Protocol
by Alexander R. Galloway · first published 2004
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…are some books which are more concerned with algorithms (in the correct sense of the term) within the field of Software Studies/Digital Humanities/Critical Code Studies. Some books and articles: [1] Protocol by Alexander Galloway [2] 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10 by Nick Montfort et al [3] On "Sourcery" or Code as Fetish by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun [4] The Exploit by Alexander Galloway and Eugene Thacker…
on “Thinking critically about and researching algorithms [pdf]” ↗…window dressing. But I'd have came away satisfied with myself looking at the numbers "objectively". Also looked up Galloway and remembered that I skimmed a bit of this 4 years ago: http://www.amazon.com/Protocol-Control-Exists-Decentralizati... I found it highly interesting that the book was published at the dawn of Facebook (April 2004) where Galloway focused on the gov't and commercial cabal (Oracle, Sun,…
on “Why bad scientific code beats code following "best practices"” ↗…notion of _societies of control_ is extremely relevant for people who visit HN. How these topics relate to the work that most of the HN community does is explored very fully in Alexander Galloway's book "Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization" (here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/protocol). Also I find it especially hilarious that the first "BS" word that he uses is hermeneutics; it's almost as if…
on “Earnestness” ↗