Tag: badness

Great moments in nutrition


Have a Coca-Cola Zero Sugar to go along with your mega cheeseburger with all the fixings. Left unstated is the likelihood of french fries on the side.

Great moments in “AI”


You're standing at the kitchen faucet. You place a measuring cup under the faucet. Would you fill it this way? How does the software know when the measuring cup has two cups of water?

Great moments in installation instructions


This is from the, "To defuse the bomb, cut the red wire ..... ...... after you cut the blue wire," school of editing. From https://6.docs.plone.org/install/create-project.html.

Great moments in Siri navigation


When we're on the Eastside, we like to have lunch at Acropolis Pizza & Pasta. It's the only nearby restaurant with "Acropolis" in its name. It may be the only nearby business of any kind with "Acropolis" in its name. We eat there fairly often when we're on the Eastside. It's reliable. In the past, … Continue reading Great moments in Siri navigation →

Banned from /r/progressive


I’ve been banned from the /r/progressive subreddit due to “multiple user reports.” I’ve never posted nor commented on that subreddit, as best as I can tell from searching my own account history. Lol.

How not to manage production systems


I’ve been at Brex for one week and the onboarding is going great. One of the onboarding sessions was about the company’s build & deployment systems. It got me thinking about how my previous employers managed their production systems. And how cavalier some of them were. No two companies will have identical internal controls, but … Continue reading How not to manage production systems →

Great moments in LinkedIn


On posts celebrating the ascendency of powerful female politicians, some LinkedIn users are commenting that Kamala Harris is a prostitute who “advanced her career on her back.” Classy.