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I thought this was every argument for child safety by everyone ever tbh

I installed WSL out of spite to show that my program compiled way faster when the AV didn't know about it. It went from 18 minutes to about 6.

Retro phone trend reveals growing desire to disconnect, ECU research finds

The study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) researcher Dr Jess Hardley suggests these products reflect a broader desire to interrupt the close relationship people have developed with their phones over the past two decades. The smartphone as a constant companion

Dr Hardley's research explores how smartphones have become deeply embedded in everyday life and why increasing numbers of people are now looking for ways to use them less.

"Smartphones were designed to be with us all the time," Dr Hardley said.

"We carry them from room to room, keep them within reach and don't think twice about holding or checking them." Creating distance from devices

Drawing on more than a decade of research with Australian smartphone users, Dr Hardley found many people are actively creating physical distance from their devices.

One participant told Dr Hardley she locked her phone in a work drawer because mobile gaming had become "obsessive" and was affecting her concentration.

"What interested me wasn't just that people wanted to use their phones less," Dr Hardley said.

"It's that they're often creating physical distance from the device by putting it in another room, locking it away or making it harder to reach for."

The study also points to growing interest in phone-free events, app restrictions, greyscale settings and phone-locking pouches used at concerts. More than a quirky trend

Dr Hardley said the popularity of retro-style accessories, including wall-mounted docking stations and coiled-cord handsets, may reflect the same impulse.

"At first glance these products can seem playful or nostalgic," they said.

"But they also point to something more significant. People appear to be looking for practical ways to interrupt the constant habit of picking up and interacting with their phones." A broader cultural shift

The research comes as Australian states enforce school phone bans and international debate continues around young people's social media use.

"We're seeing personal responses and policy responses develop in parallel," Dr Hardley said.

"Individuals are finding their own ways to step back from smartphones, while schools and other institutions are introducing rules that limit access during parts of the day."

Dr Hardley said understanding why adults are voluntarily experimenting with ways to distance themselves from smartphones may help explain wider shifts in attitudes toward technology.

"The popularity of phone-free events, phone jails and retro accessories suggests people are questioning the always-on relationship we've had with smartphones for many years," they said.

"We're still living in a world shaped by smartphones, but we're also seeing the beginnings of a new conversation about when, where and how we want them to be part of our lives."

The paper Revisiting the 'Snug Tether': Smartphones in an Era of Scroll Free Social events, Landline Accessories, and Device Bans was published in M/C Journal.

The Sony PSX launched at $800 (aud) and dropped to $400 a few months later when the N64 was released at $400.

It turns out that Sony had that 100% headroom all along.

Reducing costs just pumps margins. Removing competition with retail boxes will not reduce the price.

I the sort of person who would go to the dealership and start looking underneath the showroom cars. If I can't see the oil filter, I don't want it.

I got "removed" from adsense around 2005. There had better not be ads on my vids.

They're doing it to cover the losses on the same AI investments that spiked RAM prices.

That flag. Ugh.

There was a time when by facebook wall was plastered with AI slop articles, and all of them had flags chucked in like this.

There is zero adware in Android (AOSP). Unfortunately manufacturers tend to install Gooogle Play Services, which compromises the whole device.

It wasn't always like this.

I swear every version of Windows between 3.11 and XP was 100% reliable. Then it just started... slipping.

What's weird is that it often works on the second try.

NTP, DHCP, SNMP, FTP, SSH

• NTP just tells you time. No confidential data here.
• DHCP and SNMP dont go over the internet. A VPN won't save you from this.
• FTP is dead. Not even web browsers support it anymore.
• SSH is already encrypted. In some cases, it can literally be used as a VPN.

Wireshark is useless on WPA3. Although hotel wifi typically doesn't use it.

SNI is encrypted with ECH.

I disabled plaintext SMTP on my mail server years ago. Requiring TLS actually reduced spam by 99%. No reputable mail server will use plaintext.

Almost nothing uses plain HTTP. The only thing I typically see is my phone's internet connectivity check, which simply returns an HTTP 204 (No content). It's practically a ping.

HTTPS + DoH is enough because all of these problems are solved.

You're routing all your traffic through a single inspection point. They too can scrape anything that isn't HTTPS. They can list every site you visit without DoH.

Corporations are just as unaccountable as ISPs and governments.