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The Quartz guide to bad data

• mgalka 11y ago
  Good reference. My only gripe is calling it an "exhaustive" list.
  • phphphph 11y ago
    Well, I was exhausted already after reading the ToC.
    • mgalka 11y ago
      Was referring to the website, not the submission.
• danbmil99 11y ago
  Anyone was dealt with real-world data will laugh and cry while reading this post
• jamessb 11y ago
  There is also a book publlished by O'Reilly, the Bad Data Handbook: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024422.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024422.do
• loudmax 11y ago
  Missing from their suspicious dates are January 1st, 1970 and December 31st, 1969. January 1st 1970 GMT marks the start of the Unix epoch. For Americans, this actually happened in 1969 because of the timezone offset. It shows up a lot in timestamps if you're experimenting with filesystems. Well, this list is aimed at reporters, so maybe that's not something reporters typically do. HN readers should know what I'm talking about.