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Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by sedatk »

forgotpwd16 wrote: post #17
halperter wrote: post #6

I don't think I've seen satire in the form of a programming language before :). Neat. Does anyone else have any other examples? All I can think of are languages like Velado (uses notes) and Piet.

Some well-known satire/parody languages are Omgrofl, Shakespeare, ArnoldC, but there're many more. Can check https://esolangs.org/wiki/Category:Thematic & https://esolangs.org/wiki/Category:Joke_languages . But although weird esolangs, don't see how Velda and Piet be considered satire.

INTERCAL was also a satire of the programming languages of its era, AFAIK.

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by chrisnight »

I’d be interested to see a satirical concept like this that goes more in depth by, say, having the operational semantics help fuel the satire. When I see things like this, I always feel underwhelmed when it’s just a keyword swap.

For example, take the title. Imagine if the PL was a declarative way of describing a distributed system, with HTTP endpoints or web sockets connecting modules. Then, for harvesting, it gives unbounded ability for nodes to read and write to other nodes outside of the standard interface. You can just go in and read/write their data, without any public interface needed. Of course someone else can probably come up with something better, but I think it’d be cool to see something that more fully uses what a “programming language” means.

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by StilesCrisis »

refulgentis wrote: post #29

Flagged: code and prose written by an LLM, and uncanny-valley as a result - a few examples: - the programming language part is dropped almost immediately by the LLM. - The unrelated meat emojis to give it an animated background - Painfully generic / not attempting to make a joke: "This language finally lets me express my true feelings about variable assignment." - Every section has exactly the "right" length, ~3-5 it…

Smoked meat is not at all random here. Google "Zuckerberg sweet baby rays". This is the deep Facebook lore.

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by xerox13ster »

refulgentis wrote: post #29

Flagged: code and prose written by an LLM, and uncanny-valley as a result - a few examples: - the programming language part is dropped almost immediately by the LLM. - The unrelated meat emojis to give it an animated background - Painfully generic / not attempting to make a joke: "This language finally lets me express my true feelings about variable assignment." - Every section has exactly the "right" length, ~3-5 it…

Have you never seen the Zuckerberg “in my backyard smoking meats with the boys” video? It’s so uncomfortable.

The meat emojis are relevant

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by jayzalowitz »

StilesCrisis wrote: post #33
refulgentis wrote: post #29

Flagged: code and prose written by an LLM, and uncanny-valley as a result - a few examples: - the programming language part is dropped almost immediately by the LLM. - The unrelated meat emojis to give it an animated background - Painfully generic / not attempting to make a joke: "This language finally lets me express my true feelings about variable assignment." - Every section has exactly the "right" length, ~3-5 it…

Smoked meat is not at all random here. Google "Zuckerberg sweet baby rays". This is the deep Facebook lore.

Hi author here: 100% smoked meats floating around was out of my head and not the ai.

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by jayzalowitz »

jkhall81 wrote: post #2

why?

Author here:

Yeah actually, I wanted to demonstrate claude code, and my relatively complicated process for developement to someone, so I made a programming language to show them.

I actually met mark when we were both mentoring the fwd.us hackathon, from that limited interaction, I do think hed probably get a reasonable chuckle out of this.

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by jayzalowitz »

refulgentis wrote: post #30
tyre wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are the types of projects that are becoming viable with AI. Previously they were too expensive. I love this.

It isn't a programming language. It is a static site written by AI, with jokes written by AI. Tastes like microwaved steak & it definitely would not have been too expensive to do before AI.

No, actually Zuck# works, this is a working language.

Re: Zuck#: A programming language for connecting the world. And harvesting it

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Post by jayzalowitz »

chrisnight wrote: post #32

I’d be interested to see a satirical concept like this that goes more in depth by, say, having the operational semantics help fuel the satire. When I see things like this, I always feel underwhelmed when it’s just a keyword swap. For example, take the title. Imagine if the PL was a declarative way of describing a distributed system, with HTTP endpoints or web sockets connecting modules. Then, for harvesting, it gives…

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