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=== Learning to code === | |||
[[File:Teletype.jpg|thumb|Teletype.]] | |||
The primary point of learning to code is, as you say, a machine automation skill. | |||
The intangible virtues include logical (or at least structured) thought. | |||
Also, the ecstatic rush of me being 10 years old in 1971 and writing: | |||
10 PRINT "KARL"<br> | |||
20 GOTO 10<br> | |||
RUN | |||
[[My First Program]] | |||
=== How the past must not be altered === | |||
Killing Hitler is the classic. There must be countless millions of time travellers who obsess about Killing Hitler — and every one of those obsessive time-travellers *must be stopped*. | |||
Don't get me started on people who try to save JFK's hairdo from getting restyled in Dallas. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Latest revision as of 21:13, 20 November 2020
Online diary of Karl Jones for Saturday November 7, 2020.
Previous: Diary (November 6, 2020) - Next: Diary (November 8, 2020)
Diary
Learning to code
The primary point of learning to code is, as you say, a machine automation skill.
The intangible virtues include logical (or at least structured) thought.
Also, the ecstatic rush of me being 10 years old in 1971 and writing:
10 PRINT "KARL"
20 GOTO 10
RUN
How the past must not be altered
Killing Hitler is the classic. There must be countless millions of time travellers who obsess about Killing Hitler — and every one of those obsessive time-travellers *must be stopped*.
Don't get me started on people who try to save JFK's hairdo from getting restyled in Dallas.