A long dismissive text about how kids, and people in general, don't know how to “use computers”. Overall, the author is right, they really don't know, but instead of approaching the topic on how to make computing more accessible, he takes pride in his knowledge (that most people lack), and tells the folks what to do (along the lines of forcing your children to learn programming).

He also mentions how Microsoft lobbied the idea of Microsoft Office being computing itself to British schools. Well, it's the same in Russia, and not just in school. For many, using MS Office is the most important skill. I never understood that. It's a very niche tool, no?! And it's very hard to use, I still only know the very basics of office suites.

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В своём докладе Илья покажет, как плохие контролы могут доставлять мелкие неудобства, которые достаточно быстро доведут пользователя до белого каления. И объяснит, как делать нормальные кнопки, поля ввода, выпадайки, чекбоксы, радиокнопки, слайдеры и прочие календарики. Все тезисы проиллюстрированы примерами!

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While other applications on the system threw up errors (“offline! warning!”) and blocked the user from working, the local-first prototypes function normally regardless of network status

from bouncepaw:

Alex tells us that, for him, baking and cooking are easier than programming and soldering, because the errors there average out. As for me, this is completely inverse.

In programming, an error never fixes itself. You can observe it and fix it, you can write tests. You can run the program multiple times. It's you who fixes it, and you can understand how it's done. It's measurable!

Meanwhile, cooking is a nightmare. Burning something is routine for me. Is that too much or too little oil? For how long do I fry? What do I do with these spices? Do they really affect the taste? And to observe something, I can't rely on symbolic things like text. No, I have to look (is this color good? No idea!), smell (as if I know the difference) and taste (nothing more inaccurate).

I'm happy when something can be cooked with a timer. 15 min for buckwheat? I'm in. I'm more happy when the time is short. 4 min for this thin kind of spaghetti? Already boiling water!

I mean, even boiling water is not simple. My parents told me to wait until the correct bubbles appear. I'm waiting for the scary ones. Also, salt is supposed to make it boil faster. How much salt do I add?

And I didn't even talk about plants, which Alex also considers easy. They're not 😭

Totally agree!

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A non-comprehensive and opinionated guide to best monitor for programming

В лифте написано УП вместо ВВЕРХ.

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Рич Хикки рассказывает о различиях простоты и лёгкости в контексте проектирования и написания программ.

Говорит, что многие выбирают лёгкость, забывая про простоту. Со временем комплексность превращается во что-то такое, что сложно поддерживать и в чём сложно разобраться новичкам.

Нужно стремиться искать лёгкие способы делать простые программы.

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