Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:08:16 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
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On 2024-07-24 17:48:05 +0000, Paul S Person said:

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:29:19 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
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On 2024-07-24 03:27:34 +0000, Mad Hamish said:

On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:56:32 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

 
xkcd: CrowdStrike
https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
 
Make the best of bad times.
 
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
 
Lynn

 
Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?

 
A client provided  computer went on a reboot loop and meant I couldn't
do a scheduled software release
When I went to the supermarket 1/2 the checkouts were out of service
(I presume crowdstrike)

<snip>
 
Sounds like just a normal day here in New Zealand ... the
idiots>running the supermarkets only ever seem to have half the
checkouts>(usually less!) working. Same with bank branches with their
tellers. :-(

 
For a while, the card reader in one particular checkout of the local
Bartells always refused to read my card's chip. The others worked.
 
They replaced their old machines with new ones. The same thing
happened.
 
The problem here, of course, is that there is no way to demonstrate it
to anyone. To do that I would have to purchase a lot of items
individually, some at one checkout, some at another, while some
employee paid attention. Had that /been/ possible, I would have
suggested switching cables. I mean, if the problem survives putting in
a new machine, doesn't that make the cable the Obvious Suspect?
 
The clerks were hopeless. They didn't read the whole screen and so
missed the fact that it wanted me to slide the card. One managed to go
so fast that the device actually claimed the card had been cancelled.
It hadn't: swiping worked. One insisted I "tap" even that that card
didn't have the capability; she was /convinced/ that all cards could
do this. Things have quieted down now that the card was updated by one
that does "tap".

>
I had the bank turn off the silly "tap" payments on my credit card. It
was created for people too lazy to tap a few buttons.

I find it a great convenience, if only because /it always works/.
Unlike a chip. And sliding can require one to adjust the position of
the device to be able to put the card in correctly and slide down
without jumping around. This of course depends on how much other junk
they have next to the device.

And it neither adds to nor detracts from the number of buttons
(generally 0) I have to tap. But YMMV and you are certainly entitled
to do what you like on this issue.
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