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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 14 Aug 2013

    Best TL;DR ever. http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ …

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      2. Giuseppe Sollazzo‏ @puntofisso 14 Aug 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral pity about the rest of the article :) His "using a computer" concept is a bit old-fashioned, as #yrs2013 might have shown.

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      3. Bruno Girin‏ @brunogirin 14 Aug 2013
        Replying to @puntofisso

        @puntofisso @aral I think he's right, the #yrs2013 peeps are part of the 5% who know how to use one! Now to reach the other 95%

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      4. Giuseppe Sollazzo‏ @puntofisso 14 Aug 2013
        Replying to @brunogirin

        @brunogirin @aral what I mean is that in 2013 you don't necessarily need that sort of knowledge. User base and case has changed.

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      5. Bruno Girin‏ @brunogirin 14 Aug 2013
        Replying to @puntofisso

        @puntofisso @aral Some of the examples may be old fashioned but I found a lot of them relevant.

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      6. Giuseppe Sollazzo‏ @puntofisso 14 Aug 2013
        Replying to @brunogirin

        @brunogirin @aral the point is that the ratio of computer users in society has gone up. You can't expect them to be all highly technical.

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      1. Joel Bernstein‏ @CastIrony 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral If only I’d listened.

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      1. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral Hmm. I’d missed that last time. It has a kind of arrogance that now makes the post’s shortcomings rather more logical.

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      1. Christopher Murphy‏Verified account @fehler 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral 100% agreed. I enjoyed reading that. (The article’s great too and right on the money.)

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      1. Vince.‏ @spider2097 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral Not just computers. When people have "help" (others to do it for them) it removes their need to learn even the basics....

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      1. Sam Feyaerts‏ @fyrts 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral While I agree with the general sentiment, arguing against technologies just because they're risk-free is the wrong way to go.

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      1. Barry Richards‏ @barry_richards 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral Oh dear, another computer geek who, basically, wants all computing done thru a comand-line interface.

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      1. Jeff Porter‏ @Wordius 14 Aug 2013
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        RT @aral: Best TL;DR ever. http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ …

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      1. Ross Dargan‏ @RossDargan 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral What a great post to. Interesting analogy with cars however. I can change a tire, and fill up the oil, but thats about it.

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      1. Szymon Fortuna‏ @fortunajs 14 Aug 2013
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        RT @aral: Best TL;DR ever. http://www.coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ … and this is so full of truth.

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      1. Martin Bean‏ @martinbean 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral Nice CSI reference in there too.

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      1. Neil C Ford‏ @neilcford 14 Aug 2013
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        @aral it was rather good wasn’t it. And I’m using the Call the President gag the next time someone says the Internet is broken

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