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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • I interact with these (ER605 and some others) pretty regularly for work. I’m pretty unimpressed considering how tp-link market them, like you point out, for “business”.

    We don’t do any ipv6 stuff for clients so no direct experience with that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they just don’t have proper ipv6 support. They’re so underpowered for what tp-link charge for them and they don’t even have proper firewalls (imo).




  • It has a desktop mode that would let you use it like a regular computer (Linux, that is), but I wouldn’t recommend a steam deck for a kid personally. I have one and they run into some of the weirdest crap that can be frustrating to sort out, and I tinker with it intentionally, I can’t imagine the shenanigans a kid could cause inadvertently.












  • I felt similarly to you, wasn’t really naive about what was involved but when we got into it after the birth it was like a cold shower - I questioned what I got myself into and felt super negative about it all. Babies crying also just seems to have this awful effect of making my blood boil too - amplified by poor sleeping from getting up multiple times in the night. Had to learn where my limits are and when to take a break/lean on my wife. My wife wanted 3 originally, which turned into 2 after we realized what having a kid is like lol, 2 is still a lot in my opinion.

    Suffice to say it was extremely unpleasant for a while. Eventually, the kid started to become more interactive and that helped me significantly at least. When you can get a smile or a laugh out of them helps a lot. Slowly gets better as I can have little conversations with them now. It takes a while for that stuff to start happening though unfortunately.

    I empathize with your situation though, at the time it felt like all the thoughts and feelings I was having were wrong and I couldn’t talk to anyone about it. It’s frustrating when it feels like society is telling you you’re supposed to feel a certain way when you don’t. I wished my parents were more honest with me about what they were experiencing when they had me but I chalk that up to them honestly not remembering, so I swore I would do my best to remember how miserable it can get so I can be honest if my kids ever ask and they can make more informed decisions. I don’t regret having kids, they do bring me a lot of joy and pride as they get older now, but I regret making the decision to have them so lightly is all.