WTF Bites
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Software manager is pitching machine learning to program manager. Shit.
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In the log of a web server I manage, I see request coming from 157.55.39.199 (Microsoft Corporation)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 ( iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 7_0 like Mac OS X ) AppleWebKit/537.51.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/7.0 Mobile/11A465 Safari/9537.53 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)
The Bing bot is running on an iPhone
Now I know why Bing search sucks
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@timebandit maybe they're trying to see if your site has a mobile version.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
a mobile version.
That would make sense if they also made some request not from an iPhone.
But they don't
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@timebandit maybe they assume if the bot didn't get redirected to a different URL, either you're doing the detection in Javascript or you only have a desktop version (or it's responsive). And either way, they don't need to worry about sending users to your site's mobile URL instead of the regular one.
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My wi-fi hotspot is supposed to monitor how much data it's used in this cycle (resets on the same day each month). But an hour ago it said I had used 0.02 GB, ten minutes ago it said I'd used 0.01 GB, and now it says I've used 0 GB. I'm not sure how that could even happen...
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@timebandit these User Agent strings seem to grow ever more ridiculous. There's pretty much everything in there, Mozilla, Apple, safari, khtml, gecko, and aside from bing none of that is true.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
My wi-fi hotspot is supposed to monitor how much data it's used in this cycle (resets on the same day each month). But an hour ago it said I had used 0.02 GB, ten minutes ago it said I'd used 0.01 GB, and now it says I've used 0 GB. I'm not sure how that could even happen...
Is the cable plugged in backwards?
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@ben_lubar It's like how driving a car in reverse makes the odometer go backwards.
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@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
My wi-fi hotspot is supposed to monitor how much data it's used in this cycle (resets on the same day each month). But an hour ago it said I had used 0.02 GB, ten minutes ago it said I'd used 0.01 GB, and now it says I've used 0 GB. I'm not sure how that could even happen...
Is the cable plugged in backwards?
What cable? It's wireless.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
@ben_lubar said in WTF Bites:
@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
My wi-fi hotspot is supposed to monitor how much data it's used in this cycle (resets on the same day each month). But an hour ago it said I had used 0.02 GB, ten minutes ago it said I'd used 0.01 GB, and now it says I've used 0 GB. I'm not sure how that could even happen...
Is the cable plugged in backwards?
What cable? It's wireless.
Is the wireless plugged in backwards?
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
What cable? It's wireless.
That's even easier, just turn the antenna 180 degrees.
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@blakeyrat said in WTF Bites:
@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
What cable? It's wireless.
That's even easier, just turn the antenna 180 degrees.
What antenna? It has an internal antenna, like most cellphones.
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@anotherusername Turn the display to face the wall, then.
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@blakeyrat said in WTF Bites:
@ben_lubar It's like how driving a car in reverse makes the odometer go backwards.
Or how standing upside-down makes your nose run and your feet smell.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
It has an internal antenna, like most cellphones.
That makes it easy to invert. Providing you remember to turn off automatic orientation correction.
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@dkf Automatic orientation correction? Yeah, if you turn it over, the display flips so it's right-side up, but there's no way to turn that off.
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One of our Apple TVs updated and rebooted last night. This morning I was entirely unable to use it until I told it what sort of room it was in. The only reason they got accurate information was because "Bedroom" was the first choice and it happens to be in our bedroom. Also, because I did not notice any option for "Bathroom" just to enter as a joke.
Now that it has updated YouTube videos default to 144p because of connection issues. No other devices are having any issues with wifi.
Good jorb Apple.
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@polygeekery said in WTF Bites:
Now that it has updated YouTube videos default to 144p because of connection issues. No other devices are having any issues with wifi.
You're just holding it wrong™
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@timebandit it is an Apple TV. I am not holding it at all.
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@polygeekery said in WTF Bites:
@timebandit it is an Apple TV. I am not holding it at all.
