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Ask HN: Easing husband onto proper computer, How To? My husband uses some weird sort of computer which doesn't run any proper software and he keeps try

Ask HN: Easing husband onto proper computer, How To? My husband uses some weird sort of computer which doesn't run any proper software and he keeps trying to persuade me to do the same, even though he knows I have work to do ... How would you like it? Leave the poor woman alone!

hk1337 4y ago
Along the same vein, I've thought about setting up PiHole on my parents internet connection but relent because if/when the internet quits working then I am the one that has to deal with it because it was working before I did what I did.
- darrylb42 4y ago
  PiHole is interesting in the amount of ads it blocks, but also the ads it doesn't. Made most of the banners go away for the silly coloring applications my kids use, but the full screen video ads don't go away. The video ads really need to be blocked as there are a lot that are not appropriate for the age of my kids. Some applications also refuse to start without tracking active. Took a while to figure out that "Envoy" the desk booking system wouldn't start while getting DNS from pihole.
  - hk1337 4y ago
    Yeah, the biggest thing I noticed that showed me how well it works is viewing news article posts where everyone in the comments complains about how unreadable it is and the page loads fine for me with tons of whitespace. The video ads on YouTube infuriate me though because a lot of times the first one isn't skippable anymore and you have to wade through 2-3 to get to the video. EDIT: Also, I have a Sudoku game that's just about unplayable away from PiHole because it has an ad at the bottom and interrupts gameplay periodically with video ads.
    - androidu 4y ago
      why don’t you just watch youtube through Invidious ( https://invidious.io/ https://invidious.io/ ) there are so many instances available, and you can even watch them in HD by appending ‘ &quality=dash’ to the url. For Twitter you can use Nitter etc… there are alternatives, wrote a nice blog post about what I was able to collect https://dminca.codeberg.page/posts/improving-your-web-experience/ https://dminca.codeberg.page/posts/improving-your-web-experi...
  - satyrnein 4y ago
    I pay for YouTube premium just so my young kids don't see ads when they watch it on our TV.
dashwehacct 4y ago
Lol this is great. Got an audible chuckle out of me.
superchroma 4y ago
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
  I love my child, but if see said child doing something I think won't work well, I hesitate to not act. There is a benefit to allow a person fall and learn. I would venture same applies to my wife. I am not sure this is pushing anyone around, but I will admit you made me hesitate a little bit since it is pretty imposing.
  - yuppie_scum 4y ago
    Your wife is not a child, hopefully
    - NoGravitas 4y ago
      This is HN, though. Lots of Libertarians here.
      - zo1 4y ago
        And none of them equate an adult partner as a child. Is that really what goes on in your head when you think Libertarian?
  - superchroma 4y ago
    But she's not your child, she's your wife! Your adult wife. She has a lifetime of legitimate experiences and is at the wheel of her ship, and, at this time in the cosmos, you happen to be cruising together in the same direction. Take care not to infantilize her. You don't live inside her skull. You don't know what her choices and learned experiences mean to her, and how much she values them, in exactly the same way she doesn't for yours, it's unknowable.
    - horsawlarway 4y ago
      Frankly - this is a statement that is completely disconnected from the post. He's getting asked to purchase a laptop for her - that means this is a place where she's already deferring to his choices on tech (likely for good reason - he's probably the domain expert in the family, whether he wanted it or not). > "she has a lifetime of legitimate experiences and is at the wheel of her ship" I utterly agree - so she can go buy her own laptop and set it up herself if it's really bugging her. If she's defaulting to him for these chores... then she gets the output he gives her.
oliwarner 4y ago
> wife requested a new laptop This isn't a cold-call, this isn't stopping somebody in the street to ask they try another washing powder, this is active engagement with customer requirements. If you can't buy your own laptop without asking —and yes, maybe OP has worded this situation to suit their own position, we don't know— you are opening yourself to recommendations. Leave the poor OP alone, they're just doing their job.

hk1337 4y ago

Along the same vein, I've thought about setting up PiHole on my parents internet connection but relent because if/when the internet quits working then I am the one that has to deal with it because it was working before I did what I did.

darrylb42 4y ago
PiHole is interesting in the amount of ads it blocks, but also the ads it doesn't. Made most of the banners go away for the silly coloring applications my kids use, but the full screen video ads don't go away. The video ads really need to be blocked as there are a lot that are not appropriate for the age of my kids. Some applications also refuse to start without tracking active. Took a while to figure out that "Envoy" the desk booking system wouldn't start while getting DNS from pihole.
- hk1337 4y ago
  Yeah, the biggest thing I noticed that showed me how well it works is viewing news article posts where everyone in the comments complains about how unreadable it is and the page loads fine for me with tons of whitespace. The video ads on YouTube infuriate me though because a lot of times the first one isn't skippable anymore and you have to wade through 2-3 to get to the video. EDIT: Also, I have a Sudoku game that's just about unplayable away from PiHole because it has an ad at the bottom and interrupts gameplay periodically with video ads.
  - androidu 4y ago
    why don’t you just watch youtube through Invidious ( https://invidious.io/ https://invidious.io/ ) there are so many instances available, and you can even watch them in HD by appending ‘ &quality=dash’ to the url. For Twitter you can use Nitter etc… there are alternatives, wrote a nice blog post about what I was able to collect https://dminca.codeberg.page/posts/improving-your-web-experience/ https://dminca.codeberg.page/posts/improving-your-web-experi...
- satyrnein 4y ago
  I pay for YouTube premium just so my young kids don't see ads when they watch it on our TV.

dashwehacct 4y ago

Lol this is great. Got an audible chuckle out of me.

superchroma 4y ago

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
I love my child, but if see said child doing something I think won't work well, I hesitate to not act. There is a benefit to allow a person fall and learn. I would venture same applies to my wife. I am not sure this is pushing anyone around, but I will admit you made me hesitate a little bit since it is pretty imposing.
- yuppie_scum 4y ago
  Your wife is not a child, hopefully
  - NoGravitas 4y ago
    This is HN, though. Lots of Libertarians here.
    - zo1 4y ago
      And none of them equate an adult partner as a child. Is that really what goes on in your head when you think Libertarian?
- superchroma 4y ago
  But she's not your child, she's your wife! Your adult wife. She has a lifetime of legitimate experiences and is at the wheel of her ship, and, at this time in the cosmos, you happen to be cruising together in the same direction. Take care not to infantilize her. You don't live inside her skull. You don't know what her choices and learned experiences mean to her, and how much she values them, in exactly the same way she doesn't for yours, it's unknowable.
  - horsawlarway 4y ago
    Frankly - this is a statement that is completely disconnected from the post. He's getting asked to purchase a laptop for her - that means this is a place where she's already deferring to his choices on tech (likely for good reason - he's probably the domain expert in the family, whether he wanted it or not). > "she has a lifetime of legitimate experiences and is at the wheel of her ship" I utterly agree - so she can go buy her own laptop and set it up herself if it's really bugging her. If she's defaulting to him for these chores... then she gets the output he gives her.

oliwarner 4y ago

> wife requested a new laptop This isn't a cold-call, this isn't stopping somebody in the street to ask they try another washing powder, this is active engagement with customer requirements. If you can't buy your own laptop without asking —and yes, maybe OP has worded this situation to suit their own position, we don't know— you are opening yourself to recommendations. Leave the poor OP alone, they're just doing their job.