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  1. today’s adventure in “being smart (?) in the least-smart way possible…”

    – buy the latest song from one of my fave artists on #bandcamp
    – order confirmation page loads, click the “download your purchase” link
    – select the audio format, look for download button…

    – look for download button… 🤔
    – look for download button… 😕
    – look for download button… 😤

    – “hmm, maybe one of my malvertising blocker extensions has hidden it…
    – disable uBlock Origin, reload page…
    – 🙅‍♀️
    – disable Privacy Badger, reload page…
    – 🙅‍♀️
    – hmm… 😡

    – “OK, I guess I’ve eliminated all the obvious things, let’s see what that help doc says…” 👀

    – click the helpful “Download Trouble” link next to the file format picker to read the help doc… 🔗 🖱️ ✅

    – file save dialog opens…
    – wait, WHAT???!?!? 🤔
    – FILE SAVE DIALOG IS OPEN 😠😡🤬
     
     
    frens, the track that I just bought is called “Trouble”… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    🤪🤪🤪

    there’s a lesson here about checking assumptions, #UI design cues, #EdgeCases, & #XKCD2501 – but I’m laughing too hard to hear it 😆

  2. 🤔 Oh, look, another riveting update from Dr. Mark "Da Vinci of Geometrical Code" Johnson. He bravely ventures into the treacherous world of map bugs and edge cases, a realm only the bravest can conquer with a straight face. Spoiler: there are still bugs. 🎮🔍
    markrjohnsongames.com/2026/04/ #DrMarkJohnson #MapBugs #EdgeCases #GeometricalCode #TechUpdates #GamingCommunity #HackerNews #ngated

  3. DATEADD(month, 1, '2024-01-31') Returns WHAT?!

    Adding 1 month to Jan 31 creates something impossible! February doesn't have 31 days. SQL handles this in a weird way! Watch!

    #sql #sqltricks #database #sqltutorial #datearithmetic #edgecases #sqlquiz #codingchallenge #sqlshorts #sqlbugs #datefunctions #sqlwtf

    youtube.com/watch?v=ScnzvIGxeEQ

  4. Ah yes, because who wouldn't want to dive into the thrilling world of JVM exception handling from a decompiler's perspective? 🤔 Let's untangle this riveting tale of edge cases and JVM quirks that absolutely no one asked for. 😂📚
    purplesyringa.moe/blog/jvm-exc #JVMExceptionHandling #DecompilerInsights #EdgeCases #ProgrammingHumor #TechTales #HackerNews #ngated

  5. The latest release of #RemafoX has fixed all 8 #BugReports.
    So, another round of #EdgeCases were covered!

    Let’s see how long #InboxZero will last. 😅
    You think your project can break it?

    Give it a try & report any issues you encounter in the 'Help' menu:
    apps.apple.com/app/apple-store

  6. Apparently, if you play #Worldle around midnight then you can glitch it!

    Got the country. Got the neighbours. Turned midnight. Got asked the capital of a different country.

    Go back to neighbours and they're different neighbours!

    worldle.teuteuf.fr/

    #EdgeCases #time

  7. Why Are People in the US Becoming Radicalized? - A confluence of factors is leading people in the nation to gravitate toward extremist vie... - wired.com/story/radicalization #security/nationalsecurity #business/nationalaffairs #edgecases #security

  8. CW: (For future testing purposes.)

    @daggertooth I like where this is going. Here, have an external post for testing ##edgecases

    ##_ShouldYouIgnoreAnExternalLocalHashtag? ##_local