Worked in a stationers over 20 years ago, still remember the barcode for this one pencil eraser we sold all the time that would never scan - 4007817526040.

... Still can't remember a single damn birthday or important appointment. Why, brain, why?

A friend of mine moved to Japan about 10 years ago and has spent a lot of time solo developing his site, Kanpeki Study, for efficiently learning Japanese kanji and vocabulary in bitesize, daily chunks. I'd be doing all his effort a massive disservice if I didn't mention it - hopefully turns out to be a good fit for you 😄.

Welcome to the UK! Not sure on your final destination, but I'm based in South West England. Please feel free to reach out if you need any help or guidance, especially if you're heading down this way 🙂.

It took nearly 12 months, an emergency visit, and being lucky enough to get a Dr who listened before "the tests look normal, idk, do some stretches?" became "oh no, your arm's blood supply is compromised, we have to do surgery."

So glad I didn't listen to the other Drs, or I'd never have found I have the lucky combination of arterial and venous thoracic outlet syndrome. On the downside, they're going to cut my rib out, but it definitely taught me to trust my body when something seems wrong.

I can read text in any orientation, even if mirrored, as easily as if it was right side up / not mirrored. Not sure why, and almost completely useless, but was surprised to discover that supposedly not everyone can do this?

May be stating the obvious or missing the point, but this is just a 3d render, right? Nothing about this looks like it exists in the real world.

The snaps on this are giving me major flashbacks, though I can't put my finger on anything specific. My mum was a seamstress and I'm sure I remember finding and playing with something exactly like this in her room as a kid back in the 80s. Will reply here if it comes back to me :) the fact it's adjustable to fixed intervals via the snaps seems too purposeful and practical, though - especially with the metal presumably giving rigidity to whatever it's used for.

Have reviewed 16 year old code for a very well known company in the last week with this exact comment peppered throughout, alongside delightfully helpful comments like:

// do not delete or change this it just works

// TODO temporary fix added 12/09/11 to fix incident must be removed ASAP

// CAUTION this returns false here instead of true like it normally does, not sure why

// if true then matched to valid account not is true

UX / UI work lends itself to designers with IT skills in a similar way. I ended up falling into Business Analysis ultimately, but graphic design experience mixed with IT skills have helped immeasurably throughout the twisting path my career took.

Me too! I blame it entirely on my literal childhood interpretation of someone telling me to "cross my fingers and toes" - learned how to cross all of my toes, then picking things up came naturally after that 😂

Yep, it's like it's automatically transformed back to normal in my mind's eye :). Mirrored and upside-down presents a little challenge, but everything else is no trouble.

Thank you <3

Have always personally seen Gherkin being used with Cucumber, as I believe that they're two parts of the same whole, but I'm happy to be corrected if wrong :).

My understanding is that Gherkin is the syntax used to write the scenarios / acceptance criteria, whilst Cucumber is the tool that interprets said scenarios and executes them as automated tests.

Beat me to it! Looks like this is around measure 55 in the second subject of the 1st movement, one of my favourite parts of the piece to play :)

Currently working on a programme of work for a huge client whose core system is still running the same COBOL spaghetti that was written in the 80s. The demand for COBOL developers to support or update these systems, and the compensation they get, is wild.

It was fun to discover that contact lenses are like a superpower when it comes to cutting onions. Finally, a benefit to being utterly blind!

I'm not! I'm barely even right handed, honestly - I'm incredibly uncoordinated.

Actually learned a lot I didn't know about the history of the little town I live in - very cool! Thank you!

Interesting! The university I attended had a similar room using projectors, but it was never as impressive as this. They did have it rigged to play Doom, though!

Can confirm, walked into a bathroom and witnessed this happening when these were first introduced here ~15 years ago. Nobody believed me but... I know what I saw that day.