throwawaywxc

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   by throwawaywxc 10y ago

   This sounds very useful - do you mind giving some more flavour? What exactly did you implement?
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   by throwawaywxc 10y ago

   This is good advice in principle but my parents are from a different world they grew up in a world without fridges, TVs or electronics. I am all for them learning and making their own mistakes but I know them well enough to know that this
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   by throwawaywxc 10y ago

   Should hardly ever need to - but I am rarely at home so would prefer not to be in a position where any time they need to do something I need to be present. The only real software he would need at the moment is for photoediting
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   by throwawaywxc 10y ago

   Not a bad idea. What are your thoughts on file-syncing using DropBox? Solutions have to be easier than breathing - I used to take a regular image of the PC for backup purposes but then my dad would complain he couldn't actually view th
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   by throwawaywxc 10y ago

   Thanks for the reply! This is not at all a bad suggestion - my mum is on an iPad and actually since this happened, I realised that actually she is nowhere near as big a vector as my dad despite the fact that she doesn't know what an ap
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   Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?

   236 points by throwawaywxc 10y ago|210 comments