Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

wired.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 93 posts

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#21

Post by edwinnathaniel »

untilHellbanned wrote: post #8

I don't understand why people in the Sports world tend to not like Chris Bosh. Not only does he have a great all-around game but he got passions beyond basketball and is a family man. Keep doing your damn thing Chris Bosh. I'm a fan.

They want him to be like Kevin Garnett or Shawn Kemp. Big guy, tough attitude, strong, prototypical of PF instead of "smart with spacing", "helping team in an invisible way", etc.

Doesn't matter.

He got 2 rings, 1 (gold) Olympic Medals, and knows his 1's and 0's as good as X's and O's.

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#22

Post by the_watcher »

jsnk wrote: post #14
untilHellbanned wrote: post #8

I don't understand why people in the Sports world tend to not like Chris Bosh. Not only does he have a great all-around game but he got passions beyond basketball and is a family man. Keep doing your damn thing Chris Bosh. I'm a fan.

Bosh is awesome. I know that some Raptors fans dislike him for leaving Raptors to Heats. Before Bosh, it was Vince Carter who got some haters for leaving to Nets. Raptors fans get pretty attached to players because really good players come so rare to them.

Vince Carter is hated by Raptor fans for quitting on the team. He has since admitted to not trying while he tried to force a trade. [1] Many Raptor fans enjoy booing Vince nearly as much as cheering for a winning Raptor team.

[1]Keep in mind, this was immediately after the trade that he decided to start working harder. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/raptors...

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#23

Post by hackbinary »

rooshdi wrote: post #17
mkhalil wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

01000111 01001111 00100000 01001100 01000001 01001011 01000101 01010010 01010011 Fixed that for you.

0100001 0010001 0101000 0010101 0100001 0000001 0011000 1000001 Fixed with less code.

Uh, wrong team :P

01000111 01001111 00100000 01001101 01001001 01000001 01001101 01001001 00100000 00100000

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#24

Post by frogpelt »

the_watcher wrote: post #20
the_watcher wrote: post #18

"If someone in school would have explained to me that coding could reach millions directly or indirectly and make their lives better, it would’ve sparked my interest much sooner." - completely agree, programming was not introduced to me correctly until after college. Even if public schools don't have the resources to hire a teacher who is, by training, a programmer, there is no reason why students can't be exposed to…

Going back to the accounting/personal finance piece, I did a year of law school, and it was absolutely stunning how many of my classmates had no idea what compound interest was (more insane given that most of them were debt funding their education with high interest, non-dischargeable loans that now compound immediately upon taking them out), or that opportunity cost was something they should have considered when eva…

It is the parents' job to make sure their child is being educated. If the school is doing a poor job, the parent should switch schools or supplement the education at home.

I say this because I think people used more common sense about money 100 years ago. They likely learned it at home, not at school.

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#25

Post by Bsharp »

the_watcher wrote: post #18

"If someone in school would have explained to me that coding could reach millions directly or indirectly and make their lives better, it would’ve sparked my interest much sooner." - completely agree, programming was not introduced to me correctly until after college. Even if public schools don't have the resources to hire a teacher who is, by training, a programmer, there is no reason why students can't be exposed to…

That's a response I use whenever people tell me compulsory schooling as it exists now is essential so kids can function in the real world. You learn little-to-no real-world skills in a basic K-12 (US) curriculum.

If you'll let me put my tin foil hat on, I would say its possible that personal finance isn't taught deliberately - banks want people to be worse at money and debt management so they can make more money off them.

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#27

Post by synvisions »

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #6

This article was not written for you or I. This is an attempt by Chris Bosh to make the world of technology accessible to those who wouldn't normal consider it a career path. I feel that his attempt is successful.

I might agree with you if the article wasn't posted on Wired.

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#28

Post by Bsharp »

frogpelt wrote: post #24
the_watcher wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Going back to the accounting/personal finance piece, I did a year of law school, and it was absolutely stunning how many of my classmates had no idea what compound interest was (more insane given that most of them were debt funding their education with high interest, non-dischargeable loans that now compound immediately upon taking them out), or that opportunity cost was something they should have considered when eva…

It is the parents' job to make sure their child is being educated. If the school is doing a poor job, the parent should switch schools or supplement the education at home. I say this because I think people used more common sense about money 100 years ago. They likely learned it at home, not at school.

They probably did. Parents assume that their kids will learn anything they need to know in school, rather than ensure their kids know something by teaching it themselves.

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#29

Post by Bsharp »

synvisions wrote: post #27
ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #6

This article was not written for you or I. This is an attempt by Chris Bosh to make the world of technology accessible to those who wouldn't normal consider it a career path. I feel that his attempt is successful.

I might agree with you if the article wasn't posted on Wired.

He should have made ESPN post it.

Everyone would be so confused.

Re: NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code

#30

Post by tsumnia »

AznHisoka wrote: post #15

Nice.. except most professional sports players should spent as little time in front of the computer as possible. Carpal tunnel syndrome is something you don't want someone you're paying $100 million to have when he's out in the court, or in the mound.

Carpal tunnel symptoms can be reduced by properly stretching/exercising the wrists. In Aikido, we do a lot of wrist locks, so before each class, we stretch them out. I think the exercises are the reason I'm the only techie I know without CTS. Just like an athlete stretches before they work, so should coders. I find myself unconsciously stretching my wrists all the time now.

As for Bosh's opinion, this is what every parent should be pushing for. When I started getting into acting, they didn't stop me or dissuade me, they simply asked that I have 'something to fall back on'. In my senior seminar for my BA, our acting professor made sure to hammer it in, because a lot of actors chose to only go for acting, which makes the stereotype of actor/barista.

Bosh's statement really talks about science instead of technology. Physics, Biology, Math, CS - all of these are 'how the world works'. Replace 'computer' with 'tools of your scientific interest' and you get the idea.

Post reply on HN