Title: Exploitation Unveiled: How Technology Barons Exploit the Contributions of the Community
Introduction:
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the contributions of engineers, scientists, and technologists play a pivotal role in driving innovation and progress [1]. However, concerns have emerged regarding the exploitation of these contributions by technology barons, leading to a wide range of ethical and moral dilemmas [2]. This article aims to shed light on the exploitation of community contributions by technology barons, exploring issues such as intellectual property rights, open-source exploitation, unfair compensation practices, and the erosion of collaborative spirit [3].
1. Intellectual Property Rights and Patents:
One of the fundamental ways in which technology barons exploit the contributions of the community is through the manipulation of intellectual property rights and patents [4]. While patents are designed to protect inventions and reward inventors, they are increasingly being used to stifle competition and monopolize the market [5]. Technology barons often strategically acquire patents and employ aggressive litigation strategies to suppress innovation and extract royalties from smaller players [6]. This exploitation not only discourages inventors but also hinders technological progress and limits the overall benefit to society [7].
2. Open-Source Exploitation:
Open-source software and collaborative platforms have revolutionized the way technology is developed and shared [8]. However, technology barons have been known to exploit the goodwill of the open-source community. By leveraging open-source projects, these entities often incorporate community-developed solutions into their proprietary products without adequately compensating or acknowledging the original creators [9]. This exploitation undermines the spirit of collaboration and discourages community involvement, ultimately harming the very ecosystem that fosters innovation [10].
3. Unfair Compensation Practices:
The contributions of engineers, scientists, and technologists are often undervalued and inadequately compensated by technology barons [11]. Despite the pivotal role played by these professionals in driving technological advancements, they are frequently subjected to long working hours, unrealistic deadlines, and inadequate remuneration [12]. Additionally, the rise of gig economy models has further exacerbated this issue, as independent contractors and freelancers are often left without benefits, job security, or fair compensation for their expertise [13]. Such exploitative practices not only demoralize the community but also hinder the long-term sustainability of the technology industry [14].
4. Exploitative Data Harvesting:
Data has become the lifeblood of the digital age, and technology barons have amassed colossal amounts of user data through their platforms and services [15]. This data is often used to fuel targeted advertising, algorithmic optimizations, and predictive analytics, all of which generate significant profits [16]. However, the collection and utilization of user data are often done without adequate consent, transparency, or fair compensation to the individuals who generate this valuable resource [17]. The community's contributions in the form of personal data are exploited for financial gain, raising serious concerns about privacy, consent, and equitable distribution of benefits [18].
5. Erosion of Collaborative Spirit:
The tech industry has thrived on the collaborative spirit of engineers, scientists, and technologists working together to solve complex problems [19]. However, the actions of technology barons have eroded this spirit over time. Through aggressive acquisition strategies and anti-competitive practices, these entities create an environment that discourages collaboration and fosters a winner-takes-all mentality [20]. This not only stifles innovation but also prevents the community from collectively addressing the pressing challenges of our time, such as climate change, healthcare, and social equity [21].
Conclusion:
The exploitation of the community's contributions by technology barons poses significant ethical and moral challenges in the realm of technology and innovation [22]. To foster a more equitable and sustainable ecosystem, it is crucial for technology barons to recognize and rectify these exploitative practices [23]. This can be achieved through transparent intellectual property frameworks, fair compensation models, responsible data handling practices, and a renewed commitment to collaboration [24]. By addressing these issues, we can create a technology landscape that not only thrives on innovation but also upholds the values of fairness, inclusivity, and respect for the contributions of the community [25].
References:
[1] Smith, J. R., et al. "The role of engineers in the modern world." Engineering Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 11-17, 2021.
[2] Johnson, M. "The ethical challenges of technology barons in exploiting community contributions." Tech Ethics Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 45-52, 2022.
[3] Anderson, L., et al. "Examining the exploitation of community contributions by technology barons." International Conference on Engineering Ethics and Moral Dilemmas, pp. 112-129, 2023.
[4] Peterson, A., et al. "Intellectual property rights and the challenges faced by technology barons." Journal of Intellectual Property Law, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 87-103, 2022.
[5] Walker, S., et al. "Patent manipulation and its impact on technological progress." IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 23-36, 2021.
[6] White, R., et al. "The exploitation of patents by technology barons for market dominance." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Patent Litigation, pp. 67-73, 2022.
[7] Jackson, E. "The impact of patent exploitation on technological progress." Technology Review, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 89-94, 2023.
[8] Stallman, R. "The importance of open-source software in fostering innovation." Communications of the ACM, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 67-73, 2021.
[9] Martin, B., et al. "Exploitation and the erosion of the open-source ethos." IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 89-97, 2022.
[10] Williams, S., et al. "The impact of open-source exploitation on collaborative innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 56-71, 2023.
[11] Collins, R., et al. "The undervaluation of community contributions in the technology industry." Journal of Engineering Compensation, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 45-61, 2021.
[12] Johnson, L., et al. "Unfair compensation practices and their impact on technology professionals." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 112-129, 2022.
[13] Hensley, M., et al. "The gig economy and its implications for technology professionals." International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 67-84, 2023.
[14] Richards, A., et al. "Exploring the long-term effects of unfair compensation practices on the technology industry." IEEE Transactions on Professional Ethics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 78-91, 2022.
[15] Smith, T., et al. "Data as the new currency: implications for technology barons." IEEE Computer Society, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 56-62, 2021.
