2026-03-25 18:05 UTC
My 12y old is fascinated by retro tech.
Playing with cassette tapes and stuff all the time.
Trades messages and dumb little python/scratch programs with his buddies at school with actual 3.5" floppies.
Burning CD's for the lolz.
They learned about encryption in a "spy school" class, and they joke about how it is secret in the sense that almost nobody can read their messages because they don't have the tech. A fun security through obscurity angle.
Kids these days...
Replies (3)
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@astridpoot@mastodon.social 2026-03-25 21:06
@aeischeid supercool
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@duckyd@mast.bigduck.xyz 2026-03-25 21:15
@aeischeid one of my favorite things from calculus was encoding/decoding messages using matrix multiplication
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@DenOfEarth@mas.to 2026-03-25 22:46
@aeischeid Elsewhere in my timeline for you: https://corteximplant.com/@ann3nova/116291892597771961