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cheese_greater, (edited ) in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad

Threema, best $6 eva

KammicRelief,

thank you… that’s a few people voting for threema, I’ll definitely check it.

Zachariah,
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Threema is awesome. They even have a Mastodon account: mastodon.social/

Here are the settings I recommend during app and account setup:

• Tap next instead of making a Threema Safe password, and Tap Yes, you really want to continue without enabling Threema Safe • Tap next instead of entering your phone number, and tap Yes to confirm you don’t want to enter your phone number • Turn off “Sync contacts”

Make sure to scan each other’s QR codes in person to get your three green dots.

Since you have to pay for the app, it’s less likely you’re the product.

Zachariah,
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Oh, and it’s not just messaging. Encrypted audio and video calls, too.

qooqie, (edited ) in Do you first develop the abillity to read body language, or do you first learn how to speak?

Babies are definitely much more aware of body language at a young age. They’ll cry even before learning words if you express that they should cry. Example: they hit themselves with a shovel you run over, worried, and ask if they’re okay, they think “oh I was supposed to be in pain” and will cry. If you’re chill in that situation the kid might not even be aware they could reasonably cry in that situation

0x4E4F, (edited )
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Oh yeah, that has happened with my son 😂. Like he starts crying when you go over to check if he’s OK and hug him. The same thing happens and I don’t do that, he just carries on doing whatever he wanted to do 😂… or forgets what it was he wanted to do (the hit interrupts his thought process 😂) and just does something else 😂.

Illecors, in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad

Simplex.chat might work for you.

KammicRelief,

This looks good and easy… will definitely look into it more, thank you!

oxjox, in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad
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I’ve only come across this with a search so I’ve never used it www.kinzoo.com/kinzoo-messenger

KammicRelief,

looks promising, thanks! I’ll take a look.

driving_crooner, in Are there any good free alternatives to brilliant.org?
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Steward Calculus 7th edition volume 1 + Desmos + Symbolab.

yessikg, in What's involved in your budgeting method?
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I pay everything with credit card and pay it off each month, so my credit card statement works as my expense report

Toes, in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad

You could use Matrix. matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ if you’re trying to not sign up for an account on the big platforms.

LodeMike,

Matrix is the best

KammicRelief,

this looks cool, thank you! I might give one of those clients a whirl.

GreyShuck, in Do you first develop the abillity to read body language, or do you first learn how to speak?
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Depends what you mean by body language. I think that most can recognise basic facial expressions like happiness and fear before they can talk, and understand things like pointing and reaching for things to express interest etc.

0x4E4F,
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Yes, that is what I meant actually. Just body language in general, body language and facial expressions.

I_Am_Jacks_____, in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad

If you guys have gmail accounts, use Google Chat.

KammicRelief,

The kid doesn’t (yet…) but it’s probably about time to get them a non-school email address… so yeah that would be an easy option. thanks for the vote!

confluence, in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad

Wasn’t Signal getting rid of the phone number requirement?

jeena,
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No, they will probably never get rid of it, they just added usernames on top of it.

lemmyng, in What non-SMS non-Apple app can I use to "text" my younger kid on their iPad

Slack? Threema?

cheese_greater, (edited )

Second Threema, just username and it generates ID

Edit: its only 2 * $3ma dollars

KammicRelief,

I didn’t think of Slack, but that’d be nice… I already have it open all the time for work and a friend’s server. Kid probably needs an email address to sign up, but it’s about time to get one of those too… thanks!

xigoi, in Do you first develop the abillity to read body language, or do you first learn how to speak?
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I mean, I’ve known how to speak for a long time now, but I still haven’t developed the ability to read body language…

0x4E4F,
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You must have developed a way to read at least facial expressions. I should have added that in the title, since that is probably the first thing babies learn, but I was in a hurry.

Mango, in What are some of your cheap eats hacks?

Flour is the highest nutrients per dollar you can buy. Make some bachelor cookies!

sxan,
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Amen.

You can make pasta with flour, water, and salt. Add yeast, and you can make country loaf bread. Add a little sugar, butter, & milk, and you can make white sandwhich bread, or dumplings for soup. These are absurdly easy recipes, almost impossible to mess up. Change the portions, and you have sugar cookies, like you said! Splurge on chocolate chips and you can have chocolate chip cookies. Get some baking soda, and you can make crackers.

Flour’s about 80¢/lb. Salt is $10 for 26 oz, which will last many, many recipes. Yeast is $1.50/oz. For $25, you can make about 25 loaves of bread, and still have a bunch of salt left over.

Flour is the single best, and most versitile, calorie-to-dollar value food.

A_Random_Idiot, in What are some of your cheap eats hacks?

Depends what you mean by cheap eats.

Do you mean bare bones no cash for big output cheap food?

or do you mean “I can swing a big initial output of money to save tons”?

If its the first one, find a dollar general with a fridge/frozen food section. You can make quite a few good, low intiail cost meals from what you can get from there.

if you mean “I can swing a big upfront payout to get a lot of stuff thats bargain barrel price per unit”, then buying a whole pig or cow and having it butchered is probably the best way to get a ton of meat, dollar per pound wise.

wagesj45, in How to cope with existing right now?
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There is a disproportionate amount of wealth concentrated in the older generation and those who will inherit it will probably be even worse with that money than the last generation.

Don't worry, this isn't going to happen. Inheritance, I mean. Almost all of that generations wealth is going to be eaten by elder care. At $10k per month, and zero of that being covered by Medicare until you're basically destitute, nursing homes are going to demolish that store of wealth and their descendants will be left with nothing.

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