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Palomidestoday at 11:30 AM2 repliesview on HN

it's very easy to verge into OLPC type thinking with this, you probably should just give them normal bikes instead of trying to come up with some bespoke DIY-able system


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mghackerladytoday at 2:12 PM

the OLPC was the "send them bikes" disguised as the DIY-able system. They designed what they thought would be the best computer for impoverished children when in reality those children had no real use for a computer

nchmytoday at 12:43 PM

It's extremely expensive to ship bikes around - even old unused ones.