Can an email go 500 miles in 2025? (flak.tedunangst.com)
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vghaisas Jul 9, 2025 | on: Bug Stories | context

Came across this list in the comments of this discussion, lots of great stories here! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44466030

My personal list of stories of this kind includes:

- Car allergic to vanilla ice cream: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/humour/carproblems.txt

- Can't log in when standing up: https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/3v52p...

- OpenOffice won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161...

- Wi-Fi only works when it's raining: https://predr.ag/blog/wifi-only-works-when-its-raining/