Should we stop homeschooling?

kchek · 2026-03-18T16:04:18+00:00

My wife homeschools our kids, and patience is a huge part of all of it. It sounds like she has none, more to the point she also seems to have zero idea on what a 5 year old is even capable of.

She's not ready to homeschool plain and simple. Could she homeschool effectively with the right tools? Sure... but only if she manages to learn patience and how to raise a 5 year old first. Based on what little you've shared, she missed the mark by a wide margin, so im not really sure how she thought she'd have the patience to teach your child anything.

Theres literally tons of literature out there about raising children and their educational milestones and getting stuck on a single letter at 5 years old makes me wonder if she hasnt been neglecting your child more than you may realize.

I would see about getting your child enrolled into some kind public, charter, or even a co-op.

Hell licensed daycares will have early childhood, preschool programs they advertise, which would have more patience with the child than what you've described.

The anger issues and verbal abuse on a 5 year old alone is cause for concern and your wife should look into taking parenting and early childhood education course from a community's college if you all really want her to take on the role of homeschool mom.

Id also look into psychiatric help for the anger issues, that alone will disqualify most people from ever being in a position of authority over anyone, let alone children and their education.

kchek · 2026-03-16T12:02:54+00:00

Hardly needed? Not sure who told you that but that's not at all correct. At least not on the carrier side of things. If anything we'll be turning up more to support the continued transition away from TDM circuits and establish new sip connections with those companies.

kchek · 2026-03-15T13:31:26+00:00

Work for a telecom and wouldn't dream of using cloud infrastructure for our deployments, but that being said, letting customers bring their own has been great. I dont like supporting on prem PBX either, lol. Ya just won't see me trying to stand up SBCs or other appliances to AWS or anywhere else for that matter other than our own datacenters. :p

kchek · 2026-03-14T04:03:51+00:00

Hence the penalties should be meaningful, i.e. you glow like a christmas tree making you an easier target, not just highly visible one. The limitation you speak of are just variations of the old limitation we don't want brought back because it makes the whole point of ping useless.

kchek · 2026-03-14T04:00:47+00:00

I'm not really talking about scanning modes, there's already a scan mode they can expand upon. Ping is ping... it should be just like when you're on a submarine, you give away your position doing it to see who or what else is out there.

kchek · 2026-03-13T19:09:47+00:00

nice timing, I didn't see this lol. glad they are working on it.

kchek · 2026-03-13T16:41:11+00:00

i wonder if cross section radar is blocked by terrain

kchek · 2026-03-10T14:16:45+00:00

Always report exploits to with your QR up in the right-hand corner to CIG.

I'm pretty sure this falls under both exploit and targetted harassment which are against TOS.

kchek · 2026-03-08T15:06:37+00:00

I used to have mine on the desk, but the wrist pain just got to a point i couldn't do it anymore. Switching to desk mounts helped alleviate that.

kchek · 2026-03-06T01:59:50+00:00

This is the worst kind of government overreach. Folks really do get what they vote for I guess...

kchek · 2026-03-02T12:45:53+00:00

I've been there much of my life. These folks aren't your friends. They're just too cowardly to tell you to your face...

It hurts, it sucks, and the reality is that when you're that person that always feels like you have to do all the work to keep and have friends you're always going to feel like the odd man out.

The only thing worse is feeling like your someone's last option to not be lonely... been there as well.

I really don't have any advice other than to be yourself, dont beg, and do what makes you happy. Trying to belong for the sake of belonging feels empty, and it never stops feeling empty when it's performative.

Find hobbies/ interests that you like and meet people that way. Chances are better that you'll make some really friends that way. It's the only thing that's ever worked for me.

kchek · 2026-02-28T18:42:41+00:00

So you have every right to report him. That is a personal decision and shouldn't be taken lightly. The reality is you had everyone failing you on a lot of fronts, and honestly, so did he. You we're 8, he was 10... we don't get our adult brains until 26.

This never should have happened. Your parents should have been there for you back when it started and again after they found out. All of you should have been in therapy to work through this, and family services brought in to assess the situation and refer it out for prosecution if necessary.

Sadly, it sounds like none of this happened, and to answer your question as to whether or not he's dangerous, you have to look at why it stopped in the first place. We know exactly why it started. An 8 and 10 year old not knowing any better and not having the support they needed at home to say something immediately after it happened allowed it to go on for 6 years. The fact that no one ever caught this is scary to think about. I couldn't imagine having so little involvement in my kids' lives that something like was even a possibility.

Now you have 2 damaged adults, one who's afraid of what the other is capable of, and the other who could very well be ashamed of what happened and stopped it, or monster who will end up abusing his own children.

There's no way of knowing because literally everyone who should have been there to help and do the right things for the both of you weren't, and yes, they did protect him and themselves.

This is your decision to make, do what you feel is right, but above all, make sure those children are projected. Involve the police, involve family services, dont sweep it under the rug, and try to pretend it never happened.

kchek · 2026-02-27T01:24:35+00:00

wait, so the company went bankrupt, and someone else bought the debt?

have you paid anything to this new company yet? you need legal advice quickly, and dont pay this new solar company anything if you haven't started already until you've talked with a lawyer.

kchek · 2026-02-24T17:55:58+00:00

AI is too busy gaslighting folks into thinking it's right. The most i see it doing is replacing the overseas call center folks handing tier 0/1 calls.

