/prog/ - If programmers

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:30

are so good and stuff and can make computers do things and do math(s), then why don't the governments hire programmers to solve the economy? It'd be like a big group programming challenge but with a real world use.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:35

i solved the econemy long ago but the government shut me down :C

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:35

Programmers are evil. They made the algorithms to create money out of nothing, and thus the crisis.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:36

programmers aren't so good and stuff
and what do you mean by "solve the economy"? the economy is a complex system and an emergent structure. a single unit can't do shit about it, nor should.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:46

>>1
It is called communism, because it requires centralised planning. USSR explicitly used computers to simulate economic development and it has failed.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:47

Economy is NP-hard and AI-complete.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 16:53

>>3
Water is evil. Evil people drink water who in turn create money out of nothing, and thus the crisis. If there was no water, there would be no evil people.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 17:07

>>1
Shock doctrine. There's no interest in solving anything (assuming programmers could actually do something).

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 17:32

Economy makes no sense when money is involved

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 17:34

Economy is a load of bull.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 22:13

rolling for le dubles

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-19 22:25

I had no idea /prog/ was Libertarian.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-20 2:43

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Could the government  become a giant  Lisp program?

The flag will be replaced by the Cudder and Sexple.

~~~~~~~ Everyone line up for mandatory GC. ~~~~~~~~

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-20 2:45

Programmers are only good at solving deterministic problems. Economy isn't deterministic. IHBT.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-20 15:34

>>14

You're wrong.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-20 15:39

>>15
His are wrong?

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-20 19:14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4HYSsrlcq8

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-20 19:14

/prog/ - Economy/Politics.

Name: Anonymous 2011-12-21 0:10

>>17
That's a great speech.

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