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Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by wky »

qaid wrote: post #10

My children (3,5,8) and I absolutely love this show. We’ve been watching one new episode every 1-2 weeks and they’re perfectly happy with rewatching. My eldest is able to understand most of it so we’ll rewatch again in 2 (and 4) years so the younger two can follow along. It’s a real treasure and I’m so thankful it exists (and is translated)

As a heads up, NHK tends to remove videos from their site, probably due to contract stuff. It seems Texico starts expiring next year. Sometimes they “rebroadcast,” but for peace of mind make sure to download a personal copy.

Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by woolion »

WillAdams wrote: post #9
ninjin wrote: post #8

The Japanese have some wonderful programming along these lines. For preschoolers there is PythagoraSwitch (ピタゴラスイッチ) [1] which features amazing Rube Goldberg machines, geometric reasoning, algorithmic thinking, etc. Sadly, NHK loves to keep their programmes under lock and key, so I could not find anything to share other than the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PythagoraSwitch

Well, yeah, the first time they made a really big push technology-wise --- making TRON-OS the default OS for their entire educational system --- the US FTC prevailed upon the State Department to inform them that such an endeavour would be viewed as anti-competitive. I really wish that such things would instead be shared and celebrated and translated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project

I did wonder, reading such a comment, whether it would be a hyperbole, but not only is it documented, it is way worse than that. The free market is only ever enforced in the direction that suits the US, and the vassal states get screwed.

Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by WillAdams »

woolion wrote: post #14
WillAdams wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yeah, the first time they made a really big push technology-wise --- making TRON-OS the default OS for their entire educational system --- the US FTC prevailed upon the State Department to inform them that such an endeavour would be viewed as anti-competitive. I really wish that such things would instead be shared and celebrated and translated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project I did wonder, reading such a comment, whether it would be a hyperbole, but not only is it documented, it is way worse than that. The free market is only ever enforced in the direction that suits the US, and the vassal states get screwed.

Yeah, the demo where they showed multiple videos being played in separate windows on an 80186 was _amazing_ --- I _really_ wish that using TRON-OS for desktop use on commodity hardware was well-documented --- in particular, it would be _awesome_ for an rPi.

Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by BoingBoomTschak »

wky wrote: post #11
qaid wrote: post #10

My children (3,5,8) and I absolutely love this show. We’ve been watching one new episode every 1-2 weeks and they’re perfectly happy with rewatching. My eldest is able to understand most of it so we’ll rewatch again in 2 (and 4) years so the younger two can follow along. It’s a real treasure and I’m so thankful it exists (and is translated)

As a heads up, NHK tends to remove videos from their site, probably due to contract stuff. It seems Texico starts expiring next year. Sometimes they “rebroadcast,” but for peace of mind make sure to download a personal copy.

Thankfully, `yt-dlp https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/texico/` Just Werked^tm.

Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by _doctor_love »

woolion wrote: post #14
WillAdams wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yeah, the first time they made a really big push technology-wise --- making TRON-OS the default OS for their entire educational system --- the US FTC prevailed upon the State Department to inform them that such an endeavour would be viewed as anti-competitive. I really wish that such things would instead be shared and celebrated and translated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project I did wonder, reading such a comment, whether it would be a hyperbole, but not only is it documented, it is way worse than that. The free market is only ever enforced in the direction that suits the US, and the vassal states get screwed.

> The free market is only ever enforced in the direction that suits the US

I mean, come on. If it was free in both directions, the US might lose sometimes!!

Sigh. It's so sad. Stuff like this is why free-marketeers (and in particular libertarians) earn my ire. There is not a single economy in the world that is an actually free market. Capital can move fairly freely and labor not at all.

Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by digitalWestie »

BoingBoomTschak wrote: post #17
wky wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a heads up, NHK tends to remove videos from their site, probably due to contract stuff. It seems Texico starts expiring next year. Sometimes they “rebroadcast,” but for peace of mind make sure to download a personal copy.

Thankfully, `yt-dlp https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/texico/ ` Just Werked^tm.

huh, doesn't for me :/

Re: Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer

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Post by eptityri »

threethirtytwo wrote: post #13

Kids in Japan are really good at English.

They do study English from primary school now: foreign-language activities in grades 3–4 and English as a subject in grades 5–6. But “they’re really good at English” is a big generalization. Years of English classes don’t necessarily translate into conversational fluency.
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