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It's called default mode thinking. Or the default mode network [1]. And I agree, not letting your mind do this from time to time results in higher stress and less ability to focus.…

Yeah, I suspected this could be related. Additionally frustrating as I'd honestly not a massive fan of printer dot codes either.

Printer refuses to print. "Replace toner" message. Operating system does appear to submit to print queue. (Windows 10) Printer toner indicator says Black is almost full (recently c…

Unfortunately it's not one of the transparent window ones. Nice when it used to work though.

I dislike the tactics many of the other printer manufacturers employ such as subscription services, DRM on cartridges, etc. I've always used and recommended Brother laser printers …

I've said this before, and I stand by it. I think AI does pose a threat, but not the existential one that leads popular discussion. Over the next few decades AI is going to take hu…

Take a look Parkitect. It's very much a modern RCT, complete with grid layout. As a fan of RCT1/2, I found it very enjoyable.

I last bought a laptop (in fact any PC at all) in 2015. It was pretty beefy for the time. A desktop 4790K CPU, 32gb RAM and a GTX 980M. It was a long time ago, but I think I paid a…

I mostly agree this way of looking at it, but find 2 things distort this nice clear explanation. 1. Lack of clarity. I've no problems paying a fee I want and use. But when the fees…

Surprisingly they seem very capable of taking down drones uninjured. They have very strong legs, and with a flexible attack from below they can avoid the props. Here's a video of s…

Oh the irony of examples of bad UI being posted on twitter where I just get half a UI loading with spinners and can't see anything.

> Where are the docker/redis/next.js/linux kernel/qt/roller-coaster tycoon creators? They create their own thing from scratch, and turn it into a job. The first 5 from that list we…

Kind of disappointed. What would have been amazing is if the code it gave you did what you requested but also contained a breakout attempt to take over your computer and copy itsel…

Not sure it matters that much. Most non-technical people I know wouldn't have a clue what a .zip was. Windows has hidden file extensions by default now for decades. And having a ph…

I think for many gig type work out would be hard to hit 50 hours. There are only so many peak hours for these jobs in a week. If tried to work more you'd find yourself just waiting…

To be a 60 year old software engineer now you would have to have started in 1984. (Assuming graduating age 21 and going straight into work*) There just wasn't the same number of de…

I used to use booking.com a lot. I can cope with the dark patterns and the aggressive anxiety based encouragement (although I find it repulsive). But more recently what's put me of…

I wonder if the visible white patch around Zuckerberg's eyes in the main photo are genuinely because he's been wearing a VR headset for 12 hours a day testing the metaverse or if t…

The business case for open sourcing dev tooling is that more developers will use them and build on them and that brings more people to your platforms.

No, that's the point I'm making. You approve in the banking app, and when you switch back to the app you were paying in it's forgotten where it was and doesn't complete the payment…

I've no desire to name and shame. I've notified apps via their support channels where appropriate. I just think there's value in raising this to a wider audience as it's become a r…

I've noticed a trend that payments on many mobile apps are completely broken. The problem is that a growing number of banks now use app notifications to approve online payments. (U…

Yeah, expansion type DLCs are at the border here. But the overall experience with scammy stores has left me leaning away from trusting any game with any significant DLC. For exampl…

Quite frankly in-game purchases has destroyed an entire industry for me. Mobile games are so filled with this junk I don't even bother looking at them any more. I avoid anything on…

The formal certificates will help in some situations, but don't assume you need them for everything right from the start. Speaking for myself, I would have happily hired a consulta…