Tag: falsehood

June 25, 2026

• Notebooks, 1914
  Notebooks, 1914 — an Internet Archive item in the falsehood category. Listed in the weirdnet observatory.

June 24, 2026

• UK allows companies to be registered with special characters
  UK allows companies to be registered with special characters — a falsehood page from legislation.gov.uk. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

June 16, 2026

• URLs: It's complicated…
  URLs: It's complicated… — a falsehood page from netmeister.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

June 7, 2026

• Storing UTC is not a silver bullet
  Storing UTC is not a silver bullet — a falsehood page from codeblog.jonskeet.uk. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 25, 2026

• Creative Commons BY
  Creative Commons BY — a falsehood page from creativecommons.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 24, 2026

• The Bear with Its Own ZIP Code
  The Bear with Its Own ZIP Code — a falsehood page from kottke.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

April 5, 2026

• Falsehoods about Airline Seat Maps
  Falsehoods about Airline Seat Maps — a falsehood page from duffel.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

March 29, 2026

• There's more than one way to write an IP address
  There's more than one way to write an IP address — a falsehood page from ma.ttias.be. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

March 21, 2026

• Dark corners of Unicode
  Dark corners of Unicode — a falsehood page from eev.ee. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

March 17, 2026

• Falsehoods about Networks
  Falsehoods about Networks — a falsehood page from blog.erratasec.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

March 1, 2026

• Rules for Autocomplete
  Rules for Autocomplete — a falsehood page from jeremymikkola.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 25, 2026

• Falsehoods about REST APIs
  Falsehoods about REST APIs — a falsehood page from slinkp.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 13, 2026

• Critical and Significant Dates
  Critical and Significant Dates — a falsehood page from merlyn.demon.co.uk. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 3, 2026

• So You Want to Abolish Time Zones
  So You Want to Abolish Time Zones — a falsehood page from qntm.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 27, 2026

• Falsehoods about Language
  Falsehoods about Language — a falsehood page from garbled.benhamill.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 25, 2026

• I Knew How to Validate an Email Address Until I Read the RFC
  I Knew How to Validate an Email Address Until I Read the RFC — a falsehood page from haacked.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 22, 2026

• Minimum to Know About Unicode and Character Sets
  Minimum to Know About Unicode and Character Sets — a falsehood page from joelonsoftware.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 16, 2026

• Falsehoods about CSVs
  Falsehoods about CSVs — a falsehood page from donatstudios.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 7, 2026

• Falsehoods about Time and Time Zones
  Falsehoods about Time and Time Zones — a falsehood page from creativedeletion.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 4, 2026

• Gay Marriage: The Database Engineering Perspective
  Gay Marriage: The Database Engineering Perspective — a falsehood page from qntm.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

December 30, 2025

• Falsehoods about Search
  Falsehoods about Search — a falsehood page from opensourceconnections.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

December 8, 2025

• Popular misconceptions about mtime
  Popular misconceptions about mtime — a falsehood page from apenwarr.ca. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

December 5, 2025

• Falsehoods about Job Applicants
  Falsehoods about Job Applicants — a falsehood page from medium.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

November 26, 2025

• Falsehoods about Unix Time
  Falsehoods about Unix Time — a falsehood page from alexwlchan.net. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

November 11, 2025

• Personal Names Around the World
  Personal Names Around the World — a falsehood page from w3.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

November 4, 2025

• Falsehoods CS Students (Still) Believe Upon Graduating
  Falsehoods CS Students (Still) Believe Upon Graduating — a falsehood page from netmeister.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

November 1, 2025

• Falsehoods about Me
  Falsehoods about Me — a falsehood page from skylarmacdonald.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

October 28, 2025

• Falsehoods Programmers Believe
  Falsehoods Programmers Believe — a falsehood page from spaceninja.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

October 22, 2025

• Falsehoods about garbage collection
  Falsehoods about garbage collection — a falsehood page from paul.bone.id.au. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

October 1, 2025

• Falsehoods about Addresses
  Falsehoods about Addresses — a falsehood page from mjt.me.uk. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

