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   silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 12:48:33 JST silverwizard

   There are two types of computer people:

   Those who like USB

   Those who understand USB

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     Malin (malin@dice.camp)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 13:01:01 JST Malin

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     @silverwizard what's to understand? Turn thrice widershins and insert, like a door key, but reversed.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 13:16:46 JST silverwizard

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     @allenstenhaus and definitely not be a standard that makes it easy for kids to go "what if I put a charger on both ends and plug it in?!"
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     Allen (allenstenhaus@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 13:16:47 JST Allen

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     @silverwizard I foolishly believed USB-C would be the standard that unites us all. Instead, they had to give us eleventeen different versions of it.

     Someone clever needs to make one universal standard (oh, is that was the U stands for?), patent it, then make it free for use for everyone the way Volvo did with the 3-point seatbelt.

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     Allen (allenstenhaus@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 13:40:15 JST Allen

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     @silverwizard That had never occurred to me before.

     But then my children are no longer that young, so I guess I'm less likely to make that connection, shocking as it is.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 13:40:31 JST silverwizard

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     @allenstenhaus that definitely is a shocking connnection!

     My kids are young, but I've been talking to them about shorts since they were 3

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 14:10:22 JST silverwizard

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     @allenstenhaus My older son picked a loick before he turned 2. My younger son built his own computer (with help from mom) at 3.

     I basically am going to accidentally make the stars of a heist show, and I'm ok with that.

     But honestly, kids love to learn everything. And we all know enough to be a friend and mentor to a kid. Don't sell yourself short for raising awesome kids. The kids may be alright, but parenting is hard work, and doing it *matters*

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     Allen (allenstenhaus@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 14:10:23 JST Allen

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     @silverwizard I consider that a good thing, even if we were to ignore safety.

     I've never had enough of a mastery in any specific topic to share more than basic knowledge with the kids. Truth be told, many aspects of their general knowledge exceeded mine before they hit puberty. No doubt the result of growing up in a world with more information and more connections to others.

     At 10, I was playing with ninja turtles in the sandbox with my little brother. At the same age, my eldest became an artist, cosplayer, and surprisingly good TikTok user. My son, by 10, knew at least twice what I knew at that age and keeps learning more at breakneck speeds. He very much has the ADHD/ASD combo subtype that makes him want to know everything there is to know about the universe. I think he's halfway there with as much as he's told me.

     It's amazing how smart today's kids are. Enjoy the ride. It keeps getting better.

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     Allen (allenstenhaus@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 09-Dec-2024 22:10:13 JST Allen

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     @silverwizard I concur. This is why even when I'm at my worst, I don't bail.

     That, and I swore I would be a far better parent than my mother was despite my mental health issues. She walked out on us when I was 10. My youngest is 11. I sometimes have to remind myself I am factually better than my mother, despite being far more mentally ill.

     I'll take that W. 😎

     (Thanks for the assist)

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