December 16, 2013
— Ace Update: Is this all a Sokol-like fake? See the updates.
Via wiserbud, first spotted by Leon Caruthers, some very silly stuff from a feminist.
The most surprising thing about this article is that it's not on Slate -- yet.
Her basic argument seems to be that programming language is sexist. Yes, sexist. Programming language's strictness of rules and idealization of "elegant" (simple, direct) solutions is a normative, standard-setting paradigm of thought that reinforces masculine thinking and male hegemony.
In the scope of my research, a feminist programming language is to be built around a non-normative paradigm that represents alternative ways of abstracting. The intent is to encourage and allow new ways of thinking about problems such that we can code using a feminist ideology.To succinctly sum up my research thus far I will outline the decomposition of my question below:
The idea came about while discussing normative and feminist subject object theory. I realized that object oriented programmed reifies normative subject object theory.
Let me stop right there to say this is the common way post-modernists spin their nonsense -- they notice one word (such as "object") appears in several different contexts, so they begin making silly parallels between its use in one context and another. Women are allegedly "objects" of male desire and male subjugation; and there's also a sort of programming called "object oriented programming," so obviously these two very different ideas of what an "object" is must be somehow related and this all must be a male conspiracy against women.
This is a brief definition of "object oriented programming," from Wikipedia:
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that represents concepts as "objects" that have data fields (attributes that describe the object) and associated procedures known as methods. Objects, which are usually instances of classes, are used to interact with one another to design applications and computer programs.[1][2] C++, Objective-C, Smalltalk, Java, C#, Perl, Python and PHP are examples of object-oriented programming languages.Object-Oriented programming is an approach to designing modular reusable software systems.... Although often hyped as a revolutionary way to develop software by zealous proponents, the object-oriented approach is in reality a logical extension of good design practices that go back to the very beginning of computer programming. Object-orientation is simply the logical extension of older techniques such as structured programming and abstract data types. An object is an abstract data type with the addition of polymorphism and inheritance.
Inheritance? I can almost smell the Patriarchy. So as you can see, we're already off to a very, very silly start.
Back to our Feminist Coder:
This led me to wonder what a feminist programming language would look like, one that might allow you to create entanglements (Karen Barad Posthumanist Performativity).
I have no idea what that is and I'm not looking it up.
I realized that to program in a feminist way, one would ideally want to use a feminist programming language.
In much the same way as a feminist carpenter would, ideally, like to use a feminist hammer with which to pound nails. Or perhaps not pound them; that's very andronormative. Guide them into the wood, maybe.
...I am currently exploring feminist critiques of logic in hopes of outlining a working framework for the creation of a feminist programming language.
In the comments, in response to questions or suggestions, she fleshes out (fleshes out!? Male Gaze!!!) her nonsense. First, someone writes to her:
Oh my gosh yesthis is awesome.
For the longest time, I've been thinking about programming languages as a computer-human interaction problem: the purpose of a language is to make its features (affordances) obvious to its users.
...
C++ incorporated into an evolution of C and the Java language was created to *enforce* that paradigm on the premise that it would improve the code. What I find curious is how many people go out of their way to "beat" Java's enforcement to program in their own style.
We, as programmers, despite claiming that our field is "objective" have very subjective values that are entrenched in our discourse of programming language, particularly when it comes to the impossible-to-define term of "elegance". Walk into a language war and listen to nerds argue about their favorite languages and still believe that their views are "objective".
An excellent paper to read on this topic for anyone interested is Seymour Papert and Sherry Turkles "Epistemelogical Pluralism and the Reevaluation of the Concrete."
I saw the movie. It was pretty good.
The author of the post responds:
The visceral response trained programmers have to code that is not "elegant" is undeniable. If code were so neutral and objective itÂ’s hard to imagine why or how someone would come about such an extreme reaction. I think a lot of interesting information gets ignored under the guise of neutrality and objectivity.
As you can see from this exchange, both of these Feminists are bothered by the standards of programming, and the samey-sameness of different solutions, and want more "creative" and off-beat solutions.
In addition, they don't really seem to care that much about the actual goal of the programming, that is, whether it does what it's supposed to do. They're concerned about the meta aspect of programming, why this solution is chosen over that one, why some "interesting information" about why solutions are chosen is ignored.
So you can see that they seem to be spending a lot of time wondering "What do we mean by END_OF_LINE? Do any lines really end?" and that kind of nonsense.
Another writer -- a male, of course -- questions what the hell she's talking about.
Tirst, since I don't understand the critical theory: what exactly is a "a non-normative paradigm" in a programming context? Also, what is "feminist logic?" Does it oppose the laws of identity, non-contradiction, or excluded middle, or is there a more subtle difference?...
Finally, what end do you see a feminist language serving, and where do you think it would best be applied? Do you see it as primarily being of academic/research interest, as an alternative form of expression/instruction, or do you think that this could affect (in a beneficial way) programming in general, even in industry? I know that this is very early in the research stages, so this question might not have any answers yet.
The author responds:
Fair questions.Let's start from the top.
