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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I used to work in an office with 4 other developers. It was a common occurrence to have the lights go off in the room, for energy saving.

Simone would wave their arm, then go back to staring.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

God bless Simone

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At least they’re moving. Sometimes it goes off and nobody reacts at all.

Sometimes figuring out what you’re supposed to do is most of the project.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

True, true. Working in the dark was kinda nice on those days

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I work in a dedicated room in my house (remote developer). During the day I don’t really need to turn the lights on—windows and a skylight. The sun sets and sometimes I really just don’t notice. My wife will come in at some point and scold me for working in the dark, claiming it’s bad for my eyes (as if staring at a screen all day isn’t already).

I actually rather enjoy that rather not-subtle marker of the passage of time and how entrancing “the zone” can be such that I fail to even notice that.