#techfails — Public Fediverse posts
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🔥 Breaking news! A massive #earthquake hits #Indonesia, but before you can read about it, make sure your browser's got its 🎩 fancy #Javascript enabled! Because if it doesn't, you're left with real-time nothing. 🐢🔔 #TechFails
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2/executive #BreakingNews #TechFails #RealTime #HackerNews #ngated -
🔥 Breaking news! A massive #earthquake hits #Indonesia, but before you can read about it, make sure your browser's got its 🎩 fancy #Javascript enabled! Because if it doesn't, you're left with real-time nothing. 🐢🔔 #TechFails
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tkt2/executive #BreakingNews #TechFails #RealTime #HackerNews #ngated -
🤣 Ah, Claude, the #AI with mathematical "capabilities" that couldn't solve the Riemann Hypothesis, but hey, it made minor progress on something else! 🤓 Let's call it the AI equivalent of trying to cook a gourmet meal and burning toast instead. Bread crumbs of progress, anyone? 🍞
https://www.anthropic.com/research/riemann-zeta #Humor #AIProgress #RiemannHypothesis #TechFails #MathMishaps #HackerNews #ngated -
🤣 Ah, Claude, the #AI with mathematical "capabilities" that couldn't solve the Riemann Hypothesis, but hey, it made minor progress on something else! 🤓 Let's call it the AI equivalent of trying to cook a gourmet meal and burning toast instead. Bread crumbs of progress, anyone? 🍞
https://www.anthropic.com/research/riemann-zeta #Humor #AIProgress #RiemannHypothesis #TechFails #MathMishaps #HackerNews #ngated -
Kinney Drugs' AI phone assistant was such a colossal #flop 🤖🤦♀️ that it made customers yearn for the good old days of "Press 1 for frustration." Apparently, the robot was better at creating chaos than solving problems—who knew artificial intelligence could be so unintelligent? 😂
https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/07/kinney-drugs-pulls-back-ai-phone-assistant-after-hundreds-customer-complaints/ #KinneyDrugs #AIassistant #CustomerExperience #TechFails #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Kinney Drugs' AI phone assistant was such a colossal #flop 🤖🤦♀️ that it made customers yearn for the good old days of "Press 1 for frustration." Apparently, the robot was better at creating chaos than solving problems—who knew artificial intelligence could be so unintelligent? 😂
https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/07/kinney-drugs-pulls-back-ai-phone-assistant-after-hundreds-customer-complaints/ #KinneyDrugs #AIassistant #CustomerExperience #TechFails #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, nothing screams "cutting edge" like Windows XP on an #Itanium from 2002 🤯. Because, who doesn't love resurrecting ancient tech to watch it crawl in agony on your modern machine? 🐢💨 Spoiler alert: it's about as fun as watching paint dry, but with more crashes! 💥
https://virtuallyfun.com/2026/08/03/windows-xp-2002-for-the-itanium-unbridled-rage/ #ancienttech #nostalgia #WindowsXP #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, nothing screams "cutting edge" like Windows XP on an #Itanium from 2002 🤯. Because, who doesn't love resurrecting ancient tech to watch it crawl in agony on your modern machine? 🐢💨 Spoiler alert: it's about as fun as watching paint dry, but with more crashes! 💥
https://virtuallyfun.com/2026/08/03/windows-xp-2002-for-the-itanium-unbridled-rage/ #ancienttech #nostalgia #WindowsXP #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, surprise! 🥳 Just because you lovingly cradle that shiny disc 📀 doesn't mean your favorite game won't self-destruct in the near-future apocalypse. Who knew that "permanent" meant "maybe"? 🙄
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-disc-is-not-the-game-physical-releases-increasingly-require-extra-downloads/ #gaming #disaster #futureproof #nostalgia #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, surprise! 🥳 Just because you lovingly cradle that shiny disc 📀 doesn't mean your favorite game won't self-destruct in the near-future apocalypse. Who knew that "permanent" meant "maybe"? 🙄
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-disc-is-not-the-game-physical-releases-increasingly-require-extra-downloads/ #gaming #disaster #futureproof #nostalgia #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, look! 🎉 Another day, another flying toy bites the dust in Romania's "no drone" zone! Meanwhile, the Cyber Defense #Agency is so high-tech they've managed to block their own website. 🙈 Well played, Romania! 👏
https://english.mapn.ro/ #flyingtoys #Romania #CyberDefense #techfails #drones #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, look! 🎉 Another day, another flying toy bites the dust in Romania's "no drone" zone! Meanwhile, the Cyber Defense #Agency is so high-tech they've managed to block their own website. 🙈 Well played, Romania! 👏
