Leon

You say things I agree with, and things I don’t.

I struggle to see the benefit in virtual boundaries, and think it’s better to foster a healthy trusting relationship with one’s child. They’ll encounter bad situations at some point sooner or later, and at that point having shielded them from it in lieu of giving them the tools to deal with it, will have been harmful rather than helpful.

Further, this kind of informational censoring can be used to actively harm people as well. I’ve met many people whose lifelines are their virtual connections to their communities, and had their parents been at all technically inclined these people likely wouldn’t be alive today.

Children won’t spontaneously combust if they encounter pornography. My first exposure happened at around six or seven, same time half of my classmates. Someone found a pornographic card deck in the bushes during recess.

I feel like all these locks and bars that people apparently believe that they need to be good parents to their children are a little… much? My mother wasn’t an exemplary parent exactly so I wouldn’t go down her route, but I think there’s a case to be made for connecting to your child on a human level, and being their guide rather than their warden.

It makes me think of this hysterical American mindset I’ve bumped into over the years. I’ve got friends who likened me walking a couple of blocks to school as a six year old as child abuse, when they themselves have no idea how to operate a washing machine. I did experience abuse, but it was more of the slammed into the floor and choked out, than going to and from school on my own.

There’s a happy medium to be made, where you can gradually introduce concepts to a child at a level that’s appropriate. Fostering a connection to a child that makes them feel like they can trust in you, and safely go to you when they need it, while also having the freedom to make decisions and grow on their own.

Oh and one more thing. When are we punishing Google, Meta, etc., for allowing intentionally child-targeted adult themed ads and recommendations? Or did we forget how YouTube allowed incredibly disturbing content in ads and recommendations FOR KIDS (as in, literally injected into playlists meant for kids)?

I think this is the far more pressing issue. Capitalism will gladly throw the health of people under the bus if it makes them a quick buck.

Given the noise pollution, and sometimes air pollution, as well as the water getting ruined, and the skyrocketing electric prices. Probably not many. Why would rich people put up with that if the povvos can break under it instead?

The IR sensor is used in Ring Fit Adventure, heart rate measurement. That’s about all I can think of.

Honestly, for the price of one set of joycons I’d rather pick up two 8bit do ultimate controllers. That way both players get good controllers.

I’d also fuck Bowser rather than Mario so I get Peach.

I only got the Switch because I was anticipating SMT:V, it getting an update and PC release a few years later came rather unexpected to me. Not really interested in ever buying a Nintendo console again.

The joycons are egregiously priced. Doing any sort of fix on them is a massive pain in the arse. I hadn’t used my Switch in a while, it was packed away in its (official) carrying case, inside a box that’s kept in a decent environment. The joysticks had melted.

I bought replacement joysticks, with hall effect sensors, for €15. Two batteries for €10. Pain in the arse to replace, but it’s possible. The new joysticks even have exchangeable caps so if they melt again for some reason, you can just pop them off.

Nintendo intentionally designs things to be shit, so you can buy new joycons at insane prices. It’s why they also offer them in limited collections and whatnot.

Sure. Let’s pretend like they haven’t stolen a bunch.

Kind of, but primarily that the usage habits of parents shape those of the kids.

Rough translation of some of the (to me) salient content because I can’t be arsed to manually translate all of it.

The mobile phone is a part of every day life for parents and other adults in the proximity of the child. However, the way adults use their screens when they’re with their children ca affect both their relationship and the child’s own habits. It’s the starting point when FHM (Ministry of The People’s Health) update their recommendations surrounding the screen habits of parents.

• Create good screen habits for yourself. They affect the child’s screen habits.
• Put away the mobile phone when you’re with your child. Use it only if you need, or when you use it together.
• Protect and respect your child on the internet. Consider for a while before you upload images of videos.

Studies show that parents screen usage can affect dynamics with children negatively. In experimental studies, scientists have seen that young children more often react with crying and irritation, and more seldomly with smiles and laughter, when a parent interrupts an interaction to use their mobile phone. The scientists have also observed connections between the screen habits of parents and children, where children of parents with high screen time use screens more themselves.

Statistics from the media ministry show that a lot of parents themselves perceive that their mobile phone usage is a problem. More than half of the parents with children between 0 and 12 years old state that they spend too much time on their phones. In prior focus groups children have also described frustration over parents mobile phone usage.

Today I learned that FHM has an entire section on digital media and health. It looks like a really good resource for people.

It’s a fantastic ministry, I wish our politicians would fucking listen to them more often.

And be able to easily comply with law enforcement requests for decryption.

Ergo, the encryption is actually worthless.

I did, but I failed reading comprehension. Shouldn’t be reading this stuff right after waking up.

Nice of them to mention which plugin.

I think this is the idea behind it. Sure it looks sanctimonious if you’re already privacy-minded, but then the site isn’t for you.

Cheers. I mean that’s on me for not checking. aww

Why does their own phone run Ubuntu Touch and not Sailfish? Or do they have multiple flavours available?

He should aspire to that instead of aspiring to be a billionaire.

Their idiot CEO will move forward with forcing AI onto people too. CEOs don’t learn.

On my screen it’s a big button saying [ 💎 Unlock Premium ]

That’s also amusingly where the menu is. I got really fed up with the response suggestion buttons yesterday because it felt really infantilising to me. Couldn’t find the settings menu. Didn’t expect [ 💎 Unlock Premium ] to mean “and other options” but hey… I’m no UI/UX professional.

Oh, wait… I am a UI/UX professional.

Honestly? I’m enjoying Nextcloud. If you need chat integrations there, you can get them.

You’re free to disagree, but all the tools say otherwise. Hell even the widely lauded Claude Code is just that, we know for sure since the source leaked.

Of course, that’s how all of these agents work. At best they’re a bunch of prompts tied together with scripts to perform actions. At worst they’re just interacting directly with software without any scripts or sandboxing.

There is no AI.