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Say a student spends all day on HN - that's a day dedicated to reading and discussing topics related to hacker culture. I've learned so much about programming a
by Lancey 11y ago
Say a student spends all day on HN - that's a day dedicated to reading and discussing topics related to hacker culture. I've learned so much about programming and computer science in general from HN, and even physics, biology, politics, and other topics. There's an education to be gained from everything in my opinion.
Even mundane things, time wasting games like Cookie Clicker, still have some educational value behind them. Could we get more education out of drills, homework, and regular testing? Maybe, but they certainly don't provide the same level of engagement.
- teacup50 11y ago> I've learned so much about programming and computer science in general from HN, and even physics, biology, politics, and other topics. I can almost guarantee that 1) you really haven't, and 2) the time here is wasted. With that, I'm going to close this window and go back to reading a book on math theory.
- coolsunglasses 11y ago> I've learned so much about programming and computer science in general from HN, and even physics, biology, politics, and other topics. Nope. Been here for a long time (this is not my first account) - it's mostly senseless factoids that fade. Nonsense synthesized from research paper abstracts. Linked from another thread: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/essays/chapter3.html https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/essays/... You are not building a systematic understanding of anything by reading HN, you are encountering unconnected assertions that mean nothing in isolation.
- com2kid 11y agoReading about a foreign language is not learning how to speak it. Reading about programming is not learning how to code. Reading about mathematicians is not learning math. Learning comes from doing.