Thank you EU for regulating roaming! I remember being afraid to turn on data because the law was so new. At the end of the month the bill came and I was relieved to see 0€ extra for 7GB of traffic.
No, but if I were a TBI sufferer, I’d take quality of life improvements even with these costs.
If you want to ‘have it all,’ we’ll need to invest heavily in creating more advanced biomedical research models. This requires strong societal and political willpower.
However, this becomes less significant when the applications are interoperable. If you ever stop using Obsidian, you can just grab your files and use another Markdown editor on top.
I’d agree if Facebook wasn’t such a monopoly. Most digital social interactions are walled behind Meta products.
You want to organize a protest? Create a Facebook event. You want to keep up with news in your town or neighborhood? Join the local Facebook group. You want to chat with someone? Add them on Facebook Messenger.
This reads like a conspiracy theory when coupled with their site's design and messaging. It's filled with many theoretical scenarios. The report it quoted was proposed by a travel agency. That would be alright, but only the speculative, sensationalistic parts were referenced.
Not to mention the long term effects, such as increased risk of diabetes, heart problems and neurodegenerative conditions. Plus a bunch of other symptoms which get labeled as long covid.
These are not enough to make people afraid of catching the virus. The effects are not immediate and humans are bad at long-term risk assessment. See climate change or smoking as examples.