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Actual old fashioned file systems aren’t really in use anymore, and the computerized versions hide the details, you don’t even get a command prompt on an iPad.
by seanmcdirmid 2y ago
Actual old fashioned file systems aren’t really in use anymore, and the computerized versions hide the details, you don’t even get a command prompt on an iPad. I’m pretty sure my 8 year old has no clue what a file system is yet (I learned at about 7 when my dad brought home an Osborne with pre-DOS CPM to play around with). Computers don’t require you to know that stuff anymore just to use apps and save/get files.
- dismalaf 2y agoThe details being hidden on toys doesn't mean they're not relevant to a course training people to be developers...
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYes, but it does mean they might not know what they are before they take said course.
- dismalaf 2y agoDunno, that's what high school level computer courses are for. I was in high school in the early 00's and they taught us stuff like Word, Excel, HTML, basic computer literacy stuff like filesystems, how to touch type, etc... And that was a required course in a public high school...
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoComputer classes in HS don't really cover that anymore. It gets worse the less relevant file systems are to non-techies. Documents are just a thing search for these days. People also learn and retain learning of what they practice, you would have to get them to use file systems, and then get them to continue using file systems for that information to stick.
- dismalaf 2y agoThat's kind of crazy. Basic knowledge of at least one desktop OS and office suite is kind of a prerequisite to so many things that would be considered adult life... Like, are kids writing CVs on their phones? Writing essays on their phones? iPads? Paper?
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoI use a mac and only dive into my file system when I'm doing dev. You just don't need to navigate it much for modern apps.