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[–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I read comments like yours and always thought it was hyperbole, then I became a bioinformatics teacher.

Not hyperbole. iOS and Android destroyed future generation's ability to understand traditional computing.

They can't unzip a file, they can't navigate a directory hierarchy deeper than one level, they can't reply to an email without replying to all recipients.

A class about BLAST had to become a class about how to install a program on Windows.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    wait... how to install a program on windows? you mean download the installer, yes, yes, next, i agree, next next next, done?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    The main installation method young people run into nowadays is the Steam or phone app store experience: search for the thing in the store, click "install," wait briefly, click "open." Installing a program from a website or physical media is not as common an activity as it used to be — other than installing Steam itself or similar, for example, which is a quickly forgotten inconvenience.

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