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Comment on South Korea seeks multilingual talent to hunt down K-content piracy in ~tech
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Comment on South Korea seeks multilingual talent to hunt down K-content piracy in ~tech
Sheep (edited )LinkAs someone involved in the comic industry, where South Korea is a major player, I want to really stress that South Korea might be the country that is most proactive in the fight against piracy....As someone involved in the comic industry, where South Korea is a major player, I want to really stress that South Korea might be the country that is most proactive in the fight against piracy. Yes, more than the US and its billion dollar corporations. Disney's and Nintendo's lawyers are almost child's play in comparison.
US companies might file DMCAs and get domains taken down, but that's generally where 99% of it ends because going after people internationally is more trouble than it's worth (financially), since sites crop up all the time anyway and most are hosted in countries whose authorities don't cooperate with US authorities much. Plus they're not gonna get any money back from doing it, only expenditure.
South Korea goes all the way. They will use any methods at their disposal to trace and identify anything they can about a site's owners (they have posted reports about this methodology in detail), then contact local and international law enforcement agencies and persistently cooperate with them until the owners are brought to justice. It does not matter how expensive it is, they will dump the money necessary to bring pirate site owners to justice.
One major South Korean firm, Kakao, has already taken down a multitude of famous websites for pirating their comic/webtoon content. They went as far as interviewing the site owners and published their testimonies alongside their success reports, to show how successful their are. They also post on twitter gloating about each of those achievements to the tune of thousands of replies in the comments hating on them (example from a few months back). Here they were a couple weeks ago "teasing" a new takedown with emojis and everything, just to show it's still ongoing.
They're also the reason Tachiyomi, one of the most popular open source manga reading apps on android, was shut down despite not hosting any content itself.
And as delineated in this article, the same methodology is going to be employed for streamed content.
Make no mistake, they are extremely serious about this. South Korean companies don't see this as a service issue at all, since they usually don't provide alternative ways to watch most of this content. This is entirely about punishing criminals, period.
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Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud in ~tech
Sheep (edited )Link ParentI think people just need to do the tests themselves to believe it. Take a lossless and lossy version of something and listen to it side by side. I have a huge FLAC library for archival purposes...I think people just need to do the tests themselves to believe it. Take a lossless and lossy version of something and listen to it side by side.
I have a huge FLAC library for archival purposes since I have a big hard drive, but on my portable devices? Everything is in opus for space efficiency (it's even more efficient than mp3). I have done multiple listening tests with all my audio peripherals and cannot tell the difference, and at the end of the day that's what matters.
The audiophile space is truly where snake oil salesmen thrive.
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Comment on E-ink tablet recommendations for note taking in ~tech
Sheep (edited )Link ParentYes, it has all that to varying degrees. It is modified to better work with e-ink, but the general feel is that of an android tablet when you're operating it. The home screen doesn't have a...Yes, it has all that to varying degrees.
It is modified to better work with e-ink, but the general feel is that of an android tablet when you're operating it.
The home screen doesn't have a wallpaper or anything (I forget if you could set one, I sure never did) but it's a screen with all your app icons on it.
You pull down from the top to access settings and notifications like on any android, and of course that means you receive notifications like on android (You can disable them like on android too, of course)
The lock screen was the biggest difference compared to a regular android device. When you locked the boox tablet, it would just display whatever screen you were on or a custom image (or nothing at all). No notifications or anything.
So yeah, it's definitely very android-feely, at least to me. They could have changed this with newer versions but that was my experience when I used it.
To some people like myself, the fact that it's android is a pro because we want to tinker and sideload, but to others who want to get rid of android's distractions like yourself it might not be the best choice.
If you live in a country that allows for returns with no questions asked, I'd suggest first getting one and testing it out before returning it, just to fully understand if it's something you want. Otherwise, check out a video showcasing the operating system.
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Comment on E-ink tablet recommendations for note taking in ~tech
Sheep (edited )LinkI had a boox note air 2 plus a couple years ago. When it says they're android based, I want to stress that it is quite literally a normal android tablet in the way it functions. It has a home...I had a boox note air 2 plus a couple years ago.
When it says they're android based, I want to stress that it is quite literally a normal android tablet in the way it functions. It has a home screen like an android and you can go on YouTube or Twitter or whatever like you would on any phone. Only difference is that it has an e-ink screen.
