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

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

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Post by bksenior »

danik wrote: post #69
ix_ wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think his message goes further than that. Coding is like a new literacy. It's application isn't just in creating software, but getting things done in a digital age.

Coding is nothing like literacy. You don't have to be able to code in order to live in a modern society but you have to be able to read and write. There is no, or very little, point for the majority of people to learn how to code.

You are thinking in the wrong framework. Before sophisticated audible language, drawing and hand symbols were the norm. At the point it could easily been argued literacy was a luxury or niche item reserved for academics and what not. Coding is positioned to be the same, not being able to control machines fluently without needing a midldeman will both be expensive and socially crippling if technology continues the way it is.

Moral: If you dont have a back to the basket post game like Chris Bosh, learn to code basketball joke

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

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Post by minor_nitwit »

dombili wrote: post #51
adamzerner wrote: post #49

Superstar? Good one.

He's a hall of famer who's currently in his prime, so I'd say yes, he is a superstar. Not that it matters. What matters is the message and we should be discussing that.

I'm not sure he's a HOF'er. He's definitely a star, but not a superstar, to be a super-star you have to be a top 5 player, and known by most non-sports fans. Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant, all meet that criteria.

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

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Post by tixocloud »

saturdayplace wrote: post #68
tixocloud wrote: post #65

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I really love what you did there and am wondering if you mind sharing some ideas on how to go about starting an initiative like this? How do you explain computer science concepts to students - things like classes, variables, etc? In essence, I would love to know more :)

It's not a direct answer to your question, but a while back I ran across http://www.introtopython.org/ which in a beginners introduction to programming using Python as the first language. It has a github project[1] full of IPython notebooks used in the course. [1] https://github.com/ehmatthes/intro_programming

Thanks! I'll have a look at it

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

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Post by tixocloud »

markkanof wrote: post #77
tixocloud wrote: post #65

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I really love what you did there and am wondering if you mind sharing some ideas on how to go about starting an initiative like this? How do you explain computer science concepts to students - things like classes, variables, etc? In essence, I would love to know more :)

Honestly, I don't really know. I've been trying to figure this out over the past couple of weeks and am starting to think that the answer to how to teach some of those things is not to (or at least not from the start). When I look at all the knowledge I have built up over the past 10-15 years, it's kind of overwhelming to attempt to identify a place to start. But when I think about how I got started programming, it w…

I agree with you. Thinking back about how I started, I only started really getting into programming in university. However, my main motivation back then was to make video games. In my early teens, I learned the basics of HTML and JS to do weird things on the web and that completely fascinated me. So I think you're right that the formalized education stuff shouldn't be taught directly. In fact, I wonder if it should even be taught at all at such an early stage. It sorta kills the fun of discovery how to do things with code.

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

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Post by erichocean »

danik wrote: post #69
ix_ wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think his message goes further than that. Coding is like a new literacy. It's application isn't just in creating software, but getting things done in a digital age.

Coding is nothing like literacy. You don't have to be able to code in order to live in a modern society but you have to be able to read and write. There is no, or very little, point for the majority of people to learn how to code.

I'm working on this problem, and I strongly agree that in the relatively near future, coding will be as wide spread (and about as easy) as using a spreadsheet is today, and has been for the last 35 years.

But it won't look like what we're calling "coding" today—even though it is. :)

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

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Post by prawn »

mehwoot wrote: post #75
pclark wrote: post #26

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Miami Heat though

I find it interesting people rag on sportspeople when they seem to care about money too much, yet when guys give up money to have a better chance at a championship, somehow that's wrong as well. It's like because Cleveland happened to be shitty the year before the draft, they deserve Lebron James' eternal servitude.

Worth mentioning for those unaware that Cleveland was LeBron's hometown state. When your fame and occupation is built around the religious fervour that is fandom, I don't think it's outrageous for people to like the idea that a hometown hero can elevate their team to greatness. Especially when said hero remarks that he'll persist until he wins it all for them.

(NBA fan, but not a Cleveland or Miami fan.)

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

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Post by prawn »

edwinnathaniel wrote: post #21
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.

No, it's not because he's quirky. It's because he loaded up at a team to take the easier road to a championship.

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

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Post by icebraining »

elwell wrote: post #64

Wired needed to prepend "NBA Superstar" because geeks don't know sports.

The NBA is an American league. Wired is read all over the world, much of which doesn't really care for basketball, let alone your national league.

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

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Post by edwinnathaniel »

prawn wrote: post #87
edwinnathaniel wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

No, it's not because he's quirky. It's because he loaded up at a team to take the easier road to a championship.

...and Garnett did not?
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