Where have all the memes gone to?
Many thanks to PJH for the editable wiki page; I am moving the memes descriptions there, and I propose we now use this topic for discussion of which memes should be included and how to curate them.
ZPedro
@ZPedro
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Know Your Daily WTF Memes
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Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.
Recently, a not only wrong but obviously dangerous answer on Stack Overflow has threatened to come back as the most upvoted answer: at the time of this writing, it stands at 538 upvotes, barely 12 from the top voted answer, and it is closing in.
I call on the Daily WTF community: this is an injustice we cannot allow to let stand.
Now, I am first required to make a case why I think the target answer is intrinsically flawed (even if I think others made better ones). The target answer is intrinsically flawed as anything can happen between the time the process "determines" the file is safe for opening, and the time the process actually gets around to opening it. Yet the target answer is fundamentally based on the assumption an
IsFileLocked(file)
function can be provided that would realize such a determination. As a result, not only is that answer flawed in terms of both security and race conditions, but no amount of ethical editing can fix that answer.So I call on the power of the Daily WTF community to correct the situation; in the immortal words of xorsyst (quote edited to add link):
Right, everybody go to that question and upvote the actually correct answer, which is slightly further down. We can fix this!
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RE: Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.
@topspin said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
@sockpuppet7 said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
Why would I want to improve that site?
Because at some point you will have to deal with the copy-pasta of someone who did the needful?
Indeed. I can understand reluctance to support the project through participation (full disclosure: even if I myself am rather in support of the project). But I must offer this rebuttal: SO is too big to ignore, so even if I disapproved of it I would rather try and engage it to correct its more egregious issues.
@No_1 said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
@ZPedro said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
this is an injustice we cannot allow to let stand
YMBNH
I dunno, I remember a community of colorful characters, but united in their extremely low tolerance for bullshit (and frequently equipped with a SO account already).
Finally, I don't seem to remember much of a pushback back from the first intervention, quite the contrary, even in SO chat (except from the target answer author, but he has deleted his comment since then). And even if the SO community is unhappy about mass intervention, I will remind them SO still hasn't implemented any system to delete/hide/bury dangerous answers five years after they admitted they needed to do so.
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RE: Praise for Discourse
Oh for… I return after two weeks to find out I missed the switch to Discourse? Because indeed I, for one, welcome our new Discourse overlords. Seriously. Totally called it, BTW (Can't find where I did, at the moment… I must have put it in a Community Server tag…)
I don't mind the infinite scroll myself (infinite canvas FTW!), as for the rest I need to see more before I start
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RE: TDWTF Forum FAQ
Hmm… I'dd add the following to the FAQ:
Q: I can't log in with my usual username and password
A: Accounts have not been transferred from Community Server. You will need to create a new account, like everyone else.
But Discourse won't let me (as a new user) keep all the links in the edited post. Could someone edit it in in my stead? Thanks in advance.
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RE: TDWTF Forum FAQ
That's just the thing, I tried, but it won't let me post the edited version because of too many links (even though I don't add any, maybe we could classify that as a bug?), I have to cancel the edit.
Latest posts made by ZPedro
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RE: Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.
@topspin said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
@sockpuppet7 said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
Why would I want to improve that site?
Because at some point you will have to deal with the copy-pasta of someone who did the needful?
Indeed. I can understand reluctance to support the project through participation (full disclosure: even if I myself am rather in support of the project). But I must offer this rebuttal: SO is too big to ignore, so even if I disapproved of it I would rather try and engage it to correct its more egregious issues.
@No_1 said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
@ZPedro said in Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.:
this is an injustice we cannot allow to let stand
YMBNH
I dunno, I remember a community of colorful characters, but united in their extremely low tolerance for bullshit (and frequently equipped with a SO account already).
Finally, I don't seem to remember much of a pushback back from the first intervention, quite the contrary, even in SO chat (except from the target answer author, but he has deleted his comment since then). And even if the SO community is unhappy about mass intervention, I will remind them SO still hasn't implemented any system to delete/hide/bury dangerous answers five years after they admitted they needed to do so.
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Correcting Stack Overflow, one dangerous answer at a time.
Recently, a not only wrong but obviously dangerous answer on Stack Overflow has threatened to come back as the most upvoted answer: at the time of this writing, it stands at 538 upvotes, barely 12 from the top voted answer, and it is closing in.
I call on the Daily WTF community: this is an injustice we cannot allow to let stand.
Now, I am first required to make a case why I think the target answer is intrinsically flawed (even if I think others made better ones). The target answer is intrinsically flawed as anything can happen between the time the process "determines" the file is safe for opening, and the time the process actually gets around to opening it. Yet the target answer is fundamentally based on the assumption an
IsFileLocked(file)
function can be provided that would realize such a determination. As a result, not only is that answer flawed in terms of both security and race conditions, but no amount of ethical editing can fix that answer.So I call on the power of the Daily WTF community to correct the situation; in the immortal words of xorsyst (quote edited to add link):
Right, everybody go to that question and upvote the actually correct answer, which is slightly further down. We can fix this!
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RE: Know Your Daily WTF Memes
Oh, darn, president's daughter and no laughing matter, I forgot about those, I will add to the new wiki page.
I'd rather not put anything too tied to one person in particular, sorry Nagesh and Blakey.
As for the other memes, feel free to add them to the wiki page.
Many thanks, by the way, to PJH for the editable wiki page; I tried to create the topic as such, and whether I couldn't or just did not find the option I do not know, so thanks for doing it for me.
I am moving the memes descriptions there, and I propose we now use this topic for discussion of which memes should be included and how to curate them.
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RE: Know Your Daily WTF Memes
(image)
Filed under: i use this picture more often than i'd like to
Ah, that is the community I know and loath… Love. Loathe. Love. Loathve.
Filed under: I compiled this list out of boredom some time ago and was just waiting for any opportunity to post it
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Know Your Daily WTF Memes
Where have all the memes gone to?
Many thanks to PJH for the editable wiki page; I am moving the memes descriptions there, and I propose we now use this topic for discussion of which memes should be included and how to curate them. -
RE: TDWTF Forum FAQ
That's just the thing, I tried, but it won't let me post the edited version because of too many links (even though I don't add any, maybe we could classify that as a bug?), I have to cancel the edit.
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RE: TDWTF Forum FAQ
Hmm… I'dd add the following to the FAQ:
Q: I can't log in with my usual username and password
A: Accounts have not been transferred from Community Server. You will need to create a new account, like everyone else.
But Discourse won't let me (as a new user) keep all the links in the edited post. Could someone edit it in in my stead? Thanks in advance.
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RE: Praise for Discourse
Oh for… I return after two weeks to find out I missed the switch to Discourse? Because indeed I, for one, welcome our new Discourse overlords. Seriously. Totally called it, BTW (Can't find where I did, at the moment… I must have put it in a Community Server tag…)
I don't mind the infinite scroll myself (infinite canvas FTW!), as for the rest I need to see more before I start
complainingconstructively complaining. -
RE: Apparently this tweet crashes iOS/OSX WebKit browsers
Interestingly, no trouble (even in Safari: I usually browse with Chrome) on Mac OS X 10.7.5
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RE: Stuff I couldn't post while at WTF-Inc
@flabdablet said:
@Sidebar WTF standard requirements document said:
<snip>
Guys! Guys! May I remind you that we have a format for Side Bar WTF Directives:
Directive 595 Part 42 is as follows.
"Database views cause performance issues, more
costly evolution, inhibit the use of the database acting as a
service to applications and make it an inhibitor to evolution."
As such, please remove from all production databases, code must query individual tables.