[smc-discuss] hack to learn, learn to hack session at mohandas college

[Pirate Praveen]

I showed them ideas list of smc and explained about how spell checking
is difficult for malayalam. I had to explain encodings, fonts and
rendering when I mentioned complex rendering support for context. They
were clear about ascii and some answered we need a bigger table to
include malayalam. I introduced open type fonts and its tables
(positioning and substitution) for conjuncts. As there was not much
interests to contribute even after asking a few times (it is hard to
sink the idea if building something not for making money) I switched
to encryption and privacy.

2014-03-01 20:31 GMT+05:30, Pirate Praveen <pravi.a at gmail.com>:
> Let me try my luck again. I will try to send multiple mails so its
> better than typing things all over again. Sad part is the response of
> firefox os devs, an email app that does not work at all is considered
> a 'normal' bug for a smart phone os.
>
> I started with asking them how many of them know how to drive a car,
> ride a bike or a bicycle. Some people raised their hands. Then I asked
> them how many of them learned it by reading the manuals. Some answered
> they need practice.
>
> Then I asked them what is needed to repair, they said they need the
> manuals. Then they replied they need to know the design if they want
> to make a better one.
>
> I had set the stage for them to realize what they need to make better
> software. It is evident that only free software can provide it.
>
> Then some people had tried tinkering with devices and one person even
> tried to modify the kernel. Kevin had put printks (printf for kernel)
> to learn the execution flow
> of the kernel but given up after getting stuck.
>
> Only few people were really interested to work on existing software.
> Still I explained google summer of code to them.
>
>
> 2014-03-01 11:57 GMT+05:30, Anush <anush at techstream.org>:
>> That is bad :(.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Pirate Praveen <pravi.a at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I want to share my experience but gmail, firefox os, vodafone 2g combo
>>> won't let. Almost an hour of typing lost, so giving up now. Maybe when
>>> I get my laptop back I will share.
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> You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights
> from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow
> the
> rules: laws and constitution.
>


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പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍
You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights
from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the
rules: laws and constitution.