Re:To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics
by xor1 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @02:09PM
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There's nothing wrong with his response given how the original post was worded...
Re:To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics
by Hydraulix989 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @02:59PM
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Sure I agree, but remember, parent was wondering "if inmates have access to computers, would they become good programmers?"
Re:To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics
by rhizome on Thursday February 02, 2017 @03:12PM
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A conversation based on competing generalizations is pretty thin gruel.
Re:To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics
by curiousgal on Thursday February 02, 2017 @02:25PM
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>they are much more likely to read magazines and romance novels than 19th century French literature.
Unless you count Madame Bovary.
That's missing the point though. The point is access and opportunity. Even if only 5% become programmers, it's a net win overall (and that's not even counting the people who might play Candy Crush but still use the computer to better themselves in other ways - learning, filing taxes, etc.).