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This. I get that it’s an opinion piece but it seems a bit overthought

I had my fair share of trips around Europe and to the UK/US the last two years. I come from a lower class family and we never travelled when I was growing up. I had to wait to get a job to afford it.

I think it gave a better appreciation for my hometown and country. It taught me that wherever I go there I am and I cannot fix my problems just by leaving (it’s not therapy). It allowed me to make friends. It taught me that this planet is freaking huge and wherever you go there is so much diversity of cultures, languages, and people. It’s exhilarating-if you’re into it.

Could I have achieved the same without shelling thousands of euros? Could I have just read about other people’s experiences? Could I have just admired pictures of national parks, museums and cathedrals instead of visiting them by myself? Sure, but it would not have been the same. You live and learn.

I don’t think travelling makes you better than people who don’t, nor does it necessarily makes you better than your past self.

You gotta have the right expectations. I had the most fun when I was genuinely interested in visiting a place and I didn’t care about a checklist. I was the most miserable when I travelled to escape issues at home or because I was plain bored.

As of a couple of years ago the main sentiment was: deep learning is neat but your problem could be solved by statistical learning techniques so check those out first. Does this still hold up?

Wood working is too hard. I don’t care about the properties of this type of wood against that other type of wood. I just want to build a table. Let’s add a wood-working suite in the web browser so I can plan, execute, and build my table from there.

I’m a programmer but I still to Google how to edit the PATH in Windows. This is not a matter of teaching, it’s a matter of laziness. Open Google and figure it out. This is not math. You don’t need to understand why. You follow the tutorial and go on with your life. You’ll understand why PATH matters when you’ll need to. And before you reply with: then why not abstracting this stuff? That’s because most technical people don’t mind, and they know that defaults don’t always apply. Just like accounting software doesn’t explain every single acronym. It targets a different audience.

> So I can write code inside my spreadsheet, but not inside my browser? WTF.

You can, press F12.

> Here’s my pitch: build a browser that comes pre-installed with node.js, an IDE and a simple runtime environment.

Why? If you’re new to coding then you don’t need an IDE: it adds complexity. You just need a “Run” button like in Excel (right?).

Additionally, you probably don’t need Node.js because it is just adding some API to interact with the operating system.

If you use said APIs then you need to learn a couple of things about the O.S. - nothing major - like what is a shell, or what mkdir and PATH stands for.

But, hey, we’re talking about non-coders here right? They don’t need these APIs, they are just getting started. So why should they need Node.js?

> People hate command lines - not only do they LOOK scary, they give weird unhelpful error messages and… you have to type everything. Ugh. This is why people would rather code inside a spreadsheet application - because it’s an application.

I’m all in for the no-code movement, although I’m not the target audience. I agree that you don’t need to know how to code to setup a simple website. You can just use Webflow.

I think this article doesn’t make much sense. Every paragraph of the article (especially the outro) suggests that Node.js is not an example, it’s the target of the article. The fact that the OP is proposing to run Node.js on the browser suggests that they doesn’t know what Node is, and why you should use it.

Your code will run fine on the browser and on Node as long as you don’t use Node APIs.

Once you use such APIs, you’re agreeing to the fact that you know what you’re a doing - you agreed to use Node’s API; if you didn’t want to deal with the OS directly, then should have opted for something like Visual Basic. And if you agree to use such APIs then you know that Node exists so that you can forget about the browser.

All you need is ZF...

I agree about the bad timing. They could have kept the accounts on, assigning a task force to review each post until 20th Jan. It looks to me like a symbolic gesture which is gonna fuel conspiracies and anger. I mean, the presidential account is still on so the guy is still able to tweet.

The darkest timeline, probably

Then, is academia a good place to go to for research instead? If not, what should researchers do?