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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #edgecases, aggregated by home.social.

  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. 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 😆

  3. 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 😆

  4. 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 😆

  5. 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 😆

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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