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Australian children to be banned from farcebook, Ex, InstantGran, and so forth.
Social media ban for children to be introduced this year, but age limit undetermined - ABC News[^]
You should probably consider what the voting age is before you impose this ...
A much better idea would be to make it impossible to use the internet without your real world identity being attached to everything you post: encourage responsibility, rather than malicious stupidity.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Original Griff wrote: A much better idea would be to make it impossible to use the internet without your real world identity being attached to everything you post
The wet dream of authoritarians worldwide, of which the UK is developing an ample supply.
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Social media outlets would probably love that. What better advertising then being banned, every kid is gonna want it then.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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OriginalGriff wrote: make it impossible to use the internet without your real world identity being attached to everything you post
That's such a slippery slope.
I totally agree it would encourage responsibility. The internet would be a different place altogether. That's the good part.
Now imagine all the psychopaths you might have annoyed getting ahold of your street address. Because you know if the data's there, it's gonna get compromised and it'll all leak out eventually.
Richard Stallman might be paranoid to an extreme, but an internet with complete transparency isn't a place I'd hang out.
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It would also make it harder on dissidents in countries with varying levels of oppressive government.
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OriginalGriff wrote: make it impossible to use the internet without your real world identity being attached
Hindsight is 20/20 vision as they say, but making the internet anonymous was a bad design decision as far as security goes.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Australian children to be banned from farcebook, Ex, InstantGran, and so forth.
IMAO, the minimum age should be set globally and have have at least three digits.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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One digit on each hand should suffice...
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There would be mass confusion.
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Only for the densest people
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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Not sure if this is a joke or not, if it is... forgive me as I didn't get it.
But, if it's not... can we not do better than this? Like what kinda person does nothing but insult, thinking their way is always superior?
Note, I've seen this argument 1,000 times online by those who know nothing of the imperial system or its history. And, I'm not even suggesting it be maintained, but the smugness exuding over a measurement system is insane and clearly over compensating for something.
Edit: And yes, I realize that there's 2.2 pounds per kg, so maybe that's the joke. And maybe it's a touchy subject for me and I'm being whiny.  I just don't see anything new here in the past 20 years with most dialog.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm guessing it's a joke, density = mass / volume, kind of thing. But it is in fact a weighty issue. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, maybe I should've just said it wasn't a funny joke. I'll shut up now.
Mabye 
Jeremy Falcon
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It was a botched joke on density. I debated if explaining it or not, I probably chose the wrong option.
Changing units of measure is tough for anyone. I'm approaching aviation where everything is in knots and miles and feet and holy cow.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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I bet you’re fun at parties; and not too bright either. Of course it was a joke 🤦♂️
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Imagine if some of the states switched from driving on the right side of the road to driving on the left side, overnight.
There would be mass collision.
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Why did all the left-side-of-the-road countries to choose that side anyway?
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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The explanation that I heard once had to do with the side of the horse people mounted from. Of course, this doesn't explain why most British Commonwealth members (and the US) drive on the right. I would have thought they would have inherited the British way of doing things...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I found this explanation: Quote: At a time when the main danger on the roads was mugging, careful travellers would pass on-coming strangers on the left with their sword arm towards the passer-by.
. It might just be an invented theory.
Anyway I'm not sure the bit about French is correct: Quote: Later, class distinction in France meant that aristocrats drove their carriages on the left side of the road forcing everybody else over to the centre or to the right-hand side. Keeping left had really only ever applied to riding or driving. With the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the subsequent declaration of the rights of man in 1791 many aristocrats decided to keep to the ‘poor side’ of the road so as not to draw attention to themselves.
I think, them being French, just wanted to piss everyone off: "Vive la differance!"
Mircea
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While in college I worked at a gas station (Exxon) when they decided to try changing the pricing from gallons to liters. The confusion led to lost sales, and it didn't take them long to switch back.
I wish the country would convert everything to the metric system, it makes the math a lot simpler, and millimeters are much more accurate than fractions of an inch.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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Quote: millimeters are much more accurate than fractions of an inch
I think accuracy has more to do with the measuring device and the measuror than the scale. 
I make my own beer. The mix I buy (comes from UK), makes 23 liters. I make my beer in a one gallon jug. My observation: It would be much better for my beer making if the UK made the change.
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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TNCaver wrote: millimeters are much more accurate than fractions of an inch.
1mm < 1/16", but the accuracy depends on the tool used to measure. A measurement with a metric ruler is likely to be less accurate than a measurement with an imperial caliper.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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As you point out it depends on the tool used. I have a metal ruler with metric on one side and imperial on the other. Millimeters are more granular than fractions of an inch, and it seems like so many measurements go somewhere in between the 1/16th inch markers but are closer to the mm markers. I don't own any calipers...
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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TNCaver wrote: millimeters are much more accurate than fractions of an inch.
As others have pointed out, accuracy has more to do with the measuring device than anything else.
Metric's benefit is all in conversion, where all you have to do is move the decimal when you need more precision or align the decimals when you need to do calculations. It's a lot quicker to add up a series of numbers then a series of fractions, when the denominator is different for every figure you have to include.
Don't get me started on the US vs Imperial gallon, or ton or...a lot more additional units than I ever knew about (based on a quick ChatGPT search, asking about other measurements that aren't the same but share the same name). WTF, a meter is a meter, there's no uncertainty about that.
Anyway. It's really not up to me to try to put forth arguments for or against; this has been debated ad nauseam.
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