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This was really interesting. It’s also the first time I’ve ever read anything detailed about what kind of people go to Mines. As a CC student we were always sli
by CPLX 8y ago
This was really interesting. It’s also the first time I’ve ever read anything detailed about what kind of people go to Mines. As a CC student we were always slightly in awe of this other strange and very small and unknown but highly regarded school, full of people studying rocks or something, on the other side of the hills. Still underrated 25 years later it seems.
It’s also a great article that reminds me of what I actually like so much about the internet. A guy, who’s passions are almost incomprehensible to me in some ways, who has this incredibly specialized knowledge that he wants to share with the world. So he makes a website and shares it. And if I ever want to get deep into this topic there it is.
In the age of clickbait and awful social media it’s useful to remember why we were excited about the thing in the first place. I literally have no demonstrated interest in knife steel but I still want to sign up for this guy’s Patreon just because I’m glad people like him exist.
- ribs 8y agoHeh...I was excited when he mentioned the school. I’m an amateur geologist and have considered it with reverence for some time now. Great mineral museum, if you’re into that kind of thing.
- tnorthcutt 8y ago+1, really great museum with loads of samples (is that the right word?) of more minerals than you knew existed.
- selimthegrim 8y agoMines provides a lot of Google employees and has an increasingly strong faculty in quantum computing and simulation who can’t afford to pay Boulder housing prices
- sampl 8y ago> It’s also a great article that reminds me of what I actually like so much about the internet. A guy, who’s passions are almost incomprehensible to me in some ways, who has this incredibly specialized knowledge that he wants to share with the world. So he makes a website and shares it. Is there a blog/website/YouTube channel that aggregates this kind of content? I love diving head first into this kind of stuff to, but it’s hard to search for.