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"Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worse (www.coding2learn.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Absolutely. I'll be the first to admit my knowledge of cars is lacking, but that doesn't mean I'm not interested in learning about it. It's fine to not know things, but it's weird to not want to know things.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    I like to think I have the general gist of how cars work and go together, even if I couldn't literally get in one and replace some arbitrary part (other than tires/batteries/fluids) without a lot of guides.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, I feel like I know all the very specific stuff from watching videos about how 4-stroke engines and such work, but the moment I open my actual-for-real hood I'm mostly clueless outside of very basic maintenance.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, and I'm sure you'll agree there's a gap between "my car is a machine that occasionally requires service by someone who knows how" and "my car is a metal horse that should go as long as I put gas in it". I don't expect people to be the mechanic, but the second group of people is very much real.

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