Codecademy (YC S11) on Colbert Report
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Codecademy (YC S11) on Colbert Report
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Re: Codecademy (YC S11) on Colbert Report
#2Good to see them getting some renewed hype. They were on a roll for a while, but the buzz seemed to die down.
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#3Thanks for sharing this, it's easy to get stuck in our Silicon Valley bubble. Thought it was really interesting how CodeAcademy was framed for mass media.
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#4The subtitle writer obviously never heard of Codecademy.
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#5Only vaguely related, but Startup Vitamins was on The Daily Show (and CSPAN) last night.
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#6Thanks for sharing this, it's easy to get stuck in our Silicon Valley bubble. Thought it was really interesting how CodeAcademy was framed for mass media.
i saw this air last night.
i think he was a bit off base in calling everyone from all walks of life to learn to code.
coding is truly useful for already somewhat technical, detail-oriented people who can get more work done or get it done faster with code. it is certainly not for everyone to know how to do in practice, but an in-depth "Intro to How Computers/Internet Works" is a must for everyone.
The internet is NOT a series of tubes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes
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#8"Colbert, a man among men"
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1h5ed5/after_our_dad_d...
Re: Codecademy (YC S11) on Colbert Report
#9Thanks for sharing this, it's easy to get stuck in our Silicon Valley bubble. Thought it was really interesting how CodeAcademy was framed for mass media.
i saw this air last night. i think he was a bit off base in calling everyone from all walks of life to learn to code. coding is truly useful for already somewhat technical, detail-oriented people who can get more work done or get it done faster with code. it is certainly not for everyone to know how to do in practice, but an in-depth "Intro to How Computers/Internet Works" is a must for everyone. The internet is NOT…
I never understand what's so wrong about the "series of tubes" metaphor. A tube connects something to something else, and it has the same characteristics like bandwidth, travel time, connections/splits, etc.
And isn't a good amount of the internet infrastructure guarded by conduit? Literally making it a series of tubes...
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
i saw this air last night. i think he was a bit off base in calling everyone from all walks of life to learn to code. coding is truly useful for already somewhat technical, detail-oriented people who can get more work done or get it done faster with code. it is certainly not for everyone to know how to do in practice, but an in-depth "Intro to How Computers/Internet Works" is a must for everyone. The internet is NOT…
I never understand what's so wrong about the "series of tubes" metaphor. A tube connects something to something else, and it has the same characteristics like bandwidth, travel time, connections/splits, etc. And isn't a good amount of the internet infrastructure guarded by conduit? Literally making it a series of tubes...
yeah, the same comparison is often used to explain current & voltage in electronics. i guess in his case, it was bandwidth being discussed, so it's quite appropriate.