• ferret
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    1198 months ago

    Everyone give it up for the fella who ran a webserver on a teapot

    • @IHawkMike
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      888 months ago

      I like returning 418 instead of 404 or 403 on the files the script kiddies are hunting for on my web servers. I’m sure it does nothing but I’d like to think I’ve wasted some of their time at least once.

          • @[email protected]
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            108 months ago

            Fun fact, first webcam was a series of updating stills of an actual coffee pot so some engineers would know if there was coffee made.

            • @hperrin
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              88 months ago

              Technically, all video is a series of updating stills.

              • @[email protected]
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                18 months ago

                True, but most streaming media now is a bunch of stills with the changes for each individual frame between them.

                • @hperrin
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                  True, but webcams still just deliver raw frames (or compressed frames in the case of MJPEG).

            • @ArtVandelay
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              18 months ago

              Necessity is the mother of invention

            • @[email protected]
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              18 months ago

              With that, plus image recognition, plus a control system, you could use rfc2324 to implement the digital control side

              Though I think I’d use weight, temperature, and flow sensors for easier service implementation

              • @HereIAm
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                18 months ago

                And then plug those values into a image generation service to give users a visually intuitive way to see if there’s cooffe or not!

      • Nougat
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        228 months ago

        You had one chance to use 420 and you squandered it.

        • @chuckleslord
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          368 months ago

          HTTP 418 is the “I’m a teapot” code

        • @IHawkMike
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          258 months ago

          Oh I get plenty of chances to use 420. But I think you might be missing the joke. 😁

        • Bahnd Rollard
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          78 months ago

          420 is still avalable. Not sure what you would put there (“Server too high?”) and given the controversy over 418 I think its best to leave that one blank instead of making a weed joke.

          • A Phlaming Phoenix
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            88 months ago

            There was an attempt by Twitter at one point to use “420 Enhance Your Calm” as a code to indicate you’re being rate limited.