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Chapter 52
Translator: Enuma ID
Zeroes and ones endlessly falling on the screen.
Seo-ha couldn't understand himself why he was so captivated by such simple symbols.
Open and closed.
Could it be because even with just these two states, all the complexity of the world could be contained?
W е́b n о̌ v̂е ĺ Еňūm̄а
Mathematics dealt with the infinite, but binary numbers broke it down into the simplest fragments.
Negation and affirmation, absence and existence.
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The world seemed to be made of an endless spectrum, but in the end, perhaps everything was compressed into just two symbols.
Ducky had a good affinity with the binary system's simple yet complex structure.
Though it was an inconvenient system devised to send signals to machines, he accepted it as a natural language.
Ducky whispered that if he wanted, he could create a more perfect system.
Е_n̆ u m ā
“It’s okay. I’ll take care of it myself.”
It was a problem that could be easily solved by giving penalties for repeated cancellations. However, Seo-ha didn’t like such a one-dimensional solution.
Tak, tak.
A scene from the laundry room in the past came to Seo-ha’s mind.
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“Is the experiment over now?”
“Yeah, the data was coming out weird, so I kept going and it took a while.”
Wе̂ b nо̀ v_ѐ l̆ _Е̄n u_m а
“You look like you're about to die. Hey! I reserved a washing machine for you, okay? Go ahead. I can do mine tomorrow.”
The students at this school willingly gave up their spots for friends who returned late because of experiments. Seo-ha didn’t want such good-hearted students to be penalized.
“Let’s allow only one cancellation per day.”
Even with just that, the possibility of abuse would be significantly reduced. He also overhauled the system so that rewards would only be given when a third party actually benefited.
‘Still, just letting the abusers off the hook like this feels a bit...’
Seo-ha began designing a customized algorithm for them.
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A smile spread across his lips.
The fact that mathematical theory could be applied to reality was unbearably fascinating.
“It’s done.”
New graphs and formulas appeared one after another on the monitor. A different curve was drawn in blue over the existing one.
Now it was time to observe the situation under the changed conditions.
***
Wėb̂ ňо v_е̇l̊ Е n̈ úma
The patch led by Seo-ha had an immediate effect.
As abuse decreased and the laundry app began functioning properly, positive feedback among the students started to increase.
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Now, there were far fewer instances of laundry baskets lining the hallway or students getting annoyed waiting for someone to pick up their laundry.
Bit Forge clubroom,
The developers and the student council had gathered for a meeting.
Yeon-woo and Jun-gi, who had checked the logs, wore satisfied expressions.
Еńũ m̈ a
“The usage rate has gone up a lot compared to last week. Almost no complaints either.”
“We’re getting a lot of thank-you messages at the student council too.”
Jun-gi and Do-hyun, who had been freed from the hell of complaints, looked relieved.
Even now, the anonymous board was filled with praise for “Quack Quack.”
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Jong-uk closely examined the graph.
The unfairness indicators that had been marked in red had eased considerably, and the green curve had stabilized smoothly.
Еṅ ùm а . і́d
“This actually worked. I was in favor of giving penalties for cancellations.”
Yeon-woo smirked.
“It’s just laundry, after all. The return wasn’t big to begin with, and now that even farming has gotten harder, what choice is there? They’ve basically quit the game.”
It would take more time for the patch targeting abusers to show full effect. This was purely a result of the limitations in return.
Seo-ha was amazed that such a small change in the system could so drastically alter human behavior.
‘Maybe humans aren’t rational beings, but just creatures who try to efficiently fulfill their selfishness?’
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If that were true, then major platforms could easily control people just by adjusting the system.
That thought made him feel a bit heavy inside. Seo-ha decided to wrap up the app development at this point.
“We can finish the beta now.”
Everyone nodded as if they shared the same thought.
As Seo-ha closed his laptop, the noise in the clubroom died down.
