Avoiding homework with code and getting caught
Everyone has to start somewhere. These young lads “worked around” couple of educational platforms. 35 years ago I was hex dumping ZX Spectrum game saves and disassembling the program files to get more lives, infinite lives or just more ammo or whatever. That seemed easier and more interesting than getting good at games themselves.<p>I sometimes wonder if that kind of “not approved” intellectual curiosity can be used to augment education. Sort of like having old school alarm clocks that are designed to be disassembled.