Post #1110353
2026-04-10 14:27 UTC
> The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit
this would be a very good use of money, *if* the money actually reached the target audience
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@bobo@lemmy.ml 2026-04-10 15:22
I've got no issues with helping people in need, but even if it's not an embezzlement scheme, this is extremely bad prioritization unless their priority is publicity. MDN is a proven resource that's helped a lot of people learn to code. How many African translators can you hire for a milion a year, let alone like 8? How many more people would learn to code that way?l But nah, let's feed money into "partners" that use some experimental teaching methods, while destroying a crucial learning resource because corona made us broke. Edit: fact checked myself and the corp killed MDN, and they're paying the foundation to do projects like this through royalties.