https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball

He has written a book if you prefer to read

You might like this podcast: https://youarenotsosmart.com/

This guy has done a lot of great work in trying to understand how conspiracy thinking works, how minds can change, how arriving at a state of “knowing” is an emotional state (and not a rational one), how biases change people thinking, etc.

I only use it on android, but there are RSS apps on every platform.

I think Pluma is the best.

Of you care about it being free and open source, then “Read You” on f-droid.

If you search for RSS on any app store it will give you lots of options and you can look through screenshots to see what you like.

Thanks. Comments don’t really bother me. It would be a hard life trying to use social media without thick skin.

But your quote came at a good time to make the point I was looking to make.

For your question about news, I would highly recommend using an RSS app. Whichever news source you use, its much better when you get your news in time order instead of their stupidly curated website front pages.

I’ve got 30GB + calls/texts for £8/month.

I don’t have an answer to your question, but I love your John Stuart Mill quote. I’ve just had a barrage of comments trying to rip me apart for suggesting that a political opponent’s position should be understood; and no comprehension of the point this quote puts across really well.

Make a group in your preferred chat app (WhatsApp, telegram, discord, signal, whatever). You’re the only person in this group. Take a screenshot and share it to this group. Now you can open the messaging app on whichever device you want and the picture is right there for you.

I think you’d just have to buy another Synology with more bays.

I guess not

Why only kids? We all need to be protected from social media.

I don’t know how to suggest good national policy, but I think social media should have these:

• controls on how far you can doom scroll
• being able to opt out of algorithms by seeing things in time order and from (optionally) only white listed sources and allowing block lists in a variety of ways, etc, etc
• heavy moderation of blatantly illegal content.
• heavily curated advertising (or none at all, users can pay)
• separation of political content (maybe a system of tagging so topics that are not of interested can be hidden…maybe this could be crowd sourced)
• Strict control of data collection
• The ability to delete/be forgotten

I don’t know how propaganda or corporate interests can be excluded, but that would be ideal.

Controlling children’s access is so insurmountably difficult, I don’t even know where to start.

Exactly. There was a fantastic podcast episode looking at how he did this, but I can’t find which specific episode it was now.

I can’t believe what I said is being considered such a disagreeable hot take…but I guess that’s how polarised the world has become.

I know this is a joke, but if this is genuinely how someone thinks, then it so self-absorbed and narrow minded to not be able to step out of your own mindset.

The comment implies absolute good/evil and that people are knowingly acting evil. The people you don’t agree with do have consistent moral principles that they are working with (however misguided or skewed they may be). I can’t stand racist/sexist people either, but if you can’t see how these people are worried that “woke” people are destroying their view of society and threatening their morals, then you won’t really be able to engage them to change their minds. This entrenched thinking is why all discourse is now just shouting matches at each other.

You can optimise further by doom-scrolling for another hour while you cry. Multitasking increases productivity and let’s you waste twice as much time in half the time so you can waste even more time.

Sniff more butts. Pee on belongings.

That’s a great song. Their cover of The Trooper is amazing as well. Any other recommendations from their songs?

posted from my thinkpad running Arch

Exactly the same structure as as a tibia/fibula going to a foot, I imagine.

Option 1: lose money

Option 2: more money

Google: chooses option 2

Internet: surprisedpikachu.png

Content is intended for serious social media users only, and you are not welcome here as a part-time casual.

Do any of these services make recommendations for what you can watch next? The way Last.fm shows what other similar people like…it would be good to have something like that for TV and movies tailored to my tastes.