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enbyecho ,

No, it’s just based on vibes.

You didn't bother looking, clearly.

Edit: I'm not saying I'm familiar with what the studies say, although some draw a clear link with adverse mental health impacts on kids. Not sure how far that goes. I'm also not saying I agree with the SG or the need for warning labels, but to say this is based on "vibes" is, ironically, speculative at best.

enbyecho , (edited )

Do I really need to point out that you yourself are "literally just posting vibes" ?

You didn't even bother investigating whether or not they had justified their stance with science. I'm not convinced you made it past the headline, much less read any of the content that article linked to.

The funny thing is I actually did read two of the studies I quickly found and which you too can find. But you seem more interested in adhering to a certain... vibe.

Have a nice day.

Edit:
You know I was busy and totally forgot.

The very first result on my search engine, if you search for "effects of social media on children's mental health" is the HHS.gov website, specifically this page: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/youth-mental-health/social-media/index.html

And wouldn't you know, right there are 5 separate papers cited to support 1. that social media is widely used; and 2 it "presents meaningful harm to youth"

enbyecho ,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

enbyecho ,

Tell me you didn’t read the article without telling me.

Why would you conclude that? Because it conflicts with your "vibe"?

enbyecho ,

It's a pity you aren't worth responding to. Have a nice day!

enbyecho ,

So you acknowledge that you don't have the skills necessary to interpret papers so... what, you decide that Nature adequately represents their findings enough to dismiss them? Even though you say there is little evidence of a causative link? Even though the surgeon general says they feel there is and cites that evidence to back it up?

I mean... what?

enbyecho ,

It's literally cited on the HHS page about it: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/youth-mental-health/social-media/index.html

enbyecho ,

I would interpret the American Academy of Pediatricians stance as being supportive. But that's open to interpretation, I suppose.

https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/media-and-children/center-of-excellence-on-social-media-and-youth-mental-health/youth-advisory-panel/youth-advisory-panel-feedback-to-policymakers/

enbyecho ,

I live in rural California. We only just this year are able to pick up a faint LTE signal. I think it might get us a very unstable 1-2 Mbps if we hold the phone just right. We have no cable, DSL or other land-based options and because of the topography can't pick up the local wireless provider, which is very expensive anyway - like $175/month for 50/5

So without Starlink our only options are crappy regular satellite providers like Hughesnet which impose very low quotas - 10 GB monthly for day time usage - and have insane latency.

It bugs the shit out of me I have to give money to that fuckwit but without it we live in the dark ages.

enbyecho ,

Jesus enslaves

enbyecho , (edited )

This post reminded me to try out Brave. It's based on Chromium but purports to block ads and trackers...

Anybody else use it?

Edit: Interesting. Anyone care to explain the downvotes? I know nothing about this browser other than it purportedly blocks Youtube ads, which are driving me nuts.

Edit2: Well shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich

I had no idea about this guy. Ok, so completely not an option.

enbyecho , (edited )

How does this relate to Brave browser?

Edit: I had no idea about the CEO. So yeah, not gonna ever use that.

enbyecho ,

Residential electricity isn’t cheap

This is a point many folks don't take into account. My average per Kwh cost right now is $0.41 (yes, California, yay). So it costs me almost $400 per year just to have some older hardware running 24x7

enbyecho ,

This sounds excessive, that’s almost 1.1$/day, amounting to more than 2kWh/24hrs, ie ~80W/hr? You will need to invest in a TDP friendly build. I’m running a AMD APU (known for shitty idle consumption) with Raid 5 and still hover less than 40W/h.

This isn't speculation on my part, I measured the consumption with a Kill-a-watt. It's an 11 year old PC with 4 hard drives and multiple fans because it's in a hot environment and hard drive usage is significant because it's running security camera software in a virtual machine. Host OS is Linux MInt. It averages right around 110w. I'm fully aware that's very high relative to something purpose built.

You will need to invest in a TDP friendly build

Right, and spend even more money.

enbyecho ,

Excuse me, I believe you meant to say:

215 ^57^/64mm x 279 ^38^/96 mm

enbyecho ,

Or I dont wanna vote for someone who committed genocide.

It's funny and sad to me how little thought seems to be put into comments like this. It's like you're taking this position to be cool and fit in. It's more of a personal branding exercise than a principled position.

enbyecho ,

Can I make a suggestion?

Grow Up.

enbyecho ,

I think you illustrate my point.

Grown ups know that life is full of hard choices and that it's pretty damned rare that you get everything you want in any situation. We also tend to understand that there are many things that we cannot change or can only change a little, sometimes over a long period of time.

Choosing not to choose or "standing on principal" is often counter-productive.

enbyecho ,

The problem is they are not inflexible. You compromise ALL the time.

For example, you are perfectly willing to overlook all the other genocide in the world.

Think about it.

enbyecho ,

So in other words, you choose to be flexible with your principles because there's so much in the world you can't do much about. All you can do is chip away. You've chosen this particular battle for reasons, but not others. Conveniently ignoring the consequences of that choice.

I rest my case.

enbyecho ,

Briefly reviewing your posting history confirms my suspicions.

enbyecho ,

There’s a way to turn off the beep entirely on most microwaves.

O.M.G. You have forever changed my life.

https://www.wikihow.com/Silence-a-Microwave

enbyecho ,

CentOS is coming for your children!!!1

Apple crushes creativity and its reputation in new iPad ad (www.theregister.com)

The ad itself depicted a mechanical crusher destroying artifacts of human creativity. A trumpet, guitar, sculpture, piano, drawing board, paints, a metronome, several analog cameras, a turntable, and hi-fi equipment were among the much-loved items yielding to the machine's unstoppable force.

enbyecho ,

I actually did not know that Tim Cook is a christian nut job.

enbyecho ,

I actually think that's perfectly possible because to be a christian you have to already be in denial about a whole boatload of things, so really.. what's one more? And as a bonus "my own people hate me" fits nicely with the whole christian guilt thing.

enbyecho ,

Aha! This is why I can't think straight! Spaghetti!

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