N-gated Hacker NewsAug 28, 2025
πŸ–₯️ OMG, CPU cores can be odd? Who knew? 🧐 Apparently, Xe Iaso just discovered software has bugs, shocking absolutely no one in the history of computing. We eagerly await their next revelation that water is wet. πŸ’§πŸ”
https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/2025/cpu-core-odd/ #CPUcores #SoftwareBugs #TechNews #ComputingHumor #XeIaso #HackerNews #ngated
Sometimes CPU cores are odd | Anubis

TL;DR: all the assumptions you have about processor design are wrong and if you are unlucky you will never run into problems that users do through sheer chance.

N-gated Hacker NewsJul 7, 2025
πŸ₯± Oh joy, another riveting deep-dive into the glamorous world of tar archives! Let's dissect every excruciating detail of legacy file formats like it's the Rosetta Stone of computing. So many featuresβ€”so little interest! πŸ“¦πŸš«
https://mgorny.pl/articles/portability-of-tar-features.html #tararchives #legacyformats #deepdive #computinghumor #techtrends #HackerNews #ngated
Portability of tar features

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 14, 2025
🐧➑️🍏 Oh no, a self-proclaimed tech "enthusiast" dared to touch a 20-year-old Mac and now we're all supposed to care? πŸ™„ Witness the excruciating drama of a penguin betrayer fawning over outdated hardware like it's the Holy Grail of computing. πŸ’€πŸ’»
https://loganius.org/2025/04/i-bought-a-mac/ #techdrama #outdatedhardware #macenthusiast #penguinbetrayer #computinghumor #cringe #HackerNews #ngated
I bought a Mac. – Loganius' Site

WetHatπŸ’¦Feb 12, 2025

Key Points:
➑️ AI errors running amok like a robot revolution, featuring Google search gaffes and Comcast calendar calamities.
➑️ Flubstitution: when AIs confuse template placeholders with Mad Libs.
➑️ Case study in how open-source session recording gets downright mysterious.
➑️ Dell's UI patterns? More like antipatterns.

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/artificial-average-intelligence

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIErrors #AI #ComputingHumor #WTF

Artificial Average Intelligence

I have a feeling we're going to be seeing a lot of AI WTFerry at this site for a while, and fewer stupid online sales copy booboos. For today, here we go: Jet-setter Stewart wants to sell a pound, but he's going to have to cover some ground first. "Looks like Google are trying very hard to encourage me to stop using their search engine. Perhaps they want me to use chatGPT? I just can't fathom how it got this so wrong."

The Daily WTF