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Ask HN: What is the ultimate gift to a hacker?
My father turns 50 in not too soon. He's an old hacker who learned C in the 80's to be able to do Linux. He was a computer pioneer in our country.
Now he works with security at a big company, and is very interested in cracks.
One idea is to get him a RFID scanner and a lot of tags. Or a complete Arduino set, with everything. Have you given something to a hacker?
- revorad 14y agoSome ideas here - http://hackerthings.com http://hackerthings.com
- keiferski 14y agoLockpicking kit and a book about it? Not quite computer-hacking, but still very related.
- 147 14y agoYou can get a raspberry pi. It's a credit card sized arm linux computer. http://www.raspberrypi.org/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/
- drobilla 14y agoTime.
- carloc 14y agoSomething like this? Credit card sized computer like a raspbery pi but with the later Samsung handset processors, quad core ARMs. http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G135341370451 http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.ph...
- johnrgrace 14y agoA signed presidental pardon
- eshvk 14y agoHow about the Gumstix. It is tiny linux computer which has been used for robotics. You could maybe think of working with him to build drivers in order to install doom on it. :-) https://www.gumstix.com/store/packs.php https://www.gumstix.com/store/packs.php
- debacle 14y agoDoes he have a Pi yet?
- djisjke 14y agoNo, but are they really as fun as one thinks? I mean, theyre cool because theyre small, but other than that it's nothing I could not do with any other computer. That is, run debian. Or maybe I just don't get the fun of them?
- debacle 14y agoI don't know, I'm waiting on mine and I've already got a list of robotics-related activities planned for myself. The size and software really makes it appealing for robotics tinkering.
- callmeed 14y agoI would say either: a) an arduino kit, b) a sphero (especially if he has an iOS or android device), or parrot drone.