The Future Is Stupid Thread (was Microsoft / CrowdStrike Outage)

[redrumloa]

I can go on a long rant about what happened Friday, but that is probably for another thread. This thread is just to show how STUPID the future is. This is just a taste of things to come, but we'll assume for this thread it is stupidity for the sake of stupidity and not something more nefarious.

Picture from Friday:



Cashless restaurant, which is illegal in the US under federal law yet since the coof has been turned a blind eye to the law. Then you have the widespread global outage Friday and you get examples like this.

 

[Pyromania]

It’s 2024 already, why are so many companies still using great great grand dads operating system? The word reliability and Windows OS should not be even be used in the same breath.

 

[redrumloa]

Pretty deep in the weeds, but he explains well enough that at least I can easily understand. I bet a lot of people were affected yesterday. One of my buildings almost had to go into 24/7 fire watch as our fire alarm dialer was not communicating during the outage.

CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer​

 

[redrumloa]

Confused Robotaxis Gather in Droves to Honk at Each Other All Night​

"At first I actually found it really funny, these cars are honking at each other," White told the Los Angeles Times. "I don't find it funny anymore."

And neither do his neighbors.

"Over the past two weeks I've been woken up more times overnight than I have combined over 20 years," Russell Pofsky, who lives in a building next to White, told ABC7 News.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1823256993311740196

The future is stupid and people who vote for such policy are even more stupid. I mean this is San Fran, the epicenter of all things stupid.

 

[redrumloa]

The future is stupid, incredibly stupid.
Plastic cup.
Plastic lid.
PAPER straw!

I just took this pic. Paper straws have nothing to do with "saving muh planet".

 

[Pyromania]

Paper straws are loaded with chemicals. I recommend sticking with bamboo.

Not so eco-friendly? Paper straws contain more 'forever chemicals' than plastic, study says

A new study found 90% of paper straws tested contained forever chemicals, or PFAS, compared to 75% of plastic straws

www.usatoday.com

 

[redrumloa]

Natural selection, I suppose.

Electric Time Bomb: Tesla Bursts into Flames Inside Garage Flooded by Hurricane Helene​

“Electric Vehicles that have been flooded in saltwater can catch fire,” the Pinellas County Government warned in their Facebook post on Saturday. “If you evacuated and left an electric vehicle or golf cart in your garage or under a building and you are not able to get to it or move it, we want you to let us know.”

Authorities further advised EV owners to take necessary precautions to prevent similar fire hazards. They strongly recommended against charging, driving, or storing electric vehicles and e-bikes inside homes or garages if the vehicles had been exposed to saltwater flooding. The county stressed that any flooded electric vehicle should be moved at least 50 feet away from flammable materials and towed to a dealership for a thorough safety inspection before attempting to operate it again.