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by diz 15y ago
Two great documentaries that focus on China, which I have not seen listed: Manufactured Landscapes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufactured_Landscapes Up The Yangtze: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Yangtze
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by diz 17y ago
Yeah, you're right, I shouldn't have said that _why contributed more, just that _why's contributions reached wider audiences, at least in a direct way. It's nice to see that there are some art hackers, or informed members, on hacker news, t
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by diz 17y ago
I was just thinking of Netochka, yesterday, as everyone was talking about how the internet persona and alias _why was an artwork in itself. Despite all of _why's accomplishments and contributions, which are more and greater than Netochka, N
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by diz 17y ago
I agree - actually, the most insightful thing on that page is the comment by "Tom".
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by diz 17y ago
I totally agree, but I also think that introverted programmers work better in the situation you describe, whereas extroverts feel better about talking-out solutions, even over the phone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling you an introvert
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by diz 17y ago
No, quit thinking backwards. A new form of social networking will be championed by the young and early adapters, soon enough. I'm not going to suggest what is next, but I know it won't have annoying profile pages where users can list endles
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by diz 17y ago
I thought it was a little dry, even for Joel, who isn't terribly interesting. He sure knows how to sell a/his product, though.
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by diz 17y ago
From wikipedia: "Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language." So why should philosophy be married to science? It is
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by diz 17y ago
It's easy to make fun of postmodern philosophy, but no philosopher made-up postmodernism, they are just commenting or labeling phenomena already inherent in our culture, some of which is even more complex than their method of expressing it.