I was reading computer magazines < 16 and now > 54.

I am in Northern Ireland and very fortunate our public library provides digital access to books and magazines through the free Libby app. The app has some of the best computer magazine publications.

Regardless, don't discard magazines. They are good for keeping up to date and sparking ideas.

I am 54 and my response to your 40s insight is, "Amen".

Lecturer in Cybersecurity. I started to believe in God in my late teens, 40 years ago. I was at a party and a friend told me he had become a Christian. As I slept on a sofa in the party house I prayed, “Jesus, if you are out there, will you come into my life”.

Christian belief tends to follow by being told about God through colleagues, friends and family. Becoming a follower follows study of the Scriptures and disciplines such as prayer.

Some HNers may see belief as less intelligent. At 54 I can guarantee there are men and woman out there more intelligent than yourself who believe in God. My most intelligent, unbelieving Professor friend, would agree with me on this point.

My son had a little toy called Charlie when he was a baby which he loved deeply. AI no more has feelings than the idea Charlie came to life and played with the other toys when we left the room.

Leaf by Niggle, Tolkien. If you worry about your life being a disappointment, or you are often distracted / lack focus, read this :-)

Solving a problem in my area and timing is my experience. My sideline is 18 years old and paid for a lot of my family life.

Loving a migration from Dropbox to Nextcloud and client tls certificates through Cloudflare to work around my very tied down workplace :-)

I enjoyed reading your thoughts on thinking and rumination. I fall prey to circular thinking myself. This can unsettle my wife at times as she is not this way inclined. I can incite worry, while I move on and probably forget about the very concerns I have been raising.

I have been learning to quieten my ruminations by keeping a journal. This stops all the meanderings escaping. A kind of triage so to speak, where important thoughts get revisited and the rest stay in a journal no one will read.

I made the mistake of promoting my sideline on online groups 20 years ago. Some nasty responses. One random guy however told me to keep going and ignore the criticism. Groups are full of critics who couldn't make porridge let alone a product.

What got me started was sending out letters to clients, in my case schools. Old school I know. I have always worked full time. The sideline has made several hundred thousand dollars over the last 20 years.

Think about how companies advertise and copy with what you can afford.