This is the open fediverse. You can't be censored, you can be banned from specific communities but you can always open a new community to talk about what interests you.
In the fediverse people (moderators) may choose not to include you in their safe spaces, but you are not censored. You still have your voice. Just like this post here proves.
It reduces the risk surface. If the device with a sim card doesn't have a microphone, camera, or gps, then if it gets exploited you have a higher barrier to losing all your privacy.
Hopping from wifi to wifi, and turning on a cellular modem on demand can work. When I was in Japan I met a girl who didn't have a sim card at all, not for privacy reasons, her life had enough wifi that it wasn't a issue.
as far as i can tell that policy never existed. The first instance of this was for academic articles being indexed behind a paywall, and they NEVER worked with the referrer being google.
When google started to index paywalled things.... I thought that was pretty evil. Showing google content but not normal internet users. Giving sites the ability to have their cake and eat it too.
When reddit decided to force logging in to see some subreddits on mobile, I decided they were evil.
This is why I'm on Lemmy posting content, we have to use open platforms if we want them to succeed. This is the first time I've used social media. I'm doing it as a civic duty
It's the thermodynamic basis, but not the clinical basis. The carbohydrate insulin model of obesity is far more clinically relevant.
The human body is a hormonal machine, the hormones keep everything in check. As long as the hormones are functioning properly hunger and fullness will regulate body weight optimally.
To gain 1 lbs in a month it's a 30 calories difference per meal. I don't care how good your calorie tracking is, there is no way you can measure down to 30 calories per meal correctly.
It's far easier to eat food that doesn't spike insulin, and let the bodies normal feedback mechanisms regulate hunger.
I can get about 3 down before I tap out. More if they have sauces