mafbar

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[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago

This is interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago

Well, one context that I left out was that the course was pretty simple. We learned some basic loops, graphing, matrix operations, and writing some basic scripts to solve some problems. If you need a higher level functionality, then you'd probably struggle with GNU Octave, I don't know.

[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago

So it can be done, simple as that.

[–] mafbar 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've just discovered Thonny! I'm not sure of the exact advantages over just vanilla Python though. Maybe because it's an IDE.

[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago

It really depends on the course, but I think for general undergrad stuff, Python should be capable for most things.

[–] mafbar 2 points 1 year ago

I'm actually from Asia. I don't understand requiring students to purchase a certain resource, if they're already available elsewhere, or if similar resources already exist. I mean I understand it, I just don't like the whole system.

[–] mafbar 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the theft comes from stealing someone's labour, rather than their products. But it depends on the situation though.

[–] mafbar 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So basically, the design of OSes in the future will be different? Maybe I don't know enough about microkernels and OSes.

[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, they only play SuperTuxKart and 0 A.D. Okay I'm kidding, but yea, gaming is another section that needs attention if the Linux world wants to invite more people into it.

[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As another commentor said, it kinda depends on what is the purpose of the course. If the purpose was to actually teach you the MATLAB ecosystem, then yea, sure, teach it all you want, but the institution has to provide the software.

But for an intro course? The students should probably be able to just use what they want.

[–] mafbar 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, then other languages should be allowed as well.

[–] mafbar 1 points 1 year ago

I agree with that. It's similar to Photoshop or Premier Pro. Sure, you could maybe, perhaps use open-source alternatives. But you'll have to get used to a different set of (usually separate) software, dissimilar to what people all over the world uses.

 

With lots of things being developed through web technologies, and many things being web-based so that it is cross-platform, will operating systems still be relevant?

We can differ philosophically by using Debian or Arch or Windows or Mac, but if nowadays applications are web-based or developed through something like Electron such that it can run on practically all modern operating systems. what is the relevance of operating systems galore?

Don't get me wrong I love FOSS and Linux and stuff, but it seems that the paradigm right now is creating web applications, with many things being web-based.

Am I off, or is this something you also think about?

P.S. I'm a total noob when it comes to IT, so the question might be weirdly phrased.

 

Just curious if there's any Malaysians using Lemmy here! I looked at Malaysia communities in Lemmy but they seem to be deserted.

 

I use Windows btw

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