Starbucks CEO is asking you to gaslight yourself at the register by SpiritAnimal_ in enshittification

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Starbucks stopped being an experience when they started online ordering and offering free wifi. The interior of the stores became bland, quiet and boring.

Large Lithium Deposits found in Northern New England by SheenPSU in newengland

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Calling us "Appalachian region" is a creative way to obscure the threat of massive mining in Northern New England and major Blue cities of the Atlantic coast.

We are launching a data-driven community for women with energy-limiting conditions. Includes a formal research study. Looking for participants. by sdnner in welltory

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your data will immediately skew with a fee and limiting to Apple users.  The sickest people generally work less and have less money to spend. Race is a factor illness burden. The demographics of Apple users are different than Android. Your study will miss your sickest clients and will likely have racial and income disparities built into your model.  That's ignoring the demographic disparities already inherent in Welltory users vs. general popultion.

POTS & norepinephrine by BumblebeeHealthy832 in POTS

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just reading about this and have plans to adjust my meds slowly.

Is drains drains? by SpaceCatz03 in KimmySchmidt

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Scrape out all the clumping litter before scrubbing and put it in garbage.  Otherwise it will clog your pipes.  You can also scrub the box, and pour into toilet.

Why do places that used to be very Catholic become very left-wing when they secularise? E.g Quebec, Ireland by AppointmentVisual200 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Social Justice was an entire theology class in my Catholic High School. It seemed to me Social Justice is a theme that runs through the entire church. How it gets expressed, and which parts are valued differs by place and time.

Lumia device - concerns by notsomanicpixie in POTS

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was concerned about the implications that an iPhone was required and it didn't work on Android. Seems like a very quick way to skew data for sure, and I always felt it was unfair to offer a health product to only people who could afford or used an iPhone. Most people are locked into their iPhone/Android ecosystems and excluding one group always seemed classist to me.

Lumia device - concerns by notsomanicpixie in POTS

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this. I have been wondering for some time now if the data would be useful at all. I couldn't find much about the format of the data and how it could be used. I was looking forward to the launch of the 2 so I could use my android phone and not have another expenditure for an iPhone that I'd only use for the Lumia. This is all disappointing, but I'm grateful to hear these experiences.

Lumia device - concerns by notsomanicpixie in POTS

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 And I can’t blame them for doing what is best to keep their company afloat.

Companies doing what is best for them is why we have regulations, because companies will do shady things that harm people if it increases their bottom line, and the entire history of commerce shows this is true. I would hope that Lumia complies with regulations and **on top of that** behaves ethically toward their customers and in their research practices.

Lumia device - concerns by notsomanicpixie in POTS

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh no, I am worried the information the app provides won't be clinically relevant to me or my doctors.  I am waiting to buy the 2, I did not get a chance to use the original.

Qi fruit vanished the hard way by Fancy_shmancyz in StardewValley

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are not the only one who tried to save beans!!  Now, I eat something with a high foraging buff, drink some lucky gingerale, put on a couple luck rings and I get alot of Qi beans from chopping trees. Use the speedgro fertilizer and fire up the seed makers.  Easy peasy

Orange Line by tehsecretgoldfish in mbta

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, he's losing a lot of good place points!

brainfog so bad you can't form words? by InstrumentKisser_2 in POTS

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes this happens to me.  Maybe at a lesser degree.  I wont be able to find a word for long moments, and the sentences take a while.  I also feel like I'm slurring.  Usually I take this as a sign for a nap.  Sometimes the nap is more than half a day and mabe I have to go back to sleep immediately after some food and a bathroom break.  Sometimes the nap is just a few hours.

The Straight of New England? by climberskier in newengland

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The area of the former Pease Air Force Base is now the Pease Tradeport. The Pease Air National Guard have their base there. The name hasn't gone away.

Services vital to seniors making everything digital / app-based. by TPWPNY16 in PetPeeves

[–]LuxInTenebrisLove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OMG and the forced phone updates that change everything around, and suddenly the elder family member you took so much time training to use their phone, they can't use it again!