I wholeheartedly agree, which is why I started my original comment with saying that the tech landscape is different now. The current internet is essentially an addictive substance that seriously harms mental health and cognitive ability.
I'm not on social media, don't watch short-form content etc because I'm an adult and aware of the danger of these things. And I definitely think that parents should teach their kids the same, even if you can't outright forbid / ban it.
I suppose I did have to create my own fun, solving self created problem after self created problem. It was a completely different set of skills.
I still can't get into scrolling a feed hoping something is interesting. Sure, it happens in short bursts, but usually I'm trying to actually achieve something, even if it's only to satisfy a personal itch or curiosity.
Both of the CodePen example links on that page are insidiously broken. The demos appear to work, but they don't actually demonstrate the claimed portal functionality at all:
// These two containers are siblings in the DOM
const appContainer = document.getElementById('app-container');
const modalContainer = document.getElementById('app-container');
Note that both variables refer to the same element.
No problem! And on re-reading my comment, I probably shouldn't have used the word "insidiously", it came off a lot more negative than I intended. Thanks for the quick fix.
> Most people don't wear watches and it's usualy considered rude to pull out your phone mid-convorsation. I always wear a watch and so people just say "do you have the time"?
> If you can't ask Siri you can just ask whoever you're talking to. Also, if you express you want to know the time and they say "I don't know" you can then just ask Siri and tell them. It works out nicely.
The point is that people _can_ look at their watch or smartphone while still listening in on the conversation. It's hard to hear and pay attention to two different things at the same time.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45538760