Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
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Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
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Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#2The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#3The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
Also, the entire article would be much clearer with plain language. Analogies are overrated and ELI5 method actually hurts in grasping complex abstract topics.
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#4The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
Also, the entire article would be much clearer with plain language. Analogies are overrated and ELI5 method actually hurts in grasping complex abstract topics.
I think the whole purpose of ELI5, when done right, is to introduce you to the concept. Not help you master it. Similarly, analogies do help, especially for a non-native speaker.
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, the entire article would be much clearer with plain language. Analogies are overrated and ELI5 method actually hurts in grasping complex abstract topics.
I think the whole purpose of ELI5, when done right, is to introduce you to the concept. Not help you master it. Similarly, analogies do help, especially for a non-native speaker.
Introduction shouldn't be complicated to explain in plain english. Instead of introducing to the concept, it misleads from the beginning.
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#6The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
I'm not entirely sure this is true wrt the gender thing, one could easily substitute grandpa and it would still make the same sense. As far as being discriminatory against age, I really can't see how you came to that point. Perhaps assuming that old people don't get technology in general might be an unfair assumption as there are plenty of those in that age range who do get it, but I don't think that makes it wrong to use such a conception.
At that, I don't particularly think it's being discriminatory at all. It isn't perpetuating some ideal that all old people or all females just don't get the idea of databases. This comment sorta strikes me as unnecessarily reactionary, rather than focusing on the content and substance of the article.
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#7The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
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Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#8The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
Also, the entire article would be much clearer with plain language. Analogies are overrated and ELI5 method actually hurts in grasping complex abstract topics.
I have a really hard time swallowing the idea of analogies being over-rated. There is so much literature behind the effectiveness of analogies in learning, particularly in sciences: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8518/367cc1ef090ea263c39e91...
Why do you feel this way?
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#9The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
I'm not entirely sure this is true wrt the gender thing, one could easily substitute grandpa and it would still make the same sense. As far as being discriminatory against age, I really can't see how you came to that point. Perhaps assuming that old people don't get technology in general might be an unfair assumption as there are plenty of those in that age range who do get it, but I don't think that makes it wrong t…
Totally agree!
Re: Explaining SQL and NoSQL, to Grandma
#10The grandma stereotype is discriminatory towards both age and gender.
I think it's safe to assume that, in large part, the very old and the very young are both more likely to not understand (or care about) technical details.
See also: Explain like I'm 5.