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Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Chromebooks are absolute garbage.

Most computers I have used over the last 15 years will disable USB power if you short out the port (working with electronics you tend to replicate the "sticking scissors into a USB port" with some regularity)

Pencil lead I am sure causes other issues though... it gets red hot and melts eventually

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Is there a better option schools should be buying at a similar price point?

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

When I was a middle schooler I definitely wanted to see what would happen from messing around with things like that would be like...

But I also wasn't inundated by short form videos trying it out and encouraging me to do it myself also as part of a trend...

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These kids know they’re gonna be replaced by tech and they’re fighting back

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 6 points 3 days ago (10 children)

What does "clout" mean?

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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

We live in hell

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