Post on HOME

This could have been a much earlier post. In this I wanted to talk about Pokemon home the ups and downs of it. Not many people have still heard about this system, but it basically allows people to transfer Pokemon from past Pokemon games to more current games like Sword and Shield. Basically it works in this process: 

You begin by getting a membership or free trial in Pokemon bank for the 3DS or DSi. You then connect to any Pokemon game that is DS lit and up and move your Pokemon from the game PC to the Poke bank PC. Once completed you then open your switch and download Pokemon home. After this you can click retrieve from Pokemon bank on the switch and click send to HOME on the DS. It will then send a code that you will enter, it will then transfer your Pokemon to the HOME application. After this, you enter your Pokemon game, being let’s go, Shield, or Sword. Make sure you complete the tutorial first because you need to be able to save before using this application or none of it will work. Once connected you can drag your Pokemon from HOME into your Pokemon game continuing your friendship from a great game into a game that lacks a lot of challenge and plot.

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-home-switch/

https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-bank/

Final Post

I feel that my relationship with technology is healthy because I use it for many activities along with gaining knowledge through using it. In many of my classes, especially now with converting to online classes, I use my computer or other devices. There are some things that I would like to point out that many people don't consider that often. It's that technology and non school related activities can actually teach you a lot that you may not be able to learn in school. Many times people have told people to stop using devices because it doesn't teach you too much. Those who think this way I don't see them as very smart people. One such example that people see as useful and noneducational is watching anime. Though what they don't realize is that it teaches you much more that you might learn by going outside or simply socializing with others. There is even an anime called Dr. Stone, where you learn an incredible amount about science and how it works. The reason for learning, there are many times where people need something to vent their anger and that's where video games can usually come in. They give people the ability to do stuff they wouldn't be able to do in real life, not giving them the ability to release stress that is placed on them. Many different technologies are used by most people throughout the day. Whether it be Xbox, computer, the Wii, PlayStation, DS, or even the new Nintendo Switch. While there are many people who choose to do outside activities, I feel most people would eventually use technology because even stuff such as iphones or androids can be considered forms of software. When necessities were turned into a type of software technology, it seems to have just simply been accepted into daily lives of everyone, even for those who didn't really use these devices in their younger days. Personally, I feel that people who include software a lot in their life can actually be much more intelligent and wiser than other people who look at technology with a negative outlook.



Places to watch: Anime
                           Movies

Image Source: https://whatculture.com/gaming/10-most-popular-video-game-consoles-of-the-last-10-years-ranked

Week 16 Post

As everyone should be aware, summer of 2020 is beginning in only a couple days. This means for those who play Animal Crossing: New Horizon, big news is coming. Animal crossing is a game for the switch where you will work to build an island through gathering material and using currency to improve houses and progress through the game. June through September we will now be able to catch sharks so we could display them in our museums. This time has been what I’ve been looking for since I bought the game a couple months ago. From what they showed in a preview of the game it appeared that they had very good graphics and really made it look life-like. The museum is made up of 3 different categories, the bugs, sea life, and lastly fossils. You find fossils by digging them up, then choose to donate them, or just display them on your island. For fish and bugs, you can choose to donate them or display them in your house or outside. While catching bugs, digging up fossils, and fishing for normal fish will increase the quality and quantity of your museum I feel that placing sharks will increase how your museum will look by ten fold. Knowing that the time till there release is less than a month away only makes me more anxious and excited. The only thing that makes me nervous is if I catch all the sharks. Sometimes if you collect all of them or just repeatedly catch one kind it may lead you to get bored of it and begin to drift away from playing the game again. Personally I feel that I began to drift away when feeling like I wasn’t achieving anything new. Though this is all going to change in June with the newest update. Catching Sharks will change everything for me and I just can’t wait.

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Week 15 Post

The term that caught my eye the most is the term, False Flag, listed under the Awareness category. With my understanding of false flag, it means to make a statement to falsely accuse a group or organization of doing something they have not actually done, causing others to believe the statement. The use of a false flag could be used in many situations. I believe an incident that could happen where it may take place is when people may try to ruin someone by accusing them of doing something horrible such as causing a law-breaking scandal. To an extreme degree, this could even be something as horrible of rape. Usually, when something false is stated about a popular person or disliked person, it can become a rumor that can lead to becoming a truth everyone believes. Although nothing big like this has happened to me or as far as I know, none of my family members, it could very well happen in the future. While this ability could be used for horrible purposes, there are also other ways it could be used. These ways could be such as strategies used by the military to trick the enemies into believing something that does not actually happen. If they believe that statement, it would give the people who tricked them a big advantage. While it has good uses, I still don't think that it is a good morally good plan to use.


