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recently read Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell, thought it was pretty good though it may not be the type of book that is wanted https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0316010669

best of luck, ladles and gentlespoons or whatever kitchen utensil you identify as! still no folding for me but please let me know if there is anyway that you want me to help out otherwise! thank you as always for your time and effort in organising this event, @GOTSpectrum!

Eesti! That's Estonia, seems like a nice smol country with history that many people don't seem to know exists. Japan, mostly cos of the food and traditional culture (not too into anime to be honest).

Not surprising at all. I don't like that my school can monitor my correspondence, however I realise that I do not have any legal standing when it comes to privacy on a school device. The software my district uses has a tool that they may have enabled (have no idea) that screens for search terms related to self-harm, suicide, etc. I am very aware that the IT dept. can monitor my activities, not so sure about my classmates but surely high school students know...actually you never know. I have spoken to some classmates that share the opinion that snooping in messages or emails is unwanted, and some have paranoia about their internet activity related to LGBTQ+ may out them to parents that are unaccepting. Legally I may have no real right to privacy on this device, but my school has done a terrible job of informing students about their "privacy rights".

Apologies if the following is discombobulated and hard to understand because writing for other people is not my strong point. All of the obvious technical stuff is covered already, so I won't bother you with that. Speaking as a high school student that still tries to bypass things but still (usually) knows when to stop, remove the computer. I get that now in these times that using a computer is probably very necessary for school, if that's the case, I would sit behind your son (probably not literally right behind, maybe on the other side of the room) when he is using the computer, put the computer away. Make him do assignments on only paper if teachers will allow it (mine do, often have to scan it and upload it to the online classroom tool). Make him do schoolwork in a place where computer access is limited (for me, that could be the public library) and keep an eye on him. I am curious as to when this issue started/became prevalent. My grades/motivation to do assignments dropped off a lot when my district moved to online schooling in March 2020. Even when it was Zoom calls motivation was hard. I would say part of this reason was that I had very little contact with school peers. I'm not sure about your current situation or if your son is in in-person or online or hybrid schooling or some other arrangement, but maybe see if the school has clubs or similar things to offer? If there is, let him choose something that he is interested in and perhaps that will occupy some of his time and make some closer school friends. Now that my district is back to fully in-person school I have peers that actually know what situation and whatnot we are in, and I would say my grades and mental health have improved. I can say that I rarely tell anyone about mental health problems or things like that partly because of the thoughts that were fed to me when I was younger, where mental health "didn't exist" and I quote, "therapist is bullshit". The other part is that I didn't trust anyone to not tell others. I'm just going to assume you don't foster those ideas, but lack of trust may be an issue here. It may be gradual, but family interaction is harder to get these days, play some board games or do something both of you at least somewhat enjoy. After some time he may tell you what he actually thinks. Personally I spend a lot of time online with strangers (this forum, MMORPGs, etc), I feel that it has made me more mature and I have learnt more about the world. Of course, I know to exercise precaution, especially if someone approaches me randomly in private messages on a platform that does not have a "quick report" feature. I realise that your son may not have the insight to do so yet but I would still be more open to the Roblox "friend". Could be harmless, obviously have some skepticism. Clearly he has lots of potential and skills, just is using it in the wrong way. I hope you can get him turned around before he gets to a point where stopping is even harder.

ARM Chromebooks have lacking if not nonexistent support for Linux, both chrx and Crouton. Sauce: https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility (this applies to not only GalliumOS) As far as I know, your only option is Crouton and even that seems unlikely.