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Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by nubela on Sunday September 15, 2019 @11:39AM (#20977706)
As a Singaporean, this is another "feel good" article about Singapore that cherry picks anecdotal examples to paint a false image.
Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by jesterson on Sunday September 15, 2019 @11:19PM (#20980830)
I'll second that (not a Singaporean yet, but live here enough to call it my home).

Singapore government produces amazing programs aimed to adapt elderly workers to changing environment, which includes help to understand how to work with modern devices. A lot of government money is poured in it and I personally consider it as money well spent. In other countries I've been living in elderly people are usually just being left with their problems or thrown in into some kind of welfare scheme, which younger generation has to be paying for.

In Singapore everyone works which means contribution to society and it pays off with opportunities for everyone and excellent government services.

Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by analognoise on Sunday September 15, 2019 @11:43AM (#20977720)
Could you elaborate? What's the true image?
Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by mfcl on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:18PM (#20977899)
The true image is that 65-year-olds are not learning how to code.
Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by Aloha on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:58PM (#20978162)
> The true image is that 65-year-olds are not learning how to code.

The true image is that most 65-year-olds are not learning how to code.

Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by coldtea on Sunday September 15, 2019 @05:31PM (#20979602)
The true image is that

(a) almost none 65-year-olds are learning how to code,

(b) implying that even a small but significant (say 5%) group are is lazy journalist / political propaganda BS

(c) even if it was true, 65-year olds forced to learn to code and desperate for work, is not a positive thing, it's a societal failure

Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by epx on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:49PM (#20978449)
If just one leant to code at 65 this is so great to hear about.
Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by WalterBright on Sunday September 15, 2019 @04:12PM (#20979240)
My uncle in his 60's returned to the university to get an advanced degree in vulcanology.
Re:In Aging Singapore, 65-Year-Olds Are Learning How to Code by coldtea on Sunday September 15, 2019 @05:33PM (#20979610)
Several people do it, like several people do matchstick Eiffel Towers or have a crocodile as a pet.

It's still rare, and in no way anything statistically significant to write home about, nor the "way out" for the serious problem of old people forced to work.