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Re:OSSU: Path to a free, self-taught education in computer s... by randomdata on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:29PM (#27753191)
> What's the metric for being the most educated nation?

The metric OECD uses.

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Re:OSSU: Path to a free, self-taught education in computer s... by ericmay on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:09PM (#27755940)
What’s that metric?
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Re:OSSU: Path to a free, self-taught education in computer s... by randomdata on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:56AM (#27760562)
Whatever they state the metric is, I imagine.
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Re:OSSU: Path to a free, self-taught education in computer s... by ericmay on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @11:59AM (#27762582)
Interesting. Well I'll just assume it's based on number of degrees and that it's probably not an accurate assessment of how educated a country really is, since degree != education.
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Re:OSSU: Path to a free, self-taught education in computer s... by randomdata on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:02PM (#27778673)
> Well I'll just assume it's based on number of degrees

Seems like a pretty fair assumption given that is the topic of discussion.

> since degree != education.

Quite true, but as everyone gains an education every minute of their lives, the most educated will be the oldest population. I'm not sure that's particularly useful information.

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