Coding as a form of expression

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# Coding as a form of expression
### Ben Baumer
### SDS 192</br>March 30, 2020</br>(<a href="http://beanumber.github.io/sds192/lectures/mdsr_coding_expression.html" class="uri">http://beanumber.github.io/sds192/lectures/mdsr_coding_expression.html</a>)

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## Coding is a form of expression

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- [Software Engineering: Another Form Of Self Expression](http://femgineer.com/2012/09/software-engineering-another-form-of-self-expression/)

- [Programming as a form of expression...](https://dev.to/ajahso4/programming-as-a-form-of-expression-cg1)

- [Coding Is the New Writing for Developing Self-Expression, Communication, Imagination and Solving Hard Problems](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/idit-harel-caperton/putting-coding-on-a-par-w_b_5360503.html)

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.footnote[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/coding-literacy]

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## Plagiarism

.footnote[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism]

> [Plagiarism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism) is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, **ideas, or expressions**" and the representation of them as one's own original work.

- Please review Collaboration policy on [syllabus](https://beanumber.github.io/sds192/syllabus.html#policies)

> However, **all work that you submit for credit must be your own**. Copying and pasting sentences, paragraphs, or *blocks of code* from another student or from online sources is not acceptable and will receive no credit.

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## The passive voice

.footnote[http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/revising/passive-voice/]

> [Passive sentences](http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/revising/passive-voice/) can get you into trouble [in academic writing] because they can be vague about who is responsible for the action

- "it wouldn't work"

- "it is not working"

- "my RStudio does not work anymore"

- "R doesn't like me"

- New mantra: "**I haven't yet figured out how to make it work**"

- Take ownership of your computer!
     - computer : data scientist :: instrument : musician