@TimeBandit is not wrong. It must be held. Correctly. And you must murmur sweet nothings in its ear (mic). Failure to do so will result in a surly device which will commit suicide.
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@polygeekery said in WTF Bites:
@timebandit it is an Apple TV. I am not holding it at all.
@TimeBandit is not wrong. It must be held. Correctly. And you must murmur sweet nothings in its ear (mic). Failure to do so will result in a surly device which will commit suicide.
Seconded. Though if you inject foreign liquids inside it, it might just get worse...
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@polygeekery said in WTF Bites:
@timebandit it is an Apple TV. I am not holding it at all.
Well, there's your problem then
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Ordered some car parts from RockAuto. They ship them from Mount Vernon, NY (about 358 miles from Montreal), by FedEx.
They're now in Memphis, TN
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@timebandit logistics is hard let's go shopping
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@aygeeplus said in WTF Bites:
@timebandit logistics is hard let's go shopping
Fuck shopping, let's get drunk
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@blakeyrat said in WTF Bites:
@ben_lubar It's like how driving a car in reverse makes the odometer go backwards.
I hate to burst your bubble, Cameron, but...
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Dear Google,
If I have 2FA enabled, and I just tapped "authorize" on my phone, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ASKING ME IF I JUST SIGNED IN ON THE SAME FUCKING PHONE?
And no, I'm not talking sending me an email, I mean the Google app (or whatever it's called this week) popping up a notification.
Filed under: when you find an autocorrect fuckup like an hour later...
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
but there's no way to turn that off.
Really? My phone will do that; it's in the Accessibility menu. I guess some people must have problems with physically holding the phone straight, so it makes sense to allow the screen's (virtual) rotation to be locked…
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
but there's no way to turn that off.
Really? My phone will do that; it's in the Accessibility menu. I guess some people must have problems with physically holding the phone straight, so it makes sense to allow the screen's (virtual) rotation to be locked…
It's even in the quick toggle menu on mine (I'm pretty sure it was there by default at least)
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
THE SAME FUCKING PHONE?
Maybe they assume you have more than one phone?
While I had multiple Android phones in the past, this is the only one set as a device to authenticate on. Also, the old ones weren't logged in for 2 years at least by this point.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
My wi-fi hotspot is supposed to monitor how much data it's used in this cycle (resets on the same day each month). But an hour ago it said I had used 0.02 GB, ten minutes ago it said I'd used 0.01 GB, and now it says I've used 0 GB. I'm not sure how that could even happen...
For comparison, the web interface indicated that I used 133 MB of data in the half-day-or-so that I was using it. Which is a pretty decent chunk of its data allotment, but I don't normally use it anyway now that I have a cellphone with a data plan, so that's not a problem.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
but there's no way to turn that off.
Really? My phone will do that; it's in the Accessibility menu. I guess some people must have problems with physically holding the phone straight, so it makes sense to allow the screen's (virtual) rotation to be locked…
It's not a phone, though. It's a hotspot. A fancy one with a touchscreen and an orientation sensor.
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@timebandit said in WTF Bites:
Ordered some car parts from RockAuto. They ship them from Mount Vernon, NY (about 358 miles from Montreal), by FedEx.
They're now in Memphis, TN
Memphis is FedEx's hub; everything goes through Memphis. If you sent a package to your nextdoor neighbor, it wouldn't surprise me if it went through Memphis on the way.
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@anotherusername said in WTF Bites:
but there's no way to turn that off.
Really? My phone will do that; it's in the Accessibility menu. I guess some people must have problems with physically holding the phone straight, so it makes sense to allow the screen's (virtual) rotation to be locked…
I always turn mine to locked, because it's stinking annoying when I'm browsing and the screen decides to go landscape, reload the page, and completely lose where I was.
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@hardwaregeek said in WTF Bites:
Memphis is FedEx's hub
Yes, it's also where their head office is. I know, I spent about two weeks there building a telephony solution about 10 years ago.
