The PFY
Coverage of The PFY in the Nexus archive.
- BOFH: Amnesty means never having to say you're sorry
The article describes an annual amnesty event where users can confess to damaging equipment without facing retribution. Examples include a damaged laptop and a broken HDMI port, resolved by replacing or relocating items. A future fire and past insurance-related incidents are also referenced.
- Chinese e-tailer claimed 14-inch box stretched the size of a 9-inch tablet
A company's IT team purchased a 14-inch Android tablet for $150 from a Chinese e-tailer, but received a 9-inch tablet instead. The seller used a proprietary sizing method to claim it was 11 inches, then cited the 14-inch box's diagonal measurement. The e-tail platform eventually offered a full refund after disputes, leaving the company with a partial refund if they kept the undersized device.
- Vibe-coded solutions arrive for problems nobody has
A manager develops an AI-powered app to solve non-existent workplace problems and mandates its installation on company phones. The IT staff expresses deep skepticism about the app's actual usefulness and the manager's dubious programming approach using "vibe-coding" and AI.