Nigerian Teens Are Making Sci-Fi Shorts with Slick Visual Effects

Post by noah_boy » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 2:15 AM UTC

rowanG077 wrote: post #49

nvahalik wrote: post #30

One of the biggest gifts that we can give our children is a limitation of resources. It is amazing how they learn and get really creative when given really basic tools to work with. They try things that they wouldn't normally try. I remember once my son wanted his own "phone" when he was 5. He ended up drawing the whole UI on paper and stuck it on a little slab of wood. Played with it for weeks.

It's quite funny you post this on this article since it's literally about kids in the developing country becoming LESS limited.

Post by abdullahkhalids » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 4:56 AM UTC

arvinsim wrote: post #52

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #10

Kids making movies by remixing copyrighted content and perhaps shooting some more is the topic of Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow. Pretty good book that explores the social implications of such efforts.

Whenever I come across a description of Cory Doctorow's novels, I almost always find them compelling. It's probably time for me to check out his books :)

Post by weq » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 7:54 AM UTC

nexuist wrote: post #22

babayega2 wrote: post #7

They use Techno Phones [0]. It's really the leading telephone in my country back in Africa to the point my wife refused me to buy her a Samsung one. :D You find those phone have really nice camera, and most importantly power consumption that can span at least 2 days... Peoples complaining that China is just copycat-ing stuff do not know how China is influencing peoples in developing countries. [0]: https://techcrunch…

>Peoples complaining that China is just copycat-ing stuff do not know how China is influencing peoples in developing countries. The problem is that altruism does not exist in geopolitics. Why is China influencing these people? Because it wants their support when it comes time to ask for favors. China is using Western inventions to grow its sphere of influence and defeat Western influence (and thus Western values, cul…

Post by tripzilch » Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 2:25 PM UTC

m_a_d wrote: post #54

royjacobs wrote: post #3

This is fantastic. It's been a promise for a long time that computers would become ubiquitous, open source software would be able to allow people to do (semi-)professional looking things for free, having access to the internet would be a great enabler, etc. This is just proof that it's happening! It's genuinely inspiring to see this.

Semi-professional? So, only being paid for some projects and not others? Being a “professional” is not a skill, but an employment status. I argue that many amateur productions exceed the quality of professionally made productions.

Post by ijidak » Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 4:18 AM UTC

nexuist wrote: post #22

babayega2 wrote: post #7

They use Techno Phones [0]. It's really the leading telephone in my country back in Africa to the point my wife refused me to buy her a Samsung one. :D You find those phone have really nice camera, and most importantly power consumption that can span at least 2 days... Peoples complaining that China is just copycat-ing stuff do not know how China is influencing peoples in developing countries. [0]: https://techcrunch…

>Peoples complaining that China is just copycat-ing stuff do not know how China is influencing peoples in developing countries. The problem is that altruism does not exist in geopolitics. Why is China influencing these people? Because it wants their support when it comes time to ask for favors. China is using Western inventions to grow its sphere of influence and defeat Western influence (and thus Western values, cul…