This is a bad summary which ignores the important aspects of the discussion:
- When you do a research, you have to get consent from your subjects.
- When you do a research, you have to compensate your subjects for their time.
Neither of those points were respected.
And yes, you can obtain consent without divulgating the exact process that will be used. All psychology researchers know how to do that effectively and ethically.
I bought a Macbook Air M1 a few months ago. It does not take specialized work to notice the difference between this laptop and every other intel based laptop.
The Tinkpad X1 Carbon which I bought multiple time over the years would run hot, make noise and the battery would deplete fast when watching youtube videos. Before M1 this was just normal laptop behavior and the X1 is a great laptop. With the M1 though, it's now been 2 hours of watching youtube and you're at 95% in a perfect silence and the laptop is cool to the touch.
Also I don't find a Macbook Air to be "cool". To me it feels mainstream just because it's an obvious choice.
No. Just no. Addiction is a serious matter which is well studied by actual scientists and mental health professionals. You can't just give advices about addiction unless you have been properly trained. Your affirmations on such subjects have to be backed by scientific evidence and having a big audience does not qualify for scientific evidence. Please, if you are interested about addiction or think you have a problematic relationship with a substance or a behavior, go and see the work of Dr. Andrew Tatarsky at https://www.centerforoptimalliving.com/ for instance. Or ask a mental health professional which have an actual Ph.D. in psychology or medicine. You could also read actual scientific evidence if you know how to, just not that. This is just wrong.
"ICQ New does not encrypt your communications. In addition, your communications may be routed through different countries - that is the nature of the Internet. ICQ New cannot accept any responsibility for any unauthorized access or loss of Data."
Agree. It’s like a bad translation of “as of today”. It is kind of ugly though and to me it sounds awful, especially when you consider that you can replace it by the much more simple and elegant “à ce jour”.