This has the upside of supporting all your favorite apps, but also the downside of android being a bit finnicky with e-ink, since it's not really built for it. The moment you leave the first party apps, which do integrate well with the e-ink screen, your experience may vary. For example I used my tablet mainly for reading and had to do a lot of searching to find an app that played well with the screen because I didn't really like the boox default one (I ended up using KOReader in case you're curious). There's also the general slowness of android since it hogs resources more than other operating systems. It doesn't show up much given the limited scope of a tablet like this, but you will feel it at times, or at least I did.
So if you're considering a boox, know you're most likely going to want to stick with the first party apps, thus the android component likely won't matter as much as you think it does.
Especially true if you want to focus on note taking, because the majority of note taking apps on android don't take advantage of an e-ink screen with USI stylus capacities.
Lastly, and the reason I don't have a boox anymore, watch out for their quality control. My boox ended up developing a "dead pixel" in the middle of the screen after only a month of use (basically backlight layer developed a hole, meaning if the back light was on it shone like hell and was very distracting, despite being a microscopic hole. Only way to not see it was to turn off the back light). I returned it and replaced it with a new one and the same thing happened again, under a month of use. I returned that too and decided to not get a boox again.
I later learned that quality control for large e-ink screens (mine was 10 inches) isn't the best and that small defects like that are sometimes accepted.
If it wasn't for that I honestly would have kept my boox. It really is pleasant to read and write on e-ink. Nowadays I instead use a TCL NXTPAPER which although isn't e-ink has a matte screen (imitating paper), proper stylus support, and multiple screen modes to emulate e-ink.
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Comment on The most extraordinary sudoku in years in ~games
Sheep LinkCracking the Cryptid never misses when the title is like that. I don't follow the channel religiously but it's always chicken soup for the soul when I do find myself wandering back into it again....Cracking the Cryptid never misses when the title is like that. I don't follow the channel religiously but it's always chicken soup for the soul when I do find myself wandering back into it again.
I was absolutely floored that this puzzle had a unique solution. I expected symmetry/repetition given the circumstances, which we do see, but the fact that an empty grid can be given enough rules to lead to a single solution is just so brilliant.
Bravo to all the puzzle makers who come up with this stuff.
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
Sheep (edited )LinkBeans, which I feel really bad about because they seem like the ultimate food for so many purposes and I really want to like them. I think it comes from childhood "trauma" where I was forced to...Beans, which I feel really bad about because they seem like the ultimate food for so many purposes and I really want to like them.
I think it comes from childhood "trauma" where I was forced to eat bean soup at school and at home and I absolutely hated the taste/texture of it and even vomited over it.
Now, every time I taste beans in my food, I instinctively feel a gag reflex and the taste lingers in my mouth and spoils the whole dish. I've tried different varieties and I think black beans were the least offensive but I still can't really handle them.
I do not consider myself a picky eater. I am one of those people that loves chicken innards. I even eat and like some insects. Even if something doesn't taste very pleasant to me, I usually have no issue finishing a dish even if only out of courtesy. There are only a handful of ingredients I will absolutely not eat because of the taste, but I hate that beans are one of them and make me look like an unbearable picky eater (most other foods I can't stand are stuff you'd rarely come across so it doesn't come up. It's stuff I tried just to say I tried because, again, I'm not a picky eater and love exploring new foods).
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Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech
Sheep Link ParentIf your server or channels in your server are marked as nsfw, you will not be able to view/enter them. If any media is sent that discord's automated tools detect as NSFW, it will be filtered out...If your server or channels in your server are marked as nsfw, you will not be able to view/enter them.
If any media is sent that discord's automated tools detect as NSFW, it will be filtered out (discord displays a warning about it).
You also can't speak in stage channels.
That's about it.
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Comment on The malignant degradation of trust in scientific work in ~science
Sheep Link ParentThis really feels like the crux of the issue for me. We can obviously analyze and expose how information is being derailed in real time by corporate/political interest groups. And I think that is...This really feels like the crux of the issue for me.
We can obviously analyze and expose how information is being derailed in real time by corporate/political interest groups. And I think that is very important work to do.
But zooming out, you clearly see the root of the problem is that in a capitalist society, once it has advanced enough, those in power (capital owners) have enough resources to essentially own and control the flow of information, and it really seems to me that that cannot be fixed without a fundamental change in the system, one that puts the power clearly in the hands of the working people such that they can depose those in power (beyond politics, I'm talking within corporate structures and beyond) and thus keep them in check.
