People Are Sharing Pics Of The Worst Software Fails They’ve Encountered And They’re Hilarious
Turns out, there's a whole subreddit dedicated to celebrating software acting outside its parameters and its unpredictable malfunctions. It sounds geeky, but believe me, you don't need to be a hacker to appreciate it.
Nearly 1 million members belong to the online community, sharing pics and videos of the biggest glitches in the Matrix, including the time Netflix praised the Nazi party and an Uber driver went exploring in the sea.
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I Got A Coupon Code For 30% Off Bluetooth Headphones That Ended Up Being 98% Off When I Entered The Code
"The failures that go viral within our community are usually those that have some humor in them," a moderator of the subreddit told Bored Panda. "For example, the description for the 'Hitler and the Nazis' documentary being displayed under the Spongebob movie."
The moderator said people who follow the subreddit seem to be really invested in it. "From the interactions I've seen, people often have an interest in programming and will try to theorize why the software failed. Some will also often meme the failure if it's funny."
But don't think that only regular home users experience software disruptions. For example, more than 100 flights to and from London's Heathrow airport were disrupted on the 16 of February 2020, after it was hit by technical issues, affecting departure boards and check-in systems. A spokesperson for Heathrow didn't say much, just bleated that it happened "due to the sensitive nature of those processes."
Another memorable software hiccup happened a few years earlier, in mid-January, 2016. Then, the Nest smart thermostat (owned by Google) experienced a glitch after a software update went wrong, forcing the device's batteries to drain and leaving it unable to control temperature, meaning that American users were unable to heat their homes or get hot water on one of the coldest weekends of the year. The company said the fault had been caused by a firmware update and quickly rolled out a new one to solve the issue.
You can't live without technology but sometimes you can't live with it, too.
How?
Well computer is very positive. We could all learn something from him. 🤭
Thanks For The Help, Siri
Netflix, What Are You Trying To Do?
I Was Driving, And My Phone Vibrated In My Pocket To Tell Me This
Ah Yes The Ultimate Relaxation
Did My Dog Just Discover Teleportation?
Why u surprised? Dogs are secretly superheroes, quietly saving our collective asses. U know that thing u lose, and can't find and after sometime u do. Who do u think does that?. The good boy is just safety persona., So u don't suspect a thing
I Think My Subway Is Trying To Tell Me Something
U suffer, suffer slowly and surely. U suffer the way no-one has ever suffered before.
Cool Sign
Jesus Christ Siri
"kilometer US dollars squared" --- what in the hell is this thing smoking?
Never heard of "kilometer U.S. dollars squared" . Is it distance? Is it a physical amount? Weird
It's the amount of bills you can fit into one square kilometer
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Didn't even know you could square a dollar. I guess that's what greed does to ya...
Around $93 for over 16s and around $65 AUD for kids if you were interested... the XPT is a nice train too
I know prices have increased during Covid but this is rather excessive.
I’d like to make a check for 28.8 quadrillion kilometer dollars. Don’t forget to square it
I'm never gonna complain about paying $50 to fill up my gas tank again.
please insert 5 million dollars for the first minute
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people. tell Siri "what is 0 divided by 0" and she'll tell you something...
LOL "Jesus Christ Siri" is exactly what I said to myself... and THEN I looked at the header
Actually, that's not far off the real cost But you can get a cheaper fare if you keep your pants around your ankles And stay lubed (According to a friend) ;-)
Kilometer U.S. dollars squared makes perfect sense. No sirree, no conflicting measurements there!
I blame WolfamAlpha. That platform is buggy af. I even have the highest priced subscription. I hate it.
And You’re Telling Me Now?
Damn Robots
My Microwave Is Disagreeing With Me Again
maybe it doesn't want you to defrost your pizza. you see it cares about you.
I Can't Use My Notes App For 3.5 Weeks Because I Used The Right Password
Firstly, Her Hair Is Right In My Face. Secondly, Where Is My Plane Going?
