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yotta  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: December photo challenge, day 11: "Window"

I took that picture out of the window of a hostel I stayed in in Gimmelwald, Switzerland. Possibly my favorite place I have ever been to.

edit: totally didn't realize that the photo was supposed to be taken today, sorry for cheating.

yotta  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: December photo challenge, day 11: "Window"

(not taken today, oops)

yotta  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski: Did you know... (info for new users and a look back for us old-folks)

The key difference, for me anyway, is that it doesn't show the hubwheel on individual comments. They are still ordered the same, of course, but I like that it forces me to read comments instead of judging them by their number of votes.

yotta  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Cheese or font?

Obviously, the cheeses and fonts are hand-picked, but I still find it shockingly difficult.

yotta  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: One random tweet

They use the same alphabet, but the thing you linked to is actually Farsi, not Arabic.

yotta  ·  3715 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lurker roll call

I have been lurking so hard that I rarely logged in. The other day, I decided that I wanted to be active, so here I am.

yotta  ·  3716 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reimplementing Markdown in Arc Lisp

Hey, forwardslash, do you have any recommended resources for learning arc? I have pretty good experience with typed functional languages (haskell, OCaml) but not very much with lisp (if that makes a difference). Do you like it?

yotta  ·  4135 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is hubski open-source?

I don't think mk has any plans to do this, but I could be wrong.

yotta  ·  4149 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rob Sheridan - Glitch Art

I like his illustrations.

On the subject of glitch art, this is pretty cool. I like his textiles.

yotta  ·  4149 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm Sick Of Pretending: I Don't "Get" Art | VICE

I like the idea of using art to store experience outside the brain.

I think one of the best things about music, as opposed to visual art, is that people are much more likely to approach it at face value. There is still a lot of music that is regarded as bad, or talent-less (easy example: "rap is just talking over a beat"). But I find that people are willing to accept that listening music is worthwhile insofar it produces a reaction in yourself that you find desirable.

This contrast may come from the fact that most of us, myself included, are more familiar with being "moved" by music than by visual art. Almost everyone understands the urge to dance.

yotta  ·  4149 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm Sick Of Pretending: I Don't "Get" Art | VICE

I often think that there just isn't that much to get. Perhaps this is the "problem" with contemporary art: that it is taken too seriously. Not that it isn't meaningful or important.

yotta  ·  4163 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: P3

Columbus

yotta  ·  4164 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: P3

I live in Ohio, but not Canton.

yotta  ·  4164 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: China's party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim
yotta  ·  4166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Full Album

I love them both, but I very slightly prefer the first because sometimes a bit of a groove helps me stay focused.

side note: This is probably the least pleasant aphex twin song, imo. It still has his fingerprint though.

yotta  ·  4232 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How long will there be computer science departments?

Without a computer science department, would students still be able to major in compsci?

yotta  ·  4252 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: That’s not Neil. That’s Buzz Aldrin.

The picture of Neil taken immediately after his moonwalk is incredible. The images of Neil and Buzz during the walk are equally so, but after seeing them so many times they have lost some of their emotional weight to me. When I see the image of Neil without his helmet all I can think is, holy shit, we actually did it.

yotta  ·  4255 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: TUnE-yArDs: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR

Thanks a bunch. I'm not sure why I didn't just post this originally.

yotta  ·  4271 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Apple Cycle

I think we are already seeing this with smartphones. Tablets will probably follow soon.

yotta  ·  4274 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: tUnE~yArDs - Biziness

On a side note, it is interesting to me that this is the only post my entire front page that does not start with a capital letter.

yotta  ·  4285 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I born in factory. They put me in wrapper. They seal me in box. Three of us in box.
I love how the metro card has such an attitude.
yotta  ·  4315 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What happens when you crack an egg 60 feet under water
I'm curious how this would compare to cracking an egg in space. . .
yotta  ·  4316 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ‘Mandate struck down’: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ moment for CNN, Fox News
It was very confusing this morning when I received two simultaneous alerts with different results.
yotta  ·  4316 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sigur Rós - Ekki múkk
I'm curious to hear what everyone's favorite Sigur Rós album is. I would have to vote for Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust just because it is the most straightforward and accessible.
yotta  ·  4319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Breakdown of how Americans spend their time
Just to clarify, I wasn't trying to assert that Americans watch too much tv. That is just what surprised me the most about the data. Frankly I think the more interesting part is actually the contrast between what the more and less educated do with their time.
yotta  ·  4320 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dan Deacon: Snookered
I love Dan deacon! here is a great song from s newest album.
yotta  ·  4321 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Post your avatars
I love that area! Hopefully I will be able to visit again soon.
yotta  ·  4323 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: First impressions
That is a perfect comparison. It makes the idea of "internet conversations" seem much more natural.
yotta  ·  4324 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Another informal Hubski PSA
Thanks a lot for all your hard work.
yotta  ·  4324 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: Goodbye columns.
The new interface works much better on the iPad than the old one. I like it a lot.

edit: It looks good on the desktop as well. One suggestion, though-- it would be nice if you could visually mark the top of the page. My first instinct after switching back to the tab was to scroll up.