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  1. Comment on Outdoor time is good for your kids' eyesight. Here's why. in ~health

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    I wonder if there is a negative correlation between adhd and myopia then. My adhd ensures I never look at a single point. And despite decades of computer use I have perfect vision. But who knows.

    I wonder if there is a negative correlation between adhd and myopia then. My adhd ensures I never look at a single point. And despite decades of computer use I have perfect vision. But who knows.

  2. Comment on Duck Game rights are returned to developer in ~games

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    Context? Even the author’s Twitter page has none.

    Context? Even the author’s Twitter page has none.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Language learning thread #1 - Share your progress, tips and questions in ~humanities.languages

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    My last update was here: https://tildes.net/~humanities.languages/12ed/from_beginner_to_conversational_in_three_months_of_learning_russian_my_takeaways Now it’s been a while so where I am now: I’m...

    My last update was here: https://tildes.net/~humanities.languages/12ed/from_beginner_to_conversational_in_three_months_of_learning_russian_my_takeaways

    Now it’s been a while so where I am now: I’m conversational in Russian though I don’t practice speaking much anymore so that suffers. But my reading, listening and comprehension are very strong which is what I wanted most. I have started learning Ukrainian, less intensely because of other time commitments.

    The thread i linked has all the things I tried that helped and worked. I think it’s what you’re looking for. If I were to learn another language quickly I would use the exact same method (but practice spoken production more, as I didn’t get to do it much and now suffer from that).

  4. Comment on Is Nebula worth it? in ~tech

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    I have the lifetime. Love it, use it regularly and yes it’s great. I would personally say it’s completely worth it. Even just as a curation or discovery of good content. The series I like such as...

    I have the lifetime. Love it, use it regularly and yes it’s great. I would personally say it’s completely worth it. Even just as a curation or discovery of good content.

    The series I like such as Jet Lag, I enjoy watching them a week in advance and there is often exclusive content.

    10 votes

  5. Comment on In a first, Belgium approves labour law for sex workers in ~life

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    Belgium in general is very progressive on sex work. We've long had protections for sex workers and since ~2019 they've been putting a lot of new measures in place for them.

    Belgium in general is very progressive on sex work. We've long had protections for sex workers and since ~2019 they've been putting a lot of new measures in place for them.

    10 votes

  6. Comment on Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico in ~tech

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    It’s easier to understand when you realise this is fallout from the TCJA from Trump that went into effect before layoff period. The TCJA forces tech companies to treat salaries as capital...

    It’s easier to understand when you realise this is fallout from the TCJA from Trump that went into effect before layoff period.

    The TCJA forces tech companies to treat salaries as capital expenses, depreciating over five years. Which means that before, they could inflate salaries and pay less in taxes (makes sense, you’re passing the profits to the employees essentially). Now, anyone with an inflated salary is a financial threat to the company, despite record profits. So… they lay off en masse.

    Do not let people forget this is Trump’s crusade against big tech that caused this shit. And it was set to trigger after his presidency ended.

    11 votes

  8. Comment on MIT scraps diversity statements in faculty-hiring process in ~humanities

  10. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    I’ve binged a full playthrough of Minishoot Adventures and what a delight this game is!

    I’ve binged a full playthrough of Minishoot Adventures and what a delight this game is!

    2 votes

  11. Comment on US Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages in ~tech

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    Sorry, you’re in favour of the ban on the basis that other countries shouldn’t roll out such a ban so people can still use VPNs? Did I miss something?

    Sorry, you’re in favour of the ban on the basis that other countries shouldn’t roll out such a ban so people can still use VPNs?

    Did I miss something?

    55 votes

  12. Comment on Calendar types in watches in ~engineering

  14. Comment on What would you recommend for a single, minimal, "overview-of-the-world" news source? in ~talk

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    I quite like Morning Brew for exactly this purpose. It’s easy to throw away if I don’t care about reading the news today but I find I sometimes browse it and it’s sufficient.

    I quite like Morning Brew for exactly this purpose. It’s easy to throw away if I don’t care about reading the news today but I find I sometimes browse it and it’s sufficient.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ in ~news

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    Giving millions of dollars is a different ball game to giving hundreds of billions of dollars which the article is referring to. The article also refers to similar donations done by France to the...

    Giving millions of dollars is a different ball game to giving hundreds of billions of dollars which the article is referring to. The article also refers to similar donations done by France to the one you mention.
    To be honest the whole thing reeks to me as a political game for something completely different; I would bet money that the players involved don’t care about Haiti one bit.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ in ~news

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    Cash injections generally don’t help without a clear framework to take the cash in. Hell they can even make things worse. I invite you to run through the scenario in your head, that starts with...

    Cash injections generally don’t help without a clear framework to take the cash in. Hell they can even make things worse.
    I invite you to run through the scenario in your head, that starts with “Haiti gets a billion euros in aid. Now what?”

    16 votes

  17. Comment on With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work in ~tech

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    You're really misunderstanding what this product is, who it's for, and I'm not sure you have a real understanding of what "neurotypical" actually means. First, this is just Google's latest attempt...

    You're really misunderstanding what this product is, who it's for, and I'm not sure you have a real understanding of what "neurotypical" actually means.

    First, this is just Google's latest attempt at doing shit a startup (Loom) is doing in the office productivity suite. It's likely to not go anywhere. I'm surprised they're even willing to integrate it into Workspace. But nobody uses Google's "startup-killing" features of Workspace (eg. their chat thing, I don't even know its name because it's changed like 7 times, and I'm a highly active Workspace user).
    You'll note that it's complete and utter bullshit to say "Google’s latest Workspace app reflects the way people talk at work now" when this tool doesn't even exist today, with only a passing mention of the competition. So keep your worries at bay for a while at least, this isn't actually a thing, the author of the article is just paid to pretend it is.

    Second: This trend that you're here participating in, of pointing the finger at "NT people" and blaming random shit on "them" is adversarial and just a different flavour of blaming random shit on immigrants/boomers/white men/millenials/[insert country here]. You're perpetuating the idea that a group of people is at fault for something most of that group has zero idea exists and doesn't actually care about. Really; if anyone's not neurotypical it's, like, a lot of Google's dev & design crew. Less nowadays but still a lot, because inertia.
    I don't find "neurotypical" a particularly useful label. I have pretty severe ADHD but I make it work for me, and people can't tell until they get to really see how I operate for a while. And I occasionally find Looms useful, occasionally not. I guess I'm socially aware enough to know when you can convey information over text, and when a voice or a face can be reassuring. Is it really that crazy to you that different media are more adapted to different situations?

    Put it this way: You can put the exact same information in a text message and an email. And yet, it's very inappropriate to fire someone over text, and really weird to ask someone on a date by email. So do you not think that, when the actual contents and format change, it'll have different use cases?

    19 votes

  18. Comment on Jet Lag | Season 9 trailer : Hide and Seek across Switzerland in ~hobbies

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    I agree but I also think overall the seekers got overconfident over time, because they got that experience hiding.

    I agree but I also think overall the seekers got overconfident over time, because they got that experience hiding.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Taskmaster Series 17, Episode 1 - 'Grappling with my life' | Full episode in ~tv

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    I’m in favour of posting first episode as well. Not that I personally needed you to — it popped on my feed just fine anyway, ha! Brilliant episode, excited for this new season.

    I’m in favour of posting first episode as well.

    Not that I personally needed you to — it popped on my feed just fine anyway, ha! Brilliant episode, excited for this new season.

    3 votes