user224

user224 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to memes in Why must we be done this way?

Spoken like an introverted someone who HAS ALREADY been affected socially in a negative way by their cell phone use.

Can’t disagree with this. I got a tablet when I was 8. With unrestricted access. On the positive note, it did help me learn quite a lot of stuff. Like English.

The entitled and bratty part of your comments = when people tell me not to use my phone I simply DONT use it or bring it. What’s the problem exactly? You want access to an encyclopedic knowledge in class? You don’t have a laptop or computer in the room you can use ?

No problem, really. If someone wanted to search up something during class, teachers could just allow it, and generally they did. Except when I was in grade 9 and the school decided to prohibit even just having them at school, as if it were grenades. Some teacher would always just collect all into a bucket and return at the end of the day.
When we had free substituted classes, sometimes they would tell us something like “Sorry, I’d allow you phones now, but if I did I could have problems from it.” So clearly they would punish teachers for that. That’s just crazy.
And computers aren’t in every class. Even if they are, they might not always work. Now we use our phones even to do exams sometimes. But, yeah, school isn’t even mandatory for me anymore, so it’s already different.

Finally, I don’t trust kids to make life changing decisions. See all the high schoolers who got suckered into a worthless degree from the University of Phoenix. It’s very fair to take the reigns from people who can’t control themselves and their impulses.

I wasn’t even talking about such late decisions. For example, when I was 10 I was given the decision between going into class A or class B since I had good enough results for A. A was class for a little more talented kids. They even had some additional subjects. Well, my dad discouraged me from going to class A. He told me “There won’t be any normal kids. I’d choose B if I were you.” So I did. I regret. I could have gotten to a better school later on.
Some explanation of those classes:
A - Talented
C and D - sport classes (basketball and hockey respectively)
B - everything else

Next, when I was 14, I told my psychologist about my living conditions. Including photos of how our home looks like. She told me that she could call social services. Then asked me if I agreed. I was scared, so I said no. I regret, once again.

And something that’s there always, choosing high school when you’re 15.
I am not sure how it works across different school systems. In Slovakia, they are focused just on 1 particular field of study determining where you’ll be for the rest of your life. 3 year fields are without graduation (e.g.: various mechanics and plumbers). 4 year and 5 year fields are with graduation, meaning you can go to college/university.
I’ve had a few classmates who only chose particular field because their friends were going there too, even though they weren’t interested in it.

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Oof, sorry. I got too much off topic.

user224 , 10 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Shout out to my fellow caffeine addicts.

I don’t drink coffee (nor eneregy drinks), and seeing these posts, I probably shouldn’t start.

user224 , 10 months ago to technology in A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds

By the way, I’ve seen Google displaying halucinated AI written articles as the main, highlited result.

user224 , 10 months ago to technology in A disturbing number of TikTok videos about autism include claims that are “patently false,” study finds

Sorry, what’s the problem with dishwasher soap? Isn’t it meant to be specifically used in a dishwasher? Or does “regular dishwashing soap” refer to detergent? Sorry, I am just confused.

user224 , 10 months ago to memes in Why must we be done this way?

Your teacher will never be as entertaining as an influencer.

Those influencers are entertaining?

user224 , 10 months ago to technology in Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max

Well, this looks more premium. I’d be willing to buy it for up to 5 bucks.

Edit: $19, way too much

user224 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in How many ingredients does it take to call it a salad?

Lettuce?

user224 , 10 months ago to memes in Why must we be done this way?

Offline games entered the chat. ProtonVPN entered the chat (specifically Proton with their bypass methods). Tor entered the chat.

They don’t even need to know what VPN or Tor is, it’s just “Download this app to access internet, bro”.

user224 , 10 months ago to linux in Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years

Also you can check the .deb file’s postinst script. If it looks like shown here, no bueno.

user224 , 10 months ago to linux in Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years

Gotta admit, it was me. I’ve only used a computer for short time.
I’ve got my first laptop 3 years ago, and that broke after just 2 months. And anyway, with AMD Athlon 64 it greatly struggled with a browser. So really I only started seriously using computer at the start of 2021, when I got another, usable laptop. And that’s when I downloaded freedownloadmanager.deb. Thankfully, I didn’t get that redirect, so it was a legitimate file.

user224 , 10 months ago to piracy in Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years

This article looks better: securelist.com/…/110465/

user224 , 10 months ago to piracy in Free Download Manager site redirected Linux users to malware for years

Look, I was new to GNU+Linux computers. But it seems I was lucky not to get redirected to that malicious repo.

user224 , 10 months ago to news in FDA says common over the counter decongestant phenylephrine does not work in oral form

Um, I’ve heard that’s actually wrong

user224 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What is a street name you would want to see in your city?

“Slepá” which means blind. With “street”, it would become “Slepá ulica”, meaning “Dead end”. Ultimate troll.

user224 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Does anybody else continue to frequent Reddit, albeit without an account?

Wait, how does that work? Does it use a web scraping API?