September 5, 2025

• So you think you can validate email addresses (FOSDEM 2018)
  So you think you can validate email addresses (FOSDEM 2018) — a falsehood page from fosdem.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

August 25, 2025

• Myths about File Paths
  Myths about File Paths — a falsehood page from yakking.branchable.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

August 16, 2025

• Time Zone Database
  Time Zone Database — a falsehood page from iana.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

July 31, 2025

• Falsehoods about Economics
  Falsehoods about Economics — a falsehood page from exple.tive.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

July 24, 2025

• Falsehoods about Names
  Falsehoods about Names — a falsehood page from shinesolutions.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

June 30, 2025

• Falsehoods about Biometrics
  Falsehoods about Biometrics — a falsehood page from shkspr.mobi. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

June 3, 2025

• Falsehoods about Maps
  Falsehoods about Maps — a falsehood page from atlefren.net. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 25, 2025

• Falsehoods about Time
  Falsehoods about Time — a falsehood page from infiniteundo.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 18, 2025

• Falsehoods about Time Zones
  Falsehoods about Time Zones — a falsehood page from zainrizvi.io. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 17, 2025

• The Door Problem
  The Door Problem — a falsehood page from lizengland.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 15, 2025

• Falsehoods about Families
  Falsehoods about Families — a falsehood page from shkspr.mobi. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

May 8, 2025

• Falsehoods about Build Systems
  Falsehoods about Build Systems — a falsehood page from pozorvlak.livejournal.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

April 23, 2025

• Falsehoods about Pagination
  Falsehoods about Pagination — a falsehood page from hezmatt.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

March 4, 2025

• Hello, I'm Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers
  Hello, I'm Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers — a falsehood page from wired.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 28, 2025

• UTC is Enough for everyone, right?
  UTC is Enough for everyone, right? — a falsehood page from zachholman.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 16, 2025

• Falsehoods about Systems of Measurement
  Falsehoods about Systems of Measurement — a falsehood page from stevemoser.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 4, 2025

• Your E
  Your E — a falsehood page from netmeister.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

February 3, 2025

• XKCD #327: Exploits of a Mom
  XKCD #327: Exploits of a Mom — a falsehood page from xkcd.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

January 27, 2025

• I Hate Coordinate Systems
  I Hate Coordinate Systems — a falsehood site at ihatecoordinatesystems.com. Part of the weirdnet hand-curated map of the small web.

January 17, 2025

• Parsing the Infamous Japanese Postal CSV
  Parsing the Infamous Japanese Postal CSV — a falsehood page from dampfkraft.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

December 17, 2024

• Your Calendrical Fallacy Is Thinking…
  Your Calendrical Fallacy Is Thinking… — a falsehood site at yourcalendricalfallacyis.com. Part of the weirdnet hand-curated map of the small web.

November 8, 2024

• More Falsehoods about Time
  More Falsehoods about Time — a falsehood page from infiniteundo.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

October 19, 2024

• Falsehoods about Testing
  Falsehoods about Testing — a falsehood page from club.ministryoftesting.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

October 15, 2024

• The Long, Painful History of Time
  The Long, Painful History of Time — a falsehood page from naggum.no. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

September 19, 2024

• You Advocate a Calendar Reform
  You Advocate a Calendar Reform — a falsehood page from qntm.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

September 12, 2024

• Falsehoods about Names
  Falsehoods about Names — a falsehood page from kalzumeus.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

September 6, 2024

• Top 5 most insane kanji place names in Japan
  Top 5 most insane kanji place names in Japan — a falsehood page from soranews24.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

September 2, 2024

• The Hidden Complexity of Downloading Favicons, Told in 15+ Edge Cases
  The Hidden Complexity of Downloading Favicons, Told in 15+ Edge Cases — a falsehood page from simplecto.com. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.

August 16, 2024

• Truths programmers should know about case
  Truths programmers should know about case — a falsehood page from b-list.org. Listed in the weirdnet link dump.