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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by CaptSpify on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:25PM (#10422255)
Especially for high-school kids who are getting started in tech
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by hugh4 on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:32PM (#10422302)
But not usually worthy of a White House invitation.
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Re:‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:50PM (#10422397)
Neither would actually building a clock from scratch have been, usually.

The White House invitation was a direct counter to the negative overreaction of local officials, and a means of sending a message to other tinkerers -- and other local officials -- that the kind of reaction that occurred was not acceptable.

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