The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

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by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2022-11-25

We got several submissions this week related to Steam's website. Apparently it's popular with TDWTF readers. Is all of this a genuine indication of careless webdevs, or is Steam marketing just so fiendishly clever that they're tricking us into amplifying their presence? Feel free to speculate; I'm going with a corollary to Hanlon's razor. Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by awarding every job to the lowest bidder.

First, Brad K. declared "I was surprised to see an email from Steam about a summer sale this late in the year. Then I saw, they got it right at the same time they got it wrong,"

13 comments - Last comment @ 2022-12-05

Monday Monday

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2022-11-18

Joshua O. repeats "Looks like this week will really be a case of the Mondays!"

33 comments - Last comment @ 2022-11-21

Quantum Ferment

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2022-11-11

With a minimum of curated snark this week, you get only the freshest goods.

Unpreserved jeffphi reports "My friend Jason mentioned this to me. I assume if you select these options, your pickle state will collapse only after observing your delivered goods."

18 comments - Last comment @ 2022-11-21

Foreign Keys

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2022-11-04

Amateur mathematician Chris F. thoughtfully sums up this screencap. "Although Numberblocks is a brilliant show for kids learning to count, I can't help but feel the BBC perhaps need to watch it themselves when it comes to the order of the series (or 'seasons' as many of your readers may know them) in the show..."

11 comments - Last comment @ 2022-12-02