https://english.mapn.ro/ #flyingtoys #Romania #CyberDefense #techfails #drones #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, Olaf! 6,163 words to say, "Oops, we messed up with Claude Code!" 🤖 The only thing racing is my finger to the 'close tab' button. 🏃♂️💨
https://www.olafalders.com/2026/07/17/claude-code-anatomy-of-a-misfeature/ #OhOlaf #Oops #ClaudeCode #TechFails #CloseTab #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh, Olaf! 6,163 words to say, "Oops, we messed up with Claude Code!" 🤖 The only thing racing is my finger to the 'close tab' button. 🏃♂️💨
https://www.olafalders.com/2026/07/17/claude-code-anatomy-of-a-misfeature/ #OhOlaf #Oops #ClaudeCode #TechFails #CloseTab #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, bravo! Another 🍞 riveting 🍞 exploration of... *checks notes* Plough's shopping cart and sign-in page. If only Homer had penned an epic on the trials of forgotten passwords and #CAPTCHA errors—truly the #Odyssey of our time. 🙄
https://www.plough.com/articles/who-is-americas-homer #HackerNews #Humor #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, bravo! Another 🍞 riveting 🍞 exploration of... *checks notes* Plough's shopping cart and sign-in page. If only Homer had penned an epic on the trials of forgotten passwords and #CAPTCHA errors—truly the #Odyssey of our time. 🙄
https://www.plough.com/articles/who-is-americas-homer #HackerNews #Humor #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 #Linux on the #Atari Jaguar: Because who needs modern hardware when you can resurrect a '90s flop with an OS that never asked for this? 🤦♂️ It's like trying to run a marathon in flip-flops—just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 🏃♂️💥
https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-for-jaguar/ #Jaguar #retro #gaming #nostalgia #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 #Linux on the #Atari Jaguar: Because who needs modern hardware when you can resurrect a '90s flop with an OS that never asked for this? 🤦♂️ It's like trying to run a marathon in flip-flops—just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 🏃♂️💥
https://cakehonolulu.github.io/linux-for-jaguar/ #Jaguar #retro #gaming #nostalgia #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
🚫✈️ Ah yes, the cutting-edge technology keeping our skies safe—brought to you by a 403 Forbidden error and the ever-reliable Varnish cache server. Nothing screams "military prowess" like being grounded by a web server glitch! 😂🔒
https://spectrum.ieee.org/phoenix-semiconductors-legacychips-oems #403Forbidden #VarnishCache #TechFails #MilitaryTech #WebServerGlitch #HackerNews #ngated -
🚫✈️ Ah yes, the cutting-edge technology keeping our skies safe—brought to you by a 403 Forbidden error and the ever-reliable Varnish cache server. Nothing screams "military prowess" like being grounded by a web server glitch! 😂🔒
https://spectrum.ieee.org/phoenix-semiconductors-legacychips-oems #403Forbidden #VarnishCache #TechFails #MilitaryTech #WebServerGlitch #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the irony! 😆 An article that attempts to unravel the enigma of digital printing Arabic, but instead entangles itself in a labyrinth of academic jargon and #buzzwords. 📚🤦♂️ Save your time, folks—just buy a printer that works and call it a day! 🖨️😂
https://digitalorientalist.com/2017/08/21/digital-printing-of-arabic-explaining-the-problem/ #digitalprinting #irony #academicjargon #printerhumor #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the irony! 😆 An article that attempts to unravel the enigma of digital printing Arabic, but instead entangles itself in a labyrinth of academic jargon and #buzzwords. 📚🤦♂️ Save your time, folks—just buy a printer that works and call it a day! 🖨️😂
https://digitalorientalist.com/2017/08/21/digital-printing-of-arabic-explaining-the-problem/ #digitalprinting #irony #academicjargon #printerhumor #techfails #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the FBI: specialists in overreacting to a glorified "please fix my buggy code" request, mistaking it for a grand jailbreak scheme. 🤦♂️🔒 Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to finish our bagel without burning the office down. 🥯🔥
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/15/feds-freaked-over-fable-5-after-simple-fix-this-code-prompt-not-jailbreak-says-researcher/5255827 #FBI #Overreaction #BuggyCode #OfficeHumor #TechFails #BagelLife #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the FBI: specialists in overreacting to a glorified "please fix my buggy code" request, mistaking it for a grand jailbreak scheme. 🤦♂️🔒 Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to finish our bagel without burning the office down. 🥯🔥
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/15/feds-freaked-over-fable-5-after-simple-fix-this-code-prompt-not-jailbreak-says-researcher/5255827 #FBI #Overreaction #BuggyCode #OfficeHumor #TechFails #BagelLife #HackerNews #ngated -
#Tesco forced to close after Wi-Fi and power outage
#Shoppers were greeted with sign on a door at around 3.30pm this afternoon saying that Tesco had been closed “due to no #Wi-Fi”.