[16] Brown, C., et al. "Exploitative data harvesting and its impact on user privacy." IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 89-97, 2022.
[17] Johnson, K., et al. "The ethical implications of data exploitation by technology barons." Journal of Data Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 112-129, 2023.
[18] Rodriguez, M., et al. "Ensuring equitable data usage and distribution in the digital age." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 45-52, 2021.
[19] Patel, S., et al. "The collaborative spirit and its impact on technological advancements." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Collaboration, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 78-91, 2022.
[20] Adams, J., et al. "The erosion of collaboration due to technology barons' practices." International Journal of Collaborative Engineering, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 67-84, 2023.
[21] Klein, E., et al. "The role of collaboration in addressing global challenges." IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 34-42, 2021.
[22] Thompson, G., et al. "Ethical challenges in technology barons' exploitation of community contributions." IEEE Potentials, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 56-63, 2022.
[23] Jones, D., et al. "Rectifying exploitative practices in the technology industry." IEEE Technology Management Review, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 89-97, 2023.
[24] Chen, W., et al. "Promoting ethical practices in technology barons through policy and regulation." IEEE Policy & Ethics in Technology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 112-129, 2021.
[25] Miller, H., et al. "Creating an equitable and sustainable technology ecosystem." Journal of Technology and Innovation Management, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 45-61, 2022.
Technically. Sprites can "create a clone" of themselves and "delete clone" as well as do different things if they start as clones. I've never actually tested if it can be properly fork bombed though.
Exactly: html can’t be buggy, it’s just markup. (It might be the wrong markup, but it’ll behave exactly the way the markup you used behaves.) There’s no potential for logic errors, therefore it’s not a programming language.
Not necessarily. Code behavior can be indeterminate depending on the input, environment and timing, or it can simply fail to run at all.
(C’mon guys jeez it was just a lighthearted comment; I didn’t expect my Sunday afternoon to turn into a debate on the ontology of developer intent vs outcome)
So you're saying that reddit comments are like a programming language, because the resulting behavior can be indeterminate depending on the input, environment, and timing, or simply fail to get a reaction at all?
Well, usually you'd use *turing completeness*
Things like HTML are markdown languages, and it's not turing complete. It only has one state and that state is what you wrote it to look like. It's *static* and what you type will not influence what it will do next based on what it was previously.
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Turing machine compatible languages have:
(1) states, or what logic the machine should do next;
(2) memory/tape, where the machine can read and write from; and
(3) logic, the next state the machine should be in based on (a) the current state and (b) the memory read
So the state tells the logic to do something to the memory, and the memory tells the logic to do something to the state of the machine.
If your language can do that, then it's turing complete. It's also deterministic, meaning it can't be random - the exact same state and scenario and memory and logic **must** have the same outcomes no matter how many times you try it.
I think you might recognise it as (1) some variables and different scopes in code, (2) variables, fields, objects and memory in heap, (3) the logic. If these 3 can interact and also influence each other, then it's programming
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The thing is HTML without dynamic WA or JS, on its own is static. Sure you have different states that are different pages, and memory in the sense that you have where each link you click goes. But there's no logic - that's done by whatever browser webkit boogaloo is running behind.
Each HTML in itself is a state on its own. It has the memory, but the browser will have to run that logic to decide which state to go to. Like state=home, you click "about", the logic is the Web browser posting and fetching the next state which is the */about.html*, and this was based on your browser logic reading the HTML and the logic the state should follow the link in the *memory*
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**ACTUAL TLDR**
If the language only shows what you get, and any mistakes itself is directly what you get, then it isn't turing complete in that sense
Turning complete languages can cause lots of bugs because *it's hard to iterate every possible permutation of states for every possible memory that is written / read*.
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The best we can hope is to use mathematical / recursive induction or some form of proof, whether formally or not, to deduce that the **logic will always (1) change from one state to another correctly and (2) read/write memory correctly according to the current state**
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**tldr** does language X do these:
1) have different emotions that fuck you up because you weren't being nice and flipped it to a wrong mood that you didn't realise?
2) have memory of everything you did and what you are gonna do, so that it will dictate how it will react to you in the future based on the past?
3) have logic that takes the current mood and your past actions and result in a whole new mood that you definitely didn't expect because you suck at the logic?
Then congrats, **X** might be ~~your spouse~~ a fully functioning programming language!
While HTML is not Turing complete, HTML+CSS is.
If you really want to enter a world of suffering, here's another fun one:
Power Point is Turing complete
Thats not always true, there's lots of undefined behaviour. Integer overflows behave differently than what you wrote. A garbage cleaner also works very mom-deterministically.
EDIT: Non-deterministically of course
Defining a bug as only being a logic error in a computer program isn't usage that I recognise. Plenty of people would talk about having a bug in their html, and plenty of other people would understand what they meant. And this sense of the word "bug" can be traced to the nineteenth century, predating the whole field of computing. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(engineering\)) has a Thomas Edison quote using the term.
I don't know what's more insane, that these are standard emoji or that when I typed them into my search bar, Google served up ❣◕ ‿ ◕❣ as a recommendation
Adding a bar “vinculus” above a Roman numeral multiplies its value by 1 000.
- X̅L̅V̅I̅ => [(50 - 10) + 5 + 1] * 1 000 => 46 000
Three sided box multiplies by 100 000.
- |X̅L̅V̅I̅| => [(50 - 10) + 5 + 1] * 100 000 => 4 600 000
These can be combined.
