I’ve wanted to homeschool my kids before I ever even met my wife. However, my son and wife were not on board. I very cautiously agreed to let my son go to public school for kindergarten, intending to keep a sharp eye on their every move. I’m very happy to report my son hates it and my wife has been completely radicalized in only a month. We took my son out for a week to go on a trip and the school is sending us constant “reminders” that attendance is “very important”. We’re finishing up getting things ready and he’ll be homeschooled starting early next month. Huge win.

I grew up in one of the poorest states in the US (top 2 or 3). I went to really bad public schools with a reputation for violence. I was an awful student who rarely pushed himself in anything. In my early 20s, I made horrific financial decisions and accumulated a huge amount of debt. 99% of my friends still live there, doing the same shit they were 10+ years ago. I managed to pull myself out by working my ass off. Because of that, I’ve been alienated from nearly all of my family and only maintain 2 friendships from my youth, and I was a social butterfly. All of those I’m disaffected from claim my wife and I are judgemental, uppity, and generally not great people. Except, we’ve literally never told anyone what to do. We’ve offered advice when asked, but even that is met with scorn. Poverty isn’t just being broke. It’s a prison for your mind.

I’ve said this before, but Apple continues to release straight up awful, unusable software on iOS and macOS. Becoming straight up hostile towards users imo

Trip has improved 🙂

Traveled to my home town for the first time since I moved away, 10 years ago, to visit family. It’s been a spectacularly awful and miserable trip. Nearly everything has gone wrong.

#memestr

I’ve been hit up multiple times by these two companies to work in their security teams, and honestly, glad I didn’t. Couldn’t imagine how poorly I’d sleep. “We cannot control who sees what, we cannot see what users are doing, and we cannot verify that the software itself is secure,” the memo says.

CNBC

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system 'very high risk,' US Army memo says

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has high-risk security problems according to a recent internal Army memo.

Today, I had a retarded idea. I asked my friend how bad of an idea it was. He told me it wasn’t retarded enough. True homie.

My fiat job is basically just a front row seat to the death of a $100m ARR startup that is slowing strangling under the weight of their tech debt. Fascinating.

Mental health checkup - look at your most recent emojis 😅

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I’m just not that interested in international travel. There are only a handful of places I care to visit. The list of places I’ll never go is massive.

Has anyone here put their 6 year old through any of the Ron Paul homeschooling courses? #asknostr

Nostr based dead man’s switch 🤔 Making this note so I remember to look into this more later 😅

For those homeschooling, are you using any paid curriculum for rambunctious kindergarten/1st grade aged boys? We have a very hard time getting him interested in studying, so trying to find fun ways to get him going. Strong preference on minimal screen time required.