we did impeach him for extorting ukraine last time.

if you want it to interact with a wide range of environments and objects that were designed for humans, then a humanoid robot may be the way to go.

they could have gone so many different directions. nutcracker. river dance. yackety sax…

APD doesn’t have similarities with ADHD. ADHD can cause APD but APD like many other common symptoms is not in the official catalog of symptoms for ADHD.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9493945/

“Central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) present overlapping symptomatology.”

Someone with ADHD can better focus when they get the info simultaneously as text and audio? Unbelievable!

Or… maybe she really does have APD as her doctors says she does?

I don’t say that she has it but most neurodiverse will see lot’s of checked boxes.

…because APD has some similar symptoms to ADHD. yet there are many armchair psychiatrists in here diagnosing her with ADHD.

The woman in the article is also just a single example. They mention that this condition is on the rise in general.

it’s not untestable, they just haven’t actually done it yet. In fact they say in the article research is needed.

eh, I don’t see a problem with this article specifically, and I don’t think your “cancer” hyperbole is helpful. If people feel like they are suffering from a similar listening/attention issue, there’s no real harm in trying to go without noise-cancelling for a while to see if the symptoms improve.

they did say she was able to pay attention just fine watching lecture videos with subtitles. Also she is just an example, they said this problem is on the rise in general.

She is just an example, they say this issue is on the rise in general.

Five NHS audiology departments have told the BBC that there has been an increase in the number of young people referred to them from GPs with hearing issues - only to find their hearing is normal when tested and it is their ability to process sound that is struggling.

APD is more common in neurodivergent people, those who have suffered from a brain injury or had a middle-ear infection as a child. However, more patients with APD are presenting outside of those categories, leaving audiologists to question if external factors, such as noise-cancelling headphones, are contributing.

they’re not saying it’s a headphones thing in general. they’re saying it may be a noise-cancelling headphones thing.

this isn’t a hearing loss issue, the hypothesis is that noise-cancelling headphones specifically are causing our brains to not filter out random noises neurologically.

that’s how science works until you can actually test the hypotheses.

probably both really.

you can opt out of all that stuff. They bury the options deep in the settings but you can do it and it works.

uh there’s plenty of Russian influence here already.

that’s perfectly reasonable, everyone will have a different cost/benefit calculation. But that’s a lot different than saying expensive TVs aren’t actually better.

and it’s common practice on other services like Yelp with sponsored results.

I’m not happy about ads, but ads aren’t inherently anti-privacy. If they are not targeted at you based on tracking data then I don’t see any conflict with privacy. for example, mentioned in the article:

For example, it reportedly considered charging for prioritization of search results in the app. It’s also plausible that it could sell the ability to make specific locations on the map more prominent to viewers.

that would suck but it’s not a privacy issue.

they must see the writing on the wall for reduced hardware sales.