Onomatopoeia @ Onomatopoeia @lemmy.cafe

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It's a tough call, I don't disagree at all with the concerns you pose.

However... Email is every bit as another data point for tracking you, and worse it's in the clear. Every email address I've ever used over the years is in databases with IP addresses, timestamps, locatiin/region data, last used, associated device ID's, etc... Plus any analysis from content that was ever done. Yahoo/Google, etc certainly know lots about the user of those addresses, even ones that aren't their addresses.

I'd happily use an encrypted system(s). I'd simply create multiple accounts, and isolate them in different ways.

For example, my healthcare org sends nothing through email except a notification that you have some kind of update. You then log in to their system to view the info. I do wish they'd develop an app for iOS/Android, it's a bit of a nuisance otherwise. In their defense, App dev with sensitive info isn't their forte, so at least they aren't opening that Pandora's box.

Everywhere I've lived, it's never changed, for years (current is 5 years).

I guess it really depends.

I've been using email since it was text-based.

I think email for the average person is kind of dead. I rarely use it for personal comms, and it's more of a repository of receipts and the occasional password reset.

I reluctantly use it for person-to-business.

Work? That's not my concern. I use the tools that they manage.

Email is practically dead to me - it's not encrypted, and plenty of encrypted systems exist that provide equivalent, and in some ways, better functionality for personal use.

I wish companies would start embracing them.

Meh.

Not sure I agree. I get the sentiment, but garbage should be discarded.

Not doomed for those selling them.

People will just buy the next thing.

I stopped buying games when Call of Duty decided to no longer allow you to host your own. That was mtast game purchase, I refuse to buy any more. Turns out I have more time for other stuff now.

And being able to stand up, fully, to dress/change, or pee in the middle of the night

Lol, I hear ya.

Thanks for the Android app recommendation.

Which is why I upgraded to an RV/Camper. The smallest, lightest I can find.

I don't mind being outside, cooking, eating, everything else. But I want a floor and a bed for sleeping, along with kind-of-solid walls.

Nothing is inherently more hack proof. Security occurs by intent/design, with layers like an onion.

Oh, God, not sure if I'm supposed to upvote or downvote.

I read that whole damn book because I'm some kind of masochist.

Hot garbage is what that book was.

Says who?

I've seen plenty of small kids on wrist leashes since the 80's.

Also, there's a vast difference between a kid and even a dog, when it comes to autonomy - your goal is to slowly develop a kid's autonomy so they can be independent. Some kids/circumstances can be very challenging to negotiate safely.

With dogs, you have to do the reverse - condition them so they'll want to defer their autonomy to you. And with some dogs, even with the best, most capable trainers in the world they'll still dart after that rabbit or whatever catches their eye.

No.

Most people have no idea how to present information, this on top of the average person being able to read about 4x faster than someone can speak. I regularly play podcasts at 1.5x-2x. There are perhaps 3 people who I'll watch on YouTube for information, only because they show how something works and the video format is useful for the subject, and I still often play it at 2x, or just skip through all the nonsense.

99% of video presentations are garbage to me.

As for entertainment, books and video are different things. Video will always have the influence of scriptwriters, director, producers, actors. You're watching their interpretation of a story. Sometimes this can even be a good thing when they highlight something you may not have really noticed. Often though, it comes with the baggage of someone fundamentally altering a story.

Er, uh, OK?

Yep - pulled up next to a Small-Penis-Mobile the other day, new Ford extra cab, super duty diesel, with that stupid Roosh package no less, so we know he paid a LOT extra. And it was black, shiny and clean, even the tires. Fucking garage queen for a twat.

Lifted, stupid tires, some stupid gizmo in the receiver.

I bet I've towed more with my 20-year-old "toy truck" than that douchebag ever will. Oh, and he was on speakerphone holding the phone up with his right hand, going 5mph under the limit, holding up traffic.

I probably get better fuel economy with 250k on the odometer, and I don't spew out the crap he does.

Asshat.

As in quickly, and with style?

I can only imagine the complaining of those tires as you try to turn. And heaven help you if you installed some kind of limited-slip differential.

I think you mean kids from 2006 dressed like the kids on this book

Exactly.

Sure many ADHD traits are occasionally experience by non-neurodivergent people,

They key is "occasionally" - for someone with ADHD these traits are pretty much constant, never go away. Medication and practice may reduce their impact, and you may find ways to mitigate/compensate, but the underlying trait is always there, waiting for you to become complacent.

A neurotypical person rarely understands how much effort is put in just for something mundane.

Nope, I don't use the home screen - it's such a terrible idea.

I use folders on every device*, using the same structure, that way all software/tools are categorized the same though they're different on each OS.

*Except iOS because it sucks from a customization standpoint.

Losing weight is shockingly effective.

I've seen it in my whole family. We've talked about it. Snoring for us follows a clear pattern - gain weight, snore more. Lose weight, snoring goes away.

Drinking - same thing.

Butter.. You monster! 😁