> Most government sites [...] do a decent job at internationalization

This, I fear, is just a materially wrong statement.

This is great, your suggestion to replace our sovereignly hosted VMs is to run containers in the U.S.A.?

I don't blame people for being skeptical

These schools, at least here where I am in Europe, have to provide their pupils with devices. How else would it be fair?

Yes the bigger problem is those schools often provide them with chromebooks with are mass surveilance devices in disguise :'(

Yes, it's 100% legal in multiple EU countries.

Just because the U.S.A. does it, it is by no means normal. We here are not used to such contradictory laws that arbitrarily strip us of our rights. This is also why it feels perversely inorganic and unnatural, as does all regulation that is shoved into our faces by U.S. lobbyists.

So introduce that license.

Internet usage must not ever be restricted, but restrictions on parenting are fine?

If the quality of parenting is so bad that it harms societal well-being as is being argued here, yes. It ought to be a license that one can reasonably obtain, though.

One can link government benefits to it, like Austria does with the Mother-Child-Pass. You need to have it filled out by the doctors and hospitals to prove you took reasonable precautions to ensure the child's safety, only then are you eligible for government benefits.

Yeah, in Austria this includes 5 weeks mandatory PTO, unlimited paid sick days, which you can actually take without getting fired, and paid maternity and paternity leave - a senior developer will get around €75-80k a year.

Consulting rates for SWE here are around €80/h - €120/h depending on seniority and customer, maybe this makes for a fairer comparison.

Would it be sadder to you if the family had lower numbers on their bank accounts?

… yes. I think so. Why would I feel bad about that?

I would correlate the convenience of research about a very potentially deadly leisure expedition directly with wealth. That seems reasonable.

If this was a gratis expedition for underprivileged children, yes, I think that would have been worse.

I think the big point is that they had all the money in the world and couldn't be bothered to spend any of it on their own safety. On top of that is the fact that being a billionaire is deeply immoral.

Eating factory farmed meat is seen as very low-class and irresponsible in my immediate vicinity. I have a hard time imagining any of my work colleagues admitting to eating factory farmed meat, even if they do due to cost reasons.

But farmers also enjoy high societal standing here, maybe that helps.

> derivative markets will exist up to the divine wrath of god

We already bet on the weather.

Which is totally up the gods — or a hairdryer:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/hairdryer-or-l...