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The Last Quiet Thing

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Re: The Last Quiet Thing

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Post by altairprime »

zxlk21e wrote: post #10
altairprime wrote: post #3

This post says, “22% dismiss notifications”. Why do people allow this? I see people with phones that have 3 new notifications per 5 minutes and none of them are human being messages or human being event reminders. Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you. The news isn’t actionable. Stop letting the news task you. Your social feeds aren’t actionable. Stop letting your feeds task you. (And, ye…

Managing these notifications (which are on by default most of the time) is a form of what I'm writing at here, isn't it?

They’re only on if you clicked “Allow” on the permissions dialog for them, right? Or is this a thing where Android is forcing everyone to accept notifications by default? Or..?

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Post by djoldman »

nancyminusone wrote: post #35
djoldman wrote: post #31

> Screen Time gives you a report card. And if the grade is bad, the design makes one thing clear: > That's a you problem. > It measures your usage. Tracks your behavior. Gives you a weekly report card. If the numbers are too high? > You picked it up too much. > You spent too long. > You failed your limit. > Try again next week. > Try harder. > Screen Time is a blame shift dressed in a soft font. > ... What if the exh…

>nothing requires you to use a smartphone Another story from the hn front page today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662857

True. I amended my response.

There are exceptions. Also, curiously, some things require older hardware like faxes and do not accept newer hardware like smartphones.

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

Sure, screen time. But I am also deeply tired of just keeping things charged. Some of my stuff insists on special usb cables - because those cables contain chips that mediate between the and its charger. Its exhausting.

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Post by lunasorcery »

While I agree with the article, I can't help but feel like the superfluous animations undercut it somewhat. Would be nice to have a version with the images/diagrams but without the animations - maybe add support for prefers-reduced-motion?

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Post by pimlottc »

eykanal wrote: post #4

There's a great essay hiding in that page, but oh my goodness that is a frustrating format and layout.

A small plea to authors - if you absolutely must use scroll-linked animations and fade-ins, please at least make sure all the text is fully readable within 25% of the scroll height. It is so frustrating not being able to read things until they reach the middle of the page. Trying to look at images that aren't fully loaded until the top is already scrolling off the page! What's the point of having a 4k monitor if I can only use the top half!

Re: The Last Quiet Thing

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Post by tombert »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #43

Sure, screen time. But I am also deeply tired of just keeping things charged . Some of my stuff insists on special usb cables - because those cables contain chips that mediate between the and its charger. Its exhausting.

Yeah, it's something I think about a lot.

I have a smartwatch, I like it just fine, but I kind of think that smartwatches are actually pretty bad at being a watch. I had a Casio G-Shock for about a decade that I wore nearly every day [1], and I never had to change the battery. My Garmin Instinct Crossover, which is considered to have very good battery life, has to be charged every two weeks, which despite that seeming like a long time, I manage to forget about it every time until the battery is dead.

[1] I have a few fancy wind-up watches I wear to formal occasions.

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Post by badc0ffee »

altairprime wrote: post #3

This post says, “22% dismiss notifications”. Why do people allow this? I see people with phones that have 3 new notifications per 5 minutes and none of them are human being messages or human being event reminders. Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you. The news isn’t actionable. Stop letting the news task you. Your social feeds aren’t actionable. Stop letting your feeds task you. (And, ye…

> Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you.

I have notifications on for Uber Eats because I want updates when I order a food delivery. Of course, the app takes this opportunity to randomly (though infrequently) send me ad notifications during the other 98% of the time. Just this past week I've seen notifications for getting my Easter shopping done, and something for "National Burrito Day" which I'm sure is totally a real thing.

Unfortunately, lots of apps are like this. But are they annoying or frequent enough that I will turn off notifications? No, because I'd rather put up with it than have to remember to turn them back on the next time I order something.

Re: The Last Quiet Thing

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Post by altairprime »

badc0ffee wrote: post #48
altairprime wrote: post #3

This post says, “22% dismiss notifications”. Why do people allow this? I see people with phones that have 3 new notifications per 5 minutes and none of them are human being messages or human being event reminders. Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you. The news isn’t actionable. Stop letting the news task you. Your social feeds aren’t actionable. Stop letting your feeds task you. (And, ye…

> Turn off every notification that isn’t actionable or joyful to you. I have notifications on for Uber Eats because I want updates when I order a food delivery. Of course, the app takes this opportunity to randomly (though infrequently) send me ad notifications during the other 98% of the time. Just this past week I've seen notifications for getting my Easter shopping done, and something for "National Burrito Day" wh…

I solve that in a hilarious way: by uninstalling the app when I’m not using it. Works perfectly, other than some slight sign-in friction, for e.g. airlines, Uber/Etsy, and so on. But I’d rather suffer through logging in with a saved password than receive notification spam — I can respect that others prefer the opposite way.
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