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Hmm... "This site reaches over 24 million monthly people, of which 12 million (48%) are in the U.S.The typical visitor watches Nickelodeon, visits pbskids.org,

Hmm... "This site reaches over 24 million monthly people, of which 12 million (48%) are in the U.S.The typical visitor watches Nickelodeon, visits pbskids.org, and listens to National Public Radio."

kunai 13y ago
All I can glean from that is that the typical visitor to RapGenius can't be bothered to set up a separate user account for his/her children. This brings up an important point: hardly anyone knows how to configure or troubleshoot their computer. This is by far a more important point than some arbitrary "learn to code" movement that doesn't teach CS, and does NOT teach programming – it's like giving somebody a hammer and telling them to nail a nail into a board of wood, without teaching them how to build anything with that hammer. Instead, we should be teaching people how to maintain the furniture they already own first. I just have zero respect for Code.org at this point, it's their own agenda they're trying to fulfill. They don't care about the future of the U.S., it's just self-aggrandizement as usual. Sorry for the OT.
- KC8ZKF 13y ago
  I'm confused. Do you think RapGenius visitors are children or adults?
  - kunai 13y ago
    RapGenius visitors are probably adults or young adults, but the fact that the average "visitor" visits NPR and pbskids is indicative that the visitor has children or siblings, which means that a child and an adult are on the same browser on the same user.
    - arrrg 13y ago
      And that is relevant … why, exactly? There often is simply no need at all for separate user accounts on a family computer.
    - the_rosentotter 13y ago
      > is indicative that the visitor has children or siblings ... or parents.
      - kunai 13y ago
        Fair point, but I doubt anyone visiting pbskids and Nick is upping their swag by checking out what verse Jay-Z just busted.
    - CamperBob2 13y ago
      So?
- ars_technician 13y ago
  You bring up an important point. The people pushing code.org assume people have the same 'operational' level of knowledge that a standard power user has. We should be teaching people how to run virus scans and backups before writing an application that prints a colored letter to the screen.

Hmm... "This site reaches over 24 million monthly people, of which 12 million (48%) are in the U.S.The typical visitor watches Nickelodeon, visits pbskids.org, and listens to National Public Radio."

kunai 13y ago

All I can glean from that is that the typical visitor to RapGenius can't be bothered to set up a separate user account for his/her children. This brings up an important point: hardly anyone knows how to configure or troubleshoot their computer. This is by far a more important point than some arbitrary "learn to code" movement that doesn't teach CS, and does NOT teach programming – it's like giving somebody a hammer and telling them to nail a nail into a board of wood, without teaching them how to build anything with that hammer. Instead, we should be teaching people how to maintain the furniture they already own first. I just have zero respect for Code.org at this point, it's their own agenda they're trying to fulfill. They don't care about the future of the U.S., it's just self-aggrandizement as usual. Sorry for the OT.

KC8ZKF 13y ago
I'm confused. Do you think RapGenius visitors are children or adults?
- kunai 13y ago
  RapGenius visitors are probably adults or young adults, but the fact that the average "visitor" visits NPR and pbskids is indicative that the visitor has children or siblings, which means that a child and an adult are on the same browser on the same user.
  - arrrg 13y ago
    And that is relevant … why, exactly? There often is simply no need at all for separate user accounts on a family computer.
  - the_rosentotter 13y ago
    > is indicative that the visitor has children or siblings ... or parents.
    - kunai 13y ago
      Fair point, but I doubt anyone visiting pbskids and Nick is upping their swag by checking out what verse Jay-Z just busted.
  - CamperBob2 13y ago
    So?
ars_technician 13y ago
You bring up an important point. The people pushing code.org assume people have the same 'operational' level of knowledge that a standard power user has. We should be teaching people how to run virus scans and backups before writing an application that prints a colored letter to the screen.