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Show HN: Scream to Unlock – Blocks social media until you scream “I'm a loser”

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Re: Show HN: Scream to Unlock – Blocks social media until you scream “I'm a loser”

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Post by kevindamm »

dankwizard wrote: post #120
kevindamm wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

180 seems very high to me and I've already quit social networks (well, except for some forum-like ones such as HN). I like the idea, though, maybe five minutes for every 30 seconds of non-distracted gaze? Or something like that and tunable. Maybe even dynamic to the amount of time spent scrolling the feed in the last x hours?

If 180 is high you've got Tiktok Brain my friend.

If the task is to look at a camera lens uninterrupted, yeah, it's high. If it's reading or doing a creative endeavor, that's very brief. I was speaking in terms of the camera lens. There are so many other things I would rather be doing for three-plus minutes, and none of them are TikTok

Re: Show HN: Scream to Unlock – Blocks social media until you scream “I'm a loser”

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Post by nh23423fefe »

graemep wrote: post #69
nh23423fefe wrote: post #45

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Is it much better if its not possible? You just handwaved away the work involve by assuming you can create "interest". You shifted the goal post away from using arithmetic as a tax on idle iPad use toward "learning." What about chores? How should I make my children interested in chores outside of a reward or punishment?

> Is it much better if its not possible it is usually possible IMO What is the per se benefit of the "tax" if not to encourage learning.? > How should I make my children interested in chores outside of a reward or punishment? Instill a sense of duty and obligation. Set an example. Children do understand quite young that things need to be done, and they like to help parents.

> What is the per se benefit of the "tax" if not to encourage learning.

The tax exists to offset drag of idle ipad time. The tax could be chores, or reading, or arithmetic, or outside play. It doesn't matter.

I'm not a perfect person to be emulated. I want to offset their desire for hedonic maximization not demand the live up to some standard I can't accomplish. I'm on my phone all day.

Re: Show HN: Scream to Unlock – Blocks social media until you scream “I'm a loser”

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Post by kurrupttt »

mikesabat wrote: post #12

If you want to make a kids app... Forcing the child to do a number of math problems to continue using the tablet would be an amazing app that I would definitely pay for. My daughter is a second grader. If every 5 minutes of tablet use 'cost' her 5 correct arithmetic answers she would be working at space x right now.

wait. this is a great idea. i'm going to build this over the weekend.

Re: Show HN: Scream to Unlock – Blocks social media until you scream “I'm a loser”

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Post by ryandrake »

ThrowawayR2 wrote: post #98
graemep wrote: post #70

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> You gotta drill the basic arithmetic in order to learn it Do less arithmetic. We have calculators so arithmetic matters less. > no amount of sugarcoating will make kids like it. Sugarcoating is exactly the wrong approach. Its making the subject itself enjoyable. https://profkeithdevlin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lockh... > This is the lesson unlearned by proponents of "New Math" and "Common Core" in the USA Not…

"We have calculators so arithmetic matters less" you say? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger#Marketing_f... " The results revealed that many participants mistakenly believed that one-third of a pound was smaller than one-fourth (quarter) of a pound. Focus group participants expressed confusion over the price, asking why they should pay the same amount for a "smaller" third-pound burger. "

I always thought that fast food companies should have used that research to take advantage of the public’s innumeracy and offer a “1/5 pound” burger next to their 1/4 pound burgers, and charge more for it.
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