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Cake day: July 20th, 2023

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  • I mean tbf, I think if your kid is smart enough to work out they need to log into the router to change the DNS settings then they can probably figure out how to set it on their end device too. Unless you’re also blocking VPNs and non-dhcp directed DNS requests too.

    I think the obvious solution is to force router makers to have a more user-friendly way to enable child-friendly features (we did that with TVs, why not the internet?) rather than forcing websites to either shutdown or do sketchy shit like take IDs. I work as a tech for an ISP, I assure you most people can’t figure out (or are barely able to even with instructions) how to change the default wifi, there’s no chance in hell you’re gonna explain to them how to point traffic to a custom dns.



  • In retrospect I think I was thinking of PFAS. I’m not sure if that’s technically a microplastic or not. Anyway; I would imagine intaking chemicals that your body is unable to remove effectively is probably bad no matter what it is. As bad as mercury or lead ? Probably not. I guess the question to find out is what thresholds of microplastic content correlate to how much negative health outcomes.

    And yeah, the irony of the same corpos that poisoned the worlds water supply with microplastics wanting to sell you a microplastic filter wrapped in plastic container isn’t lost on me and most definitely will happen.



  • https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2020_IC3Report.pdf

    This isn’t really an age thing, if you look at stats. Yes, the older age groups both have more victims and larger losses than younger people. But the victim count isn’t so much lower that you can just brush it off as people being senile. Or are all the gen x and millennial victims senile too?

    A lot of scams can fall into one of two categories. Scare people and activate their fight or flight mode (locked computer, threaten to have the cops show up, etc) and the second prey on poor people (send us money to authorize this big payment to you, buy this penny stock that we totally didn’t pump before, etc)