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What could be the best way to introduce the world of computers to a kid, let's say of 6 years old, so that he learns to handle it like a toy and stops dreading it like some esoteric, arcane and (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 1 week ago by TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What I meant to say is that they can easily use both a phone and a PC, and still think it's arcane and cryptic. Even if they needed to tinker with it, e.g. a lot of DOS games required me to set IRQ, and I still don't know precisely what it is

[–] TheracAriane@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@sukhmel@programming.dev you mean to say that games from the 80s and the 90s can't be played with a simple dosbox x ??😳😳😳

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I mean the time when games from 90's were just games, because it was 90's

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah I 100% agree with that.