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Re:Kids can't use computers and this is why it should worry ... by iwd on Friday January 03, 2025 @09:22PM (#42591728)
Meh. My 16 year old writes shaders for her own games, writes for her VR headset, programs her graphing calculator, etc etc. The next generation will have plenty of self-taught SWEs, just like ours. Most kids couldn’t use computers in the 80s or now, and it wasn’t a disaster either time.
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Re:Kids can't use computers and this is why it should worry ... by feznyng on Friday January 03, 2025 @09:41PM (#42591848)
The issue is it probably won’t be your daughter who creates and passes the legislation that dictates how she and the rest of us get to use our computers (net neutrality, encryption, etc). In a democracy, the majority of the population needs to be computer literate enough to vote for candidates who will support these things.
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