This Is Getting Ridiculous
Merry Christmas
Now presenting the legendary Microsoft Word Christmas Tree.
Scooter App Right Before The App Crashed. Behold The Rideable Cyclone
U bet yo ass , I m gonna ride that shit. Viva la resistance. Rebel without the cause
Fastest Driver
I Broke The Snapchat Filters. That’s All I Can Say
Why does social media exist? So we can discover new horrors each day. Good times
Believe It Or Not Google, There Are Hospitals Closer To My Location
Maybe you have something very embarrassing and this is the best you can do?
That's My Jam
Ok, this really made me laugh out loud! And now I want to listen to it, just to know what it sounds like. Did the program really interpret system preferences like an audio file (that would be so cool and weird)... or did someone make an audio file with that title and matching thumbnail for the laughs? Now I come to think about it, probably the latter...
Help
The fact that this person knows the word quintillion. Impressed.
This Glitched Dentist Sign Looks A Bit Inappropriate
It looks inappropriate also without a glitch! What the hell is that?
Turnitin Marked The First Word Of This Sentence As Plagiarism
Same
Sounds like a blackmail threat. Windows has your computer. I will release search history if u don't met with my demands. Beware !!
Wait, What?
Note: this post originally had 118 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
*sings* "99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs in the code. Take one down, patch it around,........ 117 little bugs in the code!
Aww, I love that song.
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As a software developer myself, these are gems
*germs
I'm not sure if that was intentional, but it was gold!
Oh I think these ARE gems
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Yeaars ago I was downloading a large file through a phone line modem and my computer gave the message "Estimated Time Remaining: Infinity".
And beyond!
How many times did our lovely dial-up modems tell us that we had 999,999,999 years to download something... Simpler times.
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This one time when I tried to use the "search and replace missing fonts" option in Adobe Photoshop and I got the error "Can't replace font because missing font is missing". *head=>desk* fehlende_s...437faa.jpg
Is there any way to report the scammers such as PeppiOnlyy and PeppiLili who are posting in the comments section?
I just tried by going on their accounts and looking for a 'report' button or something of the sort, but I'm sorry, I couldn't find anything. I wonder if you can call BoredPanda or something?
I'm not sure. I've only been able to do that on BuzzFeed.
I laughed more than I thought I would with these.
I laughed so hard as this post, I love it!
One time not so long ago the GPS on my phone told me that I 55 miles from home. I was actually in my home in my bedroom at the time.
These are great :D
Not as good as these, but I once got this error in a home-grown app at work: "Error: 21 >= 21"
that was a good laugh :-D
Lol 😂
Damn I love these posts <3 The reason why I am working with quality assurance in IT. Hilarious bugs :D
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Computer malfunction at work: the computer is not authorized *After* you log in! The other one, on a machine that looks at very little parts: The size is too small. Try again it.
These were so funny.
I'm not surprised. Look, latest automatical save of one my article. Yes, the date is: 01. January 1601. Back to Middle Age. photo05420...d084a6.jpg
Warning:Don't brose thru above pics when your family is sleeping,or they'll wake up and sold you badly.
When technology works, it's fabulous. When it doesn't, it is the arch-chaotic nemesis of humanity.
I’m amazed anything ever works at all. This is our amazing future of magical technology we’ve been conditioned to excuse for its abysmal stupidity, bad design, and perpetual beta status.
What technogeek voted me down?
Why did employees behind of blue screen of deaths and errors not install linux?
It’s likely that the software being used by the displays are stupidly Windows-only. Relying on Windows and buggy software for public displays and mission critical scenarios is insane but it’s done all the time.
Mission critical like Harry Potter displays? Also I saw website thingies, Android stuff and Google whatchamacallits. And I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but crazy code is everywhere. Most of these are not even real code, just crazy entries from the users of the code. Not to mention that it's the actual success of Microsoft products that gives them their reputation. Several older versions of Windows were nothing more