The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Enterprising Michael

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2024-04-26

Faithful Michael R. is good for a chuckle today. "I am using the free tier Infura right now but think I will go enterprisey straight away." Can't turn down a deal like that, eh?

12 comments - Last comment @ 2024-04-28

Believe It Or Not

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2024-04-19

This week we have a special visit from a mythical beast: the snarklemma. But first, a non-error Error'd.

Obsessive Optimizer Ian K. "Walmart's nationwide network of warehouse stores means they can save time and money by shipping locally. FedEx has them covered: Their nationwide shipping fleet determined the shortest path from Houston to its largest suburb goes via Georgia." Not the shortest path, nor the fastest, but surely the cheapest one that meets the delivery date requirement. It's probably not an error, and I believe it, but I still can't believe it!

12 comments - Last comment @ 2024-04-27

Paycheque

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2024-04-12

There are an infinite variety of ways to be wrong, but only very small number of ways to be right.

Patient Peter W. discovers that MS Word is of two minds about English usage. "Microsoft Word just can't seem to agree with itself on how to spell paycheck/pay check." Faithful readers know it's even worse than that.

26 comments - Last comment @ 2024-04-16

Past Imperfect

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2024-04-05

A twitchy anonymous reporter pointed out that our form validation code is flaky. He's not wrong. But at least it can report time without needing emoticons! :-3

That same anon sent us the following, explaining "Folks at Twitch are very brave. So brave, they wrote their own time math."

16 comments - Last comment @ 2024-04-08