Remy Porter
@remyporter.bsky.social
Nothing you haven't seen before. Editor @ TheDailyWtf.com. Currently trying to shoot more computers into space, where they won't hurt us any more.
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Remy Porter
@remyporter.bsky.social
· Nov 18
The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology
TheDailyWtf.com
Who am I? Well, I'm best known for curating horrible code and awful IT workplace stories at TheDailyWtf.com. By day, I write software for moon landers, and worked on the (sadly, failed) Peregrine mission, and work on the Griffin mission. My interests are endless. Think of me as your weird uncle.
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Today's #songoftheday knows that ice is cool, but drummers are not (sorry drummers! it's true! I'm sorry you needed to find out this way), so when you combine them, you get this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nxC...
Alan Vega - Ice Drummer (Official Video)
YouTube video by ALAN VEGA OFFICIAL
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today's #songoftheday knows that ice is cool, but drummers are not (sorry drummers! it's true! I'm sorry you needed to find out this way), so when you combine them, you get this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nxC...
Sgt. Pepper and Jeffrey Epstein
The danger of the contrarian take.
theamericanbystander.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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It's said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.
Yes, in context he’s talking about his political enemies, but I like to think he’s talking about his favorite subject: himself.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yes, in context he’s talking about his political enemies, but I like to think he’s talking about his favorite subject: himself.
F U, by Street Lamp
from the album Guillotine
streetlamptx.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Man you have to farm thousands of item drops to find a Legendary Welshman. I’ve only got a dozen Rare Welshmen.
Happy International Men's Day to El Bandito only
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Man you have to farm thousands of item drops to find a Legendary Welshman. I’ve only got a dozen Rare Welshmen.
Today's #songoftheday is looking for a place with drier shores and less distrust
friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/track/dead-d...
friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/track/dead-d...
DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS, by Friendship Commanders
from the album BEAR
friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today's #songoftheday is looking for a place with drier shores and less distrust
friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/track/dead-d...
friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/track/dead-d...
The closing line in this documentary trailer hits hard: "We called it civic courage: acting as if you live in a real democracy."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4S...
TEENAGE WASTELAND Trailer
YouTube video by Film Forum
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The closing line in this documentary trailer hits hard: "We called it civic courage: acting as if you live in a real democracy."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4S...
Hot take: if you discover that an LLM can generate something for you that's passable for its task, I'd use that as a suggestion that the task should be eradicated.
An LLM can spin up a passable document? That's a document that shouldn't exist. It can generate some code? That code shouldn't exist.
An LLM can spin up a passable document? That's a document that shouldn't exist. It can generate some code? That code shouldn't exist.
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hot take: if you discover that an LLM can generate something for you that's passable for its task, I'd use that as a suggestion that the task should be eradicated.
An LLM can spin up a passable document? That's a document that shouldn't exist. It can generate some code? That code shouldn't exist.
An LLM can spin up a passable document? That's a document that shouldn't exist. It can generate some code? That code shouldn't exist.
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Arguably the greatest actor in the history of television.
Les Lye of “You Can’t Do That on Television” fame was born on this day 101 years ago.
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Arguably the greatest actor in the history of television.
There are two ways to get people to trust you. The first is by being predictable and consistent and building a track record out of that. The second is relying on people’s ignorance. If they don’t understand you or what you’re doing or the system you’re engaging with, you can gain trust by force.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There are two ways to get people to trust you. The first is by being predictable and consistent and building a track record out of that. The second is relying on people’s ignorance. If they don’t understand you or what you’re doing or the system you’re engaging with, you can gain trust by force.
This article about General Sherman goes hard. Not as hard as Sherman’s March to the Sea, but still.
web.archive.org/web/20141125...
web.archive.org/web/20141125...
The War Nerd: Why Sherman was right to burn Atlanta
KUWAIT CITY — There are times when the sheer ignorance and ingratitude of the American public makes you sick. This week marks the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s March from Atlanta to the Sea, which...
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This article about General Sherman goes hard. Not as hard as Sherman’s March to the Sea, but still.
web.archive.org/web/20141125...
web.archive.org/web/20141125...
I would give anything for one journalist to press: “Mr President, are you saying you rigged the census?”
"This all began with the Rigged Census" claims the guy who was president during the 2020 census
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I would give anything for one journalist to press: “Mr President, are you saying you rigged the census?”
Intruder in the Dust is one hell of a southern noir flick from 1949. Just uh… it’s a movie about race in Mississippi in the 1940s- you’re gonna hear the n-word a LOT. But one of the heroes of the film is an old lady who keeps a lynch mob at bay by doing her mending and refusing to budge.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Intruder in the Dust is one hell of a southern noir flick from 1949. Just uh… it’s a movie about race in Mississippi in the 1940s- you’re gonna hear the n-word a LOT. But one of the heroes of the film is an old lady who keeps a lynch mob at bay by doing her mending and refusing to budge.
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This is a Black Mirror episode, lmao
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is a Black Mirror episode, lmao
Today’s #songoftheday is a cover of a classic (quoted below), and it’s still holding on.
dualtone.bandcamp.com/track/hold-o...
dualtone.bandcamp.com/track/hold-o...
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Today’s #songoftheday is a cover of a classic (quoted below), and it’s still holding on.
dualtone.bandcamp.com/track/hold-o...
dualtone.bandcamp.com/track/hold-o...
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Absolutely. The reason this is bad is because you cannot guarantee that all the drivers in adjacent lanes are going to honor your granting of the ROW. Someone could safely pass in front of you only to be struck by the driver next to you.
Drivers: I know you think you’re doing cyclists a favour by stopping & waving us through an intersection while you’ve got right of way, but you really aren’t. You’re being unpredictable and screwing up the flow of traffic for everyone and just causing further delays for us to safely cross. Stop it.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Absolutely. The reason this is bad is because you cannot guarantee that all the drivers in adjacent lanes are going to honor your granting of the ROW. Someone could safely pass in front of you only to be struck by the driver next to you.
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
I gave one of my cats a year off from vaccines, but that was only because he'd just recovered from FIP and his immune system needed a break after the hundreds of milliliters of grey-market antivirals we needed to treat it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I gave one of my cats a year off from vaccines, but that was only because he'd just recovered from FIP and his immune system needed a break after the hundreds of milliliters of grey-market antivirals we needed to treat it.
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Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
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There are definitely several playlists for when It Happens, right?
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There are definitely several playlists for when It Happens, right?