Error'd: Quel pénible
I have been collecting submissions for a set of themedcolumns to appear later. This week we received severalsubmissions that will fit nicely in those themes and havebeen placed into stasis pending $whenIfeellikeit. If you haven't seen your submission appear, be strong;it may show up eventually. What remains here are entriesthat don't fit the available themes. Enjoy.
Number-loving Rick was counting on better sense at the census."I went to check out recent data, and ran into thissite where the main statistic is only available with lexical sorting!I looked at the downloadable csv and json, and sureenough, even there it is quoted text."
A myopic anonymous poster squints "I'm not the only one who needs glasses." A minor WTF, to be sure. But it is, at the very least, ironic.
Gourmand Joel C. found a tasty coincidence, gushing"I was really looking forward to buying some of MilkStreet's Liquid Error too." What is this product, really? Just sugar+cardamom, maybe a little cinnamon?
Regular reader Argle Bargle reminds us "I have a girlfriend in Thailand. From her phoneshe got a strange message. She sent it to me.I told her not to worry, but I was definitelysending it to the Daily WTF."
Finally, FrancophoneAzerty11235 forwarded the following (featuring my translation)"It says that you don't need to fill in your name(for privacy reasons). And yet, as shown by that brightred error'd message, it won't work if you don't fill itin. If only this was the only thing not working asintended on the French Railroad Systems..."
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