For me it’s the paranoia surrounding webcams. People outright refuse to own one and I understand, until they go on and on about how they’re being spied. Here’s the secret - unplug the damn thing when you think you won’t use it or haven’t used it in a while.

They, whoever it is, can’t really spy on you on something that’s already off and unplugged!

  • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I had a chat with someone that is a Senior Staff Engineer at a huge company a while ago, on what I’d say is a pretty big service that millions use.

    They don’t write much code any more, but they debug a lot of issues. The way they described the workflow to mastery is:

    • If you know nothing, ask someone that knows something
    • If you know something, Google, and there will be answer from an expert
    • If you’re an expert and Google doesn’t work, read the docs and specs from the masters
    • If you’re a master, start writing the specs, and offer addendums for when the spec needs to change.

    IMO, Googling gets you 99% of the way there in many situations, but if you know nothing the answer might be in front of you and you wouldn’t know it.