<div dir="ltr">Verily young Dynamite,<div><br></div><div> As the pastor has told us in PoC || GTFO 0x01 Chapter 7 Section 1</div><div><br></div><div><i>Indulging in some of The Pastor’s Finest, I proclaim to my congregation that there is divinity in every
programming language.</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Let us apply the good neighbors words on language to the diversity we see in our daily lives.</div><div><br></div><div>As the pastor as also said further in that same epistole PoC || GTFO 0x01 Chapter 7 Section 3 Verses 1-7</div><div><br></div><div><i>“But,” they ask, “if there is divinity in all languages, where is the divinity in BASIC? Surely we can
mock that hellish language. Its line numbers are ugly, and the gods themselves laugh at how it looks like
spaghetti.” </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Pouring myself another, I proclaim, “The gods do enjoy a good laugh, but not at the expense of BASIC!
While PHP is aimed at college brogrammers, BASIC is aimed at children. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Now let’s think this through
carefully, without jumping to premature conclusions.
“BASIC provides a learning curve like a cardboard box, in that when trapped insider a clever child will
quickly learn to break out. In the first chapter of a BASIC book, you will find the standard Hello World.</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>If we can find value in the programming BASIC so too can we find value in all hackerspaces. In all of our many spaces we can see fault and derision. But we also see shared values akin to that most fundamental of hello world.</div><div><br></div><div>As the Pastor continues no more than 5 verses later:</div><div><br></div><div><i>A student then asks, “But the code is so disorganized! Professor Dijkstra says that all code should be
properly organized, that GOTO is harmful and that BASIC corrupts the youth.”</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Pouring myself another, I say “Dijkstra’s advice goes well enough if you wish to program software. It is
true that BASIC is a horrid language for writing complex software, but consider again the educational value
in spaghetti code.</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>See here the Pastor asking of us the difficult. The capacity to find the compassion to put aside your valid complaints and pursue in the imperfect design of BASIC it's fundamental values. Much the same. I ask you neighbor dynamite to put aside your many vexations and see the value in the spaces around you. You will find that each space teaches it's own lessons and fills our brain with new lessons unique to them.</div><div><br></div><div>As he summarizes...</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>“There is divinity in all languages, but BASIC might very will be the most important for teaching our
profession.”</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Neighbor, I ask only of you that you hear the good word of the Pastor and POC in your own life.</div><div><br></div><div>-Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM, \0xDynamite <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dreamingforward@gmail.com" target="_blank">dreamingforward@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 8/2/17, Dave Giancaspro <<a href="mailto:dave.giancaspro@gmail.com">dave.giancaspro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Amen t that brother Matt !<br>
<br>
</span>Listen, I love the idea of getting back to coding, really I do. But<br>
the fact is, very little is actually happening in hackerspaces right<br>
now.<br>
<br>
I mean, let's be honest, hackerspaces haven't even hit the radar,<br>
politically, economically, and socially speaking. Show me where there<br>
is something more that table top robots or javascript web portals and<br>
a LOT of DESIRE to make a revolution. I know the examples of great<br>
projects, but they are very few in number. It remains at the<br>
periphery of EVERY power structure -- including universities for some<br>
dumb-ass reason.<br>
<br>
The whole internet revolution is getting co-opted, and along with it<br>
hackerspaces. Sadly, most don't even know because very few are<br>
specialists in media studies. Even MIT has dropped the ball somehow<br>
and they have a CENTER FOR IT (i.e. media studies).<br>
<br>
You tell me genius. What explains NOTHING CHANGING AT ALL IN THE<br>
WORLD? Despite all of the investment, equipment, and passion for<br>
change?<br>
<br>
0xd<br>
(has the soundtrack for the change)<br>
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