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As a millennial who wasn't interested in computers these types of stories will haunt me my entire life

"Oh cool what are they thinking of?"

Samsung is working on a new AI experience

Fuck...

I was thinking that every app would have deeper settings embedded (which seems worse) but I guess the idea here is to bake settings into the OS so only AI can access them. Would this allow for a lot more settings or a lot more nuanced settings?

Gut reaction to AI in 2024 is very bad but I guess a part of me is still curious what they are thinking of doing here.

This is also interesting because like it or not these companies already have a ton of knowledge about you and how you use your device and this may be a way for that data to be served to us in a useful way. I'd prefer they didn't have the data in the first place.

Obviously both

The forum I used to spend a lot of time on in my youth was incredibly active - comments all night every couple minutes. The regional areas where practically dead. What we need are thriving core communities not critical mass. I like not being bombarded by thoughtless and judgmental comments

I'd guess that 50-100 active users could make any community feel vibrant. I've noticed when I post in a smaller community it can get solid responses (fast replies from a dozen or so users), but they die out after a day or two and people need to be posting all the time to keep it up.

At this point I've blocked so many .world communities that I don't see that as much. There are some users who I notice bring the reddit antagonism and I tend to block them too. If I come across a post that is full of reddit quips I just block the whole community. I guess I've blocked fewer .ml communities overall.

Ya it's not bad. In the popular areas it seems like I can get away with just commenting on things but smaller communities I need to make a post to make it feel not-dead in there.

I use mine for either hiking, skiing, or biking. Skiing I want as bright as possible and will have extra batteries, hiking I want it to last a long time and be lightweight (lower light setting), biking I don't want to blind people, and a red light for camp is nice. I don't like cycling through, a dedicated intensity button with memory and a dedicated on/off locking toggle would be great.

Obviously both

Engagement and retention are both important. If the solution to retention is to walk away then the solution to engagement is to not be engaged that doesn't track to me. Maybe the idea is to avoid phones, the internet and TV entirely which is not an idea that is grounded in reality.

This one is less interesting to me for some reason, I think it's an easier assumption to make or maybe it's that the argument about harmful algorithms gained traction over a decade ago.

This is an earlier paper but is a solid primer that touches on it

The researchers positively showed that news and updates on Face-­‐ book influence the tenor of the viewing Facebook-­‐user’s subsequent posts

Here's an entire book about it or an article.

Social media addiction has emerged as a problem of global concern, with researchers all over the world conducting studies to evaluate how pervasive the problem is.

Lately when an article or comment interests me I've been attempting to dig into it and make sure my beliefs hold water, I like to be skeptical but informed. Here's some stuff I found and it's here if you're feeling open minded or curious.

Canadian Gov on weed and addiction

Contrary to popular belief, people can become addicted to cannabis. Continued, frequent and heavy cannabis use can cause physical dependency and addiction. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/health-effects/addiction.html

Communities of people who struggle to stop using cannabis. Many first hand accounts from long term users: https://old.reddit.com/r/leaves/ https://old.reddit.com/r/addiction/ https://forum.weedless.org/

A podcast with Mathew Hill

Addiction The addictive potential of cannabis is another critical area of discussion. and explore the concept of cannabis use disorder, noting that while cannabis may not be as addictive as substances > like opioids, it can still lead to significant dependence 1. Hill explains that the criteria for cannabis use disorder are similar > to those for alcohol or opioid use disorders, including the potential for life disruption and risky behaviors 2.

There's no question that people can develop cannabis use disorder. I mean, it's definitely a thing.

Mathew Hill's lab is not against cannabis. It's focus is on understanding THC in the body.

our lab is particularly focused on how it regulates stress responses, affective behaviour, and feeding and metabolism.

They are tweaked to improve engagement, not at all as vanilla as that.