meh, while Python is the modern Basic and general all-round utility, it's not IMHO a very good first language, with quite extensive (and sometimes messy) syntax, not to mention the glaring mistake (again very IMHO) of significant-whitespace.
Scratch, and other block codes are a good first contact, but for text languages, I think something like Lua is a much simpler, and therefore better introduction. And it's great for games (love2d, pico8/tic80, roblox, etc), which is what can really motivate kids.
If the JS community keeps up the current vibes plenty of engineers will come to Jesus on their own. Lots of Pharisee and Sadducee energy out there on twitter & stackoverflow. If you read the Gospel of Mark and read up on how Jesus bopped the thought leaders in his community at the time you’ll see lots of parallels.
I wonder if teaching kids the law is a better investment. Many people including myself seem naive to the way the legal system really works. I guess there are already enough lawyers, but at the same time lawyers are very expensive.
exactly…. i think this would be way better but as you say there is the problem that lawyers do not compete on price and know their value and there are systems in place that keep you from undercutting. this is what we need in our industry too.
More than anything, interact better with AI. LLMs make the basic interaction better, but the computers still need to be spoonfed conditionals and command order.
More people being able to express themselves creatively? New programming languages, companies, new ideas, more decentralization? Science and technology are far from being completely explored, many problems far from automated.
Don't think "person who has a job doing programming". Think "person who has random menial tasks in their job or life, and wants to automate them".
Not everyone needs to be able to implement an arbitrary program. Everyone ought to be able to write a five-line script to make their life easier and save themselves some time.
Knowing how to use power tools doesn’t mean you’re going to start building barns and start a workshop doing SFX for movies. There’s tons of people who code who don’t consider themselves a programmer because they work in an adjacent field (think of R or matlab).
Do you think their chances of landing a programming job is enhanced or degraded by learning about programming? You’re arguing for ignorance. Not a great position to take.
You don’t need to know how to program to be succesful in life. In my career as an engineer most of the people I encountered who are wildly succesful are not engineers and cannot program.
Software touches so many aspects of our lives now, you don't have to enter into a career as a software engineer to make it worth your while.
An anecdotal example: my home is "smart", with connected light switches, fans and such. I could have spent a ton of money doing that buying premium components that are all part of one cohesive system. But I didn't, I saved money by buying from different systems and using Home Assistant to tie them all together. As user friendly as HA tries to be, "buy a Raspberry Pi and install this custom Linux distro" is a pretty intimidating pitch to a non-programmer. But someone who knew their way around would be happy doing so.
Pfft, yeah, software devs. What good have they ever produced for society or those who depend on them. Better teach them how to dig ditches and truly unleash their human potential.
there was a time when most people couldn't write, and so you could have a well-paid job just if you're able to write. there was literally a job called a "scribe" where the only requirement was being able to write.
it just never stops. you learn some economically valuable skill, like writing, coding, and then some asshole teaches it to everyone and the skill becomes worthless.
SQLite adopted The Rule of St. Benedict as their code of conduct relatedly which I think is nice (although the project's history with use in military is really not to my liking). So some coders do express overt Catholicism in their career.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 114 ms ] threadScratch, and other block codes are a good first contact, but for text languages, I think something like Lua is a much simpler, and therefore better introduction. And it's great for games (love2d, pico8/tic80, roblox, etc), which is what can really motivate kids.
Every day the guy says something or condemns something or endorses something.
So no wonder he ended up talking of this, I guess the list of arguments was getting short.
I don't think he even knows what he is talking about as his speeches usually are ghost-written.
With code, the will is free. We are exultant & great, individually, as we code.
as long as they know it is just for creative expression and they WANT to do it that’s cool. but i am afraid the motives are different.
Not everyone needs to be able to implement an arbitrary program. Everyone ought to be able to write a five-line script to make their life easier and save themselves some time.
An anecdotal example: my home is "smart", with connected light switches, fans and such. I could have spent a ton of money doing that buying premium components that are all part of one cohesive system. But I didn't, I saved money by buying from different systems and using Home Assistant to tie them all together. As user friendly as HA tries to be, "buy a Raspberry Pi and install this custom Linux distro" is a pretty intimidating pitch to a non-programmer. But someone who knew their way around would be happy doing so.
it just never stops. you learn some economically valuable skill, like writing, coding, and then some asshole teaches it to everyone and the skill becomes worthless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict
I'm still failing to see which one is a "Catholic country" unless you are somehow conflating Italy with the Holy See, another absolute monarchy.