macOS How to debug a random walk

[lazydog]

Hi

I have this really annoying and distracting bug with a random walk... it's crawling on the underside of the lcd screen. Any ideas how to get it out? I thought I cracked it. I drew in Photoshop a black path with red walls leading to the edge of the screen. It worked but it's come back now and ignoring the path completely.

b e n

 

[iSee]

I've encountered this before... Go to bed for about 24hrs, and you won't see the bug anymore.

 

[liptonlover]

... am I missing something here??? ... I don't get it...

 

[whooleytoo]

Tell some Mac jokes. Mac jokes aren't PC, so it might get offended and leave.

 

[lazydog]

... am I missing something here??? ... I don't get it...

It looks like this

but... thankfully... not as big. It's been wandering around for hours now!


b e n

EDIT: I just noticed a second one wandering around. I'm thinking this isn't good.. I then click on Safari to bring the window into view, and for a moment, the animated bug in my post fools me into thinking I've got a third, but much bigger! A bit of a nasty shock it was :lol:

 

[zedLondon]

You have been sitting at the screen too long

When i read the title i thought you were having trouble coding a brownian motion or something

 

[lazydog]

You have been sitting at the screen too long

True… but it has been entertaining.

When i read the title i thought you were having trouble coding a brownian motion or something

Sorry to have dissapointed you!

b e n

 

[liptonlover]

so... you're seeing things? Or Apple added some little bug thing? Or you have some program installed that does that? Or an actual bug got under your screen?

 

[lazydog]

:lol: I know I have more bugs in my code than most people, but to watch them crawl around lines of code is... um a bit strange.

Liptonlover, yes they are real bugs, small flies in fact. I feel sorry for them though, if I could help them out I would. One kept trying to fly. It would spread its wings and jump up, only to hit the the screen. It did it about 10 times before giving up and setting off on another random walk across the screen. I don't know how they got in there, but I hope in the morning they're gone. What's weird though is that it looks like they actually walk under the pixels, not on top.

b e n

 

[liptonlover]

<_< answer sarcasm with sarcasm... that's it.