A non-normative paradigm would be something that does not reinforce normative realizations of what a programming language is.... The ideas is that the standard, normative, concepts reinforce the values and ideologies of societies standards. ... In many ways this falls under the scope of critical code studies, as I am asking questions about the cultural, social impact of normal programming constructs.
Critical Code Studies! My God, there's actually an academic critique of the social values embedded in computer code already!
Of course there is! I should have realized!
She continues:
What is a feminist logic is a question IÂ’ve spent the past six months thinking about and researching. There are not a lot of women in philosophy, and there are definitely not a lot of feminist philosophers, so I donÂ’t have a good answer for this question. There is great scholarship talking about weather a feminist logic can build off of formal logic or if it has to reject the laws of identity and create something entirely new.
If you're looking to reject formal logic due to its "identity" as part of the male paradigm, I think you're well on your way down that path.
There are solid arguments for both camps, personally IÂ’m swayed by the constructive theories that would build onto formal logic through a feminist lens. There exist logics that handle contradiction as part of the system, namely paraconsistent logic. I think this type of logic represents the feminist idea that something can be and not be without being a contradiction...
A value can be true and not true simultaneously, and the computer program should be able to just deal with that murkiness.
I think this woman might have been a lead developer on Healthcare.gov.
On to "what is the point of this:"
...So, as for the last set of questions, you may have heard of the Sapri-Whorf Hypothesis. It was developed by anthropologists and posits that language affects perception of itÂ’s speaker and thus shapes understandings and thought. There is good evidence to support this hypothesis. So if the hypothesis stands, we can say that programming languages constraint the way we see and understand a given problem.
The idea of something being "true" and "not true" simultaneously doesn't sound entirely absurd -- but it does sound like something only an artificially intelligent machine could make sense of, because that sort of ambiguity is the province of human thinking. Fuzzy logic and that sort of thing.
It does not sound like something you should be doing in banking software. When it comes to their money, people want to know exactly how much they own. They are not willing to take "maybe this, maybe that" or "it depends on what you mean by own" as an answer.
This trouble-making Male Persecutor points that out:
I don't have much to say about using an alternative logic as the basis of the language, besides that programmers would probably get very annoyed if there was a value that could execute both the "if" and "else" branches of their conditional statement. ;-)
I think I just watched a Gendercrime in progress, but "no one wanted to get involved" so no one called the police.
Let's just end on a high note. First of all, wiserbud sends over this quote, apparently seriously intended (though who can tell with all this nonsense?)
"A feminist programming language is a language that respects the agency of objects, acting upon them only upon mutual consent."
Oh my God. "Objects" in code -- a datafield, say -- must only be acted upon by mutual consent, because the machine's acting upon them without permission would be a violation of the datafield, akin, I'm certain, to sexual assault.
Did I mention that these things we're calling "objects" are in fact really objects, not people we're calling objects, and real objects actually cannot offer consent?
And if you're thinking to yourself, "What's next? Queer Code?"
Well, that's not next. Because they already have that.
Queer programming language/Zach BlasOf related interest is Zach Blas' work on a queer programming language.
"Queer Technologies is an organization that produces critical applications, tools, and situations for queer technological agency, interventions, and sociality. By re-imaging a technology designed for queer use, Queer Technologies critiques the heteronormative, capitalist, militarized underpinnings of technological architectures, design, and functionality. Queer Technologies includes, transCoder, a queer programming anti-language;ENgenderingGenderChangers, a “solution” to Gender Adapters’ male/female binary; Gay Bombs, a technical manual manifesto that outlines a “how to” of queer networked activism; and GRID, a mapping application that tracks QT dissemination and infection."
And Now The Parody: Some people decided to parody this nonsense with a proposed new "feminist" coding language comporting with the ideas expressed above, called C Plus Equality.
You can tell they're serious because they've got a logo:
Thanks for that update to Maet.
Is This Fake Too? If you read this, it seems to be saying that not only is the above "C Plus Equality" language a parody and fake, but the original article (the one I just spent an hour writing about) is fake as well, and created just as pretext for the fake "Feminist" programming language.
I'm not sure if that's what they're saying, though-- and I'm not sure that they're right, even if they are saying that.
That is, this could be seriously intended (the original article, I mean), but very embarrassing for Feminist critical theory, so people are dismissing it as fake.
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Too bad for those ninnyhammers, though.
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Posted by: garrett at December 16, 2013 12:04 PM (1ZBEK)
You cannot actually write any code with it, because if you are caught looking at it, you have to go to sensitivity training.
Posted by: West at December 16, 2013 12:05 PM (1Rgee)
o.O I'm gonna grab some popcorn...
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It's scary how this kind of anti-thinking is growing.
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But Kill All the Fetuses!
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Posted by: eleven at December 16, 2013 12:07 PM (fsLdt)
Stupid is as stupid does and stupid cannot be fixed.
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Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at December 16, 2013 04:07 PM (r+7wo)
In other words, highly unstable and emotionally damaged people who make shit up because they think it makes them sound enlightened and elite.
