Stack Overflow Is Down
(stackoverflow.com)
Is it not possible to determine the number of frames in a GdkPixbufAnimation?
Is it not possible to determine the number of frames in a GdkPixbufAnimation?
Lifetimes in Rust are not that hard to understand
(medium.com)
When learning Rust, the first time one encounters a compilation error that states about lifetimes, can be a confusing experience.
When learning Rust, the first time one encounters a compilation error that states about lifetimes, can be a confusing experience.
Doge Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
(nytimes.com)
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has repeatedly posted error-filled data that inflated its success at saving taxpayer money. But after a series of news reports called out those mistakes, the group changed its tactics.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has repeatedly posted error-filled data that inflated its success at saving taxpayer money. But after a series of news reports called out those mistakes, the group changed its tactics.
Discovering errors in Donald Knuth's TAOCP
(glthr.com)
As Donald Knuth has just published Volume 4, Fascicle 7 of The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP), on constraint satisfaction, I would like to provide more information about the errors I discovered in 2019 in other volumes, for which I received two Knuth reward checks.
As Donald Knuth has just published Volume 4, Fascicle 7 of The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP), on constraint satisfaction, I would like to provide more information about the errors I discovered in 2019 in other volumes, for which I received two Knuth reward checks.
Citigroup credited client's account with $81T
(theguardian.com)
The US bank Citigroup credited a client’s account with $81tn when it meant to send $280 – before the “fat finger” error was caught.
The US bank Citigroup credited a client’s account with $81tn when it meant to send $280 – before the “fat finger” error was caught.
Google Maps now shows the 'Gulf of America'
(theverge.com)
Google Maps now shows the “Gulf of America” in place of the “Gulf of Mexico” for users on both web and mobile in the United States.
Google Maps now shows the “Gulf of America” in place of the “Gulf of Mexico” for users on both web and mobile in the United States.
Stripe accidentally sent an image of a duck with layoff notifications
(businessinsider.com)
The payments-software company Stripe accidentally emailed an image of a cartoon duck to some employees when notifying them that they had been laid off, Business Insider has learned.
The payments-software company Stripe accidentally emailed an image of a cartoon duck to some employees when notifying them that they had been laid off, Business Insider has learned.
Say Goodbye to Outdated Footer Years, Forever
(getfullyear.com)
Service degradation: Our API is occasionally returning 2024 instead of 2025. Our intern is investigating and working on a fix. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Service degradation: Our API is occasionally returning 2024 instead of 2025. Our intern is investigating and working on a fix. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Bad keming: Kerning failures, plus other typographical and font mishaps
(badkeming.com)
Where kerning’s so bad it’s keming, plus other typographical and font failures.
Where kerning’s so bad it’s keming, plus other typographical and font failures.
Deciphering C++ compiler errors: Nonsensical errors from a function declaration
(microsoft.com)
A customer wanted to add XAML support to their application, so they included (among other things) the header file winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.h. But the mere act of including that header file produced a horrible series of errors that began with.
A customer wanted to add XAML support to their application, so they included (among other things) the header file winrt/Windows.UI.Xaml.h. But the mere act of including that header file produced a horrible series of errors that began with.
Discord API Errors
(discordstatus.com)
We are currently investigating an issue affecting latency and errors on various API endpoints.
We are currently investigating an issue affecting latency and errors on various API endpoints.
Elsevier may wish they had checked the revision a bit more carefully
(nodebb.org)
Elsevier may wish they had checked the revision a bit more carefully.
Elsevier may wish they had checked the revision a bit more carefully.
Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself after labeling error
(theregister.com)
Administrators are reporting unexpected appearances of Windows Server 2025 after what was published as a security update turned out to be a complete operating system upgrade.
Administrators are reporting unexpected appearances of Windows Server 2025 after what was published as a security update turned out to be a complete operating system upgrade.
Microsoft Excel's bloopers reel: 40 years of spreadsheet errors
(theguardian.com)
As the software used by millions around the world celebrates its birthday, here are some of the low points
As the software used by millions around the world celebrates its birthday, here are some of the low points
Microsoft Excel's bloopers reel: 40 years of spreadsheet errors
(theguardian.com)
As the software used by millions around the world celebrates its birthday, here are some of the low points
As the software used by millions around the world celebrates its birthday, here are some of the low points
We have an employee whose surname is Null (2014)
(stackoverflow.com)
We have an employee whose surname is Null. Our employee lookup application is killed when that last name is used as the search term (which happens to be quite often now). The error received is:
We have an employee whose surname is Null. Our employee lookup application is killed when that last name is used as the search term (which happens to be quite often now). The error received is:
Upgrading Homebrew and avoiding the "failed to verify attestation" error
(simonwillison.net)
I managed to get my Homebrew installation back into shape today. The first problem I was having is that it complained that macOS Sequoia was unsupported:
I managed to get my Homebrew installation back into shape today. The first problem I was having is that it complained that macOS Sequoia was unsupported:
In MySQL, never use "UTF8". Use "utf8mb4"
(medium.com)
Today’s bug: I tried to store a UTF-8 string in a MariaDB “utf8”-encoded database, and Rails raised a bizarre error:
Today’s bug: I tried to store a UTF-8 string in a MariaDB “utf8”-encoded database, and Rails raised a bizarre error:
Errors from `Close`
(sunfishcode.online)
A while ago I wrote a blog post about "Bugs in Hello World", about how a lot of programming languages' default way of printing to stdout silently swallow errors.
A while ago I wrote a blog post about "Bugs in Hello World", about how a lot of programming languages' default way of printing to stdout silently swallow errors.