Posted on 06/19/2014 8:04:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Their motto - “keeping apps relevant for brothers keeping it real”
I would like to learn coding myself, but the few computer classes I’ve taken become very boring very quickly. I’ll keep looking for the right class and the right instructor.
and don’t forget the app that will find you a gun in less that 2 seconds...
Well, now I've seen everything. Van Jones saying something I agree with. My contention for years has been that the personal resources of the black community are America's greatest wasted asset.
If these rich black men want to spend their money to incentivize black youth, it's fine with me. More power to them. I withhold judgment until I see results however. They could just as easily join the Jesse Jackson/Jim Brown racial scam brigade.
I would like to learn coding myself, but the few computer classes Ive taken become very boring very quickly. Ill keep looking for the right class and the right instructor.
Obviously you have not yet discovered the appropriate learning environment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYQcCE_yhDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zpOMYRi0w
Great. I look forward to the Rap Virus.
and dont forget the app that will find you a gun in less that 2 seconds...
and for chasing down all of the mixer components to make purple drank
A few observations:
1) There is no coding language in Ebonics;
2) To code, English must be read;
3) At least they won’t hack or write malware - that would be called a code “cracker”...
3) At least they wont hack or write malware - that would be called a code cracker...
Now that’s just so wrong :-)
Thanks for posting this. An interesting subject.
that when African-American young people wear hoodies people think theyre thugs, but when white kids wear hoodies you assume that theyre going to be dot-com billionaires,
hmmmm..... wonder who they could blame that on ?
We just started thinking: Well, how do we turn that around?
Well... we could lower our standards to rock bottom.
[good luck on this one]
I code. Coding is hard. Good luck indeed.
A guy in our fortran class made this interesting comment (Which I agree with):
The difference between Fortran , Cobol, and Assembler is...
In Assembler you tell the machine what to do.
In Fortran you ask it.
And in Cobol, you get on your knees and beg.
In basketball, you can’t coach height. In IT, you can’t teach IQ or creativity.
What we used to call 'an infinite loop', and the shortest one possible.
I wrote one that was:
10 Print "hello"
20 Go to 10
Ran it on the agencies' minicomputer. Brought everything else to a complete halt. Never used that one again.
Good luck with that. Writing computer code for public use is one of the most tedious jobs in the world. Some people are cut out for it, most are not. Moreover it tales a good bit of knowledge of common things such as the English language and mathematics to be any good at it.
As usual, the dumb just keep getting dumber
and it is as easy as that
and Hello back at ya
Would you trust the code these kids would write? I can only imagine the crash of American life as their poorly written code induced all kinds of problems. And would you trust them not to include some deliberate sabotage code if they actually learned how to code?
To code well, you need several attributes:
— Ability to read and quickly comprehend technical material
— Ability to think logically
-- The ability to break down large problems into smaller, solvable pieces.
-- Reasonable math ability. Maybe not calculus to be a programmer, but algebra and trig are a must. You MUST take calculus, however, if you want a BS degree in computer science.
— Perhaps most importantly though: patience and perseverance. If you can't deal with frequent frustration (and over come it), programming is not for you.
In short, these are skills that most Americans lack, let alone those in the inner city. Can't help but wonder if Mr. Van Jones ever coded himself? I'll wager not.
About 27 years ago I bumped into McFarland while on vacation in Australia. (The M of RM-COBOL).
Nice guy.
Sudden I find myself eager for the next class. Here’s one entitled “Have You Ever Matriculated?
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