Many people are turning to coding to find the solutions to societal problems. If you want to understand how important coding is becoming, consider a recent article for the Guardian titled “Musicians back coding solution to win fair deal for artists.”
Vanessa Thorpe of the Guardian writes, “After more than a year of campaigning under the banner Free At What Cost?, the musician, who was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for her film score for Skin in 2010 and who writes music for many television shows, including The Only Way is Essex, has built up a growing movement on both sides of the Atlantic to push for a solution: a coding device for all, that would label and protect creative material before it is viewed. She believes deploying a technical protection on a new file to charge the online audience a small amount each time they click offers a practical solution. Last week the artist Imogen Heap put forward her plan for recording artists to use the technology behind bitcoin, the internet currency, to solve the problem. Muddiman and the Free At What Cost? movement believe they are closer to an answer. Their system would allow artists and creators to make a small amount of money, sent direct to their accounts, when their work is viewed. In an age when most professional artists and writers struggle to make money, Muddiman believes this would provide a regular income, securing a supply of content in the future.”
BMW enthusiasts also have reasons to invest in coding. Popular Science reports on this in a recent article titled “IN BMW ELECTRIC CAR, SOFTWARE ‘CODING’ UNLOCKS HIDDEN FEATURES OWNERS WANT.” John Voelcker of Popular Science writes, “At least some are choosing to follow instructions posted online and in BMW forums to ‘code’ their cars–which is to say, modify the car’s software to provide these functions. That, not surprisingly, is highly frowned upon by BMW, for a very rational reason. Software updates could go awry, creating safety hazards from modified electronic control systems that operate every aspect of the car. Nonetheless, at least a few intrepid i3 REx owners have enthusiastically taken to coding their cars.”
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