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Comment Re:I'm curious what the response will be. (Score 1) 26

CI without local, not automatically updated repositories is pure insanity. These people are asking to get hacked via supply-chain attack. Looks like a lot of software creation is still done "cheaper than possible".

Let them freak out. It is not your problems that they use unsound practices and (mentally) lazy approaches.

Comment Re:I find them to be useless... (Score 1) 69

I'd suggest that it's not the Chromebook's fault, but rather, the lack of real effort to turn it into a teaching tool.

yes. The fact of the matter is that creating teaching content that works without a teacher teaching it is much, much harder. A prof that had 30 years experience with (classical) distance education gave me an estimate of 10x more effort, possibly higher. This is in addition to specific teaching skills being needed that are different from in-person teaching and it is no surprise that we do not have much good teaching content suitable for computer-based self-learning.

Comment Re:Screens don't teach. (Score 1) 69

Again there are nuances. I do not know why Americans hate nuance so much but it's pretty deeply ingrained in our culture.

Well, nuances require insight and understanding. Simplistic and unsupported "I love xyz" or "I hate xyz" does not. Americans all think they are geniuses, when in reality most people are average in mental capability and the average is not that impressive. The cultural response in America is to deny reality and ignore things like nuances and details that make it clearer where you stand mentally. It gets replaced by grandiose language, grandstanding, deep unsupported beliefs and other cult-like behaviors.

There is a group of US citizens that have moved abroad and compare their cultural experiences on YouTube. They basically all find a strong disconnect between reality and self-image in American culture.

Obviously, stating such facts will get me moderated down. Because disagreeing changes reality. Right? Right?

Comment Re:Screens don't teach. (Score 1) 69

Yes. But that level of reasoning is too complex for most people. Hence they say "screen", but what they really mean is a specific environment. Sure, the UI has some problems of its own, for example you learn better when handwriting things on paper (not in cursive though, that causes too much cognitive load) than when typing on a keyboard. But these effects are relatively small.

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