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Re:Bret Victor: Learnable Programming (2012) on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @08:10AM (#27819960)
Excel can be beautiful and pain free and I would still hand over my taxes to an accountant. Its all nonsense that everyone needs to code or enjoy it. And that the tools are the issue.

As a non programmer with a PhD its a waste of my time, memory and energy that could otherwise be spent on my own domain. Its much simpler to have a 10 minute chat with a professional coder to get what I need.

Similar to the waste of time and skill development required to explain complex domain knowledge to the public. Talking instead to a professional writer makes my life much easier. I dont want to think about what tools the accountant, coder and writer use.

Re:Borgs are giant extrachromosomal elements on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:52AM (#27818823)
Its well known what it does. The red pill activates it in 42% of all cells in your body and you wake up from your pod. Some people are known to surpass that threshold without taking a pill just reading HN comments. So be careful.