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Re:Bug Blindness by gregates on Sunday August 30, 2026 @04:26AM (#49496797)
> On the topic of Michael's comment, I think it's easy for programmers to not notice ads. Almost all programmers I know use an ad blocker and, in real life, their eyes seem to just skim over ads and not notice them.

How do you write this article and not notice that this should be the topmost example of people adapting to buggy software that doesn't at all work for its users without workaround cognitive hacks?

Re:Bug Blindness by inigyou on Monday August 31, 2026 @01:26PM (#49512353)
Banner blindness has been studied since a few years after ad banners were invented and advertisers started getting pissy they didn't magically triple their revenue, heh