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> I'd think people who operate in a realm where text becomes action executed by a machine designed wholly around faithful, reliable execution of text fed to it
by majormajor 6y ago
> I'd think people who operate in a realm where text becomes action executed by a machine designed wholly around faithful, reliable execution of text fed to it would come to learn the reality-defining power of rules.
Ah, but don't forget how often the code that gets written doesn't do exactly what the writer expected! Or is exploited by another party...
- shadowgovt 6y agoIndeed. I wouldn't say the law is for show; I would say the written law isn't the whole story. Reality is a three-edged sword: the law, the intent, and the implementation. "For show," to me, implies you can ignore it and charge forward, bull-in-a-china-shop-style. That doesn't work in law or computers; naive invalid input gets rejected by the first-stage parser, and a court complaint completely ignorant of the law can get tossed by the clerk before it even sees a judge's desk. Rather, hacking is understanding and exploiting the consequences of, and nuances within, the rules.
- tomcam 6y agoUsername strangely appropriate
- shadowgovt 6y agoI can highly recommend the discography of They Might Be Giants. ;)
- tomcam 6y agoThat is always a solid recommendation
- bilegeek 6y agoThis is my first time seeing a Babylon 5 reference in the wild. Well said.