' "Teens aren't addicted to social media. They're addicted to each other," Boyd says. "They're not allowed to hang out the way you and I did, so they've moved it online." '
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FuzzNugget writes "Wired presents this damning perspective on so-called social media addiction: 'If kids can't socialize, who should parents blame? Simple: They should blame themselves. This is the argument advanced in It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd. Boyd ... has spent a decade interviewing hundreds of teens about their online lives. What she has found, over and over, is that teenagers would love to socialize face-to-face with their friends. But adult society won't let them. "Teens aren't addicted to social media. They're addicted to each other," Boyd says. "They're not allowed to hang out the way you and I did, so they've moved it online." It's true. As a teenager in the early '80s I could roam pretty widely with my friends, as long as we were back by dark. Over the next three decades, the media began delivering a metronomic diet of horrifying but rare child-abduction stories, and parents shortened the leash on their kids. Politicians warned of incipient waves of youth wilding and superpredators (neither of which emerged). Municipalities crafted anti-loitering laws and curfews to keep young people from congregating alone. New neighborhoods had fewer public spaces. Crime rates plummeted, but moral panic soared. Meanwhile, increased competition to get into college meant well-off parents began heavily scheduling their kids' after-school lives.'"
This role will be responsible for all OSX end user systems for the company. The successful candidate will be a lead contributor to IT for client, day-to-day functions, and corporate IT. The candidate of choice will be a go-getter who has the desire to expand his/her knowledge and experience working with complex and highly available custom applications. Key functions include hardware and software troubleshooting, planning, procurement, field network management, training, analysis, and customer care.
Users of the half-serious virtual currency Dogecoin are raising 30 million coins, worth about $13,545, in order to reimburse victims of a massive Christmas heist. Two days ago, hackers broke into two major wallets, Dogewallet and Instadoge, and made off with dogecoins belonging to "shibes," the community's term for Dogecoin users.
"In order to reach the moon we have to take care of each other and keep the spirit of community and faith in each other and the services that help spread the love of dogecoin," writes Ben Doernberg, one of the eight members of the Dogecoin subreddit who started the fundraising effort. "Thus, we are launching an effort to reimburse as many shibes as possible who lost their savings in the hacks."
The effort has raised 4 million dogecoins so far
The effort has raised 4,037,877 dogecoins so far, worth about $1,823. Donors can send money through SaveDogemas.com. Doernberg and his associates say they are working on a system where victims can register claims for reimbursement. The goal is to raise the money in 12 days.
Dogecoin is based on the cryptographic currency Litecoin, which is in turn based on the open source code for the better-known virtual currency Bitcoin. Based on the Doge meme, it has seen rapid adoption in the short two weeks it's been around. The Dogecoin community on Reddit now has 19,000 members.
"I always worry when we have to couch our language so that people with power don't get their feelings hurt." KABOOM
It's worth checking out Liza Mundy's piece in the magazine on paternity leave and policy. It's a fairly enthusiastic endorsement, arguing that leave isn't just good for fathers but good all around. Here's Mundy on the successes of "Daddy Days" internationally:
Some countries began recalibrating, shortening leave for women and offering “neutral leave” that could be taken by either parent—but which became de facto maternity leave. So policy makers decided to make men an offer they would feel ashamed to refuse. Norway, Iceland, Germany, Finland, and several other countries offered a variety of incentives to nudge men to take leave. Some countries offered them more money, which helped men feel that they were financially supporting their families even when they were at home. Many also adopted a “use it or lose it” approach, granting each family a total amount of leave, a certain portion of which could be used only by fathers. The brilliance of “daddy days,” as this solution came to be known, is that, rather than feeling stigmatized for taking time off from their jobs, many men now feel stigmatized if they don’t.
I confess to some bit of philosophical, and personal, distance from the piece rooted in my odd upbringing. My dad stayed home with me. He cooked. My mother was, for significant periods of my childhood, the main breadwinner. This does not mean I lived in a family without gender roles. I'd bet money that my mother still put down most of the hours, in terms of housework. But it did mean that my model of fatherhood was a little different. Moreover, because there were so few fathers in my neighborhood, this was one of the few models of fathering I regularly saw.
When my son was born, I stayed at home. And for most of our relationship, my wife made more money than me. (Can't make them Benjis writin' articles, yo.) I cook. I don't think any of this has much to do with being particularly enlightened nor progressive, nor feminist. As with my dad, I'm sure if you tallied the housework hours, I'd—until recently—lose. There's nothing to crow about in that "recently," either. My wife went back to school (a luxury). We can afford to bring people in to clean when we need to. Effectively, any change in housework hours is really a change in class ranks.
The change has been significant, if unwieldy. Our first year in New York we lived off of roughly $30,000. I was 25 and contributed roughly $1,000 to that sum. Our son was one. I had no prospects as a writer. My wife had a definable skill, which was in demand. Cooking and taking care of the boy were about all I brought to the relationship. If I couldn't do that, why was I there? Taking care of a kid is what you're supposed to do when you're a father.
