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> Why would little children need to access motherboard firmware updates though? Because they're interested in it. I was installing Linux when I was 9 because I
by heavyset_go 1y ago
> Why would little children need to access motherboard firmware updates though?
Because they're interested in it. I was installing Linux when I was 9 because I thought it was cool.
If my parents had walled me off into a foam internet safe-room, it would have stifled one of my lifelong interests that led to my career, and bred trust issues and resentment against my parents.
- xp84 1y agoWeird, because if it was my kid in that scenario, when they found a false-positive in the Internet filter, they'd open their mouth and show me the problem, and I'd just type in my code to unblock it and say "Sorry, kiddo!"
- heavyset_go 1y agoIf I had to ask my parents for permission to be interested in something, there's a lot I wouldn't have pursued and the simple gatekeeping is enough of a motivator to find something else to do or bypass the gatekeeper altogether.