FruitfulLemonyLemons
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FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Somewhat possible, definitely true for when I go out but when I'm at home (which is most of the time) I am extremely good at just pulling out the laptop when I get the impulse, even started taking the laptop into the bathroom with me with a tiny table to set it on.
Would agree there is definitely less overall screen time than before.
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Is it possible yet to determine paternity using photos and AI?
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
No idea, I just know I have a personal 100% n=2 now of removing PWM from my life totally fixing eye strain issues.
The concept is also widespread enough that monitor manufacturers use phrases like "flicker free" or "flicker safe" to advertise that they don't use PWM.
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Was having pretty insane eye strain issues that bled into a sort of chronic fatigue situated in my head that made me want to do nothing but lie down after my WFH programming job was done for the day. All post-work hobbies and even weekend hobbies were kind of a drag because I had this head thing going on. Tried all kinds of things like keeping the night filter on my work computer at all times, which maybe helped a little. Was worried I might have to get into another line of work.
Then I serendipitously discovered that of all the screens I own, precisely one of them uses pulse width modulation for dimming, and that's my iPhone 13 Mini. Years ago I had some problems with a PWM device and ended up getting rid of it. Was very surprised to see it on an iPhone. Last week I resolved to not ever look at my phone except for necessities like texting (and I don't hold long text conversations). So basically barely ever looking at my phone.
After a week the issue is almost completely resolved. It's ridiculous how well that worked.
So far I have no plans to get a new phone either because I kind of like being forced to look at my phone less. Win/win.
Reddit has some info on this here in case anybody else is dealing with something similar: https://old.reddit.com/r/PWM_Sensitive/
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
The Dude
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
On the fence about having a list like this but I don't think being afraid of inviting the wrong people is a good reason not to. A community like this stands or falls on its discussion norms and the active moderation of them, not its gatekeeping or obscurity.
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Ok but what about Mr. Poopybutthole?
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Oh yeah I was talking about a localStorage approach. Unless the show/hide logic is done server-side and hidden comments aren't loaded. If the logic is all client-side then depending on the architecture (and JS framework) it could be a few lines of code and a 15 minute job.
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Seconded. Lots of places can be tightened up. At the very least the space between username and comment, and between comment and like/dislike, can be reduced 50% or more probably. Space between comments too. Paragraph spacing within comments can probably be tightened a little bit too.
FruitfulLemonyLemons
3yr ago
Wouldn't a simple permalink-to-boolean mapping do the trick?
EDIT: Or just an array of permalinks actually
The alt-right, with its emphasis on race and replacement, is fringe and represents a small fraction of Republicans.
The anti-Trump "moderate" Republicans poll poorly in primaries, and Trump's approval rating remains sky high among Republicans.
What do the above two assertions say?
They say two things.
Trump is not alt-right, never was.
There is a massive swath of Trump-loving voters who are off the radar of the media by being neither fashy-racist nor anti-Trump "moderates".
[Jerry Seinfeld voice] Who are these people?
I'll tell you who they are. They are the Rush Limbaugh crowd. Or wherever they are now. I grew up with them, they are my people. I listened to Rush in his final year, and listened to his callers, and the vibe of his following (which was massive) was the same as I remember it. On median: They are hardcore Trump supporters. Yet they find the emphasis on race of both the left and the fringe right distasteful. In fact they itch for national unity and an end to civil strife and they saw in Trump the best hope for unity. The whole idea of Trump being divisive they saw as media propaganda, e.g. to them Trump's stance against illegal immigration is in fact about illegal immigration and not secretly about "brown people". In their eyes Trump had the back of anybody with a Social Security card. They think Hitler was, in fact, evil af and love to relate their parents' or grandparents' stories about kicking his ass.
They have an essentially Reaganite attitude toward American politics. They see taxation as fundamentally a seizure of the productive elements of society and while they see it necessary they think it should always be done with great solemnity and respect for the taxed, whose sweat fuels all government projects. They saw Trump as the obvious candidate for anybody into Reaganite politics and are beyond infuriated that the left's propaganda painted them as Hitlerian for wanting the obvious best candidate for policy positions that had nothing to do with race.
Etc etc.
I don't know where this crowd is at now. But if anybody deserves to be called "silent majority" (if only among Republicans) it's them. Not that they were silent on Rush's show, "ignored" may be a better term for them, ignored by media and its focus on the battle between crazy fascist racists and the nice wholesome Cheney family.
I really think there's a massive, massive amount of these people and yet I don't hear these particular opinions being expressed basically anywhere.
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