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I remember seeing someone make an argument for leashes, and it stuck with me. Forgive me that I don't remember the source, so this is paraphrasing at best.

First, you must throw out all of your thoughts and mental associations with the leash. You must consider this scenario on its own. It has nothing to do with pets, or anything like that. This is about parenting, and only parenting.

You might see a leash as degrading. And to an adult, or an older child, that would certainly be the case. But these are typically only used on small children who have not yet developed that concept. IOW, the child does not mind the leash, aside from wanting to go where the leash won't allow.

You might think that the child's curiosity is being limited. Kids need to run and be free! But if there were no leash, that wouldn't be the case. Instead of a leash, a hyper-vigilant parent would be enforcing similar boundaries. In fact, most parents would be enforcing stricter boundaries- if you need to make sure Junior doesn't run away, you might not let them walk anywhere. The simplest form is requiring them to hold your hand, which is like an even shorter leash.

Since they can't just run away, you can even use a long leash. That allows them to run and explore and jump around, and have significantly greater freedoms, all because the string keeps them near enough. They might still fall and get hurt, but that's part of growing up. And yes, at a certain point, they will need to learn impulse control to stay nearby without a leash. This doesn't mean a leash is bad, only that it's not for every circumstance and needs to be retired at some point.

Now, after all of the above, can you articulate why a leash is always bad? Keeping in mind the child doesn't mind.

The top 5 websites in the world are mostly reposts from the other 4.

Also, you asked 3 completely different and unrelated questions:

1. Why do drivers need admin permissions?
2. Why do devices only come with Windows drivers?
3. Why are corporate IT policies the way they are?

#3 could be broken down even further, covering how/when admin is granted, as well as how devices are procured.

At my (large) employer, we absolutely would've told you to pound sand for getting that device outside of official channels and bypassing a security review. Especially since you described it as a data logger.

Is there something technically forcing the privilege elevation to install a driver ?

Yes. With few exceptions, drivers need admin permissions to be installed. In part that's because they need admin permissions to run, and malicious drivers have absolutely been exploited in the past.

Some hardware (e.g. mice, keyboards, storage) don't need additional drivers to be installed, but that's because the OS uses generic drivers, or has a whitelisted source (e.g. Windows Update)

I agree with most of what you said. I've long said that Lemmy is the most toxic platform I've ever been on (although this might just be more apparent due to size).

But the groupthink and enforced echo chambers are rampant. Very few people on here are capable of imagining a viewpoint they themselves have not experienced, let alone accept it as valid.

What's really wild is that previously, you were expected to commit to a life together without even knowing what they would be like when cohabiting. Even weirder is that they would often still be living with their parents when you make the commitment. THAT was some crazy shit.

You think he has a plan?

I genuinely don't think he has the mental capacity to grasp his own mortality.

That's way too broad of a statement, and one that I would question is true in even a small minority of cases. You're thinking of Republicans.

As for the quality of care, there are many systemic issues with women's health. Since this is a procedure that is exclusive to women's anatomy, we can confidently exclude factors like women being excluded from the trials.

There is, however, a very simple explanation: Medical staff cannot sympathize with a pain they've never experienced. Men have no personal experience with the anatomy/physiology involved, on any level. We cannot truly understand how a vagina feels, nor any of the other parts. The best we can do is infer based on our own parts and experiences. The same is true in reverse.

But what about the women involved? They have the parts, but maybe not the experience. If they have never had an IUD, or the pain described in the article, they must also infer from their own experiences.

They often tie it to current offerings. So your plan may have unlimited 4G data for life, but won't include anything faster/newer. So once you want/need 5G, you have to switch to a different plan.

He literally doesn't believe in germ theory.

And I don't mean 'literally' as in 'figuratively'. He genuinely doesn't believe in the most basic element of modern health and medicine.

You can't expect him to then grasp something as nuanced as dosage.

He only created it to block Congress from passing something more effective.

He certainly didn't do it out of concern for the environment.