I felt a lot of things in those days—lonely, broke, sometimes frustrated. But what I didn't feel in my allegedly hyper-macho black community was stigmatized. And I don't think my dad felt that way either. If anything, I felt like I got a lot more credit than I deserved. I'd put the boy in the stroller, head down Flatbush, and a cheering section would damn near break out. The only people I felt stigmatized by were old black women, who were certain I was about to either direct the stroller into a cloud of influenza or the path of an oncoming train.
So rather than hear about the stigma men feel in terms of taking care of kids, I'd like for men to think more about the stigma that women feel when they're trying to build a career and a family. And then measure whatever angst they're feeling against the real systemic forces that devalue the labor of women. I think that's what's at the root of much of this: When some people do certain work we cheer. When others do it we yawn. I appreciated the hosannas when I was strolling down Flatbush, but I doubt the female electrician walking down the same street got the same treatment.
This is obviously not a case against parental leave, so much as its a beef with the idea of "paternity leave." I always worry when we have to couch our language so that people with power don't get their feelings hurt. So you feel stigmatized for a few years. We're all very sorry, and hope for the day when you don't. (Though with that ugly Baby Bjorn on, son, you should be stigmatized. Not hood at all, my dude.) But the fact that we even have to use the phrase "Daddy Days," that we must have branding for men, says a lot about whose work we value and whose we don't.
If you want to watch the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Buffalo Wild Wings, you might have a hard time doing so.
Michigan and Kansas State are capping off the final Saturday of college football in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, and you'd think any local Buffalo Wild Wings would be proudly airing the game the company sponsors. Not so much.
The Buffalo Wild Wings bowl happens to share the same time slot as UFC 168, and the company appears to be prioritizing televising the fights instead of its own bowl. Seriously:
Could this be accurate? Our team of sports Internets-men took to investigating this, calling multiple Buffalo Wild Wings in our areas. The response: yes, we are airing the game, but the UFC fight has audio preference.
No audio, but at least you can watch the game on the television that's far away in the corner:
The TV in the corner is the @BWWings Bowl game. The ones with metroFCS are the fight. Not lying. Asked, won't change. pic.twitter.com/yUIlXEezeM
Judge ends Katrina flooding lawsuits against feds Houston Chronicle NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dozens of lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government for Hurricane Katrina-related levee failures and flooding in the New Orleans area are over. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. has dismissed the cases. The move ...
Grand Theft Auto V, released Sept. 17, features a homeless camp called Dignity Village -- the name that a non-profit "transitional campground" in Northeast Portland claimed more than a decade ago.
Nancy Mottaz, who identified herself as the camp's CEO, said the non-profit is looking into the situation with an attorney, but declined to comment further.
Rockstar Games, the publisher of Grand Theft Auto V, has not returned requests for comment. The story was first reported by Street Roots, a Portland newspaper focusing on homeless issues.
A YouTube video that a player made shows a homeless camp at the edge of a city, near a freeway that runs along a coastline. Portland's Dignity Village is a half-mile south of Northeast Marine Drive, which runs parallel to the Columbia River.
At the Grand Theft Auto camp, the name "Dignity Village" is prominently painted on a banner; a "Dignity Village" banner also hangs outside the real-world camp.
Like the Portland Dignity Village, the camp in the game includes fairly sturdy, permanent shacks, said Taylor Holcombe. The 20-year-old, who works at GameStop in Clackamas Towne Center, has played all five Grand Theft Auto editions.
For those whose gender identity or presentation defies the clear-cut gender binary, the necessary urge to relieve oneself often ends with a painful resignation to either male or female when in public.
The recent flood damage done to the office of No Man's Sky creator Hello Games is not covered by the company's insurance, according to a series of tweets from the developer's official Twitter account.
Hello Games' studio was flooded on Christmas Eve after a nearby river broke its bank, resulting in the loss of computers, furniture and personal items. However, those located in the flood risk zone are not covered for damages.
We've reached out to the developer for comment and will update accordingly. For more on Hello Games' recently revealed planet exploration game, No Man's Sky, check out our interview.
Here is our popular list of bars, coffeehouses and restaurants with outdoor dining in Portland. I updated it every few weeks during the warmer months. If you would like your business added to the list, just fill out the form here. If you have any changes, closures or more information, feel free to drop me a note using the contact form!
You’ll find our list below, sorted by neighborhood. Just click the one you are most interested in. Listings with an asterisk* are dog-friendly.
Prospective authors of Sherlock Holmes fan fiction take heed: under a new court ruling, you may write that Sherlock Holmes was a cocaine-addicted martial arts aficionado cohabiting occasionally at 221B Baker Street, with a friend called Dr Watson.
You may not, however, freely describe Dr Watson’s own athletic background, the juicy fact of his second marriage or the circumstances of Holmes’s retirement.
