"coding" is becoming a marketing buzzword. It's a shame because there are so many facets to programming that children could learn that aren't being emphasised: computer science; web development; UX (I hope this is included somewhere); etc.
It's great to include it in the curriculum but I'm sure everyone on here realises that not every child will want to learn it or have the mental aptitude to learn it, but it should lead to more people understanding (it at least on some level).
I agree - AOL didn't mature in tandem with the way users engaged with the internet. I think the same is happening to Facebook. People are fickle so there will come a point where the way people engage with social media changes and Facebook are powerless to stop that. They also don't really have a particularly unique offering. Ok Google doesn't either but it does have the engineering power and infrastructure to put itself so far ahead of the competition that it is able to keep its place at the top of the industry (yes it has many faults but...)...
So do I...they (at least part of the squatting community in the 80s/90s) are a big contributor to what London is today and none of them criminal scumbags. They also run their own businesses and some bought their properties from the Council. In fact they're probably jackgavigan's boss hah ha!
But I do take the point about the cost of evicting plus lost revenue. Use of empty properties could be a good solution for homelessness if well managed but the Govt. doesn't want to put resources towards that because it's easier to let charities deal with it.
It's great to include it in the curriculum but I'm sure everyone on here realises that not every child will want to learn it or have the mental aptitude to learn it, but it should lead to more people understanding (it at least on some level).