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LorestForest t1_ixdpgj7 wrote

Reply to Can't Unsee by no_more_gravity

The hard ones are just painfully annoying. Like I’m supposed to see a pixel of a difference? It just turned into a guessing game at the end. Interesting concept. Needs better execution.

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Abishek_Muthian OP t1_ixb67hd wrote

Reply to comment by thespaff in When I was 32, I was told that my bones were like that of an 80 year old. I have built a web application to track bone health and monitor treatments for those like me. No sign-up, No personal data collected, Completely Free and Open-Source. by Abishek_Muthian

Thank you for taking the time to comment, I've gained more information about various possible causes through this thread than I did in all previous years.

My doc does say that my body is not absorbing Calcium but no effort was made to find why. I'm adding tests for Hypercalciuria to my list of tests to be made.

Thank you again!

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waynewex t1_ixa77ze wrote

Reply to Can't Unsee by no_more_gravity

The activity indicator question (Michelle Evans) is confusing. It says 2 hours ago underneath her name, which suggests that she was last active 2 hours ago. If that's the case, then why would it be a green dot? Most people associate green with online now.

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thespaff t1_ix9me34 wrote

Reply to comment by Abishek_Muthian in When I was 32, I was told that my bones were like that of an 80 year old. I have built a web application to track bone health and monitor treatments for those like me. No sign-up, No personal data collected, Completely Free and Open-Source. by Abishek_Muthian

This exact thing happened to me, same kind of age too, early 30s, bones of an 85 year old. This was about 10 years ago now. and I was just hunting around to see if i could find any new developments and found your post.

In my case the cause was found to be Hypercalciuria, my kidneys essentially reject calcium, so my body is caught in a cycle of not having enough calcium, leeching it from my bones, but then simultaneously peeing it all out, repeat.

No cause for this was found though, and there aren't any great treatments that i've found either- though Thiazides, which are usually used to control blood pressure, have the side effect that helps to counter-act it a little. Anyway, sharing in case that helps you on your own journey. <3

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bisho t1_ix8l0hd wrote

Reply to Can't Unsee by no_more_gravity

I disagreed with quite a few. I thought they looked better and answered truthfully. If the opinions are subjective, why mark it incorrect?

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pupebly83 t1_ix47896 wrote

Reply to Blocking YouTube by Ok_Yogurtcloset_769

Sir/Mam you need to calm down. I have a strong feeling you're overreacting a little bit. Taking away his PlayStation isn't going to solve anything either. I get it you want to be a responsible parent. I think I have a solution for you that isn't as nuts as what you're trying to achieve trying to China/Iran Firewall your house. Get someone to educate him about the dangers of the internet and how to avoid doing bad or wrong things on the internet. Maybe have someone set up a pihole with DNS settings that block pornography throughout all the internet in the house. That I can see being a reasonable thing to do. Kids shouldn't be watching porn at that young of an age. But trying to get him to stop using YouTube and raking away his games isn't really going to do anything. What videos is he watching on YouTube anyway?

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CravenLuc t1_ix2nhgc wrote

Reply to comment by jninethousand in Blocking YouTube by Ok_Yogurtcloset_769

I agree that this is an HR problem.

That being said, pihole is great for this. Could even lockdown VPNs, or work entirely off of whitelists. It's a pain and constant whack-a-mole, but it can be done. Just not sure it's worth the effort compared to actual parenting.

Like, why does a 9 year old even have unsupervised access to this level of tech if he's being problematic? Physically take those away except for when he is explicitly allowed. If he needs a phone to be reachable, buy a dumb phone. Solve the problem on that level instead of over engineering the Chinese firewall.

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jninethousand t1_ix2n082 wrote

Reply to Blocking YouTube by Ok_Yogurtcloset_769

You would likely need a dedicated hardware firewall in the long-run, but simpler solutions may buy some time. There are business firewalls that would be too expensive for practical home use, but some have a free version you could install on spare computer hardware. You don't need much power to run a home built firewall but your trade off here is going to be learning basic networking and how to build a computer that doesn't run Windows.

You can also look into solutions that simply point DNS to a service that blocks whatever sites you choose. It's not too hard to get around though, either by reconfiguring or a VPN and it sounds like this kid will figure it out eventually if you aren't careful.

Ultimately, you're looking at IT to solve an HR problem. Yeah there's technology that can help but it won't take long to find the holes if you are not able to stay way ahead of it.

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