A US district court in Illinois found itself wading into the details of the fictional detective’s imaginary life this week in a copyright ruling on a forthcoming collection of original short stories featuring Holmes characters.
If you spend a lot of time look through the t-shirts on Threadless, you may have seen Aled Lewis‘ frequently punny designs—and his charmingly goofball images featuring plastic toys and snarky text. But he has more fun images up on his website, including scenes of Battle Royale, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz reimagined as arcade games.
hi saucie; overwhemingly positive comments and responses
"If you feel like you are always doing productive things and you don't know what your manager is doing, they are very, very good at their job. I 100% agree with the statement that the best managers make the rest of the company disappear from the developer."
I am seeing a lot of programmers turning away from management and administration roles. They want to build stuff. And as a result, a lot of these positions are filled by non-technical people. I fail to see how they add value. Is scheduling meetings, booking offsites, and other administrative work enough to justify their role?
The Saints project to have big salary cap problems after the season. Harper would count for $3.15 million against the cap, is 31 years old and has played more of a part-time role this year. He also missed seven games with a knee injury and has declined as a player. The Saints could still bring Harper back in 2014 if he agrees to a restructured contract.
Harper was a second-round draft pick in 2006 and has spent his entire career with the Saints. He went to the Pro Bowl twice and thrived under defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, but was at the forefront of two big playoff losses. Harper had a moment of ignominy in the Saints' historic playoff upset by the Seahawks, getting stiff-armed by Marshawn Lynch during Lynch's 67-yard touchdown run to seal the game.
"some families are switching to a new conservative alternative called Trail Life USA"
Some churches are dropping their sponsorship of Scout units because of the new policy and some families are switching to a new conservative alternative called Trail Life USA. But massive defections haven't materialized and most major sponsors are maintaining ties.
The holiday season may be almost over, but if you’re still in the mood to shop, there are more than a few good bargains out there for you or the comic book reader in your life. Image Comics has its digital sale going, and not to be outdone, DC Comics is making all of the titles on its 25 Essential Graphic Novels list available digitally for just $5.99.
The publisher recently released its updated 25 Essential Graphic Novels list, which includes obvious choices (Watchmen, Batman: Year One) as well as a few more recent books (Superman Earth One, Blackest Night), and the first volumes of a some notable Vertigo titles (Sandman, Swamp Thing, Y: The Last Man). It’s a book store friendly list of titles that, for the most part, you can hand to a new reader without fear of them being completely lost in continuity madness. At least, that’s the idea. It’s also a nice opportunity to finally read that comic you’ve been meaning to get to for about a decade but have yet to read. At $5.99, this is just about the best deal you’re ever going to get.
The sale runs now through January 2, and you can check out the complete list, as well as purchase titles, at DC Comics’ website.
The Saints are projected to be over the salary cap next year and will have to cut or restructure the contracts of several players to get under it. They're also trying to open up the checkbook to re-sign tight end Jimmy Graham. Moore is set to make $3.8 million in salary and bonuses in 2014, and turns 31 in August.
Moore has seen a declining role in the Saints' offense, falling behind rookie Kenny Stills on the depth chart. He has just 33 catches for 384 yards and a touchdown, and missed three games with an injury. He has spent his entire eight-year career with the Saints. Moore's best year came in 2008, when he recorded 10 touchdowns and 928 yards on 79 catches. He could find himself lost in the shuffle when the Saints try to get out of salary cap purgatory.
"Gaiman: I always feel like the wrong person to be asked when I get asked that question because people say, ‘Well how do you write such good female characters?’ And I go, ‘Well I write people.’ Approximately half of the people I know are female and they’re cool, and they’re interesting, and so, why wouldn’t I? In the case of making the TARDIS a person, you make her the kind of person you’d like to meet.”
Alderman: This gives me nothing to help people with who cannot write good female characters, and they do exist.
Gaiman: I think the big thing to point out to people is, you know, possibly they should go and hang around with some women."
BBC Radio recently did a special on Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the 10th anniversary of the Joss Whedon series airing in Britain. Naomi Alderman spoke with several people including Whedon and Neil Gaiman about the long-running series and discussed the...dun, dun DUN...strong female character.
An anonymous reader writes "Last year, Jordan Mechner, the creator of the Prince of Persia video game franchise, released the long-thought-lost original Apple II source code for Prince of Persia. Today marks the release of version 2.0 of apoplexy, the free and open-source level editor of Prince of Persia for DOS. Roughly 5.5 years after its initial release, support has been added for editing Prince of Persia 2 levels in both GNU/Linux and Windows. The game has its 25th anniversary next year, but the original trilogy only has a (very) small fan community. Will old games such as this also interest future generations or will they gradually lose their appeal because of technological advances?"
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The holiday season may be almost over, but if you’re still in the mood to shop, there are more than a few good bargains out there for you or the comic book reader in your life. Image Comics has its digital sale going, and not to be outdone, DC Comics is making all of the titles on its 25 Essential Graphic Novels list available digitally for just $5.99.
