107th Obsequious Banter Thread: Ugly Sweaters Edition

[Jack Straw]

 

[Striiker]

I don't have specific knowledge of Twitter's practices, but the chances are quite high that something will be missed. That's just a fact of maintaining an org of this scale. The question is how important are the mistakes?

And of course it's all complicated by the current lack of institutional knowledge. For example, when they pulled one unrelated feature offline, it broke 2-factor authentication. Luckily it was a reasonably easy fix. The next one may be too. Or not. I wouldn't trust anyone who says they know.

You have an idea of what goes into all of this. Security budgets are almost always shoestring. Sometimes downright performative. Then lop off most of your manpower and everything you're imagining is probably happening right now. The people left are overworked and mistakes compound. How many of those become public-facing is impossible to predict.

If/when they run into troubles they can just turn it off and turn it back on, right?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

If/when they run into troubles they can just turn it off and turn it back on, right?

Only if they cross their fingers and say please. Computers have feelings too.

 

[Don Nachbaur 26]

Second carpal tunnel surgery in 2 weeks. It sucks but it's necessary. Doc said, "Since you hit your deductible it's like having a free surgery."

 

[Beef Invictus]

I don't have specific knowledge of Twitter's practices, but the chances are quite high that something will be missed. That's just a fact of maintaining an org of this scale. The question is how important are the mistakes?

And of course it's all complicated by the current lack of institutional knowledge. For example, when they pulled one unrelated feature offline, it broke 2-factor authentication. Luckily it was a reasonably easy fix. The next one may be too. Or not. I wouldn't trust anyone who says they know.

You have an idea of what goes into all of this. Security budgets are almost always shoestring. Sometimes downright performative. Then lop off most of your manpower and everything you're imagining is probably happening right now. The people left are overworked and mistakes compound. How many of those become public-facing is impossible to predict.

A guy on sports radio here last night was complaining about his Twitter feed and messages. Timestamps, showing old stuff he's already seen, stuff he's already interacted with and didn't have any sign that he had. It sounded like the database was in a fight with itself. They laughed it off, but that's potentially the sign of something starting to go super wrong under the hood. There would be a lot of confusion if a chunk of Twitter's DB set itself back after being overwritten by a backup, or another part of the DB deciding it's authoritative.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Only if they cross their fingers and say please. Computers have feelings too.

My own personal hope for max comedy is that they basically do the "turn it off" deal and discover there are processes lost and they don't have the commands to restart them.

 

[flyersnorth]

ChatGPT pretty good at putting together limericks:

There once was a general named Chuck Whose management was just out of luck His team was in shambles And their record was scandalous Now Chuck's looking for a new job to pluck!

It's very cool testing out ChatGPT. It's given me surprisingly robust coding suggestions, and seems pretty coherent when asking it for steps on how to do X.

For fun, here are a few ChatGPT haikus on Chuck Fletcher.

Chuck Fletcher's reign ends
His poor decisions haunt the team
A failure to all

Chuck Fletcher's reign ends
Terrible trades and bad decisions
His legacy fades

Some on the Flyers...

Flyers soar high and proud
Orange and black, a fierce team
Victory is ours

Flyers swift and strong
In the city of brotherly love
Victory is ours

Flyers soaring high
Orange and black a deadly sight
Fear the Broad Street Bullies

How about a full-blown sonnet?

In the world of hockey, Chuck Fletcher is a failure
His lack of vision and leadership, a true horror
He's made trade after trade, each one a mistake
Leaving the team in shambles, a true heartache

His poor judgement and lack of foresight, a fatal flaw
He's built a team of misfits, never to take the crown or take the hall
His passion for the sport is nowhere to be found
His decisions lack reason, leaving fans disheartened and down

In the rink and in the front office, Chuck Fletcher has fallen
A once-great general manager, now a disappointment to all
His legacy in the world of hockey will not be remembered
For Chuck Fletcher, his time as a GM has been a complete surrender.

