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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • 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.




  • 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.













  • 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.