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flskafdslaf

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    Comment #37107585

    I commend your caution, but if an adult with full faculties available to them has determined that smartphones and tablets have too many risks and downsides to be an effective tool,…

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    Comment #37104332

    >Because if their kids don't have screen time, and they get bored and complain What is fundamentally different about the world today, compared to 10 years ago (when widespread chil…

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    Comment #37104317

    That's fantastic, if your jam is investing in premium hardware and story-telling in video format. Personally, I can't think of a bigger waste of everyone's time than videoing my ow…

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    Comment #37103067

    Tablets and smartphones are designed at every level to be devices for consuming (or being consumed by?) content. And if you do want to create things, they are terrible tools for th…

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    Comment #37103051

    My oldest is turning 5, and the answer is "not yet". But then neither my wife nor I carry a smartphone.

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    Comment #37103041

    Let them be creative in ways that don't need a computer? It's not the be-all and end-all.

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    Comment #37103036

    And now it's easy and we're drowning in endless webby and cloudy cruft.

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    Comment #37097380

    Makes you wonder how people read long novels before they had enough RAM!

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    Comment #37093562

    They are probably still right. How much of the computing resources we all now have access to do we actually need ?

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    Comment #37093292

    Can confirm. Gave up a smartphone in 2020 as part of a re-evaluation of my relationship with and dependence on technology, and the immediate peace was incredible.

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    Comment #37093249

    If I had no other way to navigate somewhere (which is possible!), I would rather pay for a dedicated satnav than put up with the downsides of a smartphone.

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    Comment #37064042

    Weird. Every job I've had has asked for my passport (UK) or work permit (US).

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    Comment #37063265

    The proposed solution ignores the $5 wrench attack.

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    Comment #37063099

    >If an employer asked to fingerprint me I'd tell them where to stick their scanner. They don't need to, because your employer probably asked you for a form of biometric ID.

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    Comment #37034263

    Firefox + uBlock Origin = no ads