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How to play with your tech problems
When you’re not familiar with a particular technology or software interface and you run into trouble, it’s hard to know whether it’s gone wrong, or you’re doing something wrong. It’s a bit like when your car engine starts making a strange noise. The only reason you know it’s strange is because you’ve been driving it
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Nothing you learn is ever a waste
When I started university, I chose computer science because it was practical and I was pretty good with computers. Still, everything else interested me at least as much. I filled up my schedule with English literature, physics, German language, and anthropology in addition to my required computer science and math courses. I was getting some
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AI can supercharge your troubleshooting powers. It can also destroy them.
By now, you’ve probably used ChatGPT or Claude to figure out some kind of tech issue in your life. Maybe you asked it for an explanation about a weird error message you got when you tried to check your email, or it helped you narrow down what part of your website was causing a critical
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Meditation for when you want to throw your computer out the window
I’ve uploaded a new meditation to Insight Timer, for those moments where something on your phone or laptop just isn’t working and you’re stuck in a swirl of anxiety, anger, or angst that’s making it hard for you to think clearly. It’ll help get your mind calm and centered again so that you’re better able
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Troubleshooting tech vs. troubleshooting the human body
How we’re different Troubleshooting a computer seems like it should be very different than troubleshooting a human body – and it is. The human body has so much going on that we haven’t the faintest clue about, despite centuries of scientific effort. Sometimes we can pin down the cause of a particular ailment; eg. if
