A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley

Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by cwkoss on Friday October 26, 2018 @05:57PM (#18312987)

Is there a "Stallman" hosts file, that blocks all sites that do not have incredibly free software?

I feel like dumping a kid into the deep end of linux box with access some so-so games installed and letting them figure out how to make things work is extremely valuable learning experience. It's the "passive" screen behaviors that are harmful IMO.

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by tlear on Saturday October 27, 2018 @02:45AM (#18314641)

This is my plan for when my kids grow older. Linux box. Some basic games.. Python/ruby/lua interpreter, even better games written in those languages.

It will have connection but iptables will block everything. If they ever figure out how to disable that they are ready :) Man pages and other docs will be there for them to enjoy.

I will also buy some printed books for python, shell etc

They gona fucking hate me, but I am not feeding them equivalent of cocaine.

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by cuddlecake on Saturday October 27, 2018 @05:29AM (#18315016)

Eh. I feel like you should rather buy them stuff that they are genuinely interested in, instead of trying to give them shell skills.

I agree that computer knowledge is a must, but I think time is spent more wisely if they are aware of the concepts and how mundane they actually are. (I.e., programming and scripts are not arcane stuff)

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Re:A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge ... by cirgue on Friday October 26, 2018 @07:14PM (#18313374)

Sample of one, but I would be willing to pay roughly $20 per year for this service if it were updated a few times a month.

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