Lyle Seaman

networking, security infra and filesystems kernel hacker turned application programmer, SRE and engineering manager, Lyle traded tilting at windmills for viking at Vikings but couldn't catch any.

Apr 2021

An Untimely Revival

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We are all hopeful that there might be some cause for tentative optimism regarding the eventual end of coronavirus pandemic. But horror fan Adam B. has dug up a new side effect that may upend everything.


When Words Collide

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Days of Future Passed

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After reading through so many of your submissions these last few weeks, I'm beginning to notice certain patterns emerging. One of these patterns is that despite the fact that dates are literally as old as time, people seem pathologically prone to bungling them. Surely our readers are already familiar with the notable "Falsehoods Programmers Believe" series of blog posts, but if you happen somehow to have been living under an Internet rock (or a cabbage leaf) for the last few decades, you might start your time travails at Infinite Undo. The examples here are not the most egregious ever (there are better coming later or sooner) but they are today's:


Punfree Friday

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Today's Error'd submissions are not so much WTF as simply "TF?" Please try to explain the thought process in the comments, if you can.


Everybody Has A Testing Environment

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“Some people,” said the sage, “are lucky enough to also have a completely separate environment for production.” Today's nuggets of web joy are pudding-proof.