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Re:Show HN: New visual language for teaching kids to code by HumblyTossed on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:35PM (#38367978)
I said:

"... they didn't think a *computer" could do math like that."

Emphasis on "like that" meaning laid out like that. Context can affect people's reasoning. Maybe they've never seen code.

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Re:Show HN: New visual language for teaching kids to code by hnlmorg on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:57PM (#38369998)
I’m not really sure I get the distinction but I guess this is just one of those occasions that I’m just going to struggle to relate to.

Thanks for sharing the anecdote though. :)

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