"Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game."
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"Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least."
"If reality is code, then it can be hacked in some way that we had not suspected before."
"Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid."
"Perhaps we could write code to optimize code, then run that code through the code optimizer?"
"It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place."
"That's the biggest problem, is the tax code itself."
"Girlfriends' code. What's discussed with girlfriends stays with girlfriends."