“Great work. Thanks to you, we were able to make a good app.”
Ẅе̇ bn оv̄ ёl̈ Е n ům а
Jun-gi stood up and extended a hand to Seo-ha.
“I’m the one who’s thankful. I got to learn programming.”
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“Once the results of the school project are announced, you’ll be able to officially check your performance scores too.”
Jun-gi looked at Seo-ha firmly, as if to say not to worry.
“But… what if a similar problem happens again? Now that you’re not around.”
Vice president Min Do-hyun still seemed to be worried.
W еḃ n̄ o v̈e l̄ Е ṅum̃а̃
But Seo-ha shook his head.
“You don’t need to worry. I added a conscience indicator to the algorithm.”
Everyone’s eyes widened at something they were hearing for the first time.
“What’s that?”
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“It’s a metric that tracks who benefits when a cancellation occurs.
It’s a probability distribution function, and in mathematics, it’s called Shannon Entropy. With this, we can filter out 99.9% of abuse.”
W̌ěb nó vе l Е̌ ń ǔ mа́
Seo-ha had decided not to allow any more room for human greed to interfere with the system.
“That’s possible?”
“Entropy, simply put, is a value that measures how evenly data is distributed.
For example, if dozens of people take turns benefiting, the entropy value comes out high. But if only a specific two or three people benefit, the value drops sharply.”
As Seo-ha brought over a board and explained with drawings, Do-hyun finally understood.
“So basically, if the act of yielding doesn’t benefit the majority, the system detects it, right?”
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Seo-ha nodded.
“Yes. I excluded those who rightfully deserve consideration.
From now on, people who try to exploit the system will fall behind in priority. On the other hand, those who follow the system properly will gradually recover their status, so it’s not permanent.”
When did he even add such a complicated algorithm?
Everyone stared at Seo-ha with blank expressions.
“Uh... Seo-ha!”
Е̂ ṅúmа̄.і̇ d
Yeon-woo opened his mouth but hesitated, mumbling.
He desperately wanted to recruit Seo-ha into Bit Forge, but he couldn’t bring himself to ask. There was hardly anything left he could teach him.
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“...Thank you!”
In the end, the words that came out of Yeon-woo’s mouth were short and ordinary. But Seo-ha could read many emotions in his eyes.
Seo-ha smiled brightly.
“I had fun too. I can come hang out again sometime, right?”
Ẇ ё bn̆.о̀ v̌еl̊ Е ń ů m̈ а̊
““Anytime!””
Their eyes, looking at Seo-ha, were full of affection.
Na-ri, already feeling attached, sniffled with reddened eyes.
‘They’re good people.’
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Seo-ha packed his things and stood up.
He felt content knowing that he had made valuable connections through this project.
Е̃ńù ḿ_a
He was walking slowly toward the dormitory with his laptop in hand when he saw a student walking with crutches.
Seo-ha recalled the laundry priority list that Jun-gi had given him.
‘Yu Jin-ju sunbae.’
He had heard she had a major accident when she was young.
Even now, without crutches, she couldn’t go anywhere.
“Sunbae-nim.”
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Seo-ha carefully approached and greeted her.
“Oh? Yu Seo-ha! I’ve met a celebrity, huh?”
Though she held a crutch in one hand, her expression was bright and unwrinkled.
“Would it be alright if I helped you?”
Seo-ha looked at her bag, which seemed heavy. But Jin-ju shook her head.
“Thanks, but it’s okay. The doctor said this leg will never recover for the rest of my life.”
Ë n ùm̆a .īď
“What?”
Seo-ha looked at her with shocked eyes.
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Jin-ju smiled calmly.
“It’ll be inconvenient, but I have to live like this from now on. That’s why I shouldn’t get too used to receiving help, right?”
Seo-ha couldn’t say anything.
“Still, things have gotten much more comfortable thanks to you.”
Еn ům̌ǎ. i̊ d
“In what way?”
