💻Random tidbits

assorted "nice-to-know" computing trivia

Web development

• The default localhost port number for a React Vite site is 5173

  • this spells out "site" in "Leet(speak)" or "1337"

  • this also spells out "vite" in that the Roman numeral for 5 is "V"

Worst web habits

• So many social media users ask questions (when they can easily search or ask AI)

  • because they "want interaction" but they could easily go to a chat room for quicker interaction!

• So many YouTube channels beg viewers to "like and subscribe"

  • this makes the viewer actually not want to like, let alone subscribe

  • do people on other social media sites ask you to "like and follow" after each and every post? no!

• Different types of crappy YouTube (and video website) comments

  • the "first post"er who will quickly get buried

  • the "contrarian" who wants to rip the video apart

    • usually based on some insignificant trivial detail

  • the "personal anecdote" people who will reminisce about their past

    • the video loosely relates to their life story (yay)

  • the "off-topic" dude who will talk about something else vaguely related to the video

  • the "self-promoter" who will name-drop themselves or someone else

  • the "who's still watching this in (current year)" as though things aren't meant to be timeless

  • the "question asker" who would get their answers quicker if they just Googled or ChatGPTed or use the internet better

  • the "one word" or "one emoji" replier who does nothing to add to the conversation besides post "cool" or a "😍" emoji

  • the "non-sequitur 'get rich quick' spam" post (you should know this one)

  • the "hi i'm bored" idiot

General computing

• Don't believe in that "the first computer bug was actually a bug" story - it's apocryphal