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Re:Supreme Court's Ruling Practically Wipes Out Free Speech ... by heavyset_go on Sunday July 13, 2025 @08:30PM (#44555158)
> Why would little children need to access motherboard firmware updates though?

Because they're interested in it. I was installing Linux when I was 9 because I thought it was cool.

If my parents had walled me off into a foam internet safe-room, it would have stifled one of my lifelong interests that led to my career, and bred trust issues and resentment against my parents.

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Re:Supreme Court's Ruling Practically Wipes Out Free Speech ... by xp84 on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @01:15PM (#44650239)
Weird, because if it was my kid in that scenario, when they found a false-positive in the Internet filter, they'd open their mouth and show me the problem, and I'd just type in my code to unblock it and say "Sorry, kiddo!"
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Re:Supreme Court's Ruling Practically Wipes Out Free Speech ... by heavyset_go on Thursday July 24, 2025 @08:00PM (#44677832)
If I had to ask my parents for permission to be interested in something, there's a lot I wouldn't have pursued and the simple gatekeeping is enough of a motivator to find something else to do or bypass the gatekeeper altogether.
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