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Comment on Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs in ~games
Sheep Link ParentEver since the RAM chaos I've been wondering how this would impact the steam machine. It's good to have confirmation, as sad as it is, that prices will be adjusted (likely higher) due to the...Ever since the RAM chaos I've been wondering how this would impact the steam machine. It's good to have confirmation, as sad as it is, that prices will be adjusted (likely higher) due to the memory shortage.
I really chose the worst year to upgrade my PC...
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Comment on Do you have your invite request email? Post it and let's find out what drives people to want to be a part of Tildes. in ~tildes
Sheep LinkWow, March 2019. How time flies. Deimos responded within 24 hours with an invite. Though I admit I haven't participated as much as I wanted to, but I do lurk all the time.Wow, March 2019. How time flies.
I've been looking for an alternative to reddit that isn't a full blown cesspool of hate and no moderation and I discovered tildes which seems like a perfect place to have interesting discussions and post engaging stuff without having to constantly be on the lookout for trolls, and most importantly a place that cares about misinformation and propaganda, which is rampant on sites like reddit.
I'm also very happy to find a site that is user supported and protects the privacy of their users in return, which is something you can't find with most corporation-backed sites.
I'm very interested in trying out Tildes and helping the community grow and would be really grateful if I could get an invite, if possible.
In any case, thank you for creating this space and I hope you have a great day.
Deimos responded within 24 hours with an invite.
Though I admit I haven't participated as much as I wanted to, but I do lurk all the time.
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Comment on US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Donald Trump to proceed in ~enviro
Sheep Link ParentPropaganda. It's always propaganda. Those in power don't want cheap renewable energy since it means less dependence on, and thus less money for, the oil corporations that lavish them with...It always makes me confused when conservatives try to contort themselves into knots to reconcile their stance on that one.
Propaganda. It's always propaganda.
Those in power don't want cheap renewable energy since it means less dependence on, and thus less money for, the oil corporations that lavish them with donations and other benefits (assuming the powerful don't already have stakes in said companies).
Resource scarcity (artificial or not) is also useful to maintain control over a population. The poorer and more financially dependent the population is, the easier it is to keep them there and not in power. Capitalism necessitates there be a massive chunk of the population exploited while the 1% reap the majority of the benefits (capital).
So the GOP spends a truck load of money bashing renewables in hopes of creating a solid base that will support them and thus these positions. Solar farms? Imagine all the land farmers will lose! And the electrical grid, imagine how unstable it'd be! Building wind generators? Those things are so ugly! etc.
To the uneducated who only consume this content, those arguments will sound plausible if repeated enough times, especially if they already believe that there's a democrat cabal actively trying to ruin their lives or whatever (which to them will match reality because most of these folks live in isolation and are constantly seeing their lives getting worse, so they seek a target to point the finger to, and the GOP excels at creating targets to direct anger toward).
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Comment on Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored hackers in ~tech
Sheep LinkWow, for once, me being too lazy to update actually paid off. Updated to the newest version manually now. Thank you for posting this, I would never have seen it otherwise and I use notepad++ for...Wow, for once, me being too lazy to update actually paid off.
Updated to the newest version manually now. Thank you for posting this, I would never have seen it otherwise and I use notepad++ for work everyday.
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Comment on How Norway accomplished a near-total electric vehicle transition – almost 100 percent of new cars registered in November were electric in ~transport
Sheep LinkWow, they made buying and using EVs cheaper and people bought them. Crazy how that works. /s On a more serious note, I really hope more governments take note of this and seriously invest money in...Wow, they made buying and using EVs cheaper and people bought them. Crazy how that works. /s
On a more serious note, I really hope more governments take note of this and seriously invest money in making EVs cheaper.
My country, for example, has implemented a few measures to incentivize EV purchases like exclusion from the carbon tax and a bit of cashback if you give up a used ICE car when buying a brand new EV (though only up a certain value, I think like 4k euros), but they're obviously very little to offset the total cost required for a typical EV when compared to a second hand offering, meaning the majority of the working population are just buying second hand ICE cars instead, because that's all someone living paycheck to paycheck can afford when signing up for a car loan.
Meanwhile here is Norway slashing the prices by 25% by removing VAT, and giving lower fares when traveling via EV, something that is totally logical if you want to heavily incentive the switch to EVs.