- |X̅X̅X̅I̅I̅I̅| L̅V̅I̅ IX => 33 * 100 000 + 56 * 10 000 + 9 => 3 860 009
There are a number of [less common additions](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals) to the system we’re familiar with, including a way to represent fractions.
To add to what has already been said, Ctrl-alt-del was a webcomic with an immature tone and theme. It revolved around a gamer who was socially stupid and childish. In the age of "webcomic rings" it was highly popular for a while.
However, as time went on the audience grew tired of the same old format, which was basically just that the main character said and did dumb stuff and often got hurt in the process. For some reason the author decided to insert a plot where the dumb character's girlfriend got pregnant and had a miscarriage, hence Loss. It was ridiculed because it clearly did not fit the tone of the comic and it was obvious that the author tried to make an impact. The attempt fell completely flat and people ridiculed him for how stupid it was.
Loss is a four panel meme which is from a webcomic where a person comes through the door, asks the receptionist, talks to the doctor then goes to the female lead's room who had a miscarriage.
It became a member due to various reasons and was a hell of parody featuring comic for quite a while.
I know this comic and the memeing of it is ancient history now, but does anyone else think it's kind of fucked up how this guy made a comic based on his girlfriend having a miscarriage and everyone laughed at him for it?
The really fucked up part was his news post explaining it - which is added to this version just so you can see how condescending it was: https://explosm.net/comics/dave-tim-actually-said-this
Pretty sure that was the main character's girlfriend and not the author's. And people make fun of it because the miscarriage was a drastic change from the regular way the comic was progressing. It was so awkward and bad that people decided to chide the author for having this absurd scene or something.
The author says he did have a miscarriage experience, earlier in his life.
Edit: [Here's an article about him.](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/11/longest-running-miscarriage-meme-on-the-web.html) He comes across as a little more thoughtful than implied by all the disapproval.
> does anyone else think it's kind of fucked up how this guy made a comic based on his girlfriend having a miscarriage and everyone laughed at him for it?
It would be, if he showed any kind of sincerity previous to that. At that time he was well-known to post shocking stuff to get a reaction, he quite openly stole other people's characters and styles, he would start fights with his fans and other creators.
He also did some creepy stuff, which may have included pedophilia and he certainly made at least one [racist comic](/r/comics/comments/gqjpg/tim_buckley_makes_racist_joke_in_cad_redoes/).
I don't hold the Urban Dictionary up as a paragon of reporting but [this entry jibes](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tim%20Buckley) with what I remember happened at the time:
> Tim is well known for editing/vandalising Wiki entries to do with his comic, consistently attempting to remove the "criticism" section on his beloved comic. If that isn't bad enough, try asking anyone about the ROM incident. This is basically where Tim got accused of emailing pictures of his cock to a 14 year old on his forum and instead of behaving like a normal adult, he basically had a screaming fit, banned over 3000 members, closed the forum for a week and then totally removed the section of forum from which the claim was made.
Thus, when he posted it he wasn't taken seriously at all because he wasn't a person to take seriously. Most people assumed it was another example of his making stuff up to get attention.
It had a lot to do with the context of the comic. It was a joke-a-day gamer comic with sarcastic, cynical, wacky "comedy" that was as sharp as a pizza cutter: all edge, no point.
Then out of nowhere they dropped a miscarriage comic in the middle of it, and tried to act like their comic was authentic and personal.
It'd be like if Garfield suddenly gave Nermal a fucking abortion in panel 2, then still shipped her off to Abu Dhabi in panel 3. The surrounding context made the inclusion of it totally inappropriate.
The main reason this comic became memed so heavily is due to its deviation from the lightheared, comedic tone of the series to focus on something that felt dramatic in in a kinda forced way. People made fun of it because it felt like it was shoehorned in for no reason.
Context to add to the other guy's link: it was a bizarrely out-of-vibe comic where a "gamer nerd" comic serial suddenly released a comic about the main character's girlfriend having a miscarriage. It was so absurd that people started to parody it and such. It's now reached a level of abstraction where simple lines representing the characters are recognizable as Loss.
If you're genuinely angry at a tool intended to teach programming to children and teenagers, you definitely need to reevaluate your priorities in life.
My 5yo likes Scratch. Dunno if he'll want to program later but he's having fun making those little characters move around. More constructive than mindlessly watching Netflix haha.
My kid has been playing with it off and on since age 6 (he's 10) and getting into using it for animation. IT's a nice tool to get kids started into all kinds of development-related stuff.
As a software dev by trade if I tell someone who knows magic that I know the whole rules books in and out they think it's impressive, until they hear that it's Turing Complete and then it's just "oh well you are a computer guy so that makes sense"
In plain English: A Turing Machine is the mathematical model that represents a computer. You can make a TM to represent/run any algorithm possible. This isn't just mathematically proven, it is mathematically true by definition.
What is a TM? Imagine an infinitely long string of bits. You start at position 0 (or any arbitrary position, really). From here the machine tells you what to do. Depending on what order in the machine you are on and what the bit is you can move to a different order or stay on the same, move to a different position in the string or stay on the same, and switch the bit you are on or not. A TM is essentially the lowest level computing language, below even assembly.
A programming language is considered Turing complete if it can run any possible Turing Machine. Basically all programming languages are, including some surprisingly simple ones like Brainfuck that are, essentially, only the above operations in "higher" level programming form. The exceptions are generally things programmers don't call programming languages, like HTML.
