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I hope you wake up with a brighter outlook of the world tomorrow.

Sounds like operating costs are a core issue here. Switching to a prepaid model ensures a more consistent cash flow.

Call me naive but I find that the term ADHD has become far too general and overused. It’s a common scapegoat for what could otherwise be described as bad habits for a lot of people.

Im currently passionate in improving the life of my young nephew. His father left him devoid of a father figure while his mother is a mess who takes her frustrations out on him. Ive only just turned 19 but I’m trying my best to work on myself so I could be a good male role model for him. Myself and my mom (his grandma) are the only ones who care about him, his education, and his growth. I really just want to make sure this lil fella grows up to be a good man and not mimic the paths of his parents.

Heres a term you might appreciate: JOMO, the joy of missing out.

It’s not deranged for kids to be raised by their parents.

Ads are the unfortunate trade off we make to keep things free. I hate ads. I hate the idea of ads. Tailored propaganda to manipulate you into purchasing product just sounds awful… especially when it’s targeted at children (a demographic where advertising is especially effective).

I think YouTube’s current system is a fair deal. You either watch the content and pay by watching ads, or you pay by purchasing YouTube premium. If you don’t want to pay, and you don’t want to watch ads: leave.

I think you’ve misunderstood the point by seeing it through a purely practical perspective.

The point is that the most treasured and memorable things in life are products of great effort. You can have a ready to eat meal but there’s also some value in learning how to cook and eating something that you yourself made. Sometimes a ready to eat meal is the only option, but limiting yourself to ready to eat meals for the rest of your life (for their practicality) is a very bland way to enjoy your ability to eat.

Sorry, but I’ll choose to not be miserable in this life and I’ll instead look for the joys in my work rather than view it as some miserable grind 24/7.

Agreed. Back then switching to a new phone was justifiable since there would be a noticeable quality of life improvement between a couple generations. Now, I think we’ve reached that point where the new phone is not significantly better. Or at least, not worth the extra cost compared to a battery replacement.

Easily swappable batteries would be a big value add now for a lot of people.

Non-replaceable battery has got to be one of the most profitable examples of planned obsolescence. Your average consumer is going to notice that their phone is lagging more frequently and attribute that to their phone being old… when in reality it’s just that their battery has degraded [1]. So, what could’ve been a <$100 replacement becomes a $1000 upgrade.

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210557?cid=iOS_SettingsUI_...

iPad Pro’s are ridiculously overpowered now and I’d recommend them for a long term solution. I’ve been using a 2018 iPad Pro with the A12X Bionic (from the iPhone XS and XR release) and it’s been running without a hitch on latest iPadOS @ 120hz. I imagine an M1 iPad Pro will still be more than enough to run whatever iPadOS releases 5+ years later.

It seems like hardware has greatly outpaced software requirements these days. I imagine phones with 2023 hardware will be more than viable in 2029, whereas a phone purchased in 2010 would definitely be a piece of junk compared to a phone in 2016.

Teaching so that students actually learn is extremely hard when students are more interested in the grade than they are in the subject.

Good point. Though I imagine fully online institutions would require testing facilities. Maybe local libraries become testing hosts?

Absolutely ChatGPT is a great learning tool if in the right hands. The issue is that students with a genuine interest in learning are a minority. The majority would rather use ChatGPT to cheat through their class work and get an easy A rather then exhaust the effort to chat and learn for their own sake.

This is the dagger that will make online schooling unviable.

ChatGPT already made it so that you could easily copy & paste any full-text questions and receive an answer with 90% accuracy. The only flaw was that problems that also used diagrams or figures would be out of the domain of ChatGPT.

With image support, students could just take screenshots or document scans and have ChatGPT give them a valid answer. From what I’ve seen, more students than not will gladly abuse this functionality. The counter would be to either leave the grading system behind, or to force in-person schooling with no homework, only supervised schoolwork.

Me and you grew up in different ages of the internet. I was 6yo in 2010

Why read when you can watch. Why play with toys when you can play video games.

Not trying to say that watching YouTube or playing video games is bad - (they can be just as educational imo) but what happens is your overall standard for gratification gets raised. This increased standard makes what should be normal tasks become mundane. The overall effect of which is compulsion to avoid the mundane task.

Sounds like your experience was with the internet as a knowledge tool. Currently, id argue it’s a time-sink and mind-sink for the majority of people.

p.s I don’t have adhd/autism if that’s what you’re thinking.

I was given unrestricted access to an iPad as a 6yo. My dad would always be too busy to do anything so he’d give me his iPad (2) or his iPhone (3gs) whenever I’d ask with almost no hesitation. In retrospect, I do wish he was at least a little more strict. I could sit on a screen for 18 hours in a day with no intervention from my parents… but I wouldn’t. (my parents love me by the way and didn’t neglect me…I think)

I mostly mindlessly watched Minecraft youtube videos, lets play videos, and would occasionally play some mobile game.

Pros: - Developed my vocabulary by listening to adult conversation (commentators) - Became adept with technology by getting familiarity with navigating the internet and jailbreaking the devices - Became a fast typer - Was able to easily make friends who watched similar YouTubers

Cons: - Difficulty focusing - Became impulsive as having instant access to technology is a form of instant gratification that was drilled into me - Learned every swear at 6 years old - Discovered porn at 7 years old

Regardless, I do think I turned out fine. I was a straight-A student throughout my entire K-12 education, made plenty friends, and have maintained an ambitious outlook on my career.

> The WHOLE POINT of this HN post is to poo-poo Dvorak's take on the iPhone AS IF the introduction of Apple Vision is comparable to the iPhone's introduction.

Not completely. This article is a great example of how meaningless unsubstantiated analysis is. The author makes a lot of anecdotal claims similar to the ones made regarding VR (“one time gimmick, a shelf decoration”)

I don’t think we’ve seen the complete potential of VR/AR technology and Im looking forward to see if Apple stepping in can normalize it.

I wonder what would happen to a world where AI runs the economy. Not everyone has some hobby or passion that brings meaning into their lives. Some people just work, come home, and spend their free hours consuming some form of entertainment. Without work, would those people just have more free hours? The elimination of human labor could be disastrous to mental health.

All the roles you mention can also be affected by LLM’s