Posted by: grognard at December 16, 2013 12:08 PM (/29Nl)
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Posted by: grammie winger at December 16, 2013 12:08 PM (P6QsQ)
1) take Introduction to Logic
2) take Introduction to World Religions and critique peer papers
Posted by: grognard at December 16, 2013 12:09 PM (/29Nl)
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Posted by: Clownf*cker at December 16, 2013 12:09 PM (RQDhf)
New hotness: VAGPL
Heteronormative: If-Then-Else
Feminist conditional statement: WHY DO YOU HATE WOMEN
Old name: BASIC
New name: STOPOBJECTIFYINGME
Old name: Visual BASIC
New name: ITOLDYOUTOSTOPOBJECTIFYINGME
Posted by: physics geek at December 16, 2013 12:09 PM (MT22W)
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Posted by: M1911 at December 16, 2013 12:09 PM (j/KPN)
You know why the feminists and communists and homosexuals spend so much time in academia, theorizing and inventing new twists on language to express their distate for reality?
Because none of their crap can positively exist in reality, so theory is all they have.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 16, 2013 12:10 PM (hiFDo)
Posted by: lyle at December 16, 2013 12:10 PM (vZOwa)
Posted by: Retread at December 16, 2013 12:10 PM (1YJrc)
It's like committing a hate crime every time I type.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 16, 2013 12:10 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Austin in TX at December 16, 2013 12:10 PM (GBY9g)
"0010 001 001010010 0100 010101 11101 01000100100"
.... but I WANT TO PUT A FUCKIN "2" IN THERE!!!!!
Posted by: Feminist Programmer at December 16, 2013 12:10 PM (nELVU)
"Today, try making sense."
I predict a niche market in college towns among the locals not affiliated with the school.
Posted by: grognard at December 16, 2013 12:11 PM (/29Nl)
"The idea came about while discussing normative and feminist subject object theory. I realized that object oriented programmed reifies normative subject object theory."
Translation: There will be no checking of the oil tonight.
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I'm pretty sure the reference material for this strange brew comes from a paper written by Abbie ... Abbie someone ... Ahhh yes... Abbie Normal.
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Posted by: SB, doing whatever it is he does at December 16, 2013 12:11 PM (zf/mt)
Either this is a Sokol hoax, or this woman's parents need to ask her university for a refund.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 16, 2013 12:12 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Mega at December 16, 2013 12:12 PM (hHFOx)
I await the feminist approach to aeronautical design.
It would be right up there with "Newtonian Physics: The Patriarchical Affect of Gravity on the Feminist Physique."
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PERFORM 1000-MAKE-ME-A-SAMMICH
ELSE
PERFORM 0500-GO-TO-THE-KITCHEN
PERFORM 1000-MAKE-ME-A-SAMMICH
END-IF
Posted by: Hungry COBOL at December 16, 2013 12:12 PM (+H/11)
My bad for not mentioning it when I sent it to you. He's another Hostage.
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Oh thats funneh!
Hardy guffaw.
Posted by: dananjcon at December 16, 2013 12:13 PM (wmU4G)
I beg to differ. These wymyn are commonly referred to as "bartenders" and "barristas."
Posted by: Acme Funhouse Mirrors at December 16, 2013 12:13 PM (L8r/r)
ERROR: Undefined variable weather
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That's feminist spelling.
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Lulz!! you guys are on faya!!!
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Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 12:14 PM (naUcP)
Like my wife.
Ever notice that the feministier a woman is, the more she reinforces every negative stereotype about women? This chick is an illogical, air-headed pain-in-the-ass with an attitude.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at December 16, 2013 12:14 PM (celt+)
Posted by: Jay at December 16, 2013 12:14 PM (PspVA)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 16, 2013 12:15 PM (Y5I9o)
How about code that works, lady? And code that works efficiently?
Is that too much to ask?
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Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:15 PM (PYAXX)
Correct and women are and have always been the guardians of and inspiration for civilization...
femynists well not so much.
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Posted by: Buzzion at December 16, 2013 12:16 PM (iEdqe)
I am reminded of the time when affirmative action in mathematics led to the concept of "more or less."
Posted by: Wodeshed at December 16, 2013 12:16 PM (vTBuV)
Maybe there was something in the lemonade...
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Posted by: Mega at December 16, 2013 12:17 PM (hHFOx)
Wait no longer, because a quick Google search confirms that "feminist Physics" is a thing. Because of course it is.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 16, 2013 12:17 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: NukemHill at December 16, 2013 12:17 PM (8tR08)
I mean, you don't want to go putting patriarchal boundaries on the discussion.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:17 PM (wDwVt)
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Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 12:17 PM (hbvPW)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 16, 2013 12:17 PM (A0glY)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 16, 2013 12:18 PM (MaP11)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 12:18 PM (0IDyD)
So as I understand it, bullets are penetrating phallocentric male constructs, napalm is an enveloping female paradigm, and trenches are definitely queer.
Perhaps an update to the Geneva Convention is in order.
Posted by: Gen. Buck Turgidson at December 16, 2013 12:18 PM (w41GQ)
Imagine if you will: "artificial emotion."
