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"Cathode Ray Dude, in one of his many excellent "Quick Start" videos, made an interesting observation that has stuck in my brain: sophisticated computer users, nerds if you will, have a tendency to completely ignore things that they know are worthless."
https://computer.rip/2024-07-13-the-contemporary-carphone.htmlI have a slightly less charitable take on this, that it is easy to create something like the Douglas Adams' "Somebody Else's Problem" field, making something invisible by convincing those same nerds it's unimportant.
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