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Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by dharmab »

zepto wrote: post #74
hemanta212 wrote: post #20

Sadly, this is how things are for many of us students, I currently study bachelors in CS here in Nepal and for me and some of my friends stuck in our villages (lockdown isn't still over here yet), we have been doing C assignments using editors avalialble in the playstore. Seeing these apps have millions of downloads, we're definitely not alone and I have seen many indian and other south asian friends do the same. My…

You say ‘sadly’, but that is vastly better than the equipment I had when I learned these skills in 80’s and 90s.

It's sad because they're at a disadvantage to their peers.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by VMtest »

ddalex wrote: post #28
andi999 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have difficulties understanding this. I learned Basic ard 84 on a c64. I don't understand why anybody would learn it without access to any device. I mean what would even get one interested in it/how would one know this exists?

Having grown up in communist Romania, I had this experience - the first computer I toyed with was a Spectrum clone, which we had at the school, and had access to it for about 2h/week. I definitely knew what it is and how to use it, but I couldn't spend time actually developing even simple programs on it. So I had a copied manual at home, and a couple of magazines with listings, and I would write my programs in basic…

not long ago I read about it, somehow I was researching about old computers and old games

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15607791

Another commenter in this post

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27904224

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by qmmmur »

zepto wrote: post #74
hemanta212 wrote: post #20

Sadly, this is how things are for many of us students, I currently study bachelors in CS here in Nepal and for me and some of my friends stuck in our villages (lockdown isn't still over here yet), we have been doing C assignments using editors avalialble in the playstore. Seeing these apps have millions of downloads, we're definitely not alone and I have seen many indian and other south asian friends do the same. My…

You say ‘sadly’, but that is vastly better than the equipment I had when I learned these skills in 80’s and 90s.

Yes, when you were learning to develop in the 80's. This has a slight undertone of bootstrap lifting and a total lack of empathy for people who have little access to stuff that is thrown out like trash in the west. Use your brain.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by hemanta212 »

branon wrote: post #88
hemanta212 wrote: post #20

Sadly, this is how things are for many of us students, I currently study bachelors in CS here in Nepal and for me and some of my friends stuck in our villages (lockdown isn't still over here yet), we have been doing C assignments using editors avalialble in the playstore. Seeing these apps have millions of downloads, we're definitely not alone and I have seen many indian and other south asian friends do the same. My…

What Android version do you run on your J7? My J7 is stuck on Android 6 and can't install Termux. It doesn't get OTA and I'm not sure how to update it.

I have j7 max with android 8. IIRC termux should run on android 5+ maybe try to install from fdroid or search older apk versions also there is userland app that you can try.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by ellis0n »

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Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by scoopertrooper »

hemanta212 wrote: post #42
mnadkvlb wrote: post #35

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Hey, if you are interested you can reply me with your email address here, i can ship you a laptop for free (intel 5th gen i5) that i dont use anymore. it has 4gigs of ram soldered (surface pro 3). and can hopefully be used for some development.

Thank you for such kind and generous gesture. Sadly, with how things are with the courier and customs dep. here they can charge 30-40% of orignal price to receive electronic items Fortunately, I have managed to get few python freelance gigs here and there and in a few months, I may be able to afford one.

I'm weird, your comment got me interested in Nepalese custom duties. I had a read through and it looks like notebooks do not incur import duties in Nepal!

> Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data on to data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included. -Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display: 8471.30.10 ---Notebook and Laptop

> Import Duty (% except otherwise specified)

> SAARC: Free

> GENERAL: Free

https://customs.gov.np/storage/files/1/Custom%20Tariff/Custo...

You're welcome.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by mtnGoat »

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #84
atatatat wrote: post #72

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Could go the opposite way and welcome everyone and everything in, and have situations like your ports being bought by China, as is happening in African nations.

AFAIK, China has invested considerably in controlling African port infrastructure and operations, not trade policy in the abstract. While owning a port often implies direct control over what goes through it, the converse is not true: a government can still control its own port infrastructure while being completely laissez-faire about what goes through it.

They are building the ports to control the policy, it ain’t altruistic.

China owned port can be shut down on a whim, thus giving its owner political power because closing the port would effect the nations livelihood via exports/imports.

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by victornomad »

hemanta212 wrote: post #20

Sadly, this is how things are for many of us students, I currently study bachelors in CS here in Nepal and for me and some of my friends stuck in our villages (lockdown isn't still over here yet), we have been doing C assignments using editors avalialble in the playstore. Seeing these apps have millions of downloads, we're definitely not alone and I have seen many indian and other south asian friends do the same. My…

wow! I'm glad that termux exist, it's such an amazing tool!

I don't know if you might find it interesting but I made an open source coding tool and framework for Android that is pretty fun and fast to use. You can code using the phone or a computer using a remote editor throught Wifi (no internet required).

It comes with lots of examples and remixing them is quite fun to get quick and nice results.

It's called PHONK https://phonk.app

Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone

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Post by wrboyce »

deregulateMed wrote: post #52
raxxorrax wrote: post #3

It must be a horrible work of hackery to turn a smartphone based on iOS or Android into a useful device. Kudos to him. If he was able to do that, then development shouldn't put up much barriers anymore. I would totally buy him a decent PC though.

>iOS Apple doesn't advertise much outside the United States, and given Android is significantly more developer friendly, there isn't a reason for a student to learn on iOS.

I see your name every time Apple are mentioned, did they hurt you or something?

If you don’t want to buy their gear that is fine but this crusade you’re on is boring.

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