gunmania0

Apologies for the animosity from this "community".

Best of luck for your future Josh, I can't imagine what it would be like to have such technical experience and insight at such a young age.

I agree, but you don't say to drug addicts "it's easy just stop taking drugs" because ultimately they will still reach for their fix. It's a personal decision, but the tools to self-manage need to be available.

Apple could do more to alleviate addictions, however. You could argue that they first introduced these addictions in the first place. Red circles in the corners of apps have become a corner stone in computer interaction. "Do not disturb" and "Notifications" go someway to manage and alleviate this, but ultimately it's not in Apple's interest to provide mechanisms for users to escape their platform.

If apps don't see engagement, developers won't make apps, which means Apple loses money.

If users aren't bullied into updating their devices, the large majority won't update, which means Apple loses control of their platform.

I hope Apple take a stand against this established model. It's gone far enough and it's extremely mentally wearing.

There is actually a C/C++ layer that supports the higher level languages known as the micro:bit runtime[0], which means you can also program the device using C/C++... Another level of progression for children.

[0] https://lancaster-university.github.io/microbit-docs/

Another great markdown->slides project is madoko https://www.madoko.net/ . Also really good for writing markdown based latex papers.

You can flash it over Bluetooth?

Why does the fact it can't run micropython and BLE at the same time put BLE out of reach?