I am so, so, so tired of governments not implementing straightforward monetary policies like this. People don't magically make more money to buy EVs. Make EVs as cheap as ICE cars and people will switch. It's that simple. Half-assed measures will only benefit the upper middle-class that can already offset a chunk of the cost, the working poor will never switch until prices are brought down (and no I am not saying everyone should own a car. Obviously public transport should be improved in tandem with the switch to EVs so we can reduce our dependence on cars as a whole)
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Comment on What small thing made a big impact on you? in ~talk
Sheep Link ParentIndeed. I always heard that dieting is about creating healthy habits, and that's a nice way to put it and is indeed what you technically have to do, but to me at least it doesn't carry to weight...Indeed. I always heard that dieting is about creating healthy habits, and that's a nice way to put it and is indeed what you technically have to do, but to me at least it doesn't carry to weight and gravity of the word "forever." Saying I have to be on a diet feels like being told I have to go on this side quest to get to a goal that's then separate from this "diet."
That's really what clicked in my brain, I think. I have to stop eating as much forever. I have to eat healthy forever. There's no challenge to overcome, just a permanent change I need to make and stick with forever. People who don't put on weight eat less, so why am I thinking that I would be different?
Yes you have to be in a calorie deficit to actually lose weight, and that is technically an irregular and temporary change, but as you stick to that calorie deficit, eventually the calories you're consuming just become your normal caloric intake that you should maintain forever. You don't "ease up" and eat a bit more once you reach your target weight, you can only stay skinny if you maintain the habits of a skinny person, and those habits are, broadly, to eat less food.
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Comment on What small thing made a big impact on you? in ~talk
Sheep (edited )LinkI was watching a random tech YouTuber as a way to immerse in the target language I'm studying, and he happened to have a video on weight loss (context: I am overweight and always struggled with...I was watching a random tech YouTuber as a way to immerse in the target language I'm studying, and he happened to have a video on weight loss (context: I am overweight and always struggled with losing it). I decided on a whim to watch it just to get some more listening immersion in, not really expecting to take much away from it because I've gone through the weight loss/gain cycle too many times before already.
Then, somewhere in the video, he said something to the likes of "To the people who will inevitably ask about what to do when they lose enough weight and stop their diet and gain it all back: why would you stop? Skinny people eat less food. Fat people eat more food. If you want to stay skinny, you have keep eating less food forever."
There was a lot more context surrounding this and the whole video was about intermittent fasting and how to do it in a healthy way, but this one small bit really hit me for some reason.
I always understood that yes, dieting shouldn't be about a specific food regimen but about creating healthy habits you can maintain. But there was always this notion that the goal was to restrict myself until I hit an arbitrary milestone (reach X weight), and once I get to that milestone I can ease up. But that's exactly the mentality that leads to weight gain, and also the mentality that leads me to quit early. If I constantly feel like I'm going through a challenge to get to a goal, that challenge becomes way harder and more stressful. And once I do reach the goal I'm not going to want to go back to the challenge.
So now I've actually started losing weight (with the intermittent fasting method, which I found did wonders for my mental health and stress with food. I'm actually baffled at how well I've adapted to it and how easy it is to maintain.) and losing that notion that I'm just restricting myself to get to a goal is now gone. I am now implementing a change that I want to maintain for the rest of my life, this is the new me, and the new me feels great.
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Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk
Sheep LinkWhen I visited Japan, I was already at least conceptually familiar with many, many aspects of the culture (I can read/speak Japanese), so while I was still impressed when I got there, I wasn't...When I visited Japan, I was already at least conceptually familiar with many, many aspects of the culture (I can read/speak Japanese), so while I was still impressed when I got there, I wasn't necessarily culturally shocked by most things I saw.
But there is one thing that still left me in shock: convenience stores.
It sounds silly, because of course I understand what a 24 hour store is, it's not particularly special as a concept, and I of course knew way beforehand that Japan was littered with them. But such establishments do not exist where I'm from. Here, after like 10 Pm, the only things you'll find open are bars. If you need to buy anything in an emergency you'll have to wait until everything opens back up around 8/9 AM.
So when I was in Japan and I found myself thinking "man I really need to get [thing] but it's past 10 pm" it then suddenly hit me that no, actually, I can just go outside and find a convenience store open that will likely be selling anything I need. It was a legit shock and took a while to get used to the idea that I could just go out and get stuff instead of waiting until the next day. Felt a little surreal to have that kind of convenience (heh).
