▲ 386 ▼ "Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worse (www.coding2learn.org) submitted 3 years ago by koncertejo@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] professor@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 years ago (1 child) To me, it just came across as petulant. Ironically, the "conclusion" was basically a TLDR for anyone interested. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] erwan@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 years ago (1 child) Way before "tldr" became something on the internet, research papers had an abstract and news articles had a lead that tells you what the article is about. I think this article is very good but replacing the abstract/lead by a snug paragraph is not a good idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago Fun fact, the top part of a news article is actually called a "lede". This originated not because it's actually a different word from "lead", but because in written form the latter could be confused with the metal "lead". It's described as "a deliberate misspelling of lead". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 years ago (1 child) Way before "tldr" became something on the internet, research papers had an abstract and news articles had a lead that tells you what the article is about. I think this article is very good but replacing the abstract/lead by a snug paragraph is not a good idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago Fun fact, the top part of a news article is actually called a "lede". This originated not because it's actually a different word from "lead", but because in written form the latter could be confused with the metal "lead". It's described as "a deliberate misspelling of lead". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago Fun fact, the top part of a news article is actually called a "lede". This originated not because it's actually a different word from "lead", but because in written form the latter could be confused with the metal "lead". It's described as "a deliberate misspelling of lead". permalink fedilink source parent