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I refuse to believe that a smaller proportion of people know how to navigate a directory and unzip a zip file today compared to any prior year. A lot of people
by NavinF 3y ago
I refuse to believe that a smaller proportion of people know how to navigate a directory and unzip a zip file today compared to any prior year. A lot of people didn't know how to use computers at all a decade ago because they didn't have any kind of computer at home, not even a smart phone
- Master_Odin 3y agoWhen I TAed a CS1 course for a handful of years, I'd definitely say easily like 1/4 of the class would also end up needing a general primer of basic computer usage. Ultimately, some people are just not interested in technology or using it efficiently.
- kortilla 3y agoIt peaked and is in the decline. The number of households with desktops/laptops is in the decline. Fully native tablet+phone is the way a bunch of kids are growing up. Only computer usage in our local public schools is chromebooks.
- NavinF 3y agoI don't believe you. A quick google search finds several charts showing monotonic increase and zero charts that show a decrease. https://www.ibisworld.com/us/bed/percentage-of-households-with-at-least-one-computer/4068/ https://www.ibisworld.com/us/bed/percentage-of-households-wi... https://www.statista.com/statistics/748551/worldwide-households-with-computer/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/748551/worldwide-househo...