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   Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd: (redstarfish@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:06 JST Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd:

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   • Dave Lane 🇳🇿
   • mhoye
   • MrBerard 🫶

   @lightweight @mhoye @MrBerard

   Yep, I'm teaching two teenagers programming and they don't know how use computer at all except for playing games, watching Netflix.

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     Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:08 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

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     • mhoye
     • MrBerard 🫶

     @MrBerard totally agree. @mhoye

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     MrBerard 🫶 (mrberard@pilote.me)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:10 JST MrBerard 🫶

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     • mhoye

     @mhoye

     I teach computing in middle and high school and this is very real.

     I would like to extend the concerns of neo-luddism regarding the de-skilling of workers using automation to the de-skilling of end-users for the sake of profit.

     Tech companies have a financial incentive in users having _just_ the right* amount of proficiency. With whatever that bar is getting lower by the decade.

     *short of being able to use an alternative.

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     mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 06:15:11 JST mhoye

     I'm going to be sitting with this for a long time.