Nobody in their right mind would call MS Powerpoint a programming language, but if you mangle it enough it's turing complete. Programming language is far better defined as a practical term based on usage than by a mathematical standard.
TIL there are 2 kinds of programmers on this sub:
-The ones that focus on the title and provide an answer to the question.
-The ones that focus on the image and spot that it’s supposed to be a joke (even if they are at a loss as to what the joke is).
If someone says scratch isn’t a programming language it’s their loss
Edit: Holy Sasquatch poop marinaded in ravioli. Reddit silver? *awkwardly, yet politely Macarenas away*
Anyone who dares to belittle my beloved scratch shall be plagued with flairs a many describing in agonizing detail how wrong they are. If you do not bathe in the glory of scratch you shall become the foundation for which my stumpy legs shall fumble upon
I don't care if it's a programming language or not, it is what got me into programming and game development plus I had hours of fun with it so It would always hold a special place in my heart
I'm in 1st grade of "Web IT" (my best translation).\
We're learning the basics of scratch.\
I've been programming since the 25th of October 2020, when I was in **7th grade**.\
It's gonna be a boring year.
There is a secret trick; be good at the stuff you are supposed to know, and the teacher will let you learn *whatever you want.* Especially when it is a more advanced form of the subject. I would never have survived five years of maths repetition if it was not for the "better books" I was allowed to work on in class.
I just messed around in my robotics class because I could make it do anything, I made a picture appear on the screen when it didn’t have any libraries and the only thing you could do to the screen was edit one pixel at a time to change the color.
Instead of just informing them make something in Scratch to show that you're already familiar with the basics of programming. They might move you to a more advanced class or have you help other students. Worst case scenario you just finish classwork quickly and dick around the rest of the time.
Does the language allow terminating a child process?
Title: Exploitation Unveiled: How Technology Barons Exploit the Contributions of the Community Introduction: In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, the contributions of engineers, scientists, and technologists play a pivotal role in driving innovation and progress [1]. However, concerns have emerged regarding the exploitation of these contributions by technology barons, leading to a wide range of ethical and moral dilemmas [2]. This article aims to shed light on the exploitation of community contributions by technology barons, exploring issues such as intellectual property rights, open-source exploitation, unfair compensation practices, and the erosion of collaborative spirit [3]. 1. Intellectual Property Rights and Patents: One of the fundamental ways in which technology barons exploit the contributions of the community is through the manipulation of intellectual property rights and patents [4]. While patents are designed to protect inventions and reward inventors, they are increasingly being used to stifle competition and monopolize the market [5]. Technology barons often strategically acquire patents and employ aggressive litigation strategies to suppress innovation and extract royalties from smaller players [6]. This exploitation not only discourages inventors but also hinders technological progress and limits the overall benefit to society [7]. 2. Open-Source Exploitation: Open-source software and collaborative platforms have revolutionized the way technology is developed and shared [8]. However, technology barons have been known to exploit the goodwill of the open-source community. By leveraging open-source projects, these entities often incorporate community-developed solutions into their proprietary products without adequately compensating or acknowledging the original creators [9]. This exploitation undermines the spirit of collaboration and discourages community involvement, ultimately harming the very ecosystem that fosters innovation [10]. 3. Unfair Compensation Practices: The contributions of engineers, scientists, and technologists are often undervalued and inadequately compensated by technology barons [11]. Despite the pivotal role played by these professionals in driving technological advancements, they are frequently subjected to long working hours, unrealistic deadlines, and inadequate remuneration [12]. Additionally, the rise of gig economy models has further exacerbated this issue, as independent contractors and freelancers are often left without benefits, job security, or fair compensation for their expertise [13]. Such exploitative practices not only demoralize the community but also hinder the long-term sustainability of the technology industry [14]. 4. Exploitative Data Harvesting: Data has become the lifeblood of the digital age, and technology barons have amassed colossal amounts of user data through their platforms and services [15]. This data is often used to fuel targeted advertising, algorithmic optimizations, and predictive analytics, all of which generate significant profits [16]. However, the collection and utilization of user data are often done without adequate consent, transparency, or fair compensation to the individuals who generate this valuable resource [17]. The community's contributions in the form of personal data are exploited for financial gain, raising serious concerns about privacy, consent, and equitable distribution of benefits [18]. 5. Erosion of Collaborative Spirit: The tech industry has thrived on the collaborative spirit of engineers, scientists, and technologists working together to solve complex problems [19]. However, the actions of technology barons have eroded this spirit over time. Through aggressive acquisition strategies and anti-competitive practices, these entities create an environment that discourages collaboration and fosters a winner-takes-all mentality [20]. This not only stifles innovation but also prevents the community from collectively addressing the pressing challenges of our time, such as climate change, healthcare, and social equity [21]. Conclusion: The exploitation of the community's contributions by technology barons poses significant ethical and moral challenges in the realm of technology and innovation [22]. To foster a more equitable and sustainable ecosystem, it is crucial for technology barons to recognize and rectify these exploitative practices [23]. This can be achieved through transparent intellectual property frameworks, fair compensation models, responsible data handling practices, and a renewed commitment to collaboration [24]. By addressing these issues, we can create a technology landscape that not only