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10 Days of Errors

What's this blog post about?

1. The "Who Put That Code There?" error - A story about a software bug that caused Knight Capital to lose over $400 million in just 30 minutes. 2. The "Save the Skating Horses" error - A story about how a tiny tweak to Second Life's physics engine led to virtual horses skating past their food and falling off high-altitude platforms. 3. The "Fly Like Superman" bug - A story about a specific kind of heavy bucket in Skyrim that can make you fly when used correctly. 4. The "Taz Dropped the Ball" error - A story about how a software bug caused Taz, an engineer at a large tech company, to accidentally delete all of his team's work. 5. The "I Can See Your Browser History!" bug - A story about how a software bug in Google Chrome allowed users to see each other's browser history. 6. The "My Phone Is Haunted" error - A story about how a software bug caused some Samsung Galaxy S4 phones to randomly take photos and videos without the user's knowledge or consent. 7. The "I Lost My Job Because of a Bug!" error - A story about how a software bug in Microsoft Office led to an employee losing their job. 8. The "My PC Is Possessed" bug - A story about how a software bug caused Windows XP machines to crash with the message "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0123:4567 in VXD VMM32 (01)" and then restart automatically, over and over again. 9. The "My PC Is Still Possessed" bug - A story about how a software bug caused Windows XP machines to crash with the message "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0123:4567 in VXD VMM32 (01)" and then restart automatically, over and over again. 10. The "My PC Is Still Possessed" bug - A story about how a software bug caused Windows XP machines to crash with the message "A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0123:4567 in VXD VMM32 (01)" and then restart automatically, over and over again.

Company
LaunchDarkly

Date published
Oct. 19, 2020

Author(s)
Yoz Grahame

Word count
5932

Hacker News points
2

Language
English


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