A very poignant and well-written piece, which only gets sadder as you realize the scale and extent of these systemic issues landing people in such places, and it’s only getting worse.
The article, for all of its other faults, also manages to breeze over another crucial point:
“Research shows that blue light suppresses the body’s production of melatonin, the sleep hormone. This can be helpful in the morning, when you want to wake up…”
I find this to be a much easier habit to maintain, at least during summer: as close as possible after waking up, get as much light as you can, and at a regular time if possible. Sun lamps are an expensive but effective option during darker months, but they generally aren’t covered by insurance.
The first I heard of this was when I spoke to a sleep doctor, and it has worked much better for me than melatonin ever did.
Blue light effects on sleep have been utterly debunked as far as I know. If you google for blue light myth you'll find very convincing arguments that it was all bullshit.
Switzerland has a national payment network called Twint, created by the Post, that’s based on QR codes. I think the bigger challenge is getting cell coverage to all of these remote peaks.
but you don't actually need cell service on the hill, do you? there's no payment enforcement anyways, so you can just record the bill and submit the payment once you have service.
I think they know this and may already be working on it, but if not, it’s likely they’ve done the math that the engineering investment to flesh out the iPad experience wouldn’t be worth the potential payout - people can always get a MacBook, as you rightly point out.
I’m going to reply in this thread, since I’m probably the employee you’re referring to.
I would like to reiterate that this is completely untrue and borders on disinformation.
ProtonVPN maintains its own VPN infrastructure, and we take our commitment to user privacy very seriously.
It shouldn’t be surprising that the VPN space is a very competitive market, and certain people have a vested interest in defaming certain VPN providers, especially among a technical audience.
As someone who works for Proton VPN, I can assure you we do not resell any white label VPN services, and that the people I work with every day are incredibly smart people who truly, deeply care about users’ online privacy.
I’ll concede that this isn’t much better evidence than the links you provided, but that archived site in your comment really doesn’t read like a reputable source of truth, either.
