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1. John Goerzen (jgoerzen@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jan-2022 05:51:05 UTC John Goerzen

   12yr old: "Dad, I'm going to write my own operating system FROM SCRATCH!"

   Me: "Wow! Just so you know, it usually takes teams several years to do."

   Kid: "OK! You can help me. It'll take a year. Also I need a website." [[I proceed to show him how to register a domain, and he does.]]

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jan-2022 05:51:09 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @yaaps @jgoerzen *flame war ensues*
   • yaaps :verified: (yaaps@banana.dog)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jan-2022 05:51:14 UTC yaaps :verified:

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     @jgoerzen
     One word: microkernel 👍

     Have fun 😊

   • John Goerzen (jgoerzen@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jan-2022 05:51:16 UTC John Goerzen

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     3/ What can I say, he's a dreamer in the most adorable way, and loving every minute of the journey. I have no doubt he's going to enjoy every step of the way on this, wherever it takes him.

   • John Goerzen (jgoerzen@floss.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jan-2022 05:51:17 UTC John Goerzen

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     2/ 12 yr old: "What programming language do they use to write OSs?"

     Me: C.

     Kid: "OK! I'll learn that. Do you have any books on C?"

     Me: Just one. (It's the K&R ANSI C one)

     So tonight we sit down with K&R and I introduce him to the ways of #Emacs also. He is DELIGHTED. He introduces a bug into his program, then finds it himself. He has informed me we will be doing C all day tomorrow, and that C is the best language.

   • yaaps :verified: (yaaps@banana.dog)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jan-2022 08:32:12 UTC yaaps :verified:

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     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     @clacke @jgoerzen
     Both the character and the author turned out to be colostomy bags, but "Learn one spell that allows to you to get what you need" isn't bad advice, if you take my meaning. I don't have actual opinions about OS kernels, beyond balancing principle of least privilege and principle of least surprise

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