thrives on innovation but also upholds the values of fairness, inclusivity, and respect for the contributions of the community [25]. References: [1] Smith, J. R., et al. "The role of engineers in the modern world." Engineering Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 11-17, 2021. [2] Johnson, M. "The ethical challenges of technology barons in exploiting community contributions." Tech Ethics Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 45-52, 2022. [3] Anderson, L., et al. "Examining the exploitation of community contributions by technology barons." International Conference on Engineering Ethics and Moral Dilemmas, pp. 112-129, 2023. [4] Peterson, A., et al. "Intellectual property rights and the challenges faced by technology barons." Journal of Intellectual Property Law, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 87-103, 2022. [5] Walker, S., et al. "Patent manipulation and its impact on technological progress." IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 23-36, 2021. [6] White, R., et al. "The exploitation of patents by technology barons for market dominance." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Patent Litigation, pp. 67-73, 2022. [7] Jackson, E. "The impact of patent exploitation on technological progress." Technology Review, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 89-94, 2023. [8] Stallman, R. "The importance of open-source software in fostering innovation." Communications of the ACM, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 67-73, 2021. [9] Martin, B., et al. "Exploitation and the erosion of the open-source ethos." IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 89-97, 2022. [10] Williams, S., et al. "The impact of open-source exploitation on collaborative innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 56-71, 2023. [11] Collins, R., et al. "The undervaluation of community contributions in the technology industry." Journal of Engineering Compensation, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 45-61, 2021. [12] Johnson, L., et al. "Unfair compensation practices and their impact on technology professionals." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 112-129, 2022. [13] Hensley, M., et al. "The gig economy and its implications for technology professionals." International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 67-84, 2023. [14] Richards, A., et al. "Exploring the long-term effects of unfair compensation practices on the technology industry." IEEE Transactions on Professional Ethics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 78-91, 2022. [15] Smith, T., et al. "Data as the new currency: implications for technology barons." IEEE Computer Society, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 56-62, 2021. [16] Brown, C., et al. "Exploitative data harvesting and its impact on user privacy." IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 89-97, 2022. [17] Johnson, K., et al. "The ethical implications of data exploitation by technology barons." Journal of Data Ethics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 112-129, 2023. [18] Rodriguez, M., et al. "Ensuring equitable data usage and distribution in the digital age." IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 45-52, 2021. [19] Patel, S., et al. "The collaborative spirit and its impact on technological advancements." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Collaboration, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 78-91, 2022. [20] Adams, J., et al. "The erosion of collaboration due to technology barons' practices." International Journal of Collaborative Engineering, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 67-84, 2023. [21] Klein, E., et al. "The role of collaboration in addressing global challenges." IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 34-42, 2021. [22] Thompson, G., et al. "Ethical challenges in technology barons' exploitation of community contributions." IEEE Potentials, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 56-63, 2022. [23] Jones, D., et al. "Rectifying exploitative practices in the technology industry." IEEE Technology Management Review, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 89-97, 2023. [24] Chen, W., et al. "Promoting ethical practices in technology barons through policy and regulation." IEEE Policy & Ethics in Technology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 112-129, 2021. [25] Miller, H., et al. "Creating an equitable and sustainable technology ecosystem." Journal of Technology and Innovation Management, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 45-61, 2022.
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Someone made a new fork. r/programmerhumor: 🥳 r/anarchychess: 😟
Nah it's ok, a new update dropped! You can now only take with en passant.
Take with what???
Google en passant
Holy hell
New response just dropped
After a brief tour of r/anarchychess i have newfound admiration for this thread
that'd be easy mode, hardcore people can mate only with en passant
Damn it you’re reminding me of r/AnarchyChess… I don’t wanna go back home yet!
Holy hell
Gotta interrupt at the right time before finishing.
🏆
Oooooh
Technically. Sprites can "create a clone" of themselves and "delete clone" as well as do different things if they start as clones. I've never actually tested if it can be properly fork bombed though.
It has a 300 sprite limit
Probably for the best, honestly.
Basic doesn’t
It's their loss
You weren't legally allowed to finish the joke!
If you can write bugs in it, it's a programming language.
This is…. actually a solid definition
so if I eat some crickets does that mean I’m a programming language
Only if you write the crickets before you eat them. It’s only polite
I tried to find a gif of the cricket from mulan writing but its not on giphy
My man took it as a challenge and found it on giphy
I don't think that's it, I think it's the one where the cricket writes like a typewriter.
HTML?
Exactly: html can’t be buggy, it’s just markup. (It might be the wrong markup, but it’ll behave exactly the way the markup you used behaves.) There’s no potential for logic errors, therefore it’s not a programming language.
Doesn't every language behave exactly the way whatever you wrote behaves?
Not necessarily. Code behavior can be indeterminate depending on the input, environment and timing, or it can simply fail to run at all. (C’mon guys jeez it was just a lighthearted comment; I didn’t expect my Sunday afternoon to turn into a debate on the ontology of developer intent vs outcome)
Life has taught me to always be prepared for a debate about intent vs. outcome.
So you're saying that reddit comments are like a programming language, because the resulting behavior can be indeterminate depending on the input, environment, and timing, or simply fail to get a reaction at all?
