Very cool. Also very difficult to play in real time on a phone screen.

I think we agree! My point is that if all the other kids are burried in screens and social media, it doesn't matter if you/your kid are not, because the opportunity to connect is much smaller.

Sire there's other kids that aren't lost in screens, and that's great, but they are becoming a endangered species. As a parent it's hard to put your kid into that place.

I think education and parenting is the right solution, teaching kids how to use these things safely and effectively, but with limits. Movements like the no phones until 18 or whatever only work if everyone is bought in and that isn't going to happen.

I lost touch with that franchise after the first movie, but I'll check it out. Sounds like an interesting concept to be working through in a movie setting.

The issue today, is that

friends to play with

is a luxury many don't have, at least not the way it was.

The other kids have devices, internet, etc and that's how they connect, so if you aren't meeting them there you're getting left out.

I don't say this to suggest you throw up your hands and give up, but it's a real complication to abstinence only plans.

My kid is just entering this stage and it's really tough.

Saw elsewhere, but fits your post exactly.

While that's a nice and logical thought, the fact is renting a car for a vacation adds price to the vacation and if youre already committed to a gigantic payment for a new car, renting a car for a trip is a non-starter for many people.

Not saying either is right or wrong. Everyone has to make their own value judgements for themselves.

You're imagining a ui optimized for accessibility, which benefits LLMs but is not the same as an LLM optimized interface without having a visual component for regular human users.

You might, I think I would (at least personally, professionally I may not have a choice) but the vast majority of people will gladly go with this plan I suspect.

Look at car purchasing, most people don't look at the sticker price or the total cost of ownership, they stop paying attention as long as their income can (and in a lot of cases it technically can but really shouldn't) support the monthly payment.

Similar thing with new phones, most people buy a service plan that includes a lease or loan on a device. Very few people buy their sevice outright, because that's a big purchase vs. a smaller monthly payment.

If there was a market for this for laptops, regular folks would eat it up.

That's all opinion, so take it for what it's worth. I hope I'm wrong. I'm fearful I'm not.

Off topic, I know, but I'm curious what you're reading about the next ice age. Always found that history interesting, but never thought to look toward the next one.

Yes. It does also contain the migration prompt, but also information on migrating yourself. Haven't used it myself, so YMMV: https://viteplus.dev/guide/migrate

Plastic.

That maybe true if youre single shotting. At some point, but that's rarely the end. It takes iteration and experience to get LLMs to do useful work in most cases.