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corcyra t1_je94yud wrote
Reply to comment by NolanSyKinsley in Swiss solar tech can be rolled out on railway tracks ‘like a carpet’ by pobody-snerfect
Exactly. I imagine the dirt they accumulate in such a position would reduce their efficiency by rather a lot, rather quickly.
corcyra t1_j7d2yij wrote
Reply to comment by Neither_Ride3473 in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga
Because lack of curiosity is a hallmark of the idiot.
What you don't understand (I'm guessing you don't know that many children or even like them very much, given the way you talk about them) is what kids are doing when they play. There's an old saying that if you give a child a toy with only one function, they'll get bored with it very quickly and go play with the box, because the box can become anything. That's not stupidity, but the nascent human spirit of enquiry which led to the steam engine, among other useful things.
corcyra t1_j7bbocf wrote
Reply to comment by TarthenalToblakai in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga
Might the rapid and fairly rhythmic rate at which images on-screen change have something to do with it? IRL, what we see doesn't move the same way or at the same rate a filmed or cartoon narrative does - think of how long it seems if a filmed scene focuses on one thing for more than a few seconds. If neural entrainment at such a rhythm and rate takes place too often at a young age, might it not lead to permanent neurological effects?
corcyra t1_j7bateq wrote
Reply to comment by Neither_Ride3473 in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga
>Infants are idiots
>Infants are curious little shits that keep themselves occupied by whatever means possible
Choose one, because they can't both be true. Also, don't think you've ever had kids.
corcyra t1_j5t0xd7 wrote
Reply to Exclusive: This is Microsoft's new modern File Explorer overhaul for Windows 11 by Crusader3456
>Along the top will be a feed of "recommended" files, which will be presented with larger thumbnails that will make it easier to see what files are being suggested to you.
No. I know what files I want to see. I don't need 'suggestions', or larger thumbnails pushed into my face, and they won't be documents I'm done with that were previously always suggested until I disabled that function.
corcyra t1_iujung9 wrote
Reply to Facebook Does a Faceplant by CorporateSympathizer
Is it possible that FB has just gone too far with the monetisation, and people are finally fed up?
corcyra t1_iujtzqz wrote
Reply to comment by nillerwafer in Left in isolation: how the online revolution failed our elderly people | As day-to-day services increasingly move to the internet, older and vulnerable people are cut off by SetMau92
I know middle-aged people (usually women) who seem to take some pride in 'I can never figure this thing out' while faffing about with their phone they've had for a couple of years. I mean, if you're going to use something, why not learn how it works? Especially since even children can.
corcyra t1_jee4k8j wrote
Reply to comment by marketrent in Designing more useful bacteria — Researchers create virus-resistant, safely restrained E. coli for medical, industrial applications by marketrent
> For the second fail-safe, the team designed the bacteria themselves to be unable to live outside a controlled environment.
Until they mutate? This sounds like a classic WCGW scenario