I think I'd do better by leaving loaded guns and cigarettes on the counter.
"Loaded" modifies both the guns and the cigarettes. I think everybody should associate their first smoke with an explosion in their face.
Neat. I'll pick that up at the library today.
I should get that. Maybe I can finally understand these odd gadgets.
I got that book for my kid. He has shown no interest in it because he has developed a deep, and not unfounded suspicion, of educational material that tries to disguise itself as comic books.
We had better luck with Super Scratch Programming Adventure because he actually got to fuck around with code, as opposed to reading a comic featuring nerds using computer science concepts to solve unlikely problems in their environment.
5.1 is right and what I was thinking when I wrote 1.
Also, that I've already got the guns and bullets and it is easier to buy cigarettes than books.
Maybe you just need to incentivize it properly. "Look, for every issue of this nerd comic you read, I'll let you smoke half a pack of cigarettes."
7: Have you considered writing a how-to guide for parenting?
Since I have received so much when I was learning, I prefer not to commercialize my wisdom.
You should at least get a "Worlds Greatest Dad" mug out of it.
I have a t-shirt for that from 2006. Which is remarkable because that was the first year I was eligible.
I believe the children are our future coders.
No matter what they take from me
They can't can and often do take away my dignity
He has shown no interest in it because he has developed a deep, and not unfounded suspicion, of educational material that tries to disguise itself as comic books.
In other words, I need to exploit this precious window while the iron's hot.
"I decided long ago
Never to program using Shadow"
So can I safely take over these comments to ask for advice on setting up an IRB form for the girls? Barring experiments completely just made them go underground and they're still stealing my stuff and making concoctions. I busted them on fermenting chocolate milk and then Mara got into the ammonia and I've had it. They're going to have to fill something out and get permission since they can't bring themselves to ask first.
16: We set up Fortress Kitchen™ in our house to keep my stepdaughter from eating all the cheese.
Make them apply for grants before they can do any experiments. That should dissuade pretty effectively.
"I'm sorry but there were lots of application this round and your score was just below the funding line."
18 is certainly a better idea than paying them for halfassing chores.
Barring experiments completely just made them go underground and they're still stealing my stuff and making concoctions.
Figure out how to send them to bording school* -- then they will be stealing somebody else's stuff and making concoctions outside of the home.
* or the military.
We can't be the only parents subtly discouraging learning to code, can we? Although to be fair what is music theory / composition but writing code ....