Maintain security by changing passwords every day. Easy.

One of my favorite purchases in terms of usefulness, cost, and fun (relative) was these frigging ceiling fan pull chains. I saw them on some "things you didn't know you needed" list or something. But for less than $10, they have made my life infinitely easier and they do give me a little joy every time I pull on them.

I want to upvote, but just can't do it.

It actually WAS Community for me. I tried it a few years back and it just didn't click. I think because Joel and Pierce especially are such shitty people. Tried it again last year and loved it.

Same thing happened with The Orville. I didn't even make it through the first episode the first time I tried it. Loved it the next time.

Sometimes it's all about the timing in our lives or the experiences we've had.

I appreciate ongoing conversations about this, but I think they tend to be too broad. Managers aren't worried about the remote workers who are productive and reliable. The worry is the people who aren't. On my team, you are fully remote as long as you meet expectations. You don't, you return to office.

My wife's company recently went from a hybrid 2 days in office per week to 4 days. One month later, they're walking it back to 3 days because even managers were choosing to work extra days from home "so they could focus."

They only mention it once, but I do have issues with mentorship in a remote work environment. I just personally haven't been able to make it work. I'm sure some do.

I have some faith that eventually we'll all work it out. Just going through some growing pains.

I guess on the general topic of monetizing podcasts... How Did This Get Made was in town last night for a live show. Thought I might bring my son who's a movie buff.

The cheapest seats (ass-end back of the balcony) were $55. Priciest seats I saw were $125. Before fees. That was a REAL fast nope for me.

I absolutely want people to get paid for what they do. I'll sub to Patreons, I'll buy (also overpriced) merch, I'll deal with ad and sponsor breaks... But I will be fucked if I'm going to spend $70+ per person to see a live recording of a podcast.

I'm glad that other posters have given you a broad sample of content, and nice to see a young person chime in. I've never used the parental info on IMDB, but relied on Common Sense Media for some guidance. It's tough to make recommendations based solely on age, not knowing you limits as a parent, etc. But with that said, I'll offer a little parental input on some (my daughter is 11, but she's also the third kid, sooo...).

Previously mentioned things:

• Doctor Who - man, I wish Jodie Whittaker had gotten better writing. Rosa was a cool episode to share with my daughter. Matt Smith's run would be my pick for younger folks. Some scary elements, but tame.

• The Hunger Games - yes! As long as you don't mind all the killing. Highly recommend the books at that age too.

• The Martian - I loved it and I think it's a good suggestion. I just wonder about the appeal to that age.

• Ready Player One - fun, easy, excellent popcorn flick. My son watched it over and over.

Ones I haven't seen in the thread:

• Firefly - Reavers are a bit scary for kids, and you'll probably need to explain Inara's job as a "Companion," but so good.

• Jumper - Teleportation, man! Another good read at that age, too.

• The Maze Runner - First movie was good, family said subsequent ones were not. Can't speak to the books, but they were certainly popular.

• Men in Black - all fluff, but still a fun movie.

And finally, I'll close with several 80s picks that tend to skew a bit younger :

• E.T. - duh.
• The Explorers - kids building their own space ship. Goes off the rails in the 3rd act.
• Space Camp - kids accidentally get shot into space and have to be real astronauts.
• Flight of the Navigator - the kids liked this more than I expected.
• The Last Starfighter - play game, be hero.
• Inner Space - honestly haven't seen this in 30 years, but loved it when I was young.
• Enemy Mine - human and alien stuck in a cave have to overcome their hatred.

That's way more thorough than I would have expected!

Just a few thoughts...

• Lemmy isn't ready for primetime. It isn't meant to be at this point. It's very much a work in progress and for a lot of us, seeing the progress is part of the fun in being here.

• Yeah, lemmy.world had some issues, but things have been pretty stable for me for a few weeks now.

• I'm on Eternity, and no issues so far. But I'll keep an eye out when lemmy.world updates to 0.18.5. Again, this is part of the progress. Sometimes shit breaks. If that's a deal breaker for you, it's totally understandable.

• I guess ultimately, it's just about what you're comfortable with. If you aren't interested in dealing with the issues that come along with early adoption, just move on. It's okay. For me, I've been breaking and fixing computers for almost 40 years. It can be a bummer when something doesn't work, but there are so many people freely giving their time and efforts to fix things that I can't really be mad about it. I know how it goes and that things will get fixed.

This seems like an unfortunate name for a mobile app that doesn't have anything to do with notifications. I mean, I get what they're going for, but I don't think it quite works in this case.

That said, the app looks nice and I'll give it a try.

We've let Apple buy its way into our school systems. Of course kids are going to gravitate toward iPhones. Part of their schooling every day from Kindergarten is using iOS.

Alternatively, it could be a precondition that makes pornography consumption more rewarding.

It could change your brain. Or it could not. They're just theorizing.