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A selfie set in stone: hidden portrait by mason found in Spain 900 years on
- commonturtle 6y agoArtists including themselves in their art was also common during the renaissance. Da Vinci apparently included himself in his painting Adoration of the Magi (https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/adoration-of-the-magi/RQFL5tibYCPGOg https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/adoration-of-the-mag..., see figure on the bottom right).
- cafard 6y agoAnd Tintoretto is thought to be one of the bearers of the golden calf in a painting displayed in his parish church in Venice.
- alfonsodev 6y agoAnother example is Velazquez in Las Meninas https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-...
- latchkey 6y agoI really wish there was a 'suggest a fix' on that page, I want to fix the misspelled 'paintd'. Update: Click on the hamburger and you can send feedback!
- latchkey 6y agoUpdate, it is fixed! WOW.
- farnsworth 6y agoWhich software will we still be using in 900 years?
- myself248 6y agoI don't know, but it'll be running on a VM with the clock set back so it believes 2038 hasn't happened yet.
- solarengineer 6y ago2038 is just 19 to 20 years away ( depending upon your IT and business activity cycles). We’re close to 2038 than to 2000 ( Y2K ).
- thaumasiotes 6y agoIf -- as you state explicitly -- 2038 might be 20 years away, how could it be closer than 2000? 20 is more than half of 38.
- kirykl 6y agoDB/2
- m463 6y agolisp
- golergka 6y agoI only know that it will be written in COBOL. Wait, trike that. Not "will be written"; it's already written. it will only get maintained.
- rickdangerous1 6y agoYes, and it will mostly likely be handling debits and credits.
- politelemon 6y agovi's successor. vii
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- svntid 6y agoclickbait
- CodeWriter23 6y agoI’d characterize this as an Easter Egg not a selfie.