That place is huge.
Side story: while I was there, I bought a FedEx Monopoly game in their souvenir shop.
Not wanting to carry it on the plane, I wanted to ship it home. We had a good laugh because it didn't fit in any of their boxes. We had to tape two boxes together.
I still have that game, never been opened.
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@timebandit said in WTF Bites:
Not wanting to carry it on the plane, I wanted to ship it home. We had a good laugh because it didn't fit in any of their boxes
A question I always have: if you have something that's already a box, or at least "boxy" enough (you can grab and carry it without pieces falling out), and you don't care about minor dents on it (or it's solid enough), can you just slap a label on it ship it as it is?
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@timebandit said in WTF Bites:
Ordered some car parts from RockAuto. They ship them from Mount Vernon, NY (about 358 miles from Montreal), by FedEx.
They're now in Memphis, TN
OK, I'm going to assume tee en is further away from you than en why?
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WTF bite: I have a Windows 10 tablet. I did a full reset on it (the Windows reinstall thing) because I want to return it, made a single "admin" account, no password, not linked to any MS account, then just went straight to Windows Update (because you can't stop it from installing updates so it might as well do it when I'm watching).
What do I see? "Some settings are managed by your organization". I'd love to meet that organization and know how they got in there.
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OK, I'm going to assume tee en is further away from you than en why?
Well everybody on this forum's telepathic, so of course there's no need to say why something's a WTF. Duh.
I mean naive non-telepathic me might just say "well for all I know the package was going to Memphis, so..." but that would be ridiculous. Just use your telepathic powers.
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@anonymous234 said in WTF Bites:
A question I always have: if you have something that's already a box, or at least "boxy" enough (you can grab and carry it without pieces falling out), and you don't care about minor dents on it (or it's solid enough), can you just slap a label on it ship it as it is?
Generally yes.
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@blakeyrat said in WTF Bites:
Just use your telepathic powers.
No need to use your telepathic power, just your reading one. I specified in the post that it shipped from NY and the distance from Montreal.
Oh, right, I forgot you don't have reading power
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OK, I'm going to assume tee en is further away from you than en why?
Just use Google maps
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@timebandit It does mention the distance from Montreal; it doesn't mention why that information is important. Do you live in Montreal? is that where the packages were going? Do you just like how it's spelled?
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@blakeyrat I never mentioned that I live in Montreal
When I order car parts, I just ship them to a random place.
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@timebandit said in WTF Bites:
When I order car parts, I just ship them to a random place.
Well is that random place close to Memphis or not?
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Little WTF of my day: I've been tasked to organized the technical details for a public viewing event at my school during the next World Cup (soccer, for you heathens!).
Since we have neither a satellite dish nor cable TV at my school, this left either streaming over the internet or DVB-T2 (i.e. terrestrial TV).
Also, the internet connection of my school can be a bit ... unreliable at times, bandwidth-wise plus there's the question of how performant the server distributing the video signal is.
DVB-T2 it is, then! Ordered a receiver and got it today in the mail, set it up to test it. First result: Reception is a fickle beast, even though an active antenna was included. But once I found the right spot, picture quality was great. Greater, in fact, than that of the official live stream over the internet.
That's also when I noticed that both pictures weren't quite showing the same scenes.Now, I know that there's a specific lag to each manner of broadcast - satellite is "fastest", followed by cable, then DVB-T. But that's usually a difference of single-digit seconds.
The lag of the internet stream? A whoppin' 45 seconds.
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The lag of the internet stream? A whoppin' 45 seconds.
Yep. Traditional html live streaming streaming means that for the best non-interrupted experience the clients need a large buffer, and the server you're using chose about 40 seconds (encoding/Chungking usually takes a few seconds at least) and your player has a natural buffer latency of its own.
It's possible to reduce that to about ten seconds, but you better have a rock-solid connection with plenty of bandwidth for recovering from missed packets...