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https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/2786#issuecomment-1303117112 for a real world example of needing an exception.

My pranks were less destructive … /ctcp nick +++ath0+++ … it was amazing how often that worked. 🤣

Did you find a solution?

Congrats for waiting this long - many parents don’t.

Honestly, this will depend on your child. If they are prone to addictive or obsessive behaviour, a smart phone will only amplify the tendancy. We already know how hard it is for adults to put down their phones for any length of time, and kids typically have less will power.

That said - digital communication is an important part of most people’s lives now. If all her friends are using a particular app to communicate, they will “need” it too. Some parental controls would be good for the first phone – which apps get installed, etc. Just be prepared to unlock most of them. ;-)

You might want a phone “lockbox” at home to ensure they turn off. Hopefully the school is strict about phone usage and etiquette too - it can help.

What is the typing experience that you want, and for which language(s). It’s not clear to me, sorry.

It is possible to map keyboard input in various ways. For more complex use-cases, many programs support character substitution as you type (eg. gx could become ĝ automatically).

https://archive.ph/CZsRU

AWS has JVs in China (one for each region, iirc), and China-AWS is a separate partition, with incompatible auth and no cross-partition communication.

Microsoft has separate legal entities running their Azure cloud in certain regions, walking the legal tightrope despite the central portal & auth (edit: it is likely 100% independent in China too)

Most risks (both digital security and political leverage) could be mitigated with sufficient legal requirements. Technical solutions can be developed to fill the gaps.

The EU and its members should continue to support local initiatives, as well as 100% EU-national high-security clouds, staffed by EU/non-US citizens.

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Why would trust in Firefox be gone? I guess a smear campaign is underway.

It’s better than it ever was, imho.

I do take extra precautions, and use a separate instance for online banking and trading.

I also have it sandboxed at the OS level, giving extra confidence and ensuring limited access to my home directory. I do the same with many apps (including chrome, when I must use it)

There have been a few cases, of course. There have also been investigations and prosecutions. But it is NOTHING LIKE russia’s forced conscription in LPR / DPR.

The anti-Ukraine propaganda effort is very real, and organized. You can see the propaganda-boys/bots in the comments here - just look at the frequency and content of their posts and comments.

It feels more like a dance game to me. Boring and awkward choreographed moves in response to predictable monster moves. Once you’ve learned the moves, then you can pay and play!

“When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.”

ie. Not ownership.

Pfft. That sounds like something a pocket calculator would say.

Looks neat, except for the rightmost column. Delete that and try again.

“The diagram is 100% correct and should be included in all networking textbooks.” he writes below the incorrect diagram. Heh.

struts in his fancy pants

Be careful of dualstack and IPv4-only VPNs. The client can discover and advertise the real IPv6 address, even if adequately firewalled. I’m not sure if gluetun addresses this risk.

edit: this should be considered a risk even if you don’t have IPv6 support today, as this could be enabled by your ISP in the future, then automatically enabled on your network by your router.

Hah. I was just playing a YT video of modem sounds for my son, after showing him some “history” videos about early PCs, BBS’s, text adventure and early commodore* and PC gaming.

History? I lived it, son.

Grey-stubble Gen-X’er here… The 80s and (moreso for me) 90s were a great time to get into tech. Amiga, DOS, Win3.11, OS/2, Linux… BBS’s and the start of the Internet, accompanied by special interest groups and regular in-person social events.

Everyone was learning at the same time, and the complexity arrived in consumable chunks.

Nowadays, details are hidden behind touchscreens and custom UXs, and the complexity must seem insurmountable to many. I guess courses have more value now.

Only in the US, and for mapping companies that now have to treat the US as a “sensitive” country.

The rest of the world can continue to call it by its internationally recognised name.