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 @bonkers @Natanox @Shrigglepuss Also right now the computers they have access to are Chromebooks, so their choices for actual dev environments are minimal. I mean, okay, they *could* install Linux on them, but keep in mind that they're 10 years old and their parents are not extremely tech-savvy. I also live around 1500 miles away and my sister doesn't want me giving them something I can't help with remotely. 12 comments
@bonkers @Natanox @Shrigglepuss Also does it come with the materials they need to learn how to do it themselves? I cannot overstate how important that is.  @fluffy @Natanox @Shrigglepuss the ones I got didn't have any printed material. But the website is very informative. Also there are expensive kits with printed manuals, if needed.  @fluffy @bonkers @Natanox @Shrigglepuss I first installed linux on a windows 3.1 computer when I was 10, with online documentation. I had already been doing tech support for my parents for years at that point. At 16 I was running the linux lab for my high school. 10-12 year old kids can do most stuff with computers that adults can, if you let them. Most people don't let them. @sidereal @fluffy @Natanox @Shrigglepuss I let them, but it's difficult to sparkle the interest.  @bonkers @sidereal @fluffy @Natanox I would maybe try some roleplay in this situation and make it into a puzzle you want to try and solve and need their support with? I work in consumer IT and these days it's the helping people out that engages me more than the computers. I've mostly come to hate computers, they're just the rut I've got stuck into that I've got good at helping people with haha @Shrigglepuss @fluffy @bonkers @Natanox Yeah while reading this I got all excited, like, it makes me really sad that people relegate children to tablets and stuff these days. I learned so much hacking away at old desktop computers when I was a kid. Hardware and software. Part of why it makes me sad that electronics are less repairable now. I got so much free "outdated" shit from adults that I then repaired myself and did all kinds of cool projects with. |
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@fluffy @Natanox @Shrigglepuss sounds like a couple of microbits is actually the right thing for them. Computers like RPi will be a huge overkill. Save that for when they're 14 and have actual programming experience.