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Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets

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Re: Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets

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Post by colejohnson66 »

bergstromm466 wrote: post #55
loup-vaillant wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The editorialised title is both accurate to the beginning of the article, and more informative. I would have ignored the original title. Thanks to the editorialised title, I now know that magnets can mess with pacemakers.

> The editorialised title is both accurate to the beginning of the article, and more informative. I would have ignored the original title. I don't understand why dang and other mods justify their gatekeeping when they edit the title to use 'expensive words', like they did here. It makes me feel so frustrated. Stop with the academia-industrial-complex and let people link to articles/papers how they want to. Stop with…

Because “editorializing” the title introduces biases (either knowingly or unknowingly). Was “iPhone 12” added in the submitted title just to make it more specific, or was it a nudge to bring on the Apple haters?

Re: Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets

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Post by bergstromm466 »

colejohnson66 wrote: post #61
bergstromm466 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The editorialised title is both accurate to the beginning of the article, and more informative. I would have ignored the original title. I don't understand why dang and other mods justify their gatekeeping when they edit the title to use 'expensive words', like they did here. It makes me feel so frustrated. Stop with the academia-industrial-complex and let people link to articles/papers how they want to. Stop with…

Because “editorializing” the title introduces biases (either knowingly or unknowingly). Was “iPhone 12” added in the submitted title just to make it more specific, or was it a nudge to bring on the Apple haters?

Who cares about Apple haters? I care that it’s a super common device that a lot of people have and could therefore be dangerous

Re: Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets

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Post by bergstromm466 »

thih9 wrote: post #58
bergstromm466 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The editorialised title is both accurate to the beginning of the article, and more informative. I would have ignored the original title. I don't understand why dang and other mods justify their gatekeeping when they edit the title to use 'expensive words', like they did here. It makes me feel so frustrated. Stop with the academia-industrial-complex and let people link to articles/papers how they want to. Stop with…

I think the idea is to trust the author’s judgment and do not change the focus (here: “phones containing magnets” vs “iPhone 12”) of the original article, especially in an attempt to make the title stand out more or get more views.

> I think the idea is to trust the author’s judgment and do not change the focus

I’m not sure why you assume i don’t know this. Thanks for explaining it anyway dad.

I’m talking about ‘interfere’ being changed to ‘inhibition’, alongside the removal of ‘iPhone 12’.

Original was: “The Magsafe charging system in the iPhone 12 can interfere...”

Re: Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets

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Post by sildur »

joezydeco wrote: post #44
sildur wrote: post #32

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Anything with strong magnets has a warning about not to use near a pacemaker. Does iPhone 12 come with such a warning?

Yes. https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1964/en_US/iph...

Then it's fine, thanks.

Re: Life Saving Therapy Inhibition by Phones Containing Magnets

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Post by antihero »

em10fan wrote: post #18
antihero wrote: post #12

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How many people put their phone in their "upper pockets"? Or even have "upper pockets"?

Many men? If you are wearing a suit, a smartphone makes the trouser pockets bulge a lot, so it's common to keep it in your shirt pocket or jacket inside pocket - Both of which is next to your heart.

I just realised after posting this that I wear a denim battle vest 99% of the time and this does in fact have an upper pocket. Oops.
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