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Wasn't there a study that showed up on HN that said vitamin D is insufficient and there is another component of the sun that we are missing? Pretty sure it showed up here, but I can't remember more details about it

I did mean desktop or laptop computers. Yes touch devices are like you described

Do notice that the big all powerful computer doesn't come with games and it's way more complicated to use, challenging the kid from the get-go.

Also they have to learn to use a mouse and a keyboard to do that. You probably forgot how hard it was to learn to use both. Double clicking was really hard for me as a kid

The problems are tablet and phones. Apps are really bad, even the ones made for kids.

I am sure there are exceptions, but if you are a duo working parents, you don't have time to dig through children apps to figure out which are good.

Overall tv in common space is better (occasionally), you can keep an eye on what the kid is watching and how is affecting their behavior.

You realize when they are done watching tv way earlier than they are (if ever)

I should have been more precise:

From the legal perspective, you don't truly own the game on any of the platforms.

From the technical perspective, the moment the game is on my PC I can run it.

For passing games to your heir legally, there is no way.

For passing games illegally both steam and gog work. For steam, you can download the steamdll and backup all your library and be good to go. For gog you don't have to do that, but if we are talking of illegally backing up all your games for after you die, you are good. As long as you are alive, you can play both gog and steam games for as long as you want.

Interestingly, you can illegally share games with your family in both platforms when you are alive, but you CANNOT legally share your gog games with your family, only Steam ones.

Your sentence make 0 sense, you don't truly own the game you buy on ANY platform

No it's not different, the whole point is the legality. You can still pirate all your games, you can still give the password of your account to your heirs, and you can still download all the steam games and provide the crack to "unlock" steam and it will work, but not legally.

GOG is very clear on this: you CANNOT provide the installers to anybody, those are for yourself only. It is easier, for sure.

It's still a terrible situation that should be solved legally.

Everything is entitlement, of course. Videogames are not a necessity. But our parents could pass their music collection to their kids, and we want the same for ourselves with videogames.

Most indie games will have no problems with this either, so I am not concerned.

Clearly the market hasn't worked well for the consumer, so it's time to set laws.

You can technically but not legally. You can share your steam credentials too, just not legally

That's illegal. You can technically but not legally

Legally. Technically you can just share your password with any of your family

We are slave to our impulses, literally. You can temporarily work around them, you cannot ignore them the entire time.

I don't get the whole blame on instant gratification. Our whole body is made for instant gratification.

Not having instant gratification is going against your survival instinct.

You would think growing kids is not instant gratification? Do you think we make kids because some day they will be functional adults, or because when I get close to them they instantly hug me, triggering my instant gratification?

Wild guess: a bunch of us grew up with animes on screen from age 6 all the way up to adulthood.

In Italy, grandpas and grandmas know soccer AND dragonball. Which is kinda hilarious in a certain way.

I would quote videogames too, but animes probably had a bigger reach, think of the animes with mechas from the 70s and 80s

Do you have any data on this? I think it just depends on the country. I was born in Italy, very low trust: the culture is that when a person is interacting with you, you have to assume they are trying to scam you.

Moved to Canada, heavy culture mix yet that "scam feeling" is gone, trust feels higher across the board.