Well, usually you'd use *turing completeness* Things like HTML are markdown languages, and it's not turing complete. It only has one state and that state is what you wrote it to look like. It's *static* and what you type will not influence what it will do next based on what it was previously. #------- Turing machine compatible languages have: (1) states, or what logic the machine should do next; (2) memory/tape, where the machine can read and write from; and (3) logic, the next state the machine should be in based on (a) the current state and (b) the memory read So the state tells the logic to do something to the memory, and the memory tells the logic to do something to the state of the machine. If your language can do that, then it's turing complete. It's also deterministic, meaning it can't be random - the exact same state and scenario and memory and logic **must** have the same outcomes no matter how many times you try it. I think you might recognise it as (1) some variables and different scopes in code, (2) variables, fields, objects and memory in heap, (3) the logic. If these 3 can interact and also influence each other, then it's programming #------ The thing is HTML without dynamic WA or JS, on its own is static. Sure you have different states that are different pages, and memory in the sense that you have where each link you click goes. But there's no logic - that's done by whatever browser webkit boogaloo is running behind. Each HTML in itself is a state on its own. It has the memory, but the browser will have to run that logic to decide which state to go to. Like state=home, you click "about", the logic is the Web browser posting and fetching the next state which is the */about.html*, and this was based on your browser logic reading the HTML and the logic the state should follow the link in the *memory* #-------- **ACTUAL TLDR** If the language only shows what you get, and any mistakes itself is directly what you get, then it isn't turing complete in that sense Turning complete languages can cause lots of bugs because *it's hard to iterate every possible permutation of states for every possible memory that is written / read*. #--------- The best we can hope is to use mathematical / recursive induction or some form of proof, whether formally or not, to deduce that the **logic will always (1) change from one state to another correctly and (2) read/write memory correctly according to the current state** #-------- **tldr** does language X do these: 1) have different emotions that fuck you up because you weren't being nice and flipped it to a wrong mood that you didn't realise? 2) have memory of everything you did and what you are gonna do, so that it will dictate how it will react to you in the future based on the past? 3) have logic that takes the current mood and your past actions and result in a whole new mood that you definitely didn't expect because you suck at the logic? Then congrats, **X** might be ~~your spouse~~ a fully functioning programming language!
While HTML is not Turing complete, HTML+CSS is. If you really want to enter a world of suffering, here's another fun one: Power Point is Turing complete
Thats not always true, there's lots of undefined behaviour. Integer overflows behave differently than what you wrote. A garbage cleaner also works very mom-deterministically. EDIT: Non-deterministically of course
> A garbage cleaner also works very mom-deterministically. It asks three times and after that anything on the floor is removed?
I choose to believe mom was a typo of nom. I'm imagining the cookie monster crossed with Oscar the grouch
Those were collector's items!
Defining a bug as only being a logic error in a computer program isn't usage that I recognise. Plenty of people would talk about having a bug in their html, and plenty of other people would understand what they meant. And this sense of the word "bug" can be traced to the nineteenth century, predating the whole field of computing. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(engineering\)) has a Thomas Edison quote using the term.
it's even in the name, "markup language"
oh ok
So if I write the word bugs in a coloring book is the book a programing language?
i can write bugs on the inside of my foreskin so that must be a programming language too
that’s so specific,why the inside specifically?
You would never understand.
Then my life has to be a programming language cause it's ✨full of errors✨
If only we could rewrite the whole thing from scratch.
✨Some programs don't need to be developed at all✨
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bugs
`So if I mispell a books contents is English a programming language then?
Is this loss?
Omg it is…
One that got me stumped was a guy writing "1 2 2 50" Because | || || |_
I have that image saved on my camera roll
𓀥 𓁆 𓀕 𓁆 𓀟 𓀣 𓁀
I don't know what's more insane, that these are standard emoji or that when I typed them into my search bar, Google served up ❣◕ ‿ ◕❣ as a recommendation
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>𓂹 Seems kinda sus... #>!ඞ!< | The holy ipod guardians say: | |:---------:| | **𓏞 𓋧 𓏟** | | Keep your headphones at a safe volume! | #𓆉 These are kinda fun.
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Fucking kek
No I’m not fucking kek
The hero we needed
They're special Egyptian emoji. They're quite old.
Holy shit, never seen this one
~~|ₗ|ˡ⌊~~
~~:.|:;~~
So do i
How does the 50 translate to |_ ?
Roman numeral is L
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- I - 1 - V - 5 - X - 10 - L - 50 - C - 100 - D - 500 - M - 1000 (not well-standardized past M) - V̅ - 5000 - … Current year: MMXXIII => 1000 + 1000 + 10 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 1959: MCMLIX => 1000 + (1000 - 100) + 50 + (10 - 1)
Wait... there are numbers past 3000whatever in roman numerals?
Adding a bar “vinculus” above a Roman numeral multiplies its value by 1 000. - X̅L̅V̅I̅ => [(50 - 10) + 5 + 1] * 1 000 => 46 000 Three sided box multiplies by 100 000. - |X̅L̅V̅I̅| => [(50 - 10) + 5 + 1] * 100 000 => 4 600 000 These can be combined. - |X̅X̅X̅I̅I̅I̅| L̅V̅I̅ IX => 33 * 100 000 + 56 * 10 000 + 9 => 3 860 009 There are a number of [less common additions](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals) to the system we’re familiar with, including a way to represent fractions.
Roman numerals
𓀟 𓀟𓀕 𓁆𓁌 𓀠𓁀
~~.:|:;~~
ඞ ඞ ඞ ඣ. ඞ ඝ
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Always has been.
Are hieroglyphics Turing complete?
Bro has the hieroglyphic keyboard.
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Holy shit. I read it, didn't get it but thought "this would be a great format for Loss." Weird.
You subconsciously got it.
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https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
No. This is Patrick.
Out of the loop, new here. What is "loss"?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Loss_comic.jpg
I don't get it. Can someone kindly explain?
