on strange software and bugs

[xb95]

In honor of hkellick, whose import has seriously been the strangest one I have encountered yet.

# figure out which items we should try to get, based on the logic that we
# should get at least 10 seconds or 20 items, whichever is more.  the former
# for the case where mass privacy breaks us, the latter for the case where
# the Howard Predicament* bites us.
#
# * the Howard Predicament has only been observed in the wild once.  the
#   noted behavior is that, no matter what lastsync value we send, the
#   remote server chooses to tell us we're broken.  this should not be
#   possible, but it happened to my friend Howard, and I couldn't solve
#   it through any other means than bypassing lastsync.  sigh.

Comments

On strange software and bugs

[cesy]

The code appears to be hidden behind your icon for me.

Re: On strange software and bugs

[phoenixsong]

Same, but highlighting the text makes it readable. Means the text is actually over rather than under the image.

(I like this layout myself, but it does make large static objects stand out like proverbial sore thumbs.)

Re: On strange software and bugs

[(Anonymous)]

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[hkellick]

Woo! I get my own entry! I feel special and stuff now! :)

[azurelunatic]

Bizarre.