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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 egypturnash »

GavCo wrote: post #3

This is cute, but in all seriousness it would be much more effective to shout "I'm a winner" Research: - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3354773/ – Low self-esteem + rejection hurts self-control - https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2007_Power... – Self-criticism predicts less goal progress - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916102/ – Social exclusion slows inhibitory control - https:/…

hmm, maybe

"social media is for losers, and I'm a winner!"

might be both comedic and positive?

Maybe that's a little too close to the WINNERS DON'T USE DRUGS! splash screens that dominated the video games of my youth. We all snickered at those and I don't think it made a bit of difference. Dunno. Heck of a thing to holler when you're on the bus or whatever before you can get your fix, that's for sure.

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

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Post by deadbabe »

It should be “I’m addicted” instead of “I’m a loser”. Forcing someone to call themselves a loser over and over eventually weighs heavy on the soul, how would you feel if a user did it so many times one day they just decided to kill themselves? The blood is on your hands.

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

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Post by throwawayq3423 »

yellow_lead wrote: post #9
snickerdoodle12 wrote: post #5

Can't you just uninstall the extension?

In order to uninstall it, you must scream "I'm a huge loser." (Just kidding)

You have to sit through a 10 hour YouTube video of Beck's Loser.

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

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Post by ethan_smith »

netsharc wrote: post #4

The relevant code: https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/scream-to-unlock/blob/m... Are you sure Chrome doesn't talk to Google's server to convert the speech to text?

Chrome's Web Speech API does indeed send audio to Google's servers by default unless you're using the newer SpeechRecognition API with continuous=false and interimResults=true for local processing.

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

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Post by bitwize »

graemep wrote: post #32
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.

It would work short term, but I would worry that it makes a a price to be paid which will impair joy in learning the subject in the long term. Its much better to make kids interested in learning than to reward reaching goals or punish failing to reach them.

Math is a grind. Inherently. You gotta drill the basic arithmetic in order to learn it, and no amount of sugarcoating will make kids like it. So incentivizing kids to commit to the grind will beat attempting to make the subject more interesting, every time. This is the lesson unlearned by proponents of "New Math" and "Common Core" in the USA; in fact, maybe one of the reasons why Singapore Math is so successful is because Singaporeans, like many Asians, learn the value of discipline from an early age.

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

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Post by patcon »

GavCo wrote: post #3

This is cute, but in all seriousness it would be much more effective to shout "I'm a winner" Research: - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3354773/ – Low self-esteem + rejection hurts self-control - https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2007_Power... – Self-criticism predicts less goal progress - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916102/ – Social exclusion slows inhibitory control - https:/…

If only there was an API to only allow closing an app on a specific condition.

Then you could make it so the pain was in leaving to go back to other work, so you'd enter knowing it would not be an easy exit. (But you'd get to yell self-affirming things on exit :) )

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

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Post by MagnumOpus »

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.

The Anton app[0] does that to a decent extent. The kids have to earn "coins" by solving math/English/other school tasks, and can spend these coins on a huge variety of mini games.

For use on a tablet, you'd have to lock down the tablet to that single app by putting it into Kiosk mode/Single App mode.

[0] https://anton.app

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

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Post by graemep »

nh23423fefe wrote: post #45
graemep wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would work short term, but I would worry that it makes a a price to be paid which will impair joy in learning the subject in the long term. Its much better to make kids interested in learning than to reward reaching goals or punish failing to reach them.

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.

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

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Post by graemep »

bitwize wrote: post #66
graemep wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would work short term, but I would worry that it makes a a price to be paid which will impair joy in learning the subject in the long term. Its much better to make kids interested in learning than to reward reaching goals or punish failing to reach them.

Math is a grind. Inherently. You gotta drill the basic arithmetic in order to learn it, and no amount of sugarcoating will make kids like it. So incentivizing kids to commit to the grind will beat attempting to make the subject more interesting, every time. This is the lesson unlearned by proponents of "New Math" and "Common Core" in the USA; in fact, maybe one of the reasons why Singapore Math is so successful is be…

> 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 familiar with those, but I the "its fun" approach has worked for me.

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