Interesting Links for 20-06-2017

[andrewducker]

Chicago goes high-tech in search of answers to gun crime surge

(tags: Technology guns crime usa )

I believe Bill Cosby

(tags: assault drugs rape men )

Educators replace "MS Office training course" with proper GCSE computer course. Are astounded when numbers drop.

Seems obvious we need to educate people both how to use computers, and how to fully understand them. Plenty of space for both types of course.
(tags: computers Education school uk )

M&S says labelling avocados with lasers is more sustainable

From now on I'm going to refuse to eat any food that isn't somehow associated with lasers. I shall call this The Laser Diet. And my book will make a fortune.
(tags: lasers food )

Why is cycling so popular in the Netherlands?

(tags: netherlands bicycles )

How Ancient Egypt's beloved cats helped our feline friends colonise the planet

(tags: cats Egypt history prehistory )

Cats are an extreme outlier among domestic animals

(tags: cats humans history )

Cells are very fast and crowded places

(tags: biology cell speed time )

Comments

[andrewducker]

Yeah, programming isn't for everyone, and there's no reason people should be forced into it.

Interesting article. And yeah, I get frustrated by people who want to teach programming but can't explain why. And I'm not on either side of the fence in that article, because I'm one of the people in his postscript who uses nice visual tools most of the time.