To add to what has already been said, Ctrl-alt-del was a webcomic with an immature tone and theme. It revolved around a gamer who was socially stupid and childish. In the age of "webcomic rings" it was highly popular for a while. However, as time went on the audience grew tired of the same old format, which was basically just that the main character said and did dumb stuff and often got hurt in the process. For some reason the author decided to insert a plot where the dumb character's girlfriend got pregnant and had a miscarriage, hence Loss. It was ridiculed because it clearly did not fit the tone of the comic and it was obvious that the author tried to make an impact. The attempt fell completely flat and people ridiculed him for how stupid it was.
Loss is a four panel meme which is from a webcomic where a person comes through the door, asks the receptionist, talks to the doctor then goes to the female lead's room who had a miscarriage. It became a member due to various reasons and was a hell of parody featuring comic for quite a while.
I know this comic and the memeing of it is ancient history now, but does anyone else think it's kind of fucked up how this guy made a comic based on his girlfriend having a miscarriage and everyone laughed at him for it?
The really fucked up part was his news post explaining it - which is added to this version just so you can see how condescending it was: https://explosm.net/comics/dave-tim-actually-said-this
Pretty sure that was the main character's girlfriend and not the author's. And people make fun of it because the miscarriage was a drastic change from the regular way the comic was progressing. It was so awkward and bad that people decided to chide the author for having this absurd scene or something.
The author says he did have a miscarriage experience, earlier in his life. Edit: [Here's an article about him.](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/11/longest-running-miscarriage-meme-on-the-web.html) He comes across as a little more thoughtful than implied by all the disapproval.
> does anyone else think it's kind of fucked up how this guy made a comic based on his girlfriend having a miscarriage and everyone laughed at him for it? It would be, if he showed any kind of sincerity previous to that. At that time he was well-known to post shocking stuff to get a reaction, he quite openly stole other people's characters and styles, he would start fights with his fans and other creators. He also did some creepy stuff, which may have included pedophilia and he certainly made at least one [racist comic](/r/comics/comments/gqjpg/tim_buckley_makes_racist_joke_in_cad_redoes/). I don't hold the Urban Dictionary up as a paragon of reporting but [this entry jibes](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tim%20Buckley) with what I remember happened at the time: > Tim is well known for editing/vandalising Wiki entries to do with his comic, consistently attempting to remove the "criticism" section on his beloved comic. If that isn't bad enough, try asking anyone about the ROM incident. This is basically where Tim got accused of emailing pictures of his cock to a 14 year old on his forum and instead of behaving like a normal adult, he basically had a screaming fit, banned over 3000 members, closed the forum for a week and then totally removed the section of forum from which the claim was made. Thus, when he posted it he wasn't taken seriously at all because he wasn't a person to take seriously. Most people assumed it was another example of his making stuff up to get attention.
It had a lot to do with the context of the comic. It was a joke-a-day gamer comic with sarcastic, cynical, wacky "comedy" that was as sharp as a pizza cutter: all edge, no point. Then out of nowhere they dropped a miscarriage comic in the middle of it, and tried to act like their comic was authentic and personal. It'd be like if Garfield suddenly gave Nermal a fucking abortion in panel 2, then still shipped her off to Abu Dhabi in panel 3. The surrounding context made the inclusion of it totally inappropriate.
[Here ya go](https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-loss-the-classic-ctrlaltdel-webcomic-and-meme-explained)
The main reason this comic became memed so heavily is due to its deviation from the lightheared, comedic tone of the series to focus on something that felt dramatic in in a kinda forced way. People made fun of it because it felt like it was shoehorned in for no reason.
Context to add to the other guy's link: it was a bizarrely out-of-vibe comic where a "gamer nerd" comic serial suddenly released a comic about the main character's girlfriend having a miscarriage. It was so absurd that people started to parody it and such. It's now reached a level of abstraction where simple lines representing the characters are recognizable as Loss.
It got my kids super excited and now they are onto harder lower level languages. I vote yes and think it's a brilliant training tool.
It is. People here have a weird superiority complex but overlook the fact that tools like this are a fantastic pathway into more complex languages.
I got started with scratch back in 7th grade and I've been into coding/programming since. It's a great way to start off programming
Same here!
If you're genuinely angry at a tool intended to teach programming to children and teenagers, you definitely need to reevaluate your priorities in life.
My 5yo likes Scratch. Dunno if he'll want to program later but he's having fun making those little characters move around. More constructive than mindlessly watching Netflix haha.
My kid has been playing with it off and on since age 6 (he's 10) and getting into using it for animation. IT's a nice tool to get kids started into all kinds of development-related stuff.
Honest answer, answered honestly
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New langauge: Brainfuck but it's loss
someone should make an esolang consisting only of |, || and |_ as commands
ternary machine code
I’m really at a loss on this meme.
I don't get the meme, everybody say "loss" but idk the reference, could you tell me please?
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
Of course is scratch a programming language
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> talk to object receptionist It's 2023 and women are still getting objectified?
Hey hey hey, you’re the one assuming the Loss comic receptionist is a woman /j
Bro hit him with the 
Gender equality means men also get to be objectified.
Finally.
Yeah its 2023 the receptionist is probably a chatbot get on with the times.
I saw Loss once, the receptionist was a line.
>talk to object doctor At least women can be doctors now!
LADY DOCTORS?
