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  • darmstadt
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    It would have been a lot cheaper just to provide a link to this page: 10 places where anyone can learn to code | TED Blog

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    i prefer

    Code:
    '¡I%e!c0ĄJ¥eìo0¸ËefMs0µKcÊIs0´Ê¢1éo'.split(0).map(s=>{return s.split('').map(c=>{for(i=8,s='';i--;)s+=(c.charCodeAt(0)-33)&(1<<i)?'#':' ';return s;}).join('')}).join('\n')
    or Brain**** - Hello World -

    Code:
    ++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Is this the best way to start?

    Code:
    10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
    20 GOTO 10
    i prefer

    Code:
    '¡I%e!c0ĄJ¥eìo0¸ËefMs0µKcÊIs0´Ê¢1éo'.split(0).map(s=>{return s.split('').map(c=>{for(i=8,s='';i--;)s+=(c.charCodeAt(0)-33)&(1<<i)?'#':' ';return s;}).join('')}).join('\n')

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Lame. The minister for agriculture isn't expected to have spent time shovelling cowtulip.
    No he is expected to speak it instead.

    A stint mucking out the cows would do some of these politicos good.

    --
    Farmer Giles

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  • darmstadt
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    No but you'd hope he knows what it smells like and which end it comes out of.
    With the current bunch of politicos, both ends

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  • vwdan
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    I support the concept because for years I've moaned about how IT may as well be rebranded "Doing office work with a computer", but like everything else it's half baked and ill thought out. Last month I built a virtual desktop infrastructure for a school so they had a sandbox to play with - they had never ever used most of the things they asked me to include...

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  • AtW
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    Her brother is allegedly a blood splatter specialist for the Met, so if I were you I'd keep my mouth shut ...

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  • Bunk
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    Tories' 'Year of Code' boss Lottie Dexter can't code | Political Scrapbook

    Watching the Director of the #YearofCode was like seeing Jen of the #ITCrowd being asked what IT is.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Lame. The minister for agriculture isn't expected to have spent time shovelling cowtulip.
    No but you'd hope he knows what it smells like and which end it comes out of.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by quackhandle View Post




    qh
    Lame. The minister for agriculture isn't expected to have spent time shovelling cowtulip.

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  • vetran
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    1 IN 6 PEOPLE DO
    NOT HAVE BASIC
    DIGITAL SKILLS
    as few as that??

    from my users its about 50%

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  • quackhandle
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    qh

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    However in maths/science, there is a real use for simple programming to solve problems... hence in real life anyone working with data is likely to have to know a bit of coding even if it's just some BASIC or FORTRAN or even Excel macros. Many subject teachers in those areas could/should know a little bit, I'd suggest.
    I'd hope a maths teacher who hasn't learned any programming as part of their degree would be a rare thing these days.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by administrator View Post
    Yes but your Dad obviously had an interest and his enthusiasm and knowledge was passed on to you to create that interest. A teacher who is stuffed to the gills with too much to do already is less likely to pass on that enthusiasm.
    However in maths/science, there is a real use for simple programming to solve problems... hence in real life anyone working with data is likely to have to know a bit of coding even if it's just some BASIC or FORTRAN or even Excel macros. Many subject teachers in those areas could/should know a little bit, I'd suggest.

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  • DirtyDog
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    I never saw what scratch was for. You add a cat to the screen and make it go meeoww 10 times. Not exactly enthralling for a kid with an XBox360.
    Remove the cat, you add in your own pictures. You add in your own sounds and backgrounds. You make it respond to different things happening - key presses, colour detection, events being raised...

    Have a look at Adventures in Raspberry Pi or Scratch Programming in Easy Steps for examples of what you can do. Look at the examples on the MIT website. Have a flick through the examples in the MagPi.

    The sense of achievement a child gets from building there own thing is immeasurable compared to being a passive consumer.

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