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		chrischen on Oct 26, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Who changed your life? My dad. He showed me how to setup a home web server when I was 12 or 13. Then I realized the world was at my fingertips.

TimMontague on Oct 26, 2009 [–]

I agree. When I was in high school my Dad gave me an old computer and a Debian CD. I taught myself PHP and wrote a blog. That's what got me interested in programming.

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