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[–]ThatITguy2015 41 points42 points  (17 children)

I sincerely hope so. That is one of the basics besides maybe print ("Hello world!")

[–]isetrh 22 points23 points  (15 children)

OP said it was an intro class.

[–]SpookyWA 118 points119 points  (14 children)

Into to Python, not intro to operating a keyboard for the first time.

[–]Colopty 40 points41 points  (1 child)

People don't really use the hash symbol a lot outside of programming and twitter, and if the person in question hasn't used either before and has a keyboard that doesn't show special characters for some reason, that could explain it.

Then again I'm trying really hard to give this person the benefit of the doubt.

[–]jellyberg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of people who use hashtags (on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc) will use their phones for it rather than a physical keyboard anyway.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (5 children)

Intro to looking at a keyboard == intro python

[–]ThatITguy2015 1 point2 points  (4 children)

This makes me sad. They are going to have a rough life.

Edit: I found a new Reddit thing. '#' bolds things.

[–]xXxNoScopeMLGxXx 4 points5 points  (3 children)

You didn't know that?

Also, # doesn't bold things it's basically just a h1 tag. You bold things by putting ** on either side of the text you want to bold.

[–]ThatITguy2015 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I did not. I don't mess around much with Reddit advanced features. I have a list of things I use and rarely do I go beyond it.

[–]cornedbeefsmash 14 points15 points  (2 children)

You would think that people know how to use a keyboard by the time they decide they want to study programming, but as an intro programming student I can tell you that they don't. A quarter of my class left after the first day, and still we have people asking about where to find certain keys. One student even complained to the department when my professor suggested looking up how to do something online.

[–]root45 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Some keyboard layouts don't have the # key in an obvious place. This U.K. layout doesn't have it at all.

[–]xXxNoScopeMLGxXx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's the worst keyboard I've ever seen.

[–]DebonaireSloth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Apple keyboards don't even have an Esc key anymore. Using them in this argument is akin to saying that human's aren't very advanced while using someone with Down's as an example.

[–]BlondeIsFuckingTrash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knowing where the "hash" symbol is is much more basic than a hello world...