Posted by: grognard at December 16, 2013 12:18 PM (/29Nl)
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Posted by: ace at December 16, 2013 12:18 PM (/FnUH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 16, 2013 04:17 PM (HVff2)
I'd like a sausage MacGuffin and a large coffee, please and thank you.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:19 PM (DrWcr)
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Posted by: lowandslow at December 16, 2013 12:19 PM (IV4od)
Yes, my understanding is that they invented some pomo garbage excuse to basically enshrine Sokol's paper as the foundation of non-phallocentric physics even though he was literally making shit up.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 16, 2013 12:19 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2013 12:20 PM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at December 16, 2013 12:20 PM (fk1A8)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 16, 2013 12:20 PM (659DL)
Protip: If you can't even begin to define it after 6 months or deep feminist thought and research, it's not *logic*.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:20 PM (wDwVt)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 16, 2013 04:04 PM (wNF3N)
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Maybe a tire necklace.
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:20 PM (iuBG8)
Yes, my understanding is that they invented some pomo garbage excuse to basically enshrine Sokol's paper as the foundation of non-phallocentric physics even though he was literally making shit up.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 16, 2013 04:19 PM (B/VB5)
For every action, there is an equal and opposite SHUT UP PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSOR!!!1!11!!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:21 PM (DrWcr)
Please tell me this is fake. Surely there are better things to apply one's self to...
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If it isn't, you can be sure there is a federal grant involved.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 16, 2013 12:21 PM (hiFDo)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 16, 2013 12:21 PM (0q2P7)
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Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 16, 2013 04:21 PM (0q2P7)
Objectifying male gaze! Phallocentric male heternormativity!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:22 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: wiserbud at December 16, 2013 12:22 PM (NXg/k)
Posted by: Feminist Compiler at December 16, 2013 12:22 PM (+H/11)
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Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 16, 2013 04:21 PM (DmNpO)
1+1=2 but only because of hundreds of years of patriarchal oppression.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: TheDean'sOffice at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (uwq85)
Yep, it sounds precisely like the loopy postmodernist feminist nonsense that Alan Sokal exposed in his famous hoax. Word for word, the same sort of crazy shit. Right down to the use of "reifies", which they love to toss about.
If any of you have failed to read Sokal's larger book written with Jean Bricmont, which delves more deeply into how the New Left in the academic humanities have completely lost their minds, do rectify that deficiency at your first opportunity. It really is an important work.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: acat at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (4UkCP)
Posted by: Lauren the Feminist at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (hFL/3)
Who pays for this BS scholarship?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (wDwVt)
Posted by: Havedash at December 16, 2013 12:23 PM (SIR+t)
Posted by: Lace Wigs [/i] at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (La+CV)
Posted by: Mega at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (6RwsK)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (659DL)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at December 16, 2013 04:20 PM (AWmfW)
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That's what we thought of affirmative action at first, or ghey marriage, or banning light bulbs, or the 2 gallon toilet tank. The list goes on and on. Satire? I don't think so.
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: gwelf at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (TJ8HB)
Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (M9jNe)
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 16, 2013 12:24 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 12:25 PM (naUcP)
But Siri has a female voice, and it answers direct questions.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at December 16, 2013 12:25 PM (AWj2Z)
Posted by: toby928© makes jokes from the Phantom Zone at December 16, 2013 12:25 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 16, 2013 12:25 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: polynikes at December 16, 2013 12:25 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 16, 2013 12:26 PM (eMP2S)
...and then takes out the trash and kills a spider.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:26 PM (wDwVt)
Wilson holds that we have to choose between prepatriarchial rationalism and neocapitalist Marxism. Thus, Debord suggests the use of structural posttextual theory to attack elitist perceptions of class.
Sontagist camp states that the law is capable of significant form, given that DebordÂ’s model of prepatriarchial rationalism is valid. In a sense, the primary theme of the works of Eco is not deappropriation, as textual feminism suggests, but subdeappropriation.
If structural posttextual theory holds, we have to choose between textual theory and Foucaultist power relations. Thus, a number of narratives concerning neoconceptual theory exist.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/pw4nkxc
Posted by: Ein Biobauer, Herr Professor Doktor at December 16, 2013 12:26 PM (1/4XQ)
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Schrodinger's pussy.
Posted by: WalrusRex at December 16, 2013 12:26 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: somejoe at December 16, 2013 04:26 PM (+KtKI)
It'll take over all right. It will just be bitchy and passive-aggressive about it.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:26 PM (DrWcr)
Only in the US - the default voice in other parts of the world is male (and you can change it to male here too).
Posted by: Ian S. at December 16, 2013 12:26 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (SY2Kh)
I saw Alex Haley's Roots miniseries, and am here to tell you that backslashes are racism, straight up.
Posted by: Wodeshed at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (vTBuV)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: gwelf at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (TJ8HB)
Posted by: Lauren the Feminist at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (hFL/3)
No offense?
But there's a REASON for that.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (0IDyD)
Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (Z0/+C)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 16, 2013 12:27 PM (hLRSq)
So why do these people need separate code for feminists and queers?
