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In the software industry, there is a term for intentional designs which coerce the user into doing something, be it consciously or subconsciously - a ‘dark pattern’. These patterns are employed by social media networks, e-commerce, video games, and many more places. I’m coining a new term called the ‘Fuck You’ pattern…
r/PBSOD is a fun subreddit all about posting pictures of broken kiosks and information/entertainment systems in public. It stands for Public Blue Screen of Death which is a Windowsism but Linux systems are posted there too. If you spend enough time scrolling, you might notice two things: There’s a scary number of…
Let’s say you’re on a fresh machine. Maybe you’ve just started a new job or you’ve wiped your machine. You’re about to push some code you’ve written and you get this: $ git push The authenticity of host 'github.com (140.82.121.4)' can't be established. ED25519 key fingerprint is…