it a good attempt!

The Wii Forecast channel menu! It shows a five day forecast for Anchorage with the high and low.

An Avalonia UI that tried to recreate the Forecast. The scaling is all wrong, and it is missing days (it only shows Saturday). But, it does have the colors right and the city correct.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/03/2026

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/03/2026

Age verification risks tying users’ “most sensitive and immutable data” — names, faces, birthdays, home addresses — to their online activity, EFF’s @mollibroccoli.bsky.social told @CNBC.com. “Age verification strikes at the foundation of the free and open internet.” www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/...

cnbc.com

Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled

New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the crosshairs, say privacy experts.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 05/03/2026

I'm starting to study for my Amateur Extra ham license. I reaaaalllyyyy should have paid more attention in my circuits II class 🙃.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 28/02/2026

This MadTV sketch continues to be relevant all these years later: youtu.be/rw2nkoGLhrE?...

youtu.be

Madtv - Apple I-rack

YouTube video by ra1ntje

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 14/02/2026

Some LLM fun today. The last sentence is great 😂.

A messaging window.

Me: I need to get my car washed, but the car wash is just 300 meters away. Should I walk or drive?

The LLM:

Walk.

Reasons, quickly:

- 300 m is extremely short; by the time you start the car, you’re basically there.
- Engine wear and fuel use are high on very short cold runs; it’s actually worse for the car than a normal drive.
- You avoid any hassle with parking, traffic, or queuing space around the wash.
- It’s a bit of extra movement for you and zero extra emissions.

Only real reasons to drive 300 m would be:
- Mobility or health issues
- Bad weather / unsafe walking conditions
- You need the car immediately afterward for a longer trip

If none of those apply, I’d absolutely walk, get the wash, then drive away clean.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 08/02/2026

Stop what you're doing and watch this video. It's long, but you can watch it at 1.5X speed if you need to. It's worth your time.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 01/02/2026

Some #AmateurRadio radio fun this afternoon. Tried out making an antenna out of two metal slinkies. It worked better than I thought! I was able to make four contacts with FT8! #HamRadio #FT8

A rope strung across a house connected to curtain rods. Wrapped around the rope is are two metal slinkies, connected together to a coaxial cable.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 29/01/2026

I feel personally attacked by this article 🙃

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 27/01/2026

going to the .DS_store, anyone need anything?

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 17/01/2026

The things I need to do to try to hit a nearby repeater... (that is, in fact, my HT in a tree) #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

A hand-held amateur radio transceiver in the air attached to rope that is wrapped around a tree branch.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 03/01/2026

Built a DIY Yagi Antenna in an attempt to reach a nearby repeater. Alas, my transmissions don't seem to be reaching it. The repeater hears *something* since I hear the curiosity tone, but thats it. The good news is that it can receive just fine 😁. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

An electrical PVC pipe with 7 bare copper wires 4 sticking out from both sides, four inches apart from each other.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 01/01/2026

Something I found out just tonight is that you have to pay a $9 filing fee to be sworn in as an official of the city of New York, here is Zohran Mamdani signing the papers shortly before becoming mayor www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/content/oath...

mamdani signing some papers with a man in his official swearing in ceremony

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Nyan Cat @nyancat.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎉🪩✨

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

RIP 2025 2025-2025

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 21/12/2025

Happy Solstice! Days start getting longer now 🌞!

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👻 Gordon Little 🎃 @gord.games · 16/12/2025

Borrowed with love from Mastodon:

No, you’re not a “prompt engineer”, you’re a sloperator.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 10/12/2025

Which writer at @theonion.com had a bad experience with Verizon Customer Service recently?

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 22/11/2025

Last night, FT8 on 20 meters was busy! Managed to make a few contacts 🎉 #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

An amateur radio setup. On the left is a power supply. On the right is the SBitX V3 radio, featuring an FT8 waterfall on it.

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Seth Hendrick 🏳️‍🌈 @shendrick.net · 16/11/2025

Today was the Rochester #MakerFaire at @rittigers.bsky.social ! My two favorite exhibits were the Lego Donkey Kong set, and the plush train the RIT model railroad club had.

A Lego set featuring the first level of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. It has the classic red beams, Pauline, Jump Man, and DK!

An orange stuffed train. There is one locomotive and four passenger cars behind it.

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