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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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