I was on a Facebook group for SWEs (can't remember which one), and I had the distinct feeling a person I was engaging with was a bot. All his comments were boilerplate takes or non-sequitur replies, and he ultimately agreed with every point I made. I assumed I was just being paranoid, but maybe not.
When my oldest entered elementary school, I was surprised that children were allowed to use their phones in classrooms. When I graduated in the early 2000s, we weren't allowed to have any devices that would be a distraction, and it's hard to imagine a device more distracting than a tiny pocket computer connected to the rest of the world. I hope this sort of ban becomes commonplace. I encourage all of the parents on HN to forward this news to their childrens' school districts.
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