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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2026
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You're underestimating children. When I was around that age I had to fix my broken PC because nobody around me knew how to (parents didn't care for Computers) and the next repair shop was far away.
My only support was some of the IT staff from School and books. I was setting up Windows 95 and making my own DOS boot floppies before I hit my teens, and I'm just the average working class person.