Ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha ka dibna afka la mid ah sida marinka: Passage: Ku dhashay magaalada New York, Karp koray on Upper West Side ee Manhattan. Waalidiintiisa waa Barbara Ackerman, macallin sayniska ka San Anselmo, California, iyo Michael D. Karp, filim iyo telefishanka composer. Wuxuu leeyahay walaal ka yar magacaabay Kevin. Waalidiintiisa kala markii uu ahaa 17. Karp ka qeyb galay dugsiga Calhoun ka dugsiga xannaanada ilaa fasalka siddeedaad, halkaas oo hooyadiis barto sayniska. At 11, wuxuu bilaabay barashada HTML iyo bilaabay naqshadaynta website-yada ganacsiyada. Karp ku biiray Dugsiga Sare ee Bronx ee Sayniska muddo hal sano ah ka hor inta uusan ka tago markii uu ahaa 15 oo bilaabay homeschooling. Wakhtigaas, Karp lahaa himilooyinka ka qeybgalka college ee New York, ama aadaya MIT iyo homeschooling iyo mashaariicda kale ee dhinaca sida hab si ay u soo jiitaan kulliyadaha. Karp marna dib ugu soo laabtay dugsiga ama shaha
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