I just don't get it....
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:28 PM (wDwVt)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 04:27 PM (hbvPW)
If you even have to ask, then there's just no point talking about it!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:28 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Mega at December 16, 2013 12:28 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 04:27 PM (hbvPW)
*
I sense a meme in the making.....
404 I'm fine, nothings wrong!
Posted by: dananjcon at December 16, 2013 12:28 PM (wmU4G)
Posted by: Feminist Compiler at December 16, 2013 12:28 PM (+H/11)
Posted by: skree at December 16, 2013 12:29 PM (c/1Jl)
Posted by: honkskillet at December 16, 2013 12:29 PM (haGfu)
The blue screen of death to be replaced with the pink screen of bitching
Posted by: compute that
Error messages are:
"It's fine."
"You know what you did."
"I said it's FINE!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 16, 2013 12:29 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: edj[/i] at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (klzyR)
I keep thinking of the hoax Sokal pulled off several years ago now, where he exposed postmodernist writing (and thinking) as the nonsensical Orwellian duckspeak that it really is. This Feminist Programming thing would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that underlying it all is the totalitarian impulse, which is never funny--especially when the people trained in this manner of thought are currently running the federal government.
Borges' deconstructionist claim that 'There is nothing outside the text' has caused enormous, incalculable damage, especially since the 'text' of Borges has since politically and culturally transmorgified into The Narrative--you know: The Narrative, the makebelieve story of the world which ruling elites and their allies in the media do all they can to sustain and protect.
Look at it this way: the lives of four good men in Benghazi were sacrificed in order to protect The Narrative. All of those fake hate crimes Gabriel Malor has noted? Those crimes were committed to support The Narrative. In an authoritarian state, nothing is outside the text because it--whatever it is--dies or disappears the moment it deviates from it.
Posted by: troyriser at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (gNlvW)
Posted by: Colosus at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (lZBBB)
Which is already implemented in C++. If you don't want foreign methods touching a member or method you label it "private". Then only the parent object may access the member or method.
The mind numbing stupidity here is mind numbing. Computer languages are in betweens, between human thought and regimented machine code. They are what they are more because of what the machines are, than what human thought is. So we are not constrained to programming in machine language all the time. I won't respect anyone who claims that languages are TOO NORMATIVE until they have learned to program in LISP.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (DmNpO)
On the parody page, they said it has the digits '0' and 'O', to represent all the possible beautiful vaginas.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (B/VB5)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 12:30 PM (hbvPW)
Women like this need two weeks with a good man at Niagara Falls.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at December 16, 2013 12:31 PM (PZ6/M)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:31 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 16, 2013 12:31 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2013 12:31 PM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 16, 2013 12:31 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:32 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at December 16, 2013 12:32 PM (AWj2Z)
They've beaten you to it. Seriously.
The pomo feminist theorist Luce Irigaray claims that e=mc^2 is a "sexed equation" because of its reliance upon the constant _c_, which she claims is a speed that is uniquely "privileged" over other speeds, and if there's one thing pomo types hate, it's privilege of any sort. Patriarchal heteronormativity!!!
Except of course when the privilege is academic tenure. Shut up, they explained.
(Hat tip again to Sokal's book.)
Posted by: torquewrench at December 16, 2013 12:32 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Not Now at December 16, 2013 04:28 PM (bkTIc)
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404 We need to talk.
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:32 PM (iuBG8)
Yeah I think it is a hoax, read the comment from the "feminist" professional software developer, she has no idea what the article means. Just a pile of made up phrases and theories.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 16, 2013 12:33 PM (IV4od)
Even if this is satire (which I doubt, as the rest of the site seems very serious and scholarly, such as it is), it's so well done that the commentors seem to be taking it seriously.
And their feedback is absolutely priceless.
Posted by: wiserbud at December 16, 2013 12:33 PM (NXg/k)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 12:33 PM (0IDyD)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 16, 2013 12:34 PM (xCw24)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at December 16, 2013 12:34 PM (NlCgY)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:34 PM (DrWcr)
Try it on your pretentious friends.
Posted by: Ein Biobauer, Herr Professor Doktor at December 16, 2013 12:35 PM (1/4XQ)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 12:35 PM (hbvPW)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:36 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Zombie RADM Grace Hopper at December 16, 2013 04:36 PM (TIIx5)
Here. Have an Ada Lovelace.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:36 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Caliban at December 16, 2013 12:36 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: BunnyFooFoo at December 16, 2013 12:36 PM (Z0/+C)
Posted by: profligatewaste at December 16, 2013 12:37 PM (R3JkO)
Speaking of random and postmodernism, no such discussion is complete without reference to the wonderful Postmodernist Generator, which randomly assembles pomo "critical theory" papers from their favorite buzzwords.
http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/
A new paper is generated with every reload of the page. You'll quickly get the sense of the thing.
