I used to have that same problem with my MX Master. It went away when I reinstalled Windows last year after — better Boot Camp drivers from Apple, maybe?

@SortOfTested My college used to require business majors to take an introductory programming course. This question would be aimed at them.

The best source of entropy money can buy

@VaderNT That’s for when you stick your finger where it doesn’t belong.

I’m going to go with a broad interpretation of “used” and say that my first was the IBM XT that Dad had in his home office in the mid to late eighties. One of my favorite pastimes as a toddler (or so my parents tell me) was to sneak up behind my father while he was working, rake my hands across the keyboard, and squeal with delight as the computer bleeped and Dad groaned at the now-frozen machine.

1. Open new terminal window on coworker’s computer
2. Type “cat /dev/zero > /some/random/file &”
3. Press enter
4. Close terminal window
5. Walk away while laughing maniacally

“Don’t make your users scroll” hasn’t been solid advice since the days when Monica Lewinsky and Y2K were in the news.

I would trade Amtrak for Deutsche Bahn in a heartbeat. It’s not uncommon for trains to run a hour or more behind schedule in my region.

I enjoy my Kinesis Freestyle2. My only complaint is that even though it connects to my laptop via Bluetooth, the two halves of the keyboard are still tethered to one another.

@Voxera There were plenty of experiments and demonstrations. It’s not that he was being obstinate; he was trying to understand what I was telling him but just didn’t get it.

Be inqusitive — learning is part of the job description for a junior dev. Observe the senior devs, both how they work individually and as a team. Favor pragmatism over idealism. Speak up if you think there's a better way to do something, but defer to those who have the benefit of experience.

It was better (or at least easier to see) several versions ago when the entire file/folder name was highlighted, but even then the value of Finder labels was questionable.

My CTO once argued that 200 is the correct response any time the server "successfully" receives a request from a client.