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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by ethbr0 on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:55AM (#34582572)
IMHO, a limited (read: CLI) but general-purpose computing environment is exactly what we should be providing our kids.

No one would play TI-83 games if they had other options... but it'd be hard to say writing and modifying them wasn't educational.

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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by jamespo on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:50AM (#34592840)
Yes but that's a decision for the administrators, they may well not want portscans etc happening on their network.
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