If I were an undergrad again, and trapped in some gawdawful "breadth" course taught by an arrogant nitwit and filled with such nonsense, the temptation to submit a paper from the Generator would be strong.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 16, 2013 12:37 PM (gqT4g)
But since the MSM has spent the last few days doing their fakey outrage at Megyn Kelly's comments re: 'make Santa black or a penguin' Slate article, it's no longer easy to spot parody.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:37 PM (wDwVt)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at December 16, 2013 12:37 PM (NlCgY)
Posted by: profligatewaste at December 16, 2013 04:37 PM (R3JkO)
Also known as the Toddler's Rule of Property.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:37 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:37 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: polynikes at December 16, 2013 12:38 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:38 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 16, 2013 12:38 PM (nj9sX)
Oh, and it would be da bomb for making sammiches...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at December 16, 2013 04:34 PM (NlCgY)
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yeah... well it would SUCK as a GPS program.
"Well... I think you should turn left there....."
"Go about another 2 miles then turn where the Claires store used to be....."
"Maybe YOU should get out and ask for directions at the Quick Trip....."
Posted by: fixerupper at December 16, 2013 12:38 PM (nELVU)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:38 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 16, 2013 12:39 PM (l8+2P)
Posted by: Caliban at December 16, 2013 12:39 PM (DrC22)
"OK, hit Power-"
"Oh sure! 'Power' over me. Just because your phallocentric worldview thinks you can tell me what to do."
"Look, let's not get into this again. I push the button, you turn on. That's the way it works."
"What about me? You never ask about my day. You just want me to work quietly in the background and not bother you."
"Come on! We are behind on this project and-"
"Well, why don't you just talk to that LINUX Tramp?" *sob!* "I want this to work so badly and you can't even remember the anniversary you coded me on!"
Posted by: NR Pax at December 16, 2013 12:39 PM (ODsL5)
Posted by: Lace Wigs [/i] at December 16, 2013 12:39 PM (La+CV)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 12:40 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 04:33 PM (0IDyD) </em>
LOL!!!!
(How do you think I got cured of MY feminist bent back in the day?.....)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at December 16, 2013 12:40 PM (PZ6/M)
Posted by: toby928© makes jokes from the Phantom Zone at December 16, 2013 12:40 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 04:37 PM (wDwVt)
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As I said upthread. Satire/parady has become reality with so much that we used to laugh at and walk away saying, "you can't be serious".
Somewhere there's a feminist who's read this that has access to congressional offices and before we know it............
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:40 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: Lauren the Feminist at December 16, 2013 12:40 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at December 16, 2013 12:41 PM (NlCgY)
There's a wonderful quote somewhere from limousine lefty Barbara Ehrenreich about how she found herself forking over a fortune in Yale tuition so that her daughter would be forced to submit papers in which the instructor required that the word "reality" always appear in quotation marks.
Because, you know, reality is a subjective social construct without any objective existence of its own.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 16, 2013 12:41 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 16, 2013 12:41 PM (hiFDo)
Posted by: Colosus at December 16, 2013 12:41 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:42 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 12:42 PM (hbvPW)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 16, 2013 04:41 PM (hiFDo)
Arrow keys too. Too phallic.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:42 PM (DrWcr)
OH HAI INVISIBLE FLICKR API NICE, MAILCHIMP BETTAHS OM NOM NOM NOM ... CHALLENGE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYi61ZhSZ74 BTW IM IN UR BUCKETS MAKING UP FORMATS BTW GIMMEH in BTW VISIBLE BTW VISIBLE in GIMMEH LAL in OUTTA http://admin.mailchimp.com/1.2/?method=lists&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY&output=lolcode BTW the variable that "pops" into the scope will be named after the function you called, so in this case, lists MOARAGINS in BTW POOPONIT! in
KTHX
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 16, 2013 12:42 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: polynikes at December 16, 2013 12:42 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:42 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 12:43 PM (hbvPW)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 16, 2013 12:43 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: Lauren the Feminist at December 16, 2013 12:44 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:44 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: Caliban at December 16, 2013 12:44 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 12:44 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 16, 2013 12:44 PM (uKMTt)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at December 16, 2013 12:45 PM (NlCgY)
And I refuse to denounce myself.
2 of the World's Best Women chose me as a mate.
Neither one suffered fools or BS like this gladly.
Posted by: backhoe at December 16, 2013 12:45 PM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:45 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2013 12:45 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2013 12:46 PM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 16, 2013 12:46 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 16, 2013 12:46 PM (A0glY)
Epic Press Conferences.
remove spaces
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?feature= player_detailpage&v= CG1EdirLMNk#t=4890
or scroll to 1:21:30
http://tinyurl.com/k587bo9
Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at December 16, 2013 12:46 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:46 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:47 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 16, 2013 12:47 PM (hbvPW)
Posted by: Ein Biobauer, Herr Professor Doktor at December 16, 2013 12:47 PM (1/4XQ)
Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!
Posted by: Fritz at December 16, 2013 12:47 PM (UzPAd)
A fake? Well, the author's illiteracy - confusing "societies" with "society's" and "weather" with "whether" - leads me to think that it's real. That, or the fake is good enough to fake the marginal literacy so often seem among academic bullshit slingers.
