• @IHawkMike
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    887 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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          107 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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            87 months ago

            Technically, all video is a series of updating stills.

            • @[email protected]
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              17 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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                7 months ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            17 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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              17 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!

          • @ArtVandelay
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            17 months ago

            Necessity is the mother of invention

    • Nougat
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      227 months ago

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

      • @chuckleslord
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        367 months ago

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

      • @IHawkMike
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        257 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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        77 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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          87 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.