Phainocode

Phainocode is a code inspired by Geek Code but adapted for a non-geeky Russian audience. It is a continuation of a previous code, Geek-R.

From a machine translation of the Phainocode introduction:

This is how the idea of geek codes came about, first implemented by American Robert A. Hayden in his Geek Code. However, this first code was intended by the author rather as a system of insignia and affiliation with representatives of the op- a certain computer subculture who call themselves “geeks”. This is the English word that gave the name to both the code and then, and the family of codes that grew out of it, has many meanings, including such as “weirdos”, “crackpots”, “fans” and etc. The code turned out to be too tied to this culture, full of its specific concepts and uninformative for uninitiated. Combined with some bulkiness, this is an op- determined its insufficiently wide distribution and formation formed a general negative stereotype of attitude towards such innovation as some kind of frivolous posturing of specificity what category of young people.

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Starting with a simple attempt at translation and adaptation to Russian under the conditions of the American Geek Code, the author eventually accepted came to the conclusion that it was necessary to develop a separate code, which which would be constructed as a symbolic language, with an ordered structure and providing in advance for broad possibilities for expansion, which was called Phainocode (“Pheno- code”; from the Greek phainomai - to manifest - usually used is used to denote the external features of something (e.g. the term “phenotype” in biology)). The latest at the moment version: Phainocode 4.0. Previous versions were called Geek-R - all of them are outdated and their support is not supposed.

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Phainocode is not tied to any particular culture. or circle of interests, but on the contrary, it is conceived as the most versatile and rich in descriptive possibilities.