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> That prompted Sam Biddle of the Gawker site ValleyWag to suggest referring to the newcomers as "Software Americans." What is the word when you know you shoul
by dictum 13y ago
> That prompted Sam Biddle of the Gawker site ValleyWag to suggest referring to the newcomers as "Software Americans."
What is the word when you know you shouldn't look at something, but the urge to do it is too strong? Masochism doesn't quite cut it. "Mild death drive"? Anyway, I had to check the article. Here's how it ends:
"So, the next time you see someone taking up a seat at a coffee shop to work on a cold cut delivery app at 2 pm, resist the urge to slur—instead of "techie," just call them a fucking loser dork with inconsequential ideas and a dumb life."
No, those "techies" don't make the search engine you use to find the information you need in your work and your daily life. They don't make the operating systems that run on your computers and mobile devices, nor the devices. They don't make the software that runs in your appliances, the automation systems that allow billions of people around the world to have products and services only the rich could afford in the past. They don't make novel ways to discover drugs and the origins of diseases. They don't make the communication services that allow you to stay in contact with people you know and discover people you didn't know. They don't make CMSs, blogging engines or web browsers.
They make cold cut delivery apps. Fucking cold cut delivery app making loser dorks.
- BlackDeath3 13y ago>What is the word when you know you shouldn't look at something, but the urge to do it is too strong? Masochism doesn't quite cut it. "Mild death drive"? I've heard the more generalized version of this phenomenon (meaning "s/look at/do") referred to as "the call of the void". Interesting and slightly haunting.
- argc 13y ago"The call of the void" is a beautiful (and haunting) way to put it. On an unrelated note... Wtf is wrong with Sam Biddle... Troll extraordinaire?
- stock_toaster 13y ago> What is the word when you know you shouldn't look at something, but the urge to do it is too strong? Compulsion?
- smtddr 13y agoOkay, that's it. Next time I have to put my ethnicity on any paperwork.... I'm now a "Software American". - I immigrated from Softwaria. - Our flag is a bunch of 1s and 0s. - Our national anthem ends with "return 0;". - All of our city streets look like logic-gates from a bird's eye view. http://doc.union.edu/PL/ee_master_gate.jpg http://doc.union.edu/PL/ee_master_gate.jpg (yeah, I know... this is more on the side of hardware) - Our homes & buildings square footage are always divisible by X where X = 2^N, where N represents all real numbers. (what was that symbol for all real numbers again?)
- klipt 13y agoI assume you mean natural numbers, for which the symbol is ℕ.
- smtddr 13y agoAh yeah, that's it. thanks -^_^-
- hmsimha 13y agoSo basically 'Software Americans' are doing to Americans what Americans did to Native Americans?
- w1ntermute 13y agoWhat goes around, comes around.
- frozenport 13y agoToo low level, these people write javascript for a living. They shouldn't be confused with real programmers.
- sehr 13y agoMagnetized needle and a steady hand anyone?
- klipt 13y ago> I had to check the article I hope you used ad block. Otherwise you're basically paying them. > "Software Americans" That's just silly. We're Wetware Americans. Software Americans would be AI!
- asabjorn 13y agoWhat you write pretty much sums it up. People that are seriosuly interested in solving the problem with expensive housing would probably spend their effort on lobbying for taller housing and better public transit. But hey, linkbait like this gets more hits.
- pkinsky 13y ago> a fucking loser dork with inconsequential ideas and a dumb life. >Sam Biddle of the Gawker site ValleyWag