Post 784486 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
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(DIR) Post #784486 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-26T19:26:48Z
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Sugar on the #cybredecke because the rules are all fake.
(DIR) Post #785180 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-26T19:29:45Z
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I'm a big fan of the thought and effort that went into the design concepts of the Sugar environment.
(DIR) Post #785181 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-26T19:56:55Z
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Here are the human interface guidelines for Sugar: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_GuidelinesA recommended read if you are at all interested in how people and computers interact.
(DIR) Post #785182 by calvin@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-26T20:02:07Z
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@djsundog I have an XO-1 and remain disappointed by itnot helped by the fact the thing is so pointlessly custom firmware wise, that is makes custom kernels, let alone other OSes a PITA
(DIR) Post #785199 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-26T20:03:17Z
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@calvin yeahhhhh, the actual hardware is a disappointment on a few levels
(DIR) Post #785230 by calvin@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-26T20:05:51Z
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@djsundog I actually liked the hardware; the screen is by far one of the best I used (that said, just using existing HW would have been cheaper and fit the project goals just fine)the software is the real problem: Sugar failed to live up to expectations (like lispm like pause and debug from any applications) and was *lethargic*
(DIR) Post #785256 by calvin@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-26T20:08:00Z
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@djsundog (OLPC is what you get if you leave a project like "giving underprivileged children in developing countries computers for 'better education'" in the hands of the kind of engineers more interested in developing HW and libre SW than they are any form of plan to do with those computers, like a curriculum)
(DIR) Post #785382 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-26T20:15:29Z
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@calvin this is a fair analysis
(DIR) Post #788134 by seatsafetyswitch@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-26T22:50:41Z
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@calvin @djsundog So far the closed-source world hasn't done much better, where parents fundraise for "iPad carts" that do nothing because the software is a bad fit/too expensive for teachers to buy and there are no resources to build custom stuff (a la pre-private MECC).
(DIR) Post #789871 by coryw@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-26T23:55:46Z
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@seatsafetyswitch @calvin @djsundog smartboards.
(DIR) Post #789872 by seatsafetyswitch@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-27T00:49:29Z
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@coryw @calvin @djsundog I got a turbo-rant about smartboards that I shouldn't emit in public.
(DIR) Post #789873 by calvin@cronk.stenoweb.net
2018-10-27T00:50:10Z
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@seatsafetyswitch @coryw @djsundog I've never seen one that worked
(DIR) Post #789899 by djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology
2018-10-27T00:51:50Z
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@calvin @seatsafetyswitch @coryw I keep seeing one on Craigslist that I should get to play with