 

[BiggE]

A guy on sports radio here last night was complaining about his Twitter feed and messages. Timestamps, showing old stuff he's already seen, stuff he's already interacted with and didn't have any sign that he had. It sounded like the database was in a fight with itself. They laughed it off, but that's potentially the sign of something starting to go super wrong under the hood. There would be a lot of confusion if a chunk of Twitter's DB set itself back after being overwritten by a backup, or another part of the DB deciding it's authoritative.

I don’t use Twitter, it’s stupid. In fact, it might be even stupider than hockey.

That being said, I wish Musk would go back to work on sending things to Mars. I have a long list of things I want sent to Mars starting with the Flyers front office, Dwayne Johnson, people who don’t use turn signals, Kevin Hayes and people who chew with their mouths open.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I don’t use Twitter, it’s stupid. In fact, it might be even stupider than hockey.

That being said, I wish Musk would go back to work on sending things to Mars. I have a long list of things I want sent to Mars starting with the Flyers front office, Dwayne Johnson, people who don’t use turn signals, Kevin Hayes and people who chew with their mouths open.

His full name is Dwayne The Rock Johnson, please.

 

[Striiker]

I haven’t seen even one single change in my “Twitter experience” since it was bought.

No glitches, no problems, no improvements, nothing.

 

[BernieParent]

Second carpal tunnel surgery in 2 weeks. It sucks but it's necessary. Doc said, "Since you hit your deductible it's like having a free surgery."

"I'll choose 'Things I Don't Want to Buy in Bulk' for $1000 deductible, please, Alex."

 

[Beef Invictus]

I haven’t seen even one single change in my “Twitter experience” since it was bought.

No glitches, no problems, no improvements, nothing.

I've had occasional slowdowns

 

[Striiker]

I've had occasional slowdowns

What do you mean by that?

Like it takes a long time for the page to load?

 

[Beef Invictus]

What do you mean by that?

Like it takes a long time for the page to load?

Yes. Loading times have gotten longer for me.

Of course my account is banned, so I don't know if that's a technical problem for potentially everyone, or if they're trying to streamline for other users by dropping suspended users down the priority list for requests.

 

[Magua]

I short while ago I accidentally left my back door wide open

I thought this was going somewhere else, and I was ready to go there.

 

[Striiker]

Yes. Loading times have gotten longer for me.

Of course my account is banned, so I don't know if that's a technical problem for potentially everyone, or if they're trying to streamline for other users by dropping suspended users down the priority list for requests.

I wonder if it has anything to do with how many people you follow and how much they tweet…

Are you still able to log in, see your timeline, and stuff like that when banned?

 

[landsbergfan]

I thought this was going somewhere else, and I was ready to go there.

That implies THAT door ever closes

 

[Beef Invictus]

I wonder if it has anything to do with how many people you follow and how much they tweet…

Are you still able to log in, see your timeline, and stuff like that when banned?

You can log in and it yells at you. You can't interact with anything or follow anyone new. You can search for stuff. I don't think my timeline works anymore. I havent paid attention to it.

I also use Twitter a ton for work and there's absolutely no difference there. Only on my own account.

 

[Striiker]

You can log in and it yells at you. You can't interact with anything or follow anyone new. You can search for stuff. I don't think my timeline works anymore. I havent paid attention to it.

I also use Twitter a ton for work and there's absolutely no difference there. Only on my own account.

That’s weird.

If only you were a good noodle like me…

 

[Chinatown88]

That’s weird.

If only you were a good noodle like me…

Plot twist Lil Beef DM'd Twitter to get them to mess with her dad.

 

[Beef Invictus]

That’s weird.

If only you were a good noodle like me…

I was set up.

 

[Striiker]

I was set up.

I feel like there's an interesting story here but I know better than to ask.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I feel like there's an interesting story here but I know better than to ask.

It's really not, which is the most disappointing thing.

 

[Lindberg]

It'll be interesting to see where Twitter is in a few years but I think Musk is in over his head by a long shot. I think he vastly overestimates his own technical skill set. He can stomp his feet and demand production but unlike vehicles and rockets it's a lot harder to see how an individual is performing in regards to software. Sometimes the most elegant software can be simple and look like it was done in 15 minutes while the big pile of spaghetti can take months to write and not work worth a damn.

 

[Cody Webster]

Tornado going right through southern New Orleans right now