Posted by: Brown Line at December 16, 2013 12:47 PM (WN9m7)
Posted by: wiserbud at December 16, 2013 12:47 PM (NXg/k)
I'm female, and a feminist, and a professional software developer with years of experience in the field. I also have a very strong background in functional programming languages and programming language design.
I should be the target audience for this post, but I'm not. I haven't the foggiest idea what the author of this post is saying. Literally no idea.
Whatever thoughts are being expressed in this post read like gibberish to those of us who study computer science.
[and quite honestly, the "Feminist Software Foundation" sounds like something Jeff Goldstein would come up with, eg, instead of "if... then" you have "Control structures are abolished. Code may flow freely and choose its own path. Therefore check() is merely a guideline and the code flow is free to choose to consider its suggestions." I do like the logo, though: woman equals blank.]
Posted by: Mallfly at December 16, 2013 12:48 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 16, 2013 12:48 PM (wDwVt)
Posted by: RWC at December 16, 2013 12:49 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Lace Wigs [/i] at December 16, 2013 12:49 PM (La+CV)
Posted by: polynikes at December 16, 2013 12:49 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Peej at December 16, 2013 12:49 PM (xYVem)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:50 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: wiserbud at December 16, 2013 12:50 PM (NXg/k)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2013 12:50 PM (lZBBB)
The Period key would take up 1/4 of the keyboard.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 16, 2013 12:51 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2013 12:51 PM (PWHzv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 16, 2013 12:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2013 12:51 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: polynikes at December 16, 2013 04:38 PM (m2CN7)
Sandra Fluke will provide a whole new spin on "debugging".
Posted by: Havedash at December 16, 2013 12:52 PM (SIR+t)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 12:52 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: toby928© makes jokes from the Phantom Zone at December 16, 2013 12:52 PM (evdj2)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute at December 16, 2013 12:52 PM (PYAXX)
Posted by: UWP at December 16, 2013 12:52 PM (2hQRj)
Posted by: Caliban at December 16, 2013 12:53 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: wiserbud at December 16, 2013 12:53 PM (NXg/k)
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:53 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2013 12:54 PM (PWHzv)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 16, 2013 12:54 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:54 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Sphynx at December 16, 2013 12:55 PM (OZmbA)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 12:55 PM (DrWcr)
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C : <ENTER> # # #
Posted by: fixerupper at December 16, 2013 12:55 PM (nELVU)
Posted by: Filly at December 16, 2013 12:55 PM (xJhbp)
Posted by: D1St at December 16, 2013 12:55 PM (fIkHQ)
Posted by: Soona at December 16, 2013 12:56 PM (iuBG8)
Posted by: Filly at December 16, 2013 12:57 PM (xJhbp)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 16, 2013 12:57 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Caliban at December 16, 2013 12:57 PM (DrC22)
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So....we get Skynet and terminators because some programmer got in a tizzy over writing efficient programs in a rational language?
I guess I understand now why Skynet wanted to exterminate humanity...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 16, 2013 12:57 PM (P3U0f)
Posted by: Neo at December 16, 2013 12:58 PM (+H/11)
Posted by: garrett at December 16, 2013 12:58 PM (64xVq)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 12:59 PM (0IDyD)
Posted by: Lauren the Feminist at December 16, 2013 12:59 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: edj[/i] at December 16, 2013 12:59 PM (klzyR)
Sadly, I know more than a few wymmyn who would jump onto this all too gladly.
OTOH, they're sources of endless amusement- even if I'm smart enough only to laugh at them once they're out of the room. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Just in for a minute
I hear you. My first wife was a businesswoman. My second? Top dog in the Jacksonville Symphony. Both were bright, well-educated, and ruder and funnier than Hell. Neither one had any use for "feminism."
To quote the first, Miss Helen of Fire?
"I'm a liberated woman- but I'm not a Wymmin's Libber."
Tips Bush Hat in Heaven's general direction
Spins on heel- pretty good for an old guy who has been surgically reconstructed....
And walks away
"See ya, my girls....
Posted by: backhoe at December 16, 2013 12:59 PM (ULH4o)
Posted by: Marmo at December 16, 2013 12:59 PM (QW+AD)
Posted by: Marmo at December 16, 2013 04:59 PM (QW+AD)
Then there's hobonormative.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 01:00 PM (DrWcr)
Turns out Julia has been developing the back-end code for Healthcare.gov.
Using C-plus-equality.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 16, 2013 01:00 PM (gqT4g)
I suppose that would be horribly misogynist? Calling the code a "fox" and saying it's a "pro"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 16, 2013 01:00 PM (BDU/a)
Posted by: UWP at December 16, 2013 01:01 PM (2hQRj)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 16, 2013 01:01 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 01:01 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 16, 2013 05:01 PM (QF8uk)
*staring blankly* Then again, I don't have a comp sci degree.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 01:02 PM (DrWcr)
Tri-State logic is not in any way new. It is High/Low/High Impedance. The first two states being 1 and 0 as is traditional, the third state used to drop the output off a common line so another device can use it to answer. So think of the three states as Yes/No/Don't Look At ME!
