jimmysong on Nostr: Back when I was in elementary school, I was obsessed with computers. This was back in ...
Back when I was in elementary school, I was obsessed with computers. This was back in the 80's when they weren't that common, but my parents saw that I really liked them, so they got me one for my 9th birthday. It was a Commodore 16, not the 64 which had lots great games, but the 16, which had like 3 games, total.
Having nothing else to do with it, I learned how to program simple programs in line-basic. Stuff like this:
10 print "hello"
20 print "world"
30 goto 10
Honestly, I didn't know many commands, so goto loops were about the most I could do.
My mom somehow found a teacher for me to take computer lessons. She was doing something with networking computers and I guess had graduated with a degree in Computer Science. She was also pregnant.
I took lessons for about 5 months (until my teacher gave birth) where I learned stuff like variables, prompts and so on to make a really basic text interface. It was the first time I felt like I could make something useful with this device.
Anyway, I tell this story because that's what a good mom does. My mom was a recent immigrant who had no idea what computers were, but she found the right teacher for me so I could develop my talents. For all you moms out there, this is one of the best gifts you can give your kids.
Thanks mom.
Having nothing else to do with it, I learned how to program simple programs in line-basic. Stuff like this:
10 print "hello"
20 print "world"
30 goto 10
Honestly, I didn't know many commands, so goto loops were about the most I could do.
My mom somehow found a teacher for me to take computer lessons. She was doing something with networking computers and I guess had graduated with a degree in Computer Science. She was also pregnant.
I took lessons for about 5 months (until my teacher gave birth) where I learned stuff like variables, prompts and so on to make a really basic text interface. It was the first time I felt like I could make something useful with this device.
Anyway, I tell this story because that's what a good mom does. My mom was a recent immigrant who had no idea what computers were, but she found the right teacher for me so I could develop my talents. For all you moms out there, this is one of the best gifts you can give your kids.
Thanks mom.