The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Look, Up In the Sky!

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2023-10-27

"My FB got HACKED" wrote an anonymous contributor. "Verification codes box sooo not funny 🤦🤦🤦🤦" Not just one facepalm, but four.

23 comments - Last comment @ 2023-11-01

Self Driving Level NaN

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2023-10-20

This week, Harry Altman teaches us how to make sure that autoautomobiles don't crash into your house. It's not immediately obvious, and the answer to the puzzle borders on philosophical.

But first, an anonymous reader wrote "I found this in a practice exam for an Azure Certification, !(Azure Service Bus) story." I believe him.

17 comments - Last comment @ 2023-10-24

Cold Shoulder'd

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2023-10-13

Winter is coming to New Mexico this year with a vengeance. It should be fine if you just stay out of the wind.

First, to get this out of the way, never let it be said that we at TDWTF won't take our own lumps. The Beast in Black has a beef with our grammar, and technically he is correct. "So Meta, Especially This Atrocity..."

22 comments - Last comment @ 2023-10-15

Tomorrow, and tomorrow

by Lyle Seaman in Error'd on 2023-10-06

No fail merges today, no fexts or flubstitutes. Just flubs, subbed by a pantheon of old hands. I think everyone represented has been active here for at least five years, save perhaps our first, anonymous submission!

An anonymous Aussie shared a snippet of source from the ozpo website. Notice that even their "suggested example" doesn't fit. "Australia Post's most public of many rule mismatches in their n-number of systems chained together. The description text field on the printed label? Sure, there's space for over 900 characters."

22 comments - Last comment @ 2023-10-10