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What's not so mainstream [knowledge] is that housecats are de facto sacred to Iain Banks' millieu (as well as to the otherwise iconoclastic Mohammedans https://
by vinnyvichy 2y ago
What's not so mainstream [knowledge] is that housecats are de facto sacred to Iain Banks' millieu (as well as to the otherwise iconoclastic Mohammedans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_cats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_cats)
Ok, I(M)B himself has compared lesser beings in the Culture to peasants
http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/a-few-questions-about-the-culture-an-interview-with-iain-banks/ http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/a-few-questi...
- 082349872349872 2y agohttps://www.burninghou.se/p/the-naming-of-cats-and-an-offering https://www.burninghou.se/p/the-naming-of-cats-and-an-offeri... Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euIrO9spk2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euIrO9spk2A
- vinnyvichy 2y agoTaisho guardian Kota https://youtu.be/ZMQLWKZjsbc https://youtu.be/ZMQLWKZjsbc https://www.pinterest.com/pin/goblin-cat-finale--377035800061944095/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/goblin-cat-finale--37703580006... Interview with the novelizer pointing out some of the Chinese elements https://www.bookbang.jp/review/article/734915 https://www.bookbang.jp/review/article/734915
- 082349872349872 2y ago> 何かを禁ずることで力を引き出す。 「形・真・理」は、禁じているわけではないですが、条件が揃わなければ力が発揮できない。制約を与えることで、力、強大な力が発揮されるんだ、と捉えています。 That's why I find myself drawn to the algebraic — in hopes of drawing out some unreasonable (monstrous?) effectiveness... > "The syntax is the soul. Study the soul to know the syntax. Evil mind, evil syntax". —not Toranosuke Shimada https://www.theonion.com/kitten-thinks-of-nothing-but-murder-all-day-1819588260 https://www.theonion.com/kitten-thinks-of-nothing-but-murder...
- vinnyvichy 2y agoCats as (Arab/syriac) guest demon/god of algebra? (It's just inconvenient that they are also associated with category theory) Brings to mind the Atiyah (who was Lebanese) quote.
- 082349872349872 2y agoAt least as far as typesetting commutative diagrams goes, could category theory be the revenge of geometry?
- vinnyvichy 2y agoAhh yes, LLMs ( preneutered!) may cause a resurgence of diagramming (used in vengeance) https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2023/11/18/formalizing-the-proof-of-pfr-in-lean4-using-blueprint-a-short-tour/ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2023/11/18/formalizing-the-pr...
- vinnyvichy 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40978033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40978033