World's Most Aggravating Edge Cases
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THIS WEEK ON "WORLD'S MOST AGGRAVATING EDGE CASES" by @qntm.org
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YOU PAID FOR ALL THE TEST CASES BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE
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In the US Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 2nd edition video game from Eidos & Jellyvision, entering your name as "Regis", "Millionaire", or one of the actual $10^6 winners on the show would result in the game changing your name to "Faker" or "Cheater". So I could not play the game as myself.
July 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In the US Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 2nd edition video game from Eidos & Jellyvision, entering your name as "Regis", "Millionaire", or one of the actual $10^6 winners on the show would result in the game changing your name to "Faker" or "Cheater". So I could not play the game as myself.
Northern Antarctica
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Northern Antarctica
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Discontinuities in civil time
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Discontinuities in civil time
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The way to discover which version of the Gnome desktop I'm running … depends on which version of the Gnome desktop I'm running.
I've so far found 4 different ways suggested in various online guides that don't work in this version, and 2 that give the wrong answer! @badedgecases.bsky.social
I've so far found 4 different ways suggested in various online guides that don't work in this version, and 2 that give the wrong answer! @badedgecases.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The way to discover which version of the Gnome desktop I'm running … depends on which version of the Gnome desktop I'm running.
I've so far found 4 different ways suggested in various online guides that don't work in this version, and 2 that give the wrong answer! @badedgecases.bsky.social
I've so far found 4 different ways suggested in various online guides that don't work in this version, and 2 that give the wrong answer! @badedgecases.bsky.social
You and your friends try to visit All Bar One but it turns out that you are the one
August 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You and your friends try to visit All Bar One but it turns out that you are the one
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Norman Reedus needing an adult to get him access to Discord because his face, and his face only, is blocked from verification
July 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Norman Reedus needing an adult to get him access to Discord because his face, and his face only, is blocked from verification
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You might be delighted/horrified to learn that the machine-readable zone of ICAO passports encodes all dates as YYMMDD – including the date of birth.
July 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
You might be delighted/horrified to learn that the machine-readable zone of ICAO passports encodes all dates as YYMMDD – including the date of birth.
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Everything on Steam today is $2.99 buff.ly/2wGgxQo
December 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Everything on Steam today is $2.99 buff.ly/2wGgxQo
Darts player with 20ft arms
July 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Darts player with 20ft arms
Godot shows up
July 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Godot shows up
"My wife had to replace her phone because the old one's camera was broken. Almost all of the banking and government apps and WhatsApp required her to restore her account by scanning a QR code with... the broken camera on her old phone. Often with no alternatives."
Joost Maglev on X: ". @badedgecases My wife had to replace her phone because the old one's camera was broken. Almost all of the banking and government apps and WhatsApp required her to restore her account by scanning a QR code with... the broken camera on her old phone. Often with no alternatives." / X
. @badedgecases My wife had to replace her phone because the old one's camera was broken. Almost all of the banking and government apps and WhatsApp required her to restore her account by scanning a QR code with... the broken camera on her old phone. Often with no alternatives.
x.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"My wife had to replace her phone because the old one's camera was broken. Almost all of the banking and government apps and WhatsApp required her to restore her account by scanning a QR code with... the broken camera on her old phone. Often with no alternatives."
Significant trailing whitespace
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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An employee's surname is "Null" stackoverflow.com/questions/44...
How to pass "Null" (a real surname!) to a SOAP web service in ActionScript 3
We have an employee whose surname is Null. Our employee lookup application is killed when that last name is used as the search term (which happens to be quite often now). The error received is:
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stackoverflow.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
An employee's surname is "Null" stackoverflow.com/questions/44...
"Apparently if your child turns two while on an American Airlines flight and they’re still sitting on your lap, a US Air Marshall will perform a dragon suplex on them at exactly 12:00am midnight"
Sam Winkler on X: "Apparently if your child turns two while on an American Airlines flight and they’re still sitting on your lap, a US Air Marshall will perform a dragon suplex on them at exactly 12:00am midnight https://t.co/s4W13BMtH2" / X
Apparently if your child turns two while on an American Airlines flight and they’re still sitting on your lap, a US Air Marshall will perform a dragon suplex on them at exactly 12:00am midnight https://t.co/s4W13BMtH2
x.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Apparently if your child turns two while on an American Airlines flight and they’re still sitting on your lap, a US Air Marshall will perform a dragon suplex on them at exactly 12:00am midnight"
A guided tour of every conceivable edge case you might encounter while attempting to define the term "mainline Super Mario Game"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ddm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ddm...
how many Super Mario games are there NOW?
YouTube video by jan Misali
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A guided tour of every conceivable edge case you might encounter while attempting to define the term "mainline Super Mario Game"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ddm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ddm...
"Biannual" event which occurs twice in every second year
July 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Biannual" event which occurs twice in every second year
I dislike declaring a real human being to be a "bad edge case" but this is a great story
And a cautionary tale to everybody who creates user interfaces where people have to enter an age or date of birth
x.com/joetidy/stat...
And a cautionary tale to everybody who creates user interfaces where people have to enter an age or date of birth
x.com/joetidy/stat...
Joe Tidy BBC News on X: "I’m on a flight in US and an old lady has caused confusion, hilarity and then amazement as the crew expected her to be an infant. She is actually 101 and the computer can’t handle an age that high so just put her down as a 1 year old on the manifest. She laughed it off. Legend." / X
I’m on a flight in US and an old lady has caused confusion, hilarity and then amazement as the crew expected her to be an infant. She is actually 101 and the computer can’t handle an age that high so just put her down as a 1 year old on the manifest. She laughed it off. Legend.
x.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I dislike declaring a real human being to be a "bad edge case" but this is a great story
And a cautionary tale to everybody who creates user interfaces where people have to enter an age or date of birth
x.com/joetidy/stat...
And a cautionary tale to everybody who creates user interfaces where people have to enter an age or date of birth
x.com/joetidy/stat...