Quoting: GuestThere are sort of equivalent laws in the UK, although what they'll look like 6 months from now who knows!

Not to mention that our wonderful government seem perfectly happy to extradite citizens to the US for actions performed in the UK and not in contravention of UK law.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPBefore switching to Manjaro with KDE Plasma, I was also using Cinnamon (though I just installed it on top of a normal Ubuntu).

I made the same move, although from Mint Cinnamon itself. I've just managed to convince my boss to let me run a Linux desktop and I chose Mint. While I now prefer Manjaro with KDE, a rolling distro didn't seem like a good idea for a work machine. Not that I've had any problems with it yet, but the risk is there. Mint is stable as you like.

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Quoting: denyasisI agree with you and the answer for us was "sort of". I don't manage our Amazon account. But from what my wife told me, since it's linked to our Amazon account online, the device apparently defaulted to the default payment for my wife's Amazon Prime account, which is saved online. We've actually never purchased anything on the device before, so that's the only logical way it could have happened.

Ohh, nasty.

Quoting: denyasisOf course. Once a kid figured out the parent's PIN, gets a hold of their phone, our gets their own credit card, it's all over. I can't think of any system that can cover that without brining a huge number of privacy issues.

Agreed. This is where parents need to be much more careful over their credentials and device holding them. It's not just children either. Too many people are far too blasé about security in general.

Quoting: denyasisMy country/society is really big on the parental override, so if it were to be implemented here instead of the UK, that would be a "must-have" component of any regulation. Is the UK the same way? Like limiting the kid, but allowing the parent to override the law with their consent and approval?

Legally it's a bit hit and miss. Alcohol is a hard no, for example. Film age ratings are much softer. However, the practicality of it is that what the parent does in their home can not be easily controlled, and no one worries about it too much unless actual harm comes to a child.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'm not sure I understand how a profitable gambling establishment can exist without taking advantage of its clients. It's giving them nothing and taking their money, by definition.

I suspect we're talking at cross purposes. I'm talking about taking advantage of people who are not competent manage their own affairs; children and people with known self-control issues being the prime examples.

That said, using the definition I think you're using, if you take the body of clients as a group, then I agree. I also see nothing wrong with that; it's no different to how any business operates. If you look at individual clients then you're wrong. Many clients win, and that's ignoring the non-financial benefit of entertainment.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyWhat you're describing is the establishment of some sort of consensus of how much "taking advantage" our society considers reasonable. But as soon as you acknowledge that, it becomes clear that this is not a line that must exist at a particular place as you're trying to say, but rather that there are a constellation of social values that contribute to where we might want to put that line.

I don't disagree here. I was not trying to place the line in a hard way, just place a lower limit of it. The lower limit for me is where the government tries to impose a competent person's ability to free action when it does not directly impact on someone else's ability to do the same. Any variability after that is up for discussion. Attempting to breach that line is, for me, too authoritarian.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyAnd if we actually wanted to ensure that there is no taking-advantage happening, we would in fact have to make gambling enterprises illegal.

Why? We already have legislation to prevent exploitation. If it needs to be better enforced then sure. If it needs to be improved, fine. Making gambling illegal is just ridiculous. Although again, this one may be us using different definitions of "taking advantage".

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Quoting: denyasisMy family was watching tv while I was at work. We use a roku for our tv. My wife went to use the rest room while the kids were finishing their show. All of a sudden she gets an email thanking her for her online purchase of a Harry Potter movie.

Turns out our kindergartener opened the Amazon Prime app and saw the movie and decided to watch it cause "I saw a toy like that at the site and it looked cool"

Did you have your credit card stored in the device? This is a common mistake on Android/iOS devices given to children. If they want to purchase things then they should have to bring the device to you for you to enter your card details.

Sure, on a shared device like a Roku, it makes it more awkward for the adults in the house to purchase stuff but it's definitely worth it. I guess the scope for damage on a Roku is relatively limited but in-app purchases on mobile devices can run up huge charges very quickly.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: fagnerlnHERE WE GO AGAIN...
We don't need the government controlling even more our lives, the parents should moderate what their children are using.

Then fight for police and army to be disarmed and fired.

Bit of a difference there. The police and army don't control us. The police are simply the enforcers of the law and the army don't have any ability to control us, except when drafted to help the police or if martial law is declared.

What controls us is the law, and what the law should do is govern our interactions with each other such that we are unable to infringe on the liberty of others. It is there to protect us from other people. What it should not be, but is increasingly becoming, is something to protect us from ourselves (with the obvious exception of the mentally incapable, which includes children).

With regard to gambling, or any addictive activity, the law should not be banning adults from engaging in it. However, it should regulate providers to ensure that they are not taking advantage of their clients. For example, online bookies are required perform due diligence when taking on new clients. They are required to investigate unusual financial behaviour or unusually large stake amounts. They are required to allow clients to self-exclude and to enforce the exclusion for the time the client originally specified. And, of course, children are not allowed to engage in gambling as they are not deemed competent.

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Very cool. ED was that dual boot reason for me too, although I went the other way and ditched ED as the constant OS switching was a pain.

Time to give it another go no that it works in Wine.

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I almost bought a Galago Pro, but initially they refused to ship with a UK keyboard and after a bit of complaining they said they could do it at a $80 surcharge.

I bought a Dell XPS13.

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Quoting: dpanterThumbs up Liam!
I humbly second that suggestion on YT that you should have some sort of text/image showing the current subject, just for us to keep track of what you're currently talking about.

Yup, I agree for those watching the video rather than just listening. Already have some ideas on this, to keep it simple while giving people something to see.

This is absolutely something I will do for the next one.

Not sure I understand this. If it's a podcast then it should be scripted and structured in a way that makes it easy to follow when just listening to the audio. I'm not sure why youtubers need additional prompts.

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The only downside, is that right now it's not available to purchase outside of North America. Eventually, it would be nice if they could expand into Europe so we could get some better prices outside the US.

I wouldn't count on it. They really don't give a crap about anything other than the US market.
I was planning to buy a Galago Pro until I learned from them that they'd want an extra $80 for a UK power supply and that they had zero intention of providing a uk keyboard any time soon.

Bought a Dell XPS 13 instead.

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