“Quack Quack, of course. Before, whenever I tried to do laundry, a few friends would always come with me. I fell once while going to the laundry room a long time ago, and I guess it stuck with them. Even if I said I didn’t want help, they’d force themselves to carry my basket or give up their turn for the machine.”
“That’s changed?”
“Yeah. I used to wake up secretly at dawn to do it out of guilt. But now, I can just make a reservation and get it done right away, so there’s no pressure, and I can do it perfectly fine on my own.”
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‘Right away?’
Even if a student with a disability had high priority, they couldn’t cancel existing reservations.
E n̄ǔm̄ӓ
Most likely, there were still friends who pressed cancel for her during her laundry time.
“That’s a relief.”
“I just wanted to say thank you. I’m really glad you came to our school.”
She gave a big smile, waved her hand, and slowly walked off toward the dormitory.
Seo-ha couldn’t move from the spot for a while.
Friends who wanted to help a classmate with a disability, and the student who, out of guilt, insisted on waking up at dawn to use the washing machine.
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Jin-ju's figure walking briskly with her crutch, carrying a heavy bag, left a deep impression on Seo-ha. The turmoil in his heart caused by the abusers felt cleansed.
‘I'm really glad you came to our school.’
It was just a conventional expression of gratitude, but Seo-ha felt a sense of responsibility in her words.
He was happy to know that the algorithm he had created had made someone’s life a little more comfortable.
As soon as he returned to his dorm room, Seo-ha turned on his laptop.
On the desk were snacks and drinks given by the soccer team members.
E ńu mа
The cursor blinked on the screen.
“There must be someone out there who needs this.”
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When he typed ‘code sharing’ into the search bar, countless results popped up. Seo-ha chose the name that was mentioned the most.
GitHub.
A place where anyone could upload their source code, and anyone could freely modify and improve it.
‘What should I name it?’
E ň úmа
Seo-ha turned his eyes to the duck figurine on his desk.
A part of himself who liked binary numbers.
“Alright, let’s go with you.”
Ducky.
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He completed the membership registration and uploaded the code.
In the description section, he wrote a short introduction.
W̆ e b̃ nоv ѐ ĺ_ Е n̄ũ_m̌ӑ
[An algorithm for fair use of the laundry room by students, Quack Quack!]
[Return structure optimization, conscience indicator.]
[Anyone can reference and improve it.]
Tak, tak.
Thousands of lines of code were committed.
The blue progress bar slowly filled and then showed a completion message.
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“Done.”
Looking at his first public project displayed on the screen, Seo-ha smiled with satisfaction.
The next morning, rubbing his eyes, Seo-ha turned on his laptop.
“What is this?”
The number of messages in the GitHub notification window kept increasing endlessly.
[Stars (bookmark) ★ 1.2k]
Ẅе ḃ n̆ о̌ ṽе́ľ Еn um̌a
[Forks (copies) 340]
[Issues (discussions) 57 Open]
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[Pull Requests (suggestions) 23]
Overnight, a small project uploaded by an ordinary individual had reached developers around the world.
Even developers from well-known open-source communities had starred Seo-ha’s account.
└Where is this place? What kind of school makes an app like this for laundry reservations?
Ẃ е́ ḃ n̄о̂ v е̃ l Énû.m̊ a
└Cried reading the code. What was my 10-year career even for?
└Shouldn’t this be licensed?
└Was going to rewrite it in Rust, but after seeing the Python code quality, I quietly closed the window.
└EF1, using Shannon Entropy in a laundry room ㅋㅋㅋ
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└He solved probability, optimization, fairness, and resource allocation problems all at once. This is really incredible.
Seo-ha’s code spread rapidly.
Е̊nūm̃а.і d̈.
In just one day, on international developer forums and social media, it was dubbed the “Quack Quack Algorithm”, and the name of developer Ducky began to be mentioned along with it.
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