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It's always fun when people frame any given problem as an engineering problem. I'd enjoy seeing the reverse: an engineering problem framed as an artistic or lit

It's always fun when people frame any given problem as an engineering problem. I'd enjoy seeing the reverse: an engineering problem framed as an artistic or literary problem, for example.

mushufasa 8y ago
Read italo calvino!
- alexpetralia 8y ago
  Interesting, I'll start with "Invisible Cities". Thanks!
  - alexanderdmitri 8y ago
    Invisible cities is wonderful, I'm excited for you. And speaking of invisible cities, I came across this really neat project a little while ago: https://github.com/mewo2/deserts/raw/master/novel.pdf https://github.com/mewo2/deserts/raw/master/novel.pdf If I remember correctly (don't have the time atm to dig into it again) the project had first trained one net to generate images, then had another one trained on invisible cities to create the descriptions for the images. The above pdf is the output.
    - alexpetralia 8y ago
      This is amazing. Such a perfect example of using engineering in service of art. Thanks for the recommendation. [Edit] Here is some context for the link you provided: https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com/post/138688390613/the-deserts-of-the-west-nanogenmo-2015-travel https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com/post/138688390613/t...
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  Not sure which thread I first saw this suggestion, but it was only about 2-3 weeks ago; I bought all of their books, and I've been very satisfied. So, thank you to all HN goers who make this recommendation! It is solid.
GuiA 8y ago
Also recommended: Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman. A literary exploration of relativity.
protonimitate 8y ago
While not exactly the same thing Paul Graham wrote about hacking and painting and the similarities. http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html
sowhatquestion 8y ago
I would recommend Kafka's short story "The Great Wall of China"
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It's always fun when people frame any given problem as an engineering problem. I'd enjoy seeing the reverse: an engineering problem framed as an artistic or literary problem, for example.

mushufasa 8y ago

Read italo calvino!

alexpetralia 8y ago
Interesting, I'll start with "Invisible Cities". Thanks!
- alexanderdmitri 8y ago
  Invisible cities is wonderful, I'm excited for you. And speaking of invisible cities, I came across this really neat project a little while ago: https://github.com/mewo2/deserts/raw/master/novel.pdf https://github.com/mewo2/deserts/raw/master/novel.pdf If I remember correctly (don't have the time atm to dig into it again) the project had first trained one net to generate images, then had another one trained on invisible cities to create the descriptions for the images. The above pdf is the output.
  - alexpetralia 8y ago
    This is amazing. Such a perfect example of using engineering in service of art. Thanks for the recommendation. [Edit] Here is some context for the link you provided: https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com/post/138688390613/the-deserts-of-the-west-nanogenmo-2015-travel https://procedural-generation.tumblr.com/post/138688390613/t...
toomuchtodo 8y ago
Not sure which thread I first saw this suggestion, but it was only about 2-3 weeks ago; I bought all of their books, and I've been very satisfied. So, thank you to all HN goers who make this recommendation! It is solid.

GuiA 8y ago

Also recommended: Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman. A literary exploration of relativity.

protonimitate 8y ago

While not exactly the same thing Paul Graham wrote about hacking and painting and the similarities. http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html

sowhatquestion 8y ago

I would recommend Kafka's short story "The Great Wall of China"

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