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Tag: fail

  • Did I just rank my LPG provider 10/10, or 1/10? I genuinely don't know.

    Full image of Slider from a web questionnaire, asking "In a scale of 0 to 10: How likely are you to recommend Flogas for bulk gas?". The slider below, though, is a scale from 0 to 100, not 0 to 10. The value 10 is selected on the slider, but this is only one-tenth of the way along its length.
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    Slider from a web questionnaire, asking "In a scale of 0 to 10: How likely are you to recommend Flogas for bulk gas?". The slider below, though, is a scale from 0 to 100, not 0 to 10. The value 10 is selected on the slider, but this is only one-tenth of the way along its length.

    • Note
    • posted 9 October, 2025
  • What's the equivalent phrase to "hair of the dog", but for caffeine?

    I've always been pretty sensitive to it, and while I'm less-so now, it was still definitely a mistake to eat several portions of tiramisu right before bedtime.

    So now I'm going to need more caffeine, this morning, to compensate for the lack of sleep.

    What do we call that?

    • Note
    • posted 28 February, 2025
  • Relationship to proposer question with 'spouse' option but not 'living with partner'.

    Confused.com Confuses Me

    Confused.com's user interface makes Dan cry when he tries to comparison-shop car insurance. Here's why.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1431 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 15 January, 2021
  • Image representing post: Becky falls off a chair in McDonalds

    Becky falls off a chair in McDonalds



    Originally from a tweet.

    In case anyone needs a good laugh today here’s me falling off a stool in McDonald’s that a friend found on the CCTV

    Also available on YouTube.

    Read more (33 words)

    • Video
    • posted 22 January, 2018
  • Right Feature, Wrong Project

    Since I've been working from home, things with my "day job" at SmartData have ticked along pretty much the same as they ever did before. But once in a while, something goes wrong. Like this.

    I checked my instant messenger, and saw a bit of text from my boss, Simon:

    also, have you implemenmted a …

    Read more (317 words)

    • Article
    • posted 17 September, 2010

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