Link: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/false-flag
         https://deepstateblog.org/2019/07/12/engineered-provocation-a-primer-on-u-s-false-flag-operations-from-cuba-to-iran/

Week 14 post

When listening to all the TED talks, I realized a lot about privacy and how we are not as secure as we think. Currently, we have many digital devices and websites that can affect your privacy in many ways. Our privacy is affected through email, face recognition, cell phone, or even police survey technology. Although many of these technologies describe how they protect your identity and personal information, there are many ways that it can be leaked. If people were to access this information, they can do actions that may leave problems for you in the future such as others using credit cards or people accessing your address, then sending stuff that you don't need. Learning this, I realized it doesn't mean I should stop using devices or stop accessing the internet, just to be more aware of the possible leaks that could occur so that I'm prepared for what could come of it. Though, I would say the most common known way people may access information would be through the discovery of your email. Although there are many people who may have multiple accounts, if someone were to access one of them, they could still scavenge much from it. Although you may be able to delete this email account, the person may have already got far too much. Additionally, just by accessing information, a person can blackmail or use personal information or experiences to not only take advantage of you, but potentially ruin somebody's life, no matter what a person's status may be. Though people may have the ability to take these actions, none of the actions taken like this makes it right. Though I may somewhat be able to understand, if they were to first have ruined you and made your life horrible. If everyone were able to take this action, it could result in many people being spared from fates worse than death.

A TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/madhumita_murgia_how_data_brokers_sell_your_identity/transcript?language=en

Week 13 post

I believe that a digital footprint is what is considered to be the personal information that is left on websites or other digital subjects like games. Personally, from what I've experienced throughout my years, from my iPad to present time, there are many places that would ask for personal information. Though, probably the most popular sites/apps that would use your information would be Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, or even apps like ifunny. I've used many different websites where I would have to give out personal information. The most popular worldwide would be Facebook, though the main reason would be so I could save my game data because it would not save on programs like iCloud. Though, I find Facebook or Google to be two of the most dangerous because it's one of the online systems to ask for the most information. Google can be seen as a dangerous website because people would usually make multiple emails with the system which in turn usually would be giving out private information. Some of this personal information being first and last name, email, phone number, and address. Additionally, like many other people, I would use websites to stream anime or other TV shows. Though most of these sites would only require private information such as email, you would also usually give a username and password. These websites would usually don't make you feel as unsafe because it wouldn't ask for too much information and you could always place a fake email if you don't choose to place your personal one. Many of the ones that I would consider, if you wanted to watch something, would be websites such as Kissanime or possibly movie websites like 123movies, where it gives you a variety of choices to watch without requiring an account to access. The only time they would require you to give information is if you wanted to download an episode. Although they don't ask for much, it's still true that people could access a lot of information from just an email address.

Links: https://techterms.com/definition/digital_footprint

Week 11 Post

Individual Self-Fulfillment
I feel that Individual Self-Fulfillment is the most important value of free expression. I find it the most important because of how I understand the definition of self-fulfillment, which is to do what you want and not be bound by many restrictions. It supports the idea of what you want to do in your life and helps define who you are as a person. I find this is important to people because it allows us to have the freedom of choosing what we want to do, such as discussing what we hope to achieve. For myself, I want to become a game designer as my future goal. This value is also pretty inspiring because of a few different reasons such as the idea that goals that people set for themselves help people work harder and give them something to achieve. When people don't have a goal, it takes reason out of doing actions and work they may have to do. It brings the motivation away from doing something,sometimes making people have the idea of pushing something off for later or even choosing not to do it at all. Though, while I find this value important, I can see why others may choose to see it as not as important. I find this value to be the most inspirational because it's meant to represent people and what they do, it helps people bring a goal to life and brings meaning to what people do. There are some people who get to points in their life where they can't think what other objectives they can do to bring light to their lives. It is in situations like this where this value can come into place. Once someone has an objective or reason, it helps them go on and have a reason for what they do. There are many people who may view this value of being underrated because they might find that the value of reason of life is not exactly a necessity that there are many other parts in life that can sub for your own goals. Such as the idea that others can make reasons for you to move on, or you might be the type of person who chooses to help another person move toward their goal instead of having one as your own. There are also situations where people believe they don't hold the value of self-fulfillment, but don't realize that they have this value. One such incident that I feel can relate to this idea is if someone did something little such as subconsciously collecting all the consoles that might relate to a specific company. You can see the value of self-fulfillment in this situation because if the situation is brought up about a subject, you might state that you possess most consoles and you aim to get them all. In this way, you actually have a goal of collecting all of them without realizing you were actually doing it, displaying how it may fit in your life even if you don't realize it.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/self-fulfillment-definition-lesson-quiz.html