Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

Post by tonyedgecombe » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 10:24 AM UTC

trabant00 wrote: post #220

rdiddly wrote: post #31

I'm with the dad. Not necessarily for the specific choices but for making a choice. Author should have waited another 10 years because this is a shallow and still-immature perspective that underappreciates her dad's principle and integrity. Why should a company that demonstrably sucks for you, continue to get your money? (So your teenage daughter can be like the cool kids?) It's called voting with your wallet, and a…

100 % with you. I mean why would you give money to companies that treat you like a dummy, won't allow you to tinker with your computer, ask for double the money compared to build it yourself, etc. It might be just me getting old but I don't understand the current consumers who don't really demand anything for their money. Is nothing important to you? Do you just buy what they tell you to in marketing and PR?

Post by rimliu » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 10:40 AM UTC

acituan wrote: post #185

aaomidi wrote: post #104

Rules for my kids: If you're over 10 years of age you should know what your limits are. I'm always going to be here for advice and help to get yourself back up from an accident or something that went wrong. I won't block content. I won't demand access to their phones. I won't shame them in any way. I'm also planning on being sex and body positive. Nudity isn't inherently sexual and shame is a social construct. Nothin…

> If you're over 10 years of age you should know what your limits are. Propositionally knowing things is very different than being able to make the right decisions when the moment comes. A 10 year old neither has the fully developed prefrontal cortex of a 25 old nor the required self knowledge. They are not even in puberty and half of their emotions, desires, drives wouldn't have come online yet. They will depend an…

Post by dziadziasmerf » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 1:21 PM UTC

Post by lern_too_spel » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 1:57 PM UTC

monocasa wrote: post #218

walrus01 wrote: post #117

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From a purely pragmatic perspective as a citizen and resident of a five eyes country, I consider it a much lower threat to myself and my career, political life and financial life to have my data in the possession of the NSA than the MSS. I've also previously held a security clearance and worked for a large defense contractor in a network engineering role, so I have some inside perspective on how the sausage is made.…

> From a purely pragmatic perspective as a citizen and resident of a five eyes country, I consider it a much lower threat to myself and my career, political life and financial life to have my data in the possession of the NSA than the MSS. Why is your information being in the hands of an agency of the government that has to break the constitution to have said information somehow a lower threat than a foreign governme…

Post by burntoutfire » Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

aaomidi wrote: post #100

formercoder wrote: post #98

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Fair enough, obviously OP has the right to parent as he pleases. I think that my tinkering intuition has led me to many of my professional successes, and this talent was garnered by experimentation with computers as a child.

Eh I sometimes wish parents weren't basically given ownership rights over their kids.