And of course, when I got back, I sorely missed that experience. It's really funny how you can be shocked by the things you least expect.
Another little shock that took took a while to get used to was that most restaurants closed "early", but then I learned that's because I come from a country where dinner is usually at 8/9 PM whereas most of the world eats dinner before that haha.
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Comment on A faceless hacker stole my therapy notes – Meri-Tuuli was one of 33,000 Vastaamo patients held to ransom in October 2020 by a Finnish hacker in ~health.mental
Sheep LinkNot much to add, but Darknet Diaries (cybersecurity podcast) has an excellent episode on this case (also featuring a BBC reporter funnily enough), in case anyone wants a more cyber security...Not much to add, but Darknet Diaries (cybersecurity podcast) has an excellent episode on this case (also featuring a BBC reporter funnily enough), in case anyone wants a more cyber security focused analysis, as it goes over the process of the breach itself and how the culprit was eventually caught and arrested.
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Comment on Advice on avoiding the hedonic treadmill of endless content? in ~life
Sheep (edited )LinkI struggled with this a lot, and will always to some extent, so you're not alone in this quandary. One key thing that helped me break the cycle to start with was to have a very basic understanding...I struggled with this a lot, and will always to some extent, so you're not alone in this quandary.
One key thing that helped me break the cycle to start with was to have a very basic understanding of dopamine mechanisms and how they severely impact my phone usage and productivity throughout the day.
To keep it very simple, your brain always adapts to how much dopamine it's receiving. If you overload it with dopamine early in the day (by phone scrolling or what have you), it will close off dopamine receptors to account for the extra stimulation, which makes you lethargic for the rest of the day because now you can't get a dopamine spike again until your dopamine receptors reset (which happens after you sleep).
Thus the very broad solution for me is simple: leave the more stimulating activities for the end of the day.
It sounds like torture if you're not used to it, but here's the thing, your brain adapts throughout the day like I mentioned earlier. Thus, if you start the day with the more boring tasks and then slowly reward yourself with the more dopamine-heavy tasks, not only do you legitimately feel better when you get your dopamine reward (the spikes always hit), you also feel more motivated to get your work done to get to said reward.
This means that your internet browsing can actually turn into something fun again, not just something you mindlessly do because your brain is so overstimulated it can't give you a rush anymore.
As a side benefit, as you leave your dopamine-heavy tasks for the end of the day, you start to realize that you don't even feel the need for all that dopamine anymore, which reduces your cravings for content and thus the time you spent on overstimulating your brain. You end up with a more normal dopamine base level, which ends up helping you even more throughout the day because now other tasks feel even less boring because your brain isn't so starved.
Of course the crux of the issue next was how to achieve this? And here is where I'll get to your actual question at the end of the post.
How have you set up an environment for your kids (or yourself!) to delay the hedonic content treadmill as long as is reasonably possible?
First you need to identify the source of your overstimulation. In my case it was my phone, since my PC is basically just for work, but I know you can also do all this with a PC. Then you need to set guardrails around it to prevent you from accessing it earlier than you intend.
Don't sleep next to your phone anymore. Set it somewhere else before you go to bed. Preferably another room. Go back to using a regular alarm clock if you need an alarm. This prevents you from picking up your phone first thing in the morning. This is a massive pitfall that people tend to fall into. If you start your day by looking at your phone, you have already made the day twice as hard on yourself. If I could only give one easy recommendation to anyone, it would absolutely be this one, because I it really does compound as you stick to it.
Focus on doing all the early day tasks before you pick up your phone. Have a physical task list if that helps you. Just concentrate on not picking up your phone. Remind yourself that the longer you wait to pick up your phone, the better it will feel when you do actually pick it up. Also constantly remind yourself that no, you do not need to be online 24/7. Try to set things to do without your phone so you keep yourself busy.
For when you actually do use your phone, set app timers. I can't stress enough how absolutely vital these are. You might think "oh I'll just circumvent the app timer" but in my experience, for example after setting reddit to 1 hour per day, I find that that extra friction is enough to stop me from using the app entirely once the timer runs out. I have had reddit limited to 1 hour per day for almost a year now and often don't even reach that hour anymore.
Lastly, feed your mind, mind your feeds (Youtube video on the insidiousness of recommendation algorithms).
