On this same note, as an European it was insane for me to learn that school shootings like Sandy Hook, those are just the ones that go famous for some reason.
But in reality hundreds more happen throughout the year that don't go "viral" so they don't get reported at all.
Truly mind-boggling.
These must be the so called trans reading bed time stories turning kids gay i keep hearing so much about. /s
the recent changes only reduces the visibility of ongoing changes and the ability for developers outside of OEMs to contribute to Android (such contributions were already rare).
Why is this so underplayed as if it's nearly meaningless though, is my question? A huge part of open source code is transparency, and this decision is a big blow to exactly that.
Only posting the code when it's finished increases the risk that it will not be correctly scrutinized in the way its been until now, not to mention the precedent this sets. Death of the OS in AOSP by a thousand shallow cuts is what I see here.
I highly encourage you to. 🏴☠️
There's no way to believe that phones have less cultural push than AM radio had pre-1990.
I mean, you can believe whatever you want, but the answer is yes there is.
You should watch the series Adolescence, btw. It deals with this exact topic. Its 4 episodes long and it shows how social media and constant connection and more importantly INTERACTION with everyone, has an effect that is fundamentally different from passively listening to AM radio.
Don't get me wrong, I have Grayjay installed, and it works flawlessly. Seems to work even better than Tubular which is what I use currently.
This is my only gripe (well, and the fact that it isn't open source, but I can live with that), and I really want the project to succeed. I just can't get past the perma dark mode, but I'll stay on the lookout for when it releases a light mode, and I'll start using it then because I really want the project to succeed.
Okay, to be quite honest, you're reading way too deep into a matter that doesn't even concern you considering you're not a resident of France, and I'm probably wasting too much of my own time even entertaining your rambling.
So we'll stop here. I'll just close with what I know from experience with these kinds of policies, they always come out rough and broad but the details can (and will) be refined as its implementation spreads nationwide and they start covering the pot holes.
And it will spread nationwide, because it wouldn't make sense in the context of France to have a government-funded program only apply to a small region of France. It's not a municipal policy and France isn't composed of individual, sovereign states either.
Again, none of these things should need to be said since that's pretty much how all new policy launches work. And as usual, the person I'm debating doesn't even know the basics of how X country operates and apparently don't know how policy works in general, yet still they believe they can educate me on this matter. So I'm forced to conclude this indeed must be a day ending in -y.
Speaking of day, have a good one!
What are you even talking about at this point? The article is very clear.
There was a trial where schools were asked to get students to leave their phones in their lockers or in a pouch. The results were positive, so now they are expanding it nationwide. I don't know what is complicated about this.
Is it gonna be flawless? No, and there probably is room for improvements. But it isn't wasteful or short-sighted as you claim.
You'd do well to know that most schools in France are public and equipped with lockers, so this isn't that big of an added expense. Sure, it could be bothersome if teachers have to tell students to leave their phones on their lockers, I guess. But that's about it. Worst case it will be as it was back in my days, where the teacher kept the phones of the rogue students on his table until the end of classes.
They'll probably never gonna get everyone. But if they can get even 60% of students to leave their phones in their lockers all day, that's already a net positive for very little added costs, most of which won't be monetary unless it's a school with particularly degraded lockers that must be replaced.
I don't find it necessary to answer the rest of the rambling. Contraband? Criminalising parents? Lol. Kids lie to their parents all the time, they buy phones behind their backs. Holding parents criminally accountable would be insane.
You still haven't answered what you are getting at here. These rules have to be enforced either way, so I don't know why you think complaining your way out of it should even be a factor. It isn't. Schools need to deal with it, simple as.
Or are you just saying "well, I don't see how this can be enforced so they might as well not do anything!"?
it's not the schools responsibility to take on the liability of what comes with that (ie. Holding onto thousands of dollars worth of tech with the ability to keep that tech in the same condition it was in when it was confiscated for an untold amount of time),
But it is, actually. Lol. It's always been. I've had my phone taken in class a few times, and it was always returned at the end. It's really not a big deal.
I don't know what you mean by "Holding onto thousands of dollars worth of tech". Its up to the teachers to keep it for the duration of the classes, and to return them at the end. They don't need a safe to keep them in. It really isn't that big a deal.
it is the parents responsibility to make sure their children aren't ringing such distracting material to school.
It should be, but again, they aren't. Which is why the schools must intervene. And it's not really something they want to do, it is something they have to do, by government mandate.
Sure, but we're talking about a way different scale. "If you knew what you were doing" being a key word here.
It's never been easier to come across this garbage when youtube/Instagram/Tiktok comes installed on most phones by default. What's worse, there have never been so many grifters spewing the same shit.
Back in the day, you might have been able to call Limbaugh an isolated instance of a clear grifter getting paid to spread lies.
Nowadays, the Tate clones are so ubiquitous that it's hard to point out the flaws in thinking because so many people seem to believe in them. But its just the algorithm feeding you more of the same, over and over.
So, is AI gonna take everyone's jobs or not?