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The whole site is an amusing and satisfying read, mostly because it's reassuring to know I'm not the only person who is really bothered by these kind of little

The whole site is an amusing and satisfying read, mostly because it's reassuring to know I'm not the only person who is really bothered by these kind of little UI niggles. I particularly love the one where a German insurance provider insists on ignoring the point of the 'I' in 'IBAN': https://annoying.technology/posts/8b0e0f1083d21073/ https://annoying.technology/posts/8b0e0f1083d21073/ [For non-europeans: the first two characters of an International Bank Account Number are the ones that identify the country; if they really wanted to insist that only Germany-registered bank accounts are allowed, there are more intuitive ways to validate that.]

prox 6y ago
Does anyone know the daily WTF? http://thedailywtf.com/ http://thedailywtf.com/ It’s Error’d articles are so much fun, and have been going on for ages.
- corobo 6y ago
  Oh man I forgot about that site when I lost all my work bookmarks changing jobs! Think my favorite was the coal story http://thedailywtf.com/articles/special-delivery http://thedailywtf.com/articles/special-delivery Edit: The real daily wtf is that they're still on http
  - Kye 6y ago
    HTTPS works, but they don't do a redirect. https://thedailywtf.com/ https://thedailywtf.com/
    - corobo 6y ago
      I came in via search engine. If they're not redirecting then it might as well be off.
      - zrm 6y ago
        https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
      - brlewis 6y ago
        Yeah. I'm concerned that a malicious actor might MITM their site and serve content that's less funny.
        corobo 6y ago
        It's a "wtf", not the end of the world. Cheers for the snark tho
        m463 6y ago
        It is for your protection. It is possible someone may post something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World which may disable the editors and be accidentally posted, leading to your death or dismemberment. http allows for government monitoring of this type of situation and possible automated interdiction.
db48x 6y ago
That is an astounding webpage. I haven't had even one ten thousandth as many problems with my Linux machines as he's had with OSX.
jabiko 6y ago
As funny as it sounds, but that's called IBAN discrimination. It's illegal but there is no fine. There is an article in the German Wikipedia about this: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBAN-Diskriminierung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBAN-Diskriminierung You can put in a complaint here: https://www.wettbewerbszentrale.de/de/beschwerdestelle/sepahinweise/ https://www.wettbewerbszentrale.de/de/beschwerdestelle/sepah...
frosted-flakes 6y ago
See also https://grumpy.website/ https://grumpy.website/

prox 6y ago

Does anyone know the daily WTF? http://thedailywtf.com/ http://thedailywtf.com/ It’s Error’d articles are so much fun, and have been going on for ages.

corobo 6y ago
Oh man I forgot about that site when I lost all my work bookmarks changing jobs! Think my favorite was the coal story http://thedailywtf.com/articles/special-delivery http://thedailywtf.com/articles/special-delivery Edit: The real daily wtf is that they're still on http
- Kye 6y ago
  HTTPS works, but they don't do a redirect. https://thedailywtf.com/ https://thedailywtf.com/
  - corobo 6y ago
    I came in via search engine. If they're not redirecting then it might as well be off.
    - zrm 6y ago
      https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
    - brlewis 6y ago
      Yeah. I'm concerned that a malicious actor might MITM their site and serve content that's less funny.
      - corobo 6y ago
        It's a "wtf", not the end of the world. Cheers for the snark tho
      - m463 6y ago
        It is for your protection. It is possible someone may post something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World which may disable the editors and be accidentally posted, leading to your death or dismemberment. http allows for government monitoring of this type of situation and possible automated interdiction.

db48x 6y ago

That is an astounding webpage. I haven't had even one ten thousandth as many problems with my Linux machines as he's had with OSX.

jabiko 6y ago

As funny as it sounds, but that's called IBAN discrimination. It's illegal but there is no fine. There is an article in the German Wikipedia about this: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBAN-Diskriminierung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBAN-Diskriminierung You can put in a complaint here: https://www.wettbewerbszentrale.de/de/beschwerdestelle/sepahinweise/ https://www.wettbewerbszentrale.de/de/beschwerdestelle/sepah...

frosted-flakes 6y ago

See also https://grumpy.website/ https://grumpy.website/