minorninth

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Certainly many others would have tried to invent something like the web.

HyperCard predated the web browser and had the concept of easy to build pages that linked. Lots of people were working on ways to deliver apps over the Internet.

I think in some alternative timeline we'd still have a lot of interactive content on the Internet somewhat like the web, but probably based on different technology. Maybe more proprietary.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You get to choose how your 401k is invested, though. The only difference is a tax advantage.

The advice is just: save money, let it grow using compound interest, use tax laws to your advantage.

There's no "trust the government" in that advice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wasn’t she an unknown, while they were all famous stars, though?

The same happens today.

“The cast of Moana earned a total of $56 million. Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the title character, made $200,000. Dwayne Johnson, who voiced Maui, earned $21 million. Temuera Morrison, who voiced Moana’s father, earned $2 million.”

I’m not excusing any of the ways they abused Garland. But it made her a star and she earned far more in future roles, just like Cravalho now commands a much higher salary.

 

I'll start:

4yo: Knock knock! 9yo: Who's there? 4yo: Banana! 9yo: Banana who? 4yo: Banana you glad I didn't say Orange?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rotten Tomatoes has both a critic score and an audience score.

If your pick has a low critic score but high audience score, that means it was formulaic or unoriginal but probably lots of fun.

Movies with a high critic score and low audience score are usually more artsy, film-festival stuff.

 

I grew up going to church but I'm not religious now and I never really understood this part.

Please, no answers along the lines of "aha, that's why Christianity is a sham" or "religions aren't logical". I don't want to debate whether it's right or wrong, I just want to understand the logic and reasoning that Christians use to explain this.

 

This is our third child. We thought we knew what we were doing, at least a tiny bit. Both of her siblings by 4 had figured out that everyone else in the family has wants and needs too and that the world doesn't revolve around them.

4yo mini is growing and maturing in most other ways. She just really struggles with not getting her way.

A typical conversation:

  • Mini: I want my pink bunny
  • Dad: You can have your bunny when we get home, but right now we're going to school (preschool), and we're not going to turn around. Also, stuffed animals from home aren't allowed at school.
  • Mini: But I want it!
  • Dad: It's okay to be sad. You'll see pink bunny soon. You have your teddy bear in the car, hug him.
  • Mini: I don't want teddy bear. I want pink bunny!
  • Dad: We don't always get all of the things we want. It's okay to be sad, but we're not getting pink bunny now. We're already on the way to school and your brother and sister don't want to be late.
  • Mini: But I want it!
  • Dad: Sorry
  • Mini: (5-minute tantrum)
  • Mini: (Eventually gets tired of crying or gets distracted) Let's play I Spy!

Any tips? Anyone else have children that struggled to understand they can't have everything they want at that age?

I'm especially interested in different ways to phrase it, games, role-play, etc. - anything to help get the concept through and have fewer tantrums.