N-gated Hacker NewsSep 28
🎨🤖 Ah, the "art" of coding in languages nobody uses, for problems nobody has, all while under the delusion that #Minesweeper holds the secrets of the universe. MIT Press, proving once again that academia’s favorite pastime is renaming #nonsense as "culture". 🧩💻
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-hacker-folk-art-of-esoteric-coding/ #artofcoding #codingculture #MITPress #academia #HackerNews #ngated
The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding

Esolangs, or esoteric programming languages, highlight the hidden metaphors and conventions that structure mainstream programming.

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Echtzeit - Digitale KulturSep 20, 2024
Finally! The demoscene entry to the official list of living traditions in #Switzerland is available: https://www.lebendige-traditionen.ch/tradition/en/home/traditions/demoszene-und-digitale-kreativitaet.html A big shout out to everybody helping to make this possible! Continue reading at https://www.echtzeitkultur.org/en/2024/living-traditions-in-switzerland-demoscene-and-digital-creativity/ #demoscene #artofcoding
Demoscene and digital creativity

ÖzgürApr 15, 2020

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Achievement unlocked! The Finnish 🇫🇮 #demoscene made it possible: the Demoscene is the first digital culture EVER recognised as UNESCO intangible world cultural heritage! Huge congratz and thanks from us at #ArtOfCoding to all who made this possible! https://bit.ly/2RF5guw

Breakthrough of Digital Culture: Finland accepts the Demoscene on its national UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity - Demoscene - The Art of Coding

"Demoskene is an international community focused on demos, programming, graphics and sound creatively real-time audiovisual performances. [..] Subculture is an empowering and important part of identity for its members."