Computers can totally tell if you are confident about using it or not. They can also tell if you disrespect them or treat them poorly.
I've seen this several times. User complains that computer is slow, common functions don't work, random and unpredictable failures, etc. as soon as a tech joins, the problems disappear. This isn't just a matter of idiot users not knowing how computers work, because I have hung around with those users to observe the behavior. They are not lying, the computer will exhibit random and unpredictable problems. But as soon as a technician touches the machine it behaves well.
I've also done more than my share of after hours on-call rotations. I've learned that if you believe that you will get no calls, you will get no calls. If you believe you will be swamped by calls, you will get calls out the ass. Discovered this by accident when I came in one Monday to discover I have been on call for the last week and not received a single call. This actually led me into LoA and how your consciousness shapes your reality. I would have dismissed it all as bullshit if I didn't have first-hand experience.
>>31936that's all electronics, not just computers
It's not just computers, it's not just electronics. You've stumbled onto a governing principle behind life (maybe not even "life", maybe "physics"; the physics behind consciousness, at least). Surprise is rare. When you expect to be buttrustled, a rustling will a-come your way. When you expect things to work out, they will.
I think it's mostly a pendulum swing, to be honest. Difficulty comes, is resolved, and then is replaced with fresh difficulty. But there's definitely a "spooky" aspect to it, I've seen the same thing you describe. Computer problems that resolve when a tech shows up. I actually solved this with my family by telling them I'd charge them for tech support, suddenly they were more computer competent and their home PC stopped needing attention every couple of weeks. Interestingly enough, the one time they've needed me to remote in to help with something was a week after I borrowed some money from them, so it was "already paid for". (In case it's not obvious, I have no intention of actually charging my parents for tech support, I just needed to be less necessary to them after I moved across the country.)
I've noticed it between my wife and I's machines too. We have identical PCs, we ordered all the parts at the same time and built them side-by-side. We both took a diabetes lancelet and pricked our fingers to smear a drop of blood on the exterior of the I/O panel, a tradition I've kept since I started building PCs as a kid and was taught to do it. But her PC has issues frequently that mine doesn't have, and when mine has issues, they usually resolve themselves without me doing anything. Hers will be much more obstinate until I take a look at it. I think it's because she doesn't believe in the blood sacrifice as much as I do. I strongly believe that there is an intersection between blood majiq and tech, and I think over the last couple of years she's come to believe in it, but at the time, I don't think her belief was that strong. I'm about to prick her finger and put some fresh blood on her machine to test my theory LMAO.
But wait, what if it's just that my blood tastes better? Maybe her machine is craving my blood…