Error’d: Cuts Like a Knife

Mike V.
shares a personal experience with the broadest version of Poe’s Law:
“Slashdot articles generally have a humorous quote at the bottom of their articles, but I can’t tell if this displayed usage information for the fortune command, which provides humorous quotes, is a joke or a bug.” To which I respond with the sharpest version of Hanlon’s Razor: never
ascribe to intent that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

Secure in his stronghold,
Stewart snarks
“Apparently my router is vulnerable because it is connected
to the internet. So glad I pay for the premium security service.”

The Beast in Black

is back with more dross, asking “Oh GitLab, you so silly – y u no give proper reason?”

An anonymous reader writes “I got this when I tried to calculate the shipping costs for buying the Playdate game device. Sorry, I don’t have anything snarky to say, please make something up.” The comments section is open for your contributions.

Ben S. looking for logic in all the wrong places, wonders
“This chart from my electric utility’s charitable giving program kept my alumni group guessing all day. The arithmetic checks out, but what does the gray represent, and why is the third chart at a different scale?”

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