Short answer: When it’s a JavaScript arguments object. Long answer: In a JavaScript package I’m writing, I have a function that returns an object. There’s a bug in it where in certain situations it returns the JavaScript value true. I have a test framework set up with Mocha using the Chai assertion library. With it,…
In part one of this saga I described how CIBC had sent me a text with a phone number to get them to call them, and how this is wrong. I just went through my spam folder and found this gem: Dear BradCavanagh, Please contact us as soon as possible at 1-866-454-4339 (in Canada & U.S.) or 416-785-1331…
This morning I received a text message purporting to be from CIBC: BRAD,¡ Please call CIBC at 1-866-454-4339 to verify recent transactions on your credit card ending in¡XXXX. Yes, the ¡s were part of the text message, and I’ve X’ed out the last four digits in my credit card. This text came from the number “242-222”. I signed…
If you upgrade Elasticsearch from 0.20 to 0.90, any queries you previously made using a front slash will fail with an error similar to: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 “error” : “SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase [query], total failure; shardFailures {[tJ5MGSY_RnOHfeAN2O8gnQ][twitter][2]: SearchParseException[[twitter][2]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n…
Let’s face reality: the Green Party isn’t going to win the 2013 BC Election. They might win one or two seats. They’ll probably get 9-10% of the popular vote. And that is why I’m voting for the Green Party on Tuesday. I don’t like the first past the post elections we have in BC and…
The BC Conservatives are planning on scrapping the carbon tax, bribing Lower Mainland drivers with a $408 tax credit for frequent toll and ferry users, expanding mining, supporting the Northern Gateway pipeline and Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, and so on, and so on. Those who know me know that I’m pretty left-wing. That’s why I…