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by davidajackson 50 days ago
Many here will be sad but there will be a day when writing code is seen as as antiquated as using a slide rule. It is coming.
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I know how to use a slide rule, but only because my grandpa taught me. He was an electrical engineer with serious mastery of analogue circuits and relays, and a passion to explain; but he never really grasped what my father was doing as digital chip engineer + programmer... My father gave me a great start on Unix, C & Perl. And I haven't managed to teach my children nearly as much code as I hoped (some Scratch/Snap! and python lists but not dicts yet), and they're already beginning to "but what for, AI..."

P.S. I'm reminded of the short story "My Father's Singularity" (https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cooper_06_10/) wrt. the gradual way change accumulates until a significant gap has grown.

yep, 50% chance imo