- It said the store was unable to operate as a result.
Wot? If there is no #Internet (or power) we are unable to obtain #food? Easy way to cause upheaval.
#Scotland #dystopian #sovereignty #backups #emergency #Tech #Broadband #fails #DarwinAwards
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#Tesco forced to close after Wi-Fi and power outage
#Shoppers were greeted with sign on a door at around 3.30pm this afternoon saying that Tesco had been closed “due to no #Wi-Fi”.
- It said the store was unable to operate as a result.
Wot? If there is no #Internet (or power) we are unable to obtain #food? Easy way to cause upheaval.
#Scotland #dystopian #sovereignty #backups #emergency #Tech #Broadband #fails #DarwinAwards
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💻🤦♂️ Oh, Kevin's back at it again, attempting to marry a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2350 with a Z80, like setting up a blind date between a toaster and a typewriter. 🚀🙄 With all the riveting excitement of watching paint dry, he boldly provides no new insights, just linking to a website and leaving the heavy lifting to someone else. 🤷♂️📚
https://emalliab.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/watching-a-z80-from-an-rp2350/ #RaspberryPiPico #Z80Integration #TechFails #BlindDate #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
💻🤦♂️ Oh, Kevin's back at it again, attempting to marry a Raspberry Pi Pico RP2350 with a Z80, like setting up a blind date between a toaster and a typewriter. 🚀🙄 With all the riveting excitement of watching paint dry, he boldly provides no new insights, just linking to a website and leaving the heavy lifting to someone else. 🤷♂️📚
https://emalliab.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/watching-a-z80-from-an-rp2350/ #RaspberryPiPico #Z80Integration #TechFails #BlindDate #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, California's universities, those bastions of higher learning, have decided to throw themselves into the AI abyss 🤖 only to find out it's like watching toddlers play with chainsaws. Now they're "tearing apart," which is apparently code for "we have no idea what we're doing, but it seemed cool at the time." 📉🎓
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/magazine/ai-university-college-california.html #CaliforniaUniversities #AIChallenges #HigherEducation #TechFails #AIConfusion #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, California's universities, those bastions of higher learning, have decided to throw themselves into the AI abyss 🤖 only to find out it's like watching toddlers play with chainsaws. Now they're "tearing apart," which is apparently code for "we have no idea what we're doing, but it seemed cool at the time." 📉🎓
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/magazine/ai-university-college-california.html #CaliforniaUniversities #AIChallenges #HigherEducation #TechFails #AIConfusion #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the golden age of 1980s computer books, where nostalgia meets the 404 error page 🤦♂️. Remember when kids had fun with Lesespaß, as long as they enabled JavaScript and accepted cookies? 📚🍪 #TechFails #RetroTech
https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing #1980sComputers #JavaScriptCookies #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the golden age of 1980s computer books, where nostalgia meets the 404 error page 🤦♂️. Remember when kids had fun with Lesespaß, as long as they enabled JavaScript and accepted cookies? 📚🍪 #TechFails #RetroTech
https://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing #1980sComputers #JavaScriptCookies #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
And just like that, someone drops a cool $1.3 million on digital tokens to open the grand gates of #AI #magic 🪄✨, only to get bamboozled by the ancient sorcery of #JavaScript being disabled. It's 2026, and yet, folks are still wrestling with browser settings like it's 1999 🕰️🤦♂️.
https://twitter.com/steipete/status/2055346265869721905 #DigitalTokens #BrowserSettings #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
And just like that, someone drops a cool $1.3 million on digital tokens to open the grand gates of #AI #magic 🪄✨, only to get bamboozled by the ancient sorcery of #JavaScript being disabled. It's 2026, and yet, folks are still wrestling with browser settings like it's 1999 🕰️🤦♂️.
