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Re:Ask HN: Why don't smartphones encourage programming like ... by eimrine on Saturday April 15, 2023 @02:10PM (#35583044)
> As if creating can only happen in an IDE and not in ProCreate or iMovie.

Short answer is yes. Don't you see how much video environment sucks to text environment? You can not do science in ProCreate or iMovie.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't smartphones encourage programming like ... by KyeRussell on Saturday April 15, 2023 @07:36PM (#35585743)
Nobody that “does science” says “do science”. This just feels like you’re advocating for some nebulous form of “real work”. Check your priors.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't smartphones encourage programming like ... by eimrine on Sunday April 16, 2023 @12:41AM (#35587329)
The fact that smartphones encourage video creating and not encourage programming is the essence of the topic. Also smartphones discourage to have a "real talk" because of touchscreen is better to spam animated smiles instead of text. Also smartphones discourage to use a "real software" because they are shaped to be an environment for spyware. Also smartphones discourage to use a "real web-browser" because apps are just "more native" webpages without tabs, scale, ability to change fonts and all the nativeness is about to steal as much data as possible.

What can I do to stop the conception of "real work" to be nebulous?

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