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Kids today have it difficult! A real computer, by definition is something you can program. Today you don't just find accessible devices meeting that requireme
by philipswood 8y ago
Kids today have it difficult!
A real computer, by definition is something you can program.
Today you don't just find accessible devices meeting that requirement in the wild.
In the microcomputer era you pressed the power button and you had a REPL prompt.
Today there _is_ a computer hidden somewhere inside you laptop or mobile device, but you need to know where to dig to find it.
In the 80s a newly hatched geek just had to crawl over the beach sand until he reached a device and it was a computer.
Today's kids are surrounded by computers, but they are all deeply embedded in the devices around them.
After hatching, a modern geek needs someone needs to break the husk around their device to get at the computer first.
So your recipe is exactly the recipe for exposing him/her to a computer.
- shaunxcode 8y agoI think you are selling kids/newly hatched geeks short. They have also been raised on google and youtube - both places they can find out how to do nearly anything related to programming and game dev. I would have done anything to get access to that info when I was 11 and trying to figure out how to make sega genesis games!
- ComputerGuru 8y agoInformation overload. Sure, those gems are there. But they are buried under a proverbial mountain of crap.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoYou should see what kids are doing with Minecraft. I've had to watch videos made by 12 year olds because I couldn't figure out how to install mods. They not only are doing the videos, but creating the mods.