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Re:The Kolmogorov option by jacalata on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:23AM (#14966566)
And then you start learning about the different distribution of ownership and access to personal computers among boys and girls, and it looks like the personal computer actually introduced the interest difference. The book Unlocking The Clubhouse has a bunch of discussion on this topic, if you're curious.
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Re:The Kolmogorov option by ElmntOfSurprise on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @05:56AM (#14967034)
You mean that boys like computers more --> they buy more computers (or nag their parents about getting one), or that parents are more prone to give computers to boys --> girls never have the chance to get as interested?

Interestingly, teenage girls seem to have more access to (desktop) computers than boys have nowadays: http://www.pewinternet.org/files/old-media/Files/Reports/201...

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Re:The Kolmogorov option by cropsieboss on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:27AM (#14967494)
Just like teenage girls had more instrument playing experience than boys during an era when blues and jazz were starting to develop. Yet men lead the genre.
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Re:The Kolmogorov option by jacalata on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:26PM (#14970888)
The second one.
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