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The Two Types Of Tech Support Nightmares
Hardware Programming Debugging
1 month ago 70.9K views 0 shares
The Two Types Of Tech Support Nightmares
The perfect illustration of irony in its natural habitat. First post: "There are 2 types of stupid people - those who can't read and those who won't follow instructions." Second post: Someone who clearly didn't grasp that computers don't work through formal introductions. The reply is pure gold - introducing your printer to your webcam like they're at a networking event? Putting name tags on them? This is exactly what happens when someone takes "computer recognition" a bit too literally. And they wonder why tech support drinks heavily.

They Both Let You Execute Arbitrary Code
Security Programming Testing Databases
1 month ago 89.9K views 0 shares
They Both Let You Execute Arbitrary Code
Ah, the beautiful parallels between social engineering and SQL injection. Why bother with complex database exploits when you can just ask someone to IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS ? Security professionals spend countless hours hardening systems against SQL injection attacks, but then Karen from accounting opens an email titled "Free Pizza in Break Room" and types her password into a sketchy form. The human brain: still the most easily exploitable database since the dawn of computing.

Comments On Code Be Like
Programming Debugging Testing
2 months ago 89.5K views 0 shares
Comments On Code Be Like
The box has already been opened before someone read the instructions. Just like how developers implement features before reading documentation. The comment says exactly what to do, but the hole in the box suggests someone already ignored it completely. Bonus points for the irony that the comment is in square brackets, proper syntax, and still got ignored. Typical Tuesday in any codebase.