Quicky

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[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Depends where you are, but you can watch live TV on a lot of the apps for UK broadcast services. It’s less convenient obviously because you’d have to switch apps, but it’s possible (in the UK at least) to watch everything through Apple TV without having to go back to the TV’s input, although you’d still get ads from the non-BBC apps.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Really interesting that the start is basically saying “like the other movies, this probably won’t be well received initially, but years from now will be regarded as a masterpiece”.

So when the reviews or attendances suck, FFC gets to say “ah, but wait!”.

Preempting a poor reception in the actual trailer is wild.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, you’re understood, but you’re also wrong. However many times you say please, I’m not actually making any bold claims about the magic of hypnotherapy. I haven’t “framed” it in any way. Nobody is spreading misinformation or claiming it will be guaranteed to fix them - all I’ve said is hypnotherapy is a technique used by medical practitioners, and provided evidence for that to counter your assertion that it isn’t medicine, because by your same logic, no psychiatry is.

There’s no problem with my post other than you not deeming it as something that can be an effective treatment, which is demonstrably false - proven by the fact that it’s offered by people in the medical profession and studies have shown it can be effective. As well as your own claimed experience! Nobody has said it’s a procedure either. 

You can have an opinion on it obviously, but that doesn’t stop it from being used as a literal treatment by literal professionals, and that’s absolutely not me spreading “harmful” misinformation, it’s documented fact.

You also said it’s the same as going for a brisk walk, then afterwards said it was a very powerful tool for you when giving up smoking. Make your mind up.

“Brisk walk”, “Very powerful tool”. Sounds like you’re doing the framing mate, but you can’t decide which way. I don’t think I need to tell you why the way in which we present information on social media is important.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Mate, I literally provided a link to an established medical organisation and their details from it. I’m not giving it weight, the Royal College of Psychiatrists is.

Complementary therapy, whether you agree with it or not, is very often recommended by UK practitioners.

Even the NHS offer hypnotherapy under certain circumstances! They literally tell you to speak to your GP to see if you can see a hypnotherapist on the NHS

It’s really not difficult to find examples of hypnotherapy being offered by NHS doctors in the UK. Whatever your definition of ‘not medicine’ is, there appear to be plenty of medically licensed practitioners in the UK who would argue otherwise.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

Completely agree, this is garbage, and I’ve bitched about it in the past. Annoyingly, both the Gmail and Outlook widgets are far better, but I don’t want either of those on my phone.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I’m as sceptical as anyone, but hypnotherapy is absolutely very much accepted in areas of UK medicine, and if you want to suggest it’s the same as a brisk walk, you may as well dismiss much of the field of psychiatry at the same time.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists go into detail about its use by healthcare professionals and training is also provided for many healthcare professionals in the UK by the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis which apparently requires applicants to hold medical qualifications.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Well “the world” is a big place, but health is already a factor within education in countries that don’t want their population to become a burden on the state, while also maximising their workforce.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, I can absolutely see the controlling aspect. That said, schools, parents and health institutions already provide education geared towards positive health habits, which you can argue is similarly controlling.

I’m not suggesting hypnosis should be forced on everyone at birth - it’s not something I’ve ever considered for myself. It’s more of a shower thought. I was wondering why it’s not more widespread as a preventative mechanism if, as seems to be the case through various studies, it can have a positive effect on the reduction of pain, addiction and various psychological issues.

I really don’t agree with your last sentence though. “Fixing” problems before they arise is exactly why we, particularly governments, already spend millions on the promotion of wellbeing and heathy lifestyles in order to prevent health issues in later life.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Yeah there’s a lot of studies, but as with all medicine, research is ongoing. It’s very far from pseudo-science.

There’s plenty of information available with regards to its use within (traditional, licensed) medical organisations.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Quicky@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

Since hypnotherapy can be effective for a percentage of the population for various treatments, why is it not offered as a standard therapy for everyone in terms of setting them up for health benefits at a younger age? For example, some people claim to have had successful results with hypnotherapy as a smoking cessation tool. If it’s effective, why is it not offered more widely as a smoking prevention tool, or healthy eating tool, or any other pro-healthy lifestyle aid before those bad habits are formed? Preventing smoking, or suggesting healthy food habits at a young age would save the NHS (or other public healthcare provider) billions long-term if it was effective. It seems like, if hypnotherapy is generally accepted as a mechanism to treat certain conditions (which it appears to be in various quarters of traditional medicine), why is it used more as a reactive treatment rather than a proactive one?

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Makes sense. It’s probably quicker going down the M6/M5 rather than the winding Welsh A roads.

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not just funny, but also a substantially more interesting photo

[–] Quicky@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

You can follow hashtags in Mastodon tbf

 

Anyone know how long specific bundles are available to purchase on Apple TV? Do they change monthly or something, or would a specific bundle be perpetually available to buy?

 
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Lost in translation (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Quicky@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
 

Just had some requirements through for a query that a customer has specified.

“Set the value to 1 if the Outcome is not Complete or Cancelled or NULL”

This could be variously interpreted as: 

“if the Outcome is NOT Complete and NOT Cancelled and NOT NULL”

Or “if the Outcome is NOT Complete, and NOT Cancelled, or IS NULL”

Or perhaps even “if the Outcome is NOT ‘Complete or Cancelled’ or IS NULL”

Obviously I’ll go back to them for clarity, but it’s a wonder why so often “bugs” arise based on interpretation of specifications.

 
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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Quicky@lemmy.world to c/emulation@lemmy.ml
 

The Delta emulator is absolutely superb, particularly given that it’s free with no ads, a rarity on iOS. I’ve barely stopped playing DS games since I downloaded it. My other half is dying to have a go on her phone, but I’ve not had an Android device for ages. Has anyone got any recommendations for equivalent Android DS emulators that are free/ad-free, simple to use, and hopefully as polished as Delta that I can send her way?

 
 

I bought one thing from Wayfair and got nine emails about it over the course of four days.

 
 
 
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