“If you, or any public-spirited programmer, wanted to figure out what t...” — Clive Thompson Quote

“If you, or any public-spirited programmer, wanted to figure out what the software on your machine is really doing, tough luck. It's illegal to reverse engineer the source code of commercial software to find out how it works.”

“We're dumber and less cognitively nimble if we're not around other people - and, now, other machines.”

“Insurance firms have always carefully studied real-world data to figure out what, precisely, constitutes a risky activity.”

“I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which is just code for white.”

“To my mind, the most successful and the best comic book illustrators are those who translate the real world into a consistent code. If you look at Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko, their drawings look nothing like the real world, but they are internally consistent. In terms of a comic book it can work just fine.”

“I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.”