No, go out of their way to sign up with foreign payment agencies.

I miss when phones weren’t all black obelisks. I mean, the features today are incredible and far surpass anything available 20 years ago, but the variety of tactile features and colors was incredible back then.

What a monster. Yeah, I definitely don’t miss the old days of the cellular companies vying to offer consumers the least shitty rates and constantly manipulating plans.

You expect everyone to do that?

https://www.openbiz.io/blog/15-things-to-know-about-u-s-taxes-for-foreign-companies

1. Foreign companies are generally subject to U.S. tax on U.S. source income. This includes income from selling goods or services in the United States, from owning or leasing property in the United States, and from investing in U.S. securities.

So yeah, doing business in the US, getting paid by US people, subjects them to some US regulations. Hence, they are affected by US domestic policy and politics.

Their web browsers are restricted off. They cannot install any apps. This discussion is about what my kids have on their devices, and telling me they might see it elsewhere is irrelevant.

I don’t think you understand my knowledge level, you do me disservice by assuming I’m naive, and your rudeness is because of changing the conditions of the discussion to make yourself right by changing the parameters based on that invented naïveté.

No, I can’t control what they see at their friend’s houses on someone else’s device. I saw the playboy channel at a friend’s house when I was a kid and I didn’t have cable at my house. That’s what kids do. I understand and accept this. I’m not a tyrant or control freak or clutching my pearls. That’s the part where you get to discuss good and bad about social media or any aspect of the internet with your kids, like a parent is supposed to do, and do your best to protect your kids’ mental and physical wellbeing within reason.

Yep. That would be great for gaming. Just swap out the rocker on the right side for a stubby joystick and you’d be off and running.

Support business policies of a group that removes oversight, accountability, responsibility, and makes it so he keeps more money.

Thank you for the unpaywalled link.

That feature photo device is a text-er’s dream. You could probably get some serious speed out of it.

Or bird flu.

Or polio. Or some other preventable disease.

No. They don’t.

I installed the home LAN, set site restrictions, app restrictions, use parental controls on all their devices, use OpenDNS family shield, PiHole, and app installation controls on their devices.

Even of they did find a way to see it I would see the IP address flagged.

Sounds draconian, but social media is fucked up for kids. They can have access at 16. They have a shitload of other internet freedom, though. They’re good kids.

I wonder what you could mix it with for some interesting effect.

Mix powdered sodium with (?, would calcium chloride still work and be stable?) and turn it into granules, cast that onto snow and ice, and have it glitter or spark as it melts the snow.

I didn’t say safe. I just said interesting.

Can you just use duolingo as a translator?

One of. But fighting for the top.

Hope so. That would be far better.

No email here either.

“K”

“I’m baby”?

Did she mean “I’m busy”?

If so this is messed up.

Ok.

(I bet tiktok doesn’t shut down, but if it does I can’t wait for my kids to tell me about all the meltdowns at middle school over tiktok shutting down. Too many parents let their kids have unfettered internet access. No, mine don’t have tiktok.)

I signed up, though I generally don’t like following individuals and much prefer groups or communities like Lemmy. Gotta support independent social media.