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So it's some kind of breakthrough that you can make a walking toy with motors and an offset crank? And I guess you need an Arduino for this too. The whole Str
by mhb 7y ago
So it's some kind of breakthrough that you can make a walking toy with motors and an offset crank? And I guess you need an Arduino for this too. The whole Strandbeest worship is mystifying.
- soulofmischief 7y agoYou must be fun at parties. Try taking a trip to your local gallery sometime and appreciating art for art's sake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansen%27s_linkage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansen%27s_linkage
- dang 7y ago> You must be fun at parties. Please edit personal swipes out of your comments here. Your post would be much better without that bit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- soulofmischief 7y agoYou got it, dang. I was being light-hearted but I get it, Poe's law and all.
- mhb 7y agoIf it was just art, it wouldn't be irritating. But there's this: Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life.[1] So an aspiring Damien Hirst endeavoring to create a mythology[2] to support sales or mindshare or whatever of this stuff. [1] https://www.strandbeest.com/ https://www.strandbeest.com/ [2] https://www.strandbeest.com/fossils https://www.strandbeest.com/fossils
- soulofmischief 7y agoWhy are you irritated by what an engineer on the other side of the world does in their free time? Are you irritated because it's popular? Would it not irritate you if no one knew what Theo Jansen was up to?
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoYou there! Stop having fun!
- mhb 7y agoBristlebot: https://youtu.be/rUSTXUis_ys https://youtu.be/rUSTXUis_ys Go crazy.