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by Dirlewanger 4531 days ago
If only it were so easy as just making these cute little computers, dropping them off in some slum with no supporting infrastructure, and saying "Good luck!"...

And that spiky-haired mascot...could you make a more loathsome looking thing?
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jnbiche 4531 days ago
>If only it were so easy as just making these cute little computers, dropping them off in some slum with no supporting infrastructure, and saying "Good luck!"...

Actually, people have had great success doing exactly that:

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html

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eitan27 4531 days ago
> And that spiky-haired mascot...

"Keepod" means "porcupine" in Hebrew, hence the mascot. The narrator even pronounces it correctly in the video.

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