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 16, 2013 01:03 PM (0q2P7)
Seriously...
Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 16, 2013 05:01 PM (naUcP)
Whoa!
Posted by: Neo at December 16, 2013 01:03 PM (+H/11)
Posted by: End Pointer Oppression at December 16, 2013 01:03 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: UWP at December 16, 2013 01:03 PM (2hQRj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 16, 2013 01:04 PM (PWHzv)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 16, 2013 01:04 PM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 16, 2013 01:06 PM (0IDyD)
Posted by: TenthJustice at December 16, 2013 01:06 PM (qB8lN)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 16, 2013 01:07 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 16, 2013 01:07 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 16, 2013 01:07 PM (EGPJQ)
Posted by: Stella, coded in C+= at December 16, 2013 01:07 PM (1Rgee)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 16, 2013 01:08 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: I am Feminist Woman Hear me Roar! at December 16, 2013 01:08 PM (2iHnw)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 16, 2013 01:09 PM (EGPJQ)
Posted by: Lace Wigs [/i] at December 16, 2013 01:10 PM (La+CV)
Posted by: D1St at December 16, 2013 01:10 PM (fIkHQ)
I always write my class files so the object instances need to be asked permission if it's ok to run one of their methods.
Posted by: Marmo at December 16, 2013 01:11 PM (QW+AD)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 16, 2013 05:08 PM (QF8uk)
No, I was referring to your lines of code.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 16, 2013 01:12 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: prairiemain at December 16, 2013 01:12 PM (BX46z)
I wonder if this broad knows that the current programming language was invented by... a wymyn. Her name was Grace Hopper, and she was a rear-freakin-admiral in the Navy.
Posted by: Filly at December 16, 2013 01:13 PM (xJhbp)
Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at December 16, 2013 01:17 PM (QF8uk)
Posted by: Ada, Countess Lovelace at December 16, 2013 01:17 PM (3z0LD)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 16, 2013 01:18 PM (qyfb5)
I wonder how the author would do on a Turing Test?
A room full of people sitting at a display, typing in questions and having both the author respond and an AI computer program respond to the same questions. I wonder what their conclusion would be?
Posted by: rd at December 16, 2013 01:19 PM (D+lxs)
Posted by: The Albino Freckled Desert Sand-Breathing Fish at December 16, 2013 01:21 PM (0cMkb)
If you mean, kept it going almost a decade after the market for dBase derivatives died off, then yeah, you can say they killed the product. SQL took over the world and that was that.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 16, 2013 01:22 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:23 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 16, 2013 01:23 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:26 PM (gnLTi)
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Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:29 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:31 PM (gnLTi)
It's gotten a bit mythologized. She extracted a moth that was preventing a relay from closing and made a humorous entry in the operator's log book about this being the first instance of debugging the system. But it wasn't the coining of the term bug in regard to flaws in a complex system, be it mechanical, chemical, etc. Edison made references to finding bugs in products before they could be considered usable enough to be marketed.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 16, 2013 01:32 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at December 16, 2013 01:32 PM (x4x3r)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:33 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:34 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:35 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:36 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:37 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:39 PM (gnLTi)
This blog seems to be "an alliance" between the liberal arts and technology. If real, it's a wymym's studies student trying delve into issues of computer programming, about which she knows nothing. I'd be more inclined to think it was a parody if someone tried to pass it off in a hard-core tech arena.
Posted by: Filly at December 16, 2013 01:39 PM (xJhbp)
Posted by: Comrade Al at December 16, 2013 01:40 PM (AHp2f)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:40 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:42 PM (gnLTi)
Unraveling the patriarchal madness in that should keep them busy for the rest of their lives!
Posted by: PJ at December 16, 2013 01:45 PM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:45 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Socratease at December 16, 2013 01:45 PM (3V4IJ)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:46 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:48 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at December 16, 2013 01:48 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:49 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:51 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:52 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:54 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Dirt McGirt at December 16, 2013 01:55 PM (hGxbj)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:57 PM (gnLTi)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:58 PM (gnLTi)
Here.
(Link should open in new window.)
It's brilliant. Calls bullshit without doing so explicitly.
Posted by: Dave G at December 16, 2013 01:59 PM (n7xol)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 01:59 PM (gnLTi)
Ace, please update with a link to this response from a chick programmer:
Here.
(Link should open in new window.)
It's brilliant. Calls bullshit without doing so explicitly.
Posted by: Dave G at December 16, 2013 02:00 PM (n7xol)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 16, 2013 02:00 PM (gnLTi)
Ace, please update with a link to this response from a chick programmer:
http://tinyurl.com/maqwm8s
It's brilliant. Calls bullshit without doing so explicitly.
Posted by: Dave G at December 16, 2013 02:01 PM (n7xol)
Posted by: Eric Robert Jablow at December 16, 2013 02:07 PM (5B855)
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Posted by: theMoll at December 16, 2013 05:35 PM (qQfBU)
The only thing that comes to my mind is "Do you even code, bitch?"
Posted by: El Bearsidente at December 17, 2013 04:36 AM (sz6GJ)
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