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Re:Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms by smnscu on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:11AM (#13781447)
> install a hex editor

> I don't think that's possible on a Chromebook.

First google result for "web hex editor": https://hexed.it/

Took me 10 seconds to open, including googling for it.

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Re:Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms by xiaoma on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:19AM (#13781478)
That relies on a Node.js back-end... don't think it's possible to install it onto a Chromebook. You'd have to have to go to the web page.

If you have any experience with a large class of children, I'll bet you can guess how long most will be patient sitting in front of a web browser at school without thinking about loading another page.

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Re:Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms by throwaway91111 on Friday March 03, 2017 @10:23AM (#13783422)
This doesn't seem like a tech problem, then.
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Re:Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms by xiaoma on Friday March 03, 2017 @02:51PM (#13785728)
Not being able to install apps to a machine absolutely is a tech problem.
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Re:Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms by throwaway91111 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @04:38AM (#13790142)
Sure.

Doesn't seem necessary on any level, though. Nothing about hex editing needs to be an app instead of a web page. If that were true, my computer education would have been crippling--especially in high school. I think you're projecting on your students.

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