What Is Code? (2015)
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What Is Code? (2015)
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Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#2Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9698870
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#3so weird I scrolled down that page really quickly then it's asking to use my camera? hmm
not trying to take away from what appears to be a great read
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#4so weird I scrolled down that page really quickly then it's asking to use my camera? hmm not trying to take away from what appears to be a great read
I was a little skeptical. Repeated the steps.
Indeed it asks for camera access.
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#5Nicely illustrated article and all but title only gets me grug brain go "What is Code? Baby Don't Hurt Me! Don't Hurt Me, No More."
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#6It’s on GitHub: https://github.com/BloombergMedia/whatiscode
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#7so weird I scrolled down that page really quickly then it's asking to use my camera? hmm not trying to take away from what appears to be a great read
I was a little skeptical. Repeated the steps. Indeed it asks for camera access.
Looks like it is to take a photo for the certificate at the bottom of the page
https://github.com/BloombergMedia/whatiscode/blob/master/mod...
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#8Given that we probably all live in a virtual simulation of some sort, isn't everything code? A more interesting question would be, "what isn't code?"
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#9Given that we probably all live in a virtual simulation of some sort, isn't everything code? A more interesting question would be, "what isn't code?"
Ex falso, quodlibet sequitur.
Re: What Is Code? (2015)
#10A great all around introduction to programming.
It poses an interesting question which I think it doesn't really answer well: "What Is the Relationship Between Code and Data?"
I can easily understand what a "program" is. It is a set of instructions we give to the computer for it to do something we want it to do.
But what is "data"?