Microsoft has released a new feature for Windows 11, called “Recall”[1]. It takes screenshots of your desktop every 5 seconds, storing them locally for AI-powered search (no, I didn’t make this up)
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Month: May 2024
PSA – VS Code can kill…
Public Service Announcement: Visual Studio Code can kill remote machines…
I found this out the hard way.
I was using a Raspberry Pi (RPi) for a home project. It would slow down then die, seemly at random. A repower always fixed it.
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There are many cognitive biases waiting to trip us up. Sunk Cost Fallacy, The Curse of Knowledge, Confirmation Bias, the list goes on[1]. A cognitive bias is a common flaw in our thinking that leads to an irrational judgement or decision.
I think I’ve found a new cognitive bias.
My experience tells me that people fail to read documents, even when they know they should and would benefit from doing so. Yet, despite this, I still hold an unfounded expectation that when I write a document, people will read it. I suspect others do too. Is this a cognitive bias?
Let’s look at the underlying issue:
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