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Re:Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual... by nvahalik on Monday August 19, 2019 @11:44AM (#20738762)
One of the biggest gifts that we can give our children is a limitation of resources. It is amazing how they learn and get really creative when given really basic tools to work with. They try things that they wouldn't normally try.

I remember once my son wanted his own "phone" when he was 5. He ended up drawing the whole UI on paper and stuck it on a little slab of wood. Played with it for weeks.

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Re:Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual... by rowanG077 on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:05PM (#20741298)
It's quite funny you post this on this article since it's literally about kids in the developing country becoming LESS limited.
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Re:Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual... by nvahalik on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:26PM (#20750953)
Yeah but likewise, when I learned to code in the early 90s, I had no internet. I had to do a lot of exploratory coding and doc reading. It drastically shaped the way I not only learn but has helped me even today to be able to do my own research to solve problems and write good docs.
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Re:Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual... by noah_boy on Monday August 19, 2019 @10:15PM (#20743324)
The sweet spot of limitation :)
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Re:Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual... by arvinsim on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:04PM (#20738944)
Yup, creativity usually takes a hit when you have limitless options.
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