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This is not a copy of Levenson's 2009 article. This is a copy of Levenson's 2009 book (the good parts) (as mentioned in the first sentence), that I wrote as a b
by svat 3y ago
This is not a copy of Levenson's 2009 article. This is a copy of Levenson's 2009 book (the good parts) (as mentioned in the first sentence), that I wrote as a blog post in 2010 before returning the book to the library, and which someone else submitted to HN today probably after I mentioned it in a comment on another post about another counterfeiter. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37490644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37490644
The facts are the same (researched by Levenson), but the words and presentation/storytelling are different, surely?
You can see that Levenson and I chose somewhat different parts of his book to emphasize. I wouldn't have been surprised even if we had chosen the same parts, because obviously I think the ones I chose were the good parts :-)
- emmelaich 3y agoOK, apologies. I guess I was a little peeved that Levenson's own article didn't get many upvotes. (Though I wasn't the submitter)
- svat 3y agoNo problem :) Mysterious are the ways of upvotes. It's not entirely random—I would expect a post from ciechanow.ski to be reliably upvoted—but there's a fair amount of chance (which is why there's a manually curated "second-chance pool"). I don't know how Levenson's article didn't get more attention. It is a stunning coincidence that it was posted just yesterday though; as far as I can tell there's no connection between that article being posted (given that it got hardly any attention) and “The Greatest Counterfeiter” being posted (which led to my comment).
- delta_p_delta_x 3y agoInterjection: I've been reading through your WordPress, and I really enjoyed your commentary on Sanskrit literature! The juxtaposition of Sanskrit amongst Python and maths makes for a very pleasant reading experience.
- svat 3y agoThank you. I don't know how deep you want to go into Sanskrit literature, but if you liked the blog posts, you may also enjoy my friend's posts/essays on Sanskrit literature (I had a small part in proofreading and making some minor edits), mostly written during 2012–2015: https://sadasvada.com https://sadasvada.com
- delta_p_delta_x 3y agoSadāsvāda looks amazing. Thanks for this! I have very little Sanskrit proficiency, but I enjoy reading it (or at least, well-transliterated Sanskrit) all the same.
- pvg 3y agothe words and presentation/storytelling are different, surely? I spent a few minutes comparing the two articles because I'm a doofus and hadn't noticed the author of the post (you) had replied. But now that I've done this pointless bit of work, can confirm - the topics are similar but they focus on different facts and even time periods. One is very much not a copy of the other.