@rafal06@fluffykittycat They're making their products shittier to attempt to get the consumer to pay more, to appease the shareholders—their true customers—by increasing profit margins. Unfortunately for them, that doesn't work on informed consumers, of which their are plenty thanks to the free flow of information on the Internet. :)
#LibreOffice has changed its numbering system to a YY.M format instead. The first of the new system is LibreOffice 24.2. The last of the old system is 7.6.4
“In Canada and other developed countries, scores in reading, math and science are on a steady decline,” said Maharaj.
“When [scientists] look at what’s contributing to this, the use of phones and digital technology is a significant factor.”
Cris Rowan, a B.C.-based occupational therapist, added that phone use is impacting children's brain development and impacting their focus in class.
“Research is showing that grades are directly related to the number of times you open a text.... Even having that phone on the desk is hugely affecting kids.”
Both experts say cellphones in class are also likely contributing to an ongoing decrease in kid and teen mental health.
Experts also say that cellphones in class have a negative impact by increasing opportunities for cyberbullying.
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tk♲ @rebelhq@diasporasocial.net:Globalization is Crumbling: Time for Domestic Self-Sufficiency in 2024 www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/2… The decades-long attempt to force “globalization” as the primary economic model is crumbling. We saw it coming when the pandemic hit and suddenly “global supply chains” failed, leaving those relying on them in dire straits. Now, as clusters of war spread across the planet, once again the supply chains are broken like the fragile, artificial constructs they are.
@SebinNyshkim I feel like this is unfortunately the logical continuation of things like:
Automation in general, in both robotic and software forms
Things being turned into unmaintainable/unrepairable black boxes
Automatic transmissions in cars
The people producing and pushing this stuff want us to become slaves to them rather than learning how to do things ourselves. It's definitely "working," too, because much of the population is too scared to work on their own things, and is even scared of "having to use" hand/power tools to do anything.
@RedForkian The funny thing is that point-and-shoot cameras are smaller than today's smartphones, so you might as well start carrying one if you don't want all of the smartphone surveillance and other nonsense.
An Ottawa woman is warning people who are selling their vehicle to be wary of scammers who try to lure sellers into purchasing vehicle history reports through fraudulent websites in order to obtain their credit card information.
Ellen Thompson says she was encouraged by the large number of responses to an ad she posted on AutoTrader to sell her son's 2011 Honda CR-Z.
"The first day I was inundated with interested people and I thought 'Oh, this is crazy,'" says Thompson. "I couldn't even keep up to the interest."
Thompson had already paid for a vehicle history report for the pending sale, but she estimates nine out of every 10 text messages she received from potential buyers led to the same request for a vehicle history report from a different company.