Why are linux options light on the tablet front? It should work the same as on a laptop

Why did you two opt for XMPP rather than Signal Messenger?

Right. But in this particular case it doesn’t make sense. If microbial life were found on, say, Mars then that would be a discovery by NASA, which is a civilian agency. As far as I’m aware you don’t need a security clearance to work at a civilian agency.

On the other hand if the US  found some unknown craft flying in their sky that would immediately become a military matter and so be classified by default

Yeah. If they classify microbial life because it conflicts with religious dogma then you’d expect them to classify any scientific finding that conflicts with religious dogma, which doesn’t seem to be the case.

David Grusch is another, more recent nerd to fall under this category

Why would they classify that information if its just microbial? The motivation for classification is clear if the aliens are flying around in UFOs (so they can reverse engineer their tech without adversaries of the US finding out) but there is no realistic motivation for why they might classify microbial life

Damn so thats why I keep buying potato chips

Why is that?

Yeah it always feels awkward getting people to celebrate me. Like “hey guys lets have a party where you give me gifts and celebrate my existence”. Seems weirdly presumptuous

You don’t have to get your friends involved, you can just do something nice for her. Just pretend that its Mothers Day or something

If you don’t want to celebrate your birthday, you can take the day to celebrate your mom. She’s the one who did all the work, after all. And I think pushing an entire human being out of your birth canal is worthy of some recognition.

i.e. a “dumb phone”

I agree that if you can get enough parents onboard with the no cell phone rule then it’s not a problem. But there’s a bit of a coordination problem there so that might not be achievable in all circumstances

Are there alternative network infrastructures that could avoid some of these issues?

Yeah no one here is qualified to give OP a diagnosis. And even if a psychiatrist was on here they couldn’t provide a diagnosis without meeting OP

I’m relatively young so I can attest to the fact that, even when I was in high-school, not having a phone would put you at a social disadvantage. Thats how kids kept in touch out of school hours and coordinated social events. It’s not ideal but thats how things work now.

Yes. But it will be interesting to see if anyone else is implicated once they examine Andrew’s online accounts

This sounds like a much better strategy than the Australian model of simply scanning your face and using AI to guess your age

Assuming he hasn’t destroyed the evidence, this could potentially lead to more arrests once police search his laptop and read his texts messages and emails.

Thats a unique idea