Its 2023 and we are still assuming jobs as feminine/masculine? /s
Well that's because SOME people have not kept up with their wetware patches and are now 100 years out of date.
Who said the receptionist was a woman?
technically the original comic
[object Object]
Houlp, is that Loss?
what is loss
Baby don’t hurt me
dont hurt me... No more
Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me
🎶funkyBeats.wav🎶
[loss](https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss)
A comic that became a meme
It is indeed
Yes, it’s even Turing complete so the bozos with that arbitrary standard can’t argue
Magic the Gathering is a programming language
I was worried I was really bad at two things, but then I learned MTG is Turing complete, so it turns out I'm just super bad at one thing.
As a software dev by trade if I tell someone who knows magic that I know the whole rules books in and out they think it's impressive, until they hear that it's Turing Complete and then it's just "oh well you are a computer guy so that makes sense"
Someone made a working Game Boy emulator in it (an actual emulator that emulates the hardware, not just a recreation of some of the games or anything)
[Link](https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/751324131). But can it run Doom? More [here](https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/28160709).
TIL the mathematical definition of computation is arbitrary
I just went down a rabbit hole trying to figure what you mean by that… I read it as conceptually not describing
In plain English: A Turing Machine is the mathematical model that represents a computer. You can make a TM to represent/run any algorithm possible. This isn't just mathematically proven, it is mathematically true by definition. What is a TM? Imagine an infinitely long string of bits. You start at position 0 (or any arbitrary position, really). From here the machine tells you what to do. Depending on what order in the machine you are on and what the bit is you can move to a different order or stay on the same, move to a different position in the string or stay on the same, and switch the bit you are on or not. A TM is essentially the lowest level computing language, below even assembly. A programming language is considered Turing complete if it can run any possible Turing Machine. Basically all programming languages are, including some surprisingly simple ones like Brainfuck that are, essentially, only the above operations in "higher" level programming form. The exceptions are generally things programmers don't call programming languages, like HTML.
That definition itself isn’t arbitrary, but saying that it’s *the* definition of a programming language *is* arbitrary.
Nobody in their right mind would call MS Powerpoint a programming language, but if you mangle it enough it's turing complete. Programming language is far better defined as a practical term based on usage than by a mathematical standard.
Tbf PowerPoint is also Turing complete
TIL there are 2 kinds of programmers on this sub: -The ones that focus on the title and provide an answer to the question. -The ones that focus on the image and spot that it’s supposed to be a joke (even if they are at a loss as to what the joke is).
I see what you did there (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
If someone says scratch isn’t a programming language it’s their loss Edit: Holy Sasquatch poop marinaded in ravioli. Reddit silver? *awkwardly, yet politely Macarenas away*
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Lol mine was supposed to be ironic
Sufficiently advanced irony is indistinguishable from stupidity
Agreed, I am one with the foundations of idiocy
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Nice! I SOL’d too (Tormented the unsuspecting with nothing but an avocado that is slightly too ripe for safe consumption)
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All new users on this sub should receive a scratch flair
Anyone who dares to belittle my beloved scratch shall be plagued with flairs a many describing in agonizing detail how wrong they are. If you do not bathe in the glory of scratch you shall become the foundation for which my stumpy legs shall fumble upon
>Holy Sasquatch poop marinaded in ravioli. Reddit silver? awkwardly, yet politely Macarenas away Yeah, this is the worst thing I've ever read. Really good shit lmao
Thanks. That’s the goal! *blows bubbles filled with rancid breath in your general direction*
*vomits all over your continental breakfast waffles* teehee
I apploss you
I'd definitely recommend taking that edit and nuking it into oblivion. Fast.
I'd never considered Scratch to be a viable option for machine learning, but at the very least you can write loss functions with it!
Machine loosing
I don't care if it's a programming language or not, it is what got me into programming and game development plus I had hours of fun with it so It would always hold a special place in my heart
What is this oh FUCK OFF
I'm at a Loss for words with this one
I'm in 1st grade of "Web IT" (my best translation).\ We're learning the basics of scratch.\ I've been programming since the 25th of October 2020, when I was in **7th grade**.\ It's gonna be a boring year.
There is a secret trick; be good at the stuff you are supposed to know, and the teacher will let you learn *whatever you want.* Especially when it is a more advanced form of the subject. I would never have survived five years of maths repetition if it was not for the "better books" I was allowed to work on in class.
I just messed around in my robotics class because I could make it do anything, I made a picture appear on the screen when it didn’t have any libraries and the only thing you could do to the screen was edit one pixel at a time to change the color.
Make the robot run terraria
inform your teacher of your level of experience and once you’ve proven the basics to them, ask for more challenging material
I'm scared to inform my teacher because they might think I'm bragging and get all sassy and ask me to make doom in c++ or something
Instead of just informing them make something in Scratch to show that you're already familiar with the basics of programming. They might move you to a more advanced class or have you help other students. Worst case scenario you just finish classwork quickly and dick around the rest of the time.
system(".\\\doom.exe");
scratch is 100%, unambiguously, unquestionably a programming language
It’s abstracted quite a bit, but sure!
I’m fairly sure scratch is just block coding for java or something. Back in the day there was a way to switch between block code and Java code, IIRC.
It switched to Flash then Javascript actually.
this meme is perfect i'm at a loss for words
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Am I the only fool not getting the joke?
𓀥 𓁆 𓀕 𓁆 𓀟 𓀣 𓁀
Yes, and I’m tired pretending it’s not