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

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.

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[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Chromebooks that schools use don't have any computing power to speak of. There's none to lose

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Compared to a machine good enough to run TIE Fighter and not more - they do. Should remove that difference.

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