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  • From the article:

    The agency noted that tests measuring radiation absorption rates at a distance of 5cms (1.98 inches) showed that the iPhone 12 was in compliance with the limit of 2.0 watts per kilogram.

    But it also says that:

    The ANFR said accredited labs had measured absorption of electromagnetic energy by the body at 5.74 watts per kilogram during tests simulating when the phone was being held in the hand or kept in a pocket, writes France 24. That's higher than the European standard absorption rate of 4.0 watts per kilogram.

    That sounds like different test methodology was used for the test it is currently failing? There is a difference between "from 5 cm" vs "held in hand" or "kept in a pocket".

    It makes it sound like the iPhone 12 was in compliance earlier, but is not in compliance now with different test methodology.

  • It's not per kilogram of the device. It's a measure of absorption per kilogram of body mass of the person using the device.

    A good way to think about it is: throw a small piece of meat into the microwave and let it absorb some microwaves. It gets warm. Now imagine a much larger piece of meat. It can absorb a lot more microwaves before it starts getting warm. The smaller the 'body mass', the less radiation it can absorb and dissipate before becoming damaged. So when it comes to mobile device radiation levels, they focus on the watts of radiation absorbed per kilogram of body mass.

  • I thought the iPhone 12 hasn't been sold since 2021, so why does it even matter if the iPhone 12 is not compliant with a more modern standard?

  • Would you consider it a perfectly legitimate arrangement if one end of the "V" resents it and is unhappy? Because that's the only way I've ever seen a polyamorous arrangement working in practice (and as I said earlier, I've only seen two, and both were like that).

  • It is not a very commonly used word, but I think the word you are looking for is "defeminize" - it's the closest 'clinical' English word I've heard - every other word to describe the feminine equivalent of emasculation is either slang or a slur.

  • This is projection and hypocrisy at its finest.

    The more the state proclaims to 'protect children' and promote 'family values', generally the worse it scored on the analysis.

  • My belief that they can work will be the day I actually see one that works. The score is still zero for two so far.

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  • The very first thing I do is use my cosmic intellect and power to explore the limits of my knowledge and abilities, determine whether it is permanent or not, and then if I determine that it is not permanent...use my current abilities to make it permanent.

  • Well, granted my sample size is extremely small, but I've only ever known 2 polyamorous groups of people well enough to visit their home. And in both cases, there was always 1 person who wasn't as happy as the other two and was tolerating the scenario due to pressure from the person they considered their 'significant other'.

    The dynamic was: A & B would be considered spouses to each other, A wants to bring in additional person C and create a trio under the banner of "polyamory" and B consents (because they are willing to accommodate anything A wants to make A happy). So person C enters the relationship and they form a polyamorous-trio, but instead of it being a true trio, it's more like A & B still have their relationship (now burdened) and A & C have a relationship, but B & C don't engage much. This is the exact scenario I have witnessed in the only 2 households I've ever known doing it.

    That's given me the impression that arrangements like that usually serve the needs of one or two people but often leave at least one party secretly unhappy. Maybe if more people actually witnessed polyamory working as it's been proclaimed, there would be higher opinions of arrangements like that. But I sure haven't seen it - my current conclusion is that it's just not within the bounds of human nature for this kind of relationship to work.

  • Headline is a bit misleading. It's not part of California state law yet. The bill needs to go back to the senate for a procedural vote, then needs to be signed into law by the Governor. It's probably a foregone conclusion that both those things will happen given the unanimous support for the bill, but I just wanted to point out that it's technically not a done-deal yet.

    iFixit obviously has some vested interest in seeing this pass, but at the end of the day they've accomplished something great for the country. I can't wait to see how this actually impacts consumer products going forward.

  • TIL, my belief that I have the right to call out bullshit when I see it is considered a religion now.

  • As much as I love seeing more lawsuits pile up against Fox, I just don't see any merit to these cases.

    Both cases claim that fox has "a longstanding habit" of allowing conspiracy theories and inviting defamation lawsuits that would damage the company's value (affecting their investment).

    If you are an investor, is it not your duty/responsibility to vet the investment before investing? If fox had a "longstanding" habit of it, then this means it's been going on a while, and that it was an obvious thing that everybody (including those investment/pension funds) knew about.

    Companies take gambles all the time. Sometimes they pay out, and sometimes those gambles lose money. In this case, the gamble was paying out bigtime in the short run but they lost in the long run. That's business. It's the investor's responsibility to make the decision and all the facts of the case were available to anyone with the will to do their due diligence (I mean, everything they are complaining about was broadcast on public television, it's not like Fox was hiding anything).

    This is a case of investor incompetence, imo.

  • There is a centuries-old simple salad recipe involving just cucumbers, onions, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper.

    Anyone saying you can't have a salad out of cucumber, onions, and dressing...is wrong.

  • They must have done a cost/benefit analysis and came to the obvious conclusion that having to build multiple variants would be more costly than the profit they'd have earned by continuing to gouge all the non-EU consumers on proprietary cables and junk.

    The world owes the EU a debt of gratitude for forcing apple compliance on this one.

  • It usually means you reside in a multi-block sized apartment complex and that the dumpsters are on one end of the complex rather than being centrally located, and your apartment is on the other end... and those distances feel doubled if it is raining, or there is snow or ice on the ground.

  • That's what I did, but the community is too niche to have any activity on Lemmy. A LOT of niche community users are in the same scenario.

  • Probably over diagnosed by people self-diagnosing. Probably significantly under diagnosed officially/clinically.

    And the above is true for a LOT of conditions, not just ADHD.

  • I think you are missing a big piece of the bigger picture.

    Much of the 'utility' of the lemmy alternatives is the significantly larger user base, which is what's necessary for more niche communities to get off the ground and actually be viable. Without that userbase, lemmy is just another alternate place to discuss the basest common topics, that can be discussed anywhere. I mean, technology and news are nice to have, but it's the variety of the niche community that are what keep people still hooked on reddit.

    So in the end, making a place popular for the sake of popularity actually does serve an important purpose.

  • It went 31-5 in the state senate. I'd be curious to know who the 3 representatives and 5 senators who voted against are.

  • He was already self identifying as a prison inmate in that photo. You can tell from the hat he's wearing.