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Microwave oven to blame for mystery signal that left astronomers stumped
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/microwave-oven-caused-mystery-signal-plaguing-radio-telescope-for-17-years
The Roman Mars Mazda Virus
https://gimletmedia.com/amp/shows/reply-all/brh8jm
The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining
https://predr.ag/blog/wifi-only-works-when-its-raining/
Application crashes when I drink coke
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/application-crashes-when-i-drink-coke-kaushik-raghavan/
Crashes only on Wednesdays
https://gyrovague.com/2015/07/29/crashes-only-on-wednesdays/
GZIP exceptions, but only on hot or rainy days
https://alexyorke.github.io//2022/11/11/gzip-exceptions-but-only-on-hot-or-rainy-days/
We had a unit test once which only failed on Sundays
https://qntm.org/unit
How Space Weather Can Influence Elections on Earth
https://www.vice.com/en/article/9agbxd/space-weather-cosmic-rays-voting-aaas
100 Parking Tickets
https://100parkingtickets.com/
CPU Core Speed stuck at 0.80GHz Latitude e7440
https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/latitude/cpu-core-speed-stuck-at-080ghz-latitude-e7440/647f79dcf4ccf8a8de805bd2?page=2
Excel, Email and Electricity
https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9si6r9/postmortem_mri_disables_every_ios_device_in/e8pgstk/
How Justice Clarence Thomas uncovered a seven-year-old bug in my computer program
https://franklinchen.com/blog/2013/01/18/how-justice-clarence-thomas-uncovered-a-seven-year-old-bug-in-my-computer-program/
Instagram's Time Capsule Bug
https://harley.hicks.house/instagrams-time-capsule-bug/
Toyota Case: Single Bit Flip That Killed
https://www.eetimes.com/toyota-case-single-bit-flip-that-killed/
The greatest bug I never fixed
https://blog.makandra.com/2010/04/the-greatest-bug-i-never-fixed/
Xenon Death Flash: a free physics lesson
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson/
The curious case of the disappearing Polish S
https://medium.engineering/the-curious-case-of-disappearing-polish-s-fa398313d4df#.l98z5644w
Can't stream rock music, only classical
https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/14ulhl/cant_stream_rock_music_only_classical/
Putting The Cart Before The Bee
https://twitter.com/NPurkeypile/status/1427650365558857728
Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994
Sysadmin war story: “The network ate my font!”
http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/sysadmin-war-story-the-network-ate-my-font/
Todd Howard on chickens reporting crimes in Skyrim
https://www.pcgamer.com/todd-howard-on-chickens-reporting-crimes-in-skyrim/
Dwarf Fortress - The Mystery of the Dead Cats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAhHkJQ3KgY
Print this file, your printer will jam
https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200811/print_this_file_your_printer_will_jam.html
The NULL-byte Serial-Port Killer
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/hvbjnd/500_mile_email_a_curated_list_of_absurd_software/fytxxo7/
iPhones Are Allergic to Helium
https://www.ifixit.com/News/11986/iphones-are-allergic-to-helium
What's the hardest bug you've debugged?
https://www.quora.com/Programming-Interviews/Whats-the-hardest-bug-youve-debugged/answer/Dave-Baggett?srid=pxH3&share=1
"the game thinks my companions are dead" bug
https://twitter.com/_taylorswope/status/1205252714680045568
The Great Bug Hunt
https://allenpike.com/2018/the-great-bug-hunt
The wrong error message
https://fadden.com/tech/webtv-anecdotes.html#wrong-error
I Love the Smell of Popcorn in the Morning
http://thedailywtf.com/articles/I-Love-the-Smell-of-Popcorn-in-the-Morning
A Story About 'Magic'
https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/1232
Server 54, Where Are You?
https://www.informationweek.com/server-54-where-are-you/d/d-id/1010340
The Best Debugging Story I’ve Ever Heard
https://patrickthomson.tumblr.com/post/2499755681/the-best-debugging-story-ive-ever-heard
Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30?
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man-print-gimme-gimme-gimme-at-0030
We can't send mail more than 500 miles
https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
Debugging Behind the Iron Curtain
https://www.jakepoz.com/debugging-behind-the-iron-curtain/
Openoffice can’t print on Tuesdays
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161/comments/28