Someone else may have said this but try reseating the memory, making sure there isn’t dust or anything in the slots

Maybe there’s some way to use selenium or something like that so that it stays local.

Are there ways to use it via an API? In particular I’d love to be able to programmatically submit a Word or Excel document and receive a PDF back

I think the last time I used one of those was in my brother’s '66 Mustang

You did good

Don’t you have to pay taxes on the 401k balance that you transfer to the Roth?

Does changing your MAC address help? Using a browser instead of a phone app?

I found porn in the woods my dude - friend’s houses, parent’s stashes. It’s always been available, although not so readily.

While I tried to prevent access for my own kids also, I accepted that after a certain age they’re going to be interested and be able to find it. Their mother and I had some tangential talks about it with them and let them know it’s not realistic at all. As far as I know, everyone turned out okay. Normal lives and relationships and all.

I’m not convinced that whatever they found as they were growing up was as harmful as you’re making it sound. You’re making a lot of bold, unsourced claims. Although now that I think about it, I don’t know how you can ethically do a lot of research on the topic.

I believe a bigger topic, and one that plays into what you’re concerned about, is early use (especially unmonitored) of any networked computing devices. Maybe make smart phones or PCs adult only like alcohol, tobacco, or guns. If the family chooses to have one in the home it’s up to the parents to make it safe.

Do you simply have no answer, or are you withholding them so you can feel smug?

Each application can have its own default download location. Reddit apps were particularly bad about that and it may have carried over into lemmy as well. But learning the settings for the software you want to use isn’t a terrible ask.

Moronic or bad faith argument. Why do you even try?