One thing I realized after a year of attempting to distance myself from doom scrolling is that automated, algorithm-based feeds are terrible for you. Sure, they might present you with an endless stream of content that broadly fits your interests, but have you ever actually thought about how many videos you legitimately wanted to see? For example videos that expanded your knowledge or motivated you to do things? There might have been some, but wasn't there a lot of filler in between you don't even remember anymore?
What about music? Do actually find yourself consistently happy with the recommendations streaming services like spotify and youtube give you? And movies? Is netflix or whatever other streaming app you use actually providing you with a fulfilling movie experience?
After thinking on the subject I realized that mindlessly consuming all this content was kind of removing my very personality from my life. My video recommendations weren't things I found, they were things a machine decided for me. The music I was listening to was no longer music I looked for, it was music a machine selected for me. It made me look back on the past, when I would build my own mp3 collection with only the music I legitimately loved and I always had a blast listening to it, or when youtube was still very young and I religiously followed my subscriptions feed and was hyped for every new video. Why should I lose that?
Like actually think about it. Your time on Earth is limited, do you really want to spend a big chunk of it on mindless entertainment? I'm not saying you can't indulge yourself ever, but to do that every moment your using your phone? It really frightened me how much time I had wasted essentially just escaping reality, which only made the the escape from that cycle worse because the more it went on the more I realized I had very little to do outside of my phone.
So now, I try to limit how much I am exposed to algorithm-based home feeds. Youtube videos? I go directly to my subscriptions tab. I installed an extension that not only removes the home tab it also removes all recommendations (you can also accomplish this on mobile with Revanced or Newpipe, and on an android TV with Smart Tube.). I will only see the content I explicitly signed up to see. Music? I am back to listening only to my mp3 library. No more streaming services. Movies? I'll either ask friends for recommendations or search for something online, no mindlessly browsing streaming app catalogues.
And there's more you can do with RSS feeds for stuff like news, reddit, etc.
I can't stress enough how much happier this one change has made me. It feels like I'm once again in control of what I watch and has given me back some of that happiness I had when I was younger and loved to discover the internet. Heck, building an mp3 library, categorizing songs the way I want to, is in itself a new fun activitiy I now have in my life. And it's all tailor made for me by me!
Yes, it is more friction, but why is that a bad thing? Why do we need everything to be 100% frictionless if it's only going to make us feel guilty with ourselves? It's okay to spend time curating what you consume! It's healthy!
How do you share content with your kids without letting the algorithm worm its way inside their brain? How do you give them access to the collective wisdom of mankind in the internet without turning it into a slot machine?
To answer your last question, everything I said above also applies, but for kids specifically I'll also add that you should make full use of a phone's parental controls. I truly believe that as a parent you should have full access to your kid's phone to make sure they are utilizing it the way you want them to. But I don't mean this in stalker-ish kind of way. I mean that you should 100% discuss parental controls openly with your kids and explain to them that you can see what they do on their phone and that that is for their own protection. If they're old enough, explain to them the dangers of doom scrolling, algorithms, and recommendation feeds, and how you wish for them to have a healthy relationship with the internet landscape of today, which is why you set up these guardrails.
Then it's just a matter of actually parenting and keeping an eye out on the phone's activity and making sure the kids don't deviate too far from it. This might not be a perfect solution, and there will be blind spots when the kids are at school for example, but I promise using parental controls properly already puts you in the top 1% of parents who actually care for their children's digital well being.
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Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society
Sheep Link ParentSee, when I read testimonials like this, all I can think of is that the person/people involved in the hiring process don't understand what DEI is. Diversity during the hiring process doesn't mean...See, when I read testimonials like this, all I can think of is that the person/people involved in the hiring process don't understand what DEI is.
Diversity during the hiring process doesn't mean "just hire person of X race/disability" it means "when presented with multiple people capable for a given job, you should give priority to the more diverse hire." The rationale being that minorities struggle to get the same jobs as the majority due to systemic discrimination, so this can help level the playing field. But they are still supposed to be competent workers.
I suspect whoever hired this person was just heavily misinformed about what DEI is, which isn't surprising, given how much money certain organizations spend on said misinformation.
It's kind of a joke in pirate circles that if you want to stay out of trouble you don't host Korean content, because they will swing at you with everything they have.
Obviously Korean content still gets pirated but it's not as widespread as the rest partially for this reason, usually being reserved for specialized sites.