Andre Weissflog in Elk: "@pervognsen @dotstdy we had this st..."

Related to the lego mindstorms thing, this is how I first did programming, at the university of nsw in sydney when i was 10ish https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/usenix2000/freenix/nikander/nikander.pdf

Pretty much my only interest in LEGO, post-toddler stage, was Technic and Mindstorms, too.

@pervognsen @dotstdy we had this stuff instead, it was awesome (there was also an East German Lego clone with universal plastic bricks, but for building 'machinery' the metal kits were much better)

August 8, 2025 at 9:07:57 AM

@floooh @pervognsen Yeah I had a meccano set which was generally more interesting than lego, I didn't really have very much lego technic or any mindstorms stuff at home because it was expensive, so I only got to use it at school.

@dotstdy @floooh I didn't have many Technic kits either, I think only 2 or 3. It was one of those things where every few years I might use my entire birthday present to ask for one kit.