https://twitter.com/steipete/status/2055346265869721905 #DigitalTokens #BrowserSettings #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Techies discover that using Obsidian plugins for social engineering is a bad idea! Who knew? 😂 Meanwhile, finance and crypto pros are accidentally downloading "PHANTOMPULSE" RAT, proving once again that clicking random links is a brilliant security strategy. 👏🔒
https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/obsidian-plugin-abused-in-campaign-to-deploy-phantom-pulse-rat/ #ObsidianPlugins #SocialEngineering #CyberSecurity #TechFails #CryptoSecurity #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Techies discover that using Obsidian plugins for social engineering is a bad idea! Who knew? 😂 Meanwhile, finance and crypto pros are accidentally downloading "PHANTOMPULSE" RAT, proving once again that clicking random links is a brilliant security strategy. 👏🔒
https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/obsidian-plugin-abused-in-campaign-to-deploy-phantom-pulse-rat/ #ObsidianPlugins #SocialEngineering #CyberSecurity #TechFails #CryptoSecurity #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉🎈 Congrats on your first successful venture into the world of chaos engineering by accidentally nuking your own machine with a fork bomb! 🤦♂️💥 Who knew that shaking your mouse and tapping keys like a caveman wouldn't magically reboot your computer? 😂🔨 #TechGenius
https://www.droppedasbaby.com/posts/2602-01/ #ChaosEngineering #TechFails #ComputerHumor #FirstVenture #ForkBomb #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉🎈 Congrats on your first successful venture into the world of chaos engineering by accidentally nuking your own machine with a fork bomb! 🤦♂️💥 Who knew that shaking your mouse and tapping keys like a caveman wouldn't magically reboot your computer? 😂🔨 #TechGenius
https://www.droppedasbaby.com/posts/2602-01/ #ChaosEngineering #TechFails #ComputerHumor #FirstVenture #ForkBomb #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Behold the #SaaSocalypse #survival #tool that no one asked for but everyone gets to laugh at! It's like a cat with claws trying to code its way out of a cardboard box 📦--futile and mostly hilarious. If you survive this, maybe try reality next? 🐱💻
https://deathbyclawd.com #Humor #TechFails #CodingCats #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Behold the #SaaSocalypse #survival #tool that no one asked for but everyone gets to laugh at! It's like a cat with claws trying to code its way out of a cardboard box 📦--futile and mostly hilarious. If you survive this, maybe try reality next? 🐱💻
https://deathbyclawd.com #Humor #TechFails #CodingCats #HackerNews #ngated -
Website to post Claude fuck ups
#HackerNews #ClaudeFails #ClaudeHumor #WebMeme #InternetFun #TechFails
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Website to post Claude fuck ups
#HackerNews #ClaudeFails #ClaudeHumor #WebMeme #InternetFun #TechFails
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🎵🔐 "Spotify's #AI #DJ is so advanced, it outsmarted itself and blocked everyone from accessing an article about its own idiocy. Bravo, tech geniuses! 🧠✨ If you want to learn about AI's finest blunder, just gaze at the 'Access Denied' page, a true masterpiece of modern incompetence." 🤦♂️💻
https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/02/The-Appalling-Stupidity-of-Spotifys-AI-DJ.html #Spotify #AccessDenied #TechFails #AIBlunders #ModernIncompetence #HackerNews #ngated -
🎵🔐 "Spotify's #AI #DJ is so advanced, it outsmarted itself and blocked everyone from accessing an article about its own idiocy. Bravo, tech geniuses! 🧠✨ If you want to learn about AI's finest blunder, just gaze at the 'Access Denied' page, a true masterpiece of modern incompetence." 🤦♂️💻
https://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2026/02/The-Appalling-Stupidity-of-Spotifys-AI-DJ.html #Spotify #AccessDenied #TechFails #AIBlunders #ModernIncompetence #HackerNews #ngated -
In this episode of "Clueless Tech Chronicles," our hero accidentally hires an #AI to grade its own homework. 🤖✏️ Naturally, the AI gives itself a gold star while #Cloudflare blocks the bewildered programmer for typing "Hello, world!" wrong. 🚫💻 As always, the solution is to email someone who probably doesn't exist. 📧✨
https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-m-building-agents-that-run-while-i-sleep #CluelessTechChronicles #Grading #Humor #TechFails #EmailSolutions #HackerNews #ngated -
In this episode of "Clueless Tech Chronicles," our hero accidentally hires an #AI to grade its own homework. 🤖✏️ Naturally, the AI gives itself a gold star while #Cloudflare blocks the bewildered programmer for typing "Hello, world!" wrong. 🚫💻 As always, the solution is to email someone who probably doesn't exist. 📧✨
https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-m-building-agents-that-run-while-i-sleep #CluelessTechChronicles #Grading #Humor #TechFails #EmailSolutions #HackerNews #ngated -
Day two of using Deezer. First day using phone app.
