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Re:Processors Under Pillows by fouc on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @06:27AM (#26087894)
Turn off internet then. A computer with a bunch of tools to play with and documentation, and no internet.
Re:Processors Under Pillows by sandworm101 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:39AM (#26088829)
https://xkcd.com/466/

"Moving: There are few forces more powerful than geeks desperately trying to get internet in a new apartment."

If my parents turned off the internet, or just blocked youtube, my #1 mission would be to restore that service by whatever means possible.

Re:Processors Under Pillows by bcrl on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:35PM (#26097212)
I resemble that. Somehow the lack of internet out where I live has ended up with me building an 85km FTTH network over the past 4 years. Hopefully it will double in size this year now that it's finally bootstrapped to profitability.
Re:Processors Under Pillows by brianush1 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:11AM (#26089310)
Restoring the internet would be a pretty geeky and tinker-y mission on its own
Re:Processors Under Pillows by xyanb on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:25AM (#26089516)
Agreed! I had a recent experience with no internet and was running around my house yanking coax cables, checking my electrical cupboard and whacking the router.

Turns out, there was a line issue outside my house :P

Re:Processors Under Pillows by user-the-name on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:08AM (#26088147)
Cutting your children off from their friends because you want them to copy your own hobbies is not, in any way, a healthy or sane thing to do.
Re:Processors Under Pillows by dang on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:39PM (#26106100)
Would you please not cross into personal attack? It's not allowed here, and it's particularly destructive in highly emotional areas like parenting. Please make your substantive points without that and without name-calling.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html