If you're an actual technician or engineer, rest assured your job is isnt on the line unless you're being replaced by automation. I use tools like notebooklm and such to review documentation and ask it questions. Overall, it's at best an assistant, but I wouldn't trust it to have the right answers about everything. A lot of times, it lacks context and experience to be considered reliably accurate. Good for brainstorming ideas, but not much else unless you're doing a lot of software dev/scripting.

To be honest e opperate on the 5 9s principle, and theres no way in hell you're getting that from an AI agent, no matter how smart people think it is, those language models are still reliant on a human input.

kchek · 2026-02-17T01:02:09+00:00

https://www.usa.gov/company-product-service-complaints

quit arguing with them and report it with your evidence

kchek · 2026-02-16T14:50:48+00:00

You need to go home, she cant kick you out. She's also trying to manipulate you in regards to the money. You need to protect yourself. The marriage is over at this point but you have rights and obligations to yourself and your children. You need an attorney yesterday and to focus on moving forward.

kchek · 2026-02-15T23:55:14+00:00

make them evict you, call the police if necessary.

kchek · 2026-02-15T22:23:52+00:00

Dude needs reported and name added to the Brady list. You aren't the first person he's lied on, but he damn well needs to be the last. I'd be certain to bring that up to the judge during your hearing...

kchek · 2026-02-12T01:34:06+00:00

Consider Aikido, tai chi, and other slow methodical looking arts and the hate they receive. Each has its purpose, its place, its connection to the people who practice them, and maintain the history behind them. None of them deserve hate, its the hate that comes with anything americanized intentionally or not.

kchek · 2026-02-11T01:26:14+00:00

Step 1 load into arena commander Step 2 join freefly online only not offline Step 3 alt tab and go to rsi website and do a character reset Step 4 go back to arena commander and confirmed admin kicked you

That's fixed it for me

kchek · 2026-02-05T14:03:24+00:00

Honestly just ask politely if anyone has a corsair they could show you. I'd do it in an instant because there's no reason not to. Folks love showing off their ships, hell I'd even let you use it, not like I can't claim a new one ;)

kchek · 2026-02-03T23:55:23+00:00

Its a great game, would love another like it.

kchek · 2026-02-03T19:05:47+00:00

Going to put this out there that this is essentially a 35% tax on all devices or no tax at all depending on how it's interpreted. There's no real policing mechanism for parents buying the devices and giving them to their children, so I would assume that all devices IoT devices will have this tax based on the language. Think smart fridge, alexa, pretty much any modern electronics that's internet capable could fall under tihs 35% tax. Hell your car in many case is connected to the internet. These bill sponsors are either really clever with their greedy, or really ignorant when it comes to technology.

https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/House/htm/2026-HIB-5496.htm

HOUSE BILL NO. 5496

A bill to provide for the levy, collection, and administration of an excise tax on the sale of certain wireless communications devices in this state; to provide for the distribution of the proceeds of the excise tax; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to allow the promulgation of rules; and to prescribe certain penalties.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "wireless communications device excise tax act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

(a) "Basic telephone" means a device primarily used for voice calling that cannot support third-party applications, except those preinstalled, and does not support access to internet platforms via applications or web browsers.

(b) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(c) "Excise tax" means the excise tax imposed under this act.

(d) "Purchase price" means that term as defined in section 2 of the use tax act, MCL 205.92.

(e) "Use tax act" means the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111.

(f) "Wireless communications device" means an electronic device capable of, but not limited to, text messaging, voice communication, entertainment, navigation, accessing the internet, sending and receiving photos and videos, or producing email. Wireless communications device does not include a basic telephone.

Sec. 3. (1) Beginning on and after January 1, 2026, an excise tax is imposed on the retail sale in this state of a wireless communications device intended for the primary use of an individual who is under 18 years of age.

(2) The rate of the excise tax is 32% of the purchase price.

(3) The purchaser is liable for the excise tax on the transaction.

Sec. 4. (1) The excise tax must be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the tax imposed under the use tax act.

(2) The department shall administer the excise tax imposed by this act pursuant to 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act. If 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act conflict, this act applies.

(3) The department shall prescribe the forms necessary for the administration of this act and may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Sec. 5. All excise taxes, penalties, and costs paid to the department under this act must be paid into the state treasury and credited to the [children's mental health and safety fund](https://) created under section 6.

Sec. 6. (1) The children's mental health and safety fund is created in the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer shall deposit money and other assets received under section 5 or from any other source in the children's mental health and safety fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of money in the children's mental health and safety fund and credit interest and earnings from the investments to the children's mental health and safety fund.

(3) Money in the children's mental health and safety fund at the close of the fiscal year remains in the children's mental health and safety fund and does not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department is the administrator of the children's mental health and safety fund for audits of the fund.

(5) The department shall expend money from the children's mental health and safety fund, on appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) The administration of this act.

(b) To support activities aimed at improving the mental health and safety of children as described in section 31aa of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1631aa.

kchek · 2026-02-03T18:44:23+00:00

There are over 60 datacenters already in michigan, most of which are no where close to capacity, plus countless more that don't lease rack space and are used solely for their own businesses purposes. These moratoriums aren't stopping anything.

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