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I have unfortunately been made aware of what goes down in an AP Computer Science Principles class and my god this shit is an info hazard. Why are we subjecting students to this

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[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My AP CS class just taught us Java and basic data structures, what did you find so hazardous in it nowadays?

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 1 points 2 hours ago

Java

well there's your problem!

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 8 points 6 hours ago

Probably half of all AP classes are incomprehensible bullshit, but if you're getting put in them you're already friends with like half the nerds in the class so it loops around to being enjoyable.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

cuz if you don't know the laws of scaling you will fall for shit like the LLM grift again and again. we should be teaching it even sooner. catgirl-smug

Everyone should know Amdahl's Law on the limits of parallelization.

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 4 points 7 hours ago

Gödel's incompleteness theorem?

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Big O notation is a violation of the volcel oath

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

should i watch that? i think i saw half of one episode one time on tv

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 3 points 4 hours ago

Every episode has like a twist ending just so you go oh, and the finale has a gigantic twist just for the sake of getting you to give the big OH

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago

IDK I've seen about as much as you when I was like 13

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago