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These are some related fiction texts that might be interesting.

The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme (recopilation)

 

this is not a hall of shame.
the intent is to awaken you to many of the peculiarities and weirdness of computers.
hopefully, after reading these articles, you will have learned a lot and will embrace chaos.

Monktoberfest 2016: Bryan Cantrill - Oral Tradition in Software Engineering

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A talk reflecting on the Oral tradition of software, what remains and what was lost.

¿Suprisingly? there were a lot of references to work. Feels like everything pre-YouTube takes place in a work environment.

  • On YT

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PaWFYm0kEw

  • Spaces/times of oral tradition

    • USENET era

      with lot's of privative boxes

      • Illiad's version is

        The story of Mel [see]​

      • Odyssey's version is

        Soul of a new machine

      • From the 80's & 90's

        The Bug Count Also Rises - by John Browne

    • Post-Youtube

      Videos, virality and easy shareability

      • First "viral" videos

        How to build a RoR blog.

      • Google tech talks

    • On the source space

      Code comments as oral tradition

      • The source space of UNIX

        • Troff

        • The "you are not expected to understand this" comment

That which we can't explain, we don't understand!

  • Logical XOR on C About understanding the intent of code.

  • The "You think this is cheesy?" comment