Translation: The Software Arts (chapter 2)
Lyle Troxell and Warren Sack
January 6, 20201h 9m
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Show Notes
<p>What does it mean to implement “hailing a cab” in software and how does this new translation stack up to the existing institution?</p>
<p>Discussions based around “The Software Arts: Chapter 2”, "Translation"with the author Warren Sack.</p>
<p>We talk about the differences of the humanities understanding of translation where meaning is lost, created, or changed, and compare it with the software concepts of perfect translation like compiling code.</p>
<p>Make sure to check out <a href="//geekspeak.org/episodes/2019/10/25/">Part 1</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon">Francis Bacon - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/History_of_calculus">History of calculus - Wikiquote</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein">Ludwig Wittgenstein - Wikipedia</a></li><li>Software is not problem solving...<blockquote>
<p>What I am saying is that software is an art and a form of design. Where you don’t necessarily know what the problem is.</p>
</blockquote></li><li>Narrative Intelligence<p>In the after-show Warren mentions a chapter he pulled from the book about narrative.. here is a paper and talk on the subject:</p>
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<li><a href="https://people.ucsc.edu/~stamp/200a/FILM_200A/Readings_files/Sack,%20Narrative%20Intelligence.pdf">Narrative Intelligence</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUweBjL1yUY" class="9">JS.everywhere(2013): Warren Sack – JS in Research – YouTube</a></li>
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