Deezer: Plays 2 songs... Silence
Me: Has WiFi gone weird again?... Nope.
Deezer: Want to go ad free? (Full screen ad with pause bars but not playing through it's 30 second screen time 🫤 & only other button is to go ad free 😠🤬.
Me: Press pause button... It becomes play button but nothing else changes.
Me: only way out is close app.Deezer android app users of the fediverse, is this normal?
I have zero problem with ads, provided they don't effectively break the app like Deezer's very own ad, loaded beneath an actual ad did.
Very grateful for any insights 😀.
Edited to add screenshot
#Deezer #OwnGoal #TechFails #EpicTechFails #Enshittification
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Day two of using Deezer. First day using phone app.
Deezer: Plays 2 songs... Silence
Me: Has WiFi gone weird again?... Nope.
Deezer: Want to go ad free? (Full screen ad with pause bars but not playing through it's 30 second screen time 🫤 & only other button is to go ad free 😠🤬.
Me: Press pause button... It becomes play button but nothing else changes.
Me: only way out is close app.Deezer android app users of the fediverse, is this normal?
I have zero problem with ads, provided they don't effectively break the app like Deezer's very own ad, loaded beneath an actual ad did.
Very grateful for any insights 😀.
Edited to add screenshot
#Deezer #OwnGoal #TechFails #EpicTechFails #Enshittification
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🤖🚨 Oh no, GitHub's fancy #Copilot decided to take a holiday while nobody noticed because they're too busy filling out OTPs and confirming their endless need for status updates. Because what better way to reassure users than bombarding them with #notifications about the fact you're broken? 😂📬
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/n07yy1bk6kc4 #GitHub #Down #Humor #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖🚨 Oh no, GitHub's fancy #Copilot decided to take a holiday while nobody noticed because they're too busy filling out OTPs and confirming their endless need for status updates. Because what better way to reassure users than bombarding them with #notifications about the fact you're broken? 😂📬
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/n07yy1bk6kc4 #GitHub #Down #Humor #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
🙈✨ "Hide your secrets from prAIng eyes" – because nothing says 'secure' like a tool with a name that sounds like a typo. 😂🔐 Forget best practices, just inject secrets at runtime and hope for the best! 🙃🔧
https://github.com/GreatScott/enveil #HideYourSecrets #prAIngEyes #RuntimeInjection #SecurityHumor #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
🙈✨ "Hide your secrets from prAIng eyes" – because nothing says 'secure' like a tool with a name that sounds like a typo. 😂🔐 Forget best practices, just inject secrets at runtime and hope for the best! 🙃🔧
https://github.com/GreatScott/enveil #HideYourSecrets #prAIngEyes #RuntimeInjection #SecurityHumor #TechFails #HackerNews #ngated -
The joys of discovering that your KeePass app on phone can no longer access your database 🤬.
Guess I have two options:
1) Replace keepass but with what?
· Plus, how do / Can I import my (sub)folders & passwords?
2) The bad old days of pen & paper password storage… Gee, transferring that lot will be fun!I guess I'll try getting a fresh copy of the database onto my phone when I get to my PC first 🫤🤷.
Resync the SyncThing, thingEdit: Logged into KeePass on my PC, no problem 👍. I revealed my password before hitting the login button & realised that because using the virtual keyboard for password entry is such a complicated & alien operation I was F-ing up my password on my phone 🤣🤦.
Once I'd fixed my error & reminded myself how to type & swipe the correct password on the phone, I fixed the fingerprint login which I should have been getting access to. -
The joys of discovering that your keepers app on phone can no longer access your database 🤬.
Guess I have two options:
1) Replace keepass but with what?
· Plus, how do / Can I import my (sub)folders & passwords?
2) The bad old days of pen & paper password storage… Gee, transferring that lot will be fun!I guess I'll try getting a fresh copy of the database onto my phone when I get to my PC first 🫤🤷.
Resync the SyncThing, thing -
The Register: "New boss took charge of project code and sent two billion unwanted emails." #OnCall #TechFails