I ran the same query too but didn’t get the botulism warning every time. So it seems to vary. However, unlike the poster most of the answers from Gemini did say to store it in a cool, dark place as opposed to saying to store it at room temperature explicitly
Any idea how they managed to implement this in iOS? Normally I thought the iOS API didn’t give you access to stuff like this. I did see on one of their notion docs they mentioned blocking safari with an iOS shortcut so I wonder if that’s maybe how it’s being accomplished under the hood
The Screen Time API extends a little beyond what you get with built-in Screen Time, like the ability to hide apps. It's still a bit funny that this product bashes Screen Time for being too easy to bypass when you could also just set a pin that you then write down and cycle once you remember it too well. I do this to enable the passcode change lock and account lock to prevent full compromise in case someone shouldersurfs my PIN and steals my phone (been known to happen).
Screen time passcode is what I do too. The rule I set for myself is that my partner ist the only one allowed to lock it and unlock it. (Technically, you can always remove the passcode with the Apple password, but I don to that).
Screentime password for me is too automatic. Something like the brick may be enough to break out of automatic mode and into thinking about it at which point i may have a chance to stop my self. ADHD is a fun beast to tame.
As a hearing person who grew up with deaf family members (my mom & aunt are deaf), I think many deaf people will actively oppose gene therapy for deafness. In the deaf community, there’s a large subsection that actively oppose things like cochlear implants or any other attempts to make deaf people hearing. There’s a few reasons why:
First, many deaf people feel an immense pressure to fit into hearing society. I know in my mom’s case her hearing parents refused to teach her sign language because they wanted her to fit in with hearing people. This is a pretty common experience for deaf people and one that many of them hate (my mom included). My suspicion is that to the deaf community things like gene therapy might feel like another way to force them to fit in instead of being themselves. No idea if this is actually how deaf people feel, but it is an educated guess based on what I’ve seen in my family.
Second, many in the deaf community don’t view deafness as a disability. I think it’s viewed as a gift of sorts. There’s even a term for it called “deaf gain” (a play on the phrase “hearing loss”). Basically, many deaf people think being deaf is a positive and not something that needs to be cured. So, the idea of curing deafness with things like gene therapy is very controversial in the deaf community.
Third, the deaf community has its own culture. For instance, there’s different social norms that are unique to deaf people (e.g. if you want to get someone’s attention you flick a light switch on and off). One of the fears of the deaf community is that if deafness is eliminated then the culture disappears. So, in many deaf circles, things like gene therapy are viewed as an existential crisis. I’ve even heard things like this likened to cultural genocide (which is a bit extreme) because of its threat to their culture.
So due to these reasons, I can’t see this treatment actually being popular with the deaf community. There’s already a huge emphasis within deaf families to not use cochlear implants on their kids due to it being viewed as a bad thing. As a result, I think it’s unlikely those same families will opt for gene therapy. I think most of the cases you’ll see of gene therapy being used are deaf kids whose hearing parents decided they need it or with the subset of deaf adults who don’t share the views of others in the deaf community.
This is a truly important perspective. And I wonder if often treatments to make people more "normal" are sometimes more pushed by society because one of the prime pressures of modern society is to have everyone homogenized as cogs to advance technology rather than just be a person.
I would not be surprised if ADHD and other things are next. One of the prime aims of technology is in fact to erode independent communities because they are one of the few that can speak out against technological development (e.g. the Amish).
On your home page you say it is trusted by HR professionals globally and list a bunch of big name companies. However, this seems like a new product so I am a bit doubtful that you actually have people at those companies using it. Isn’t it a bit misleading to list those companies?
This likely some technically true, but misleading trickery. Like they have some a friend in each of these corps and they asked for feedback and the friends said it's great, etc.
Note the statement doesn't indicate the said companies are customers. Nor it doesn't indicate the people are using the solution.
