ursamin

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   by ursamin 2y ago

   No no no. I am -not- pinning this on "education". Note: a divergence between the world views (in a comprehensive sense) between elites and those who cater to their cultural consumption and the rest.
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   by ursamin 2y ago

   The notion of kitsch is ultimately an expression of disdain by the elite and the artisan classes that serve them towards common man. The principle reason that the phenomena of kitsch -did not- occur in earlier eras (where we certainly had e
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   by ursamin 2y ago

   fine, but gp did not equivocate.
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   by ursamin 2y ago

   language lawyer: This is using a restricted (and much aligned) meaning of the word "hacker" and not the one codified by members of Hacker News.
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   by ursamin 2y ago

   > The real mark of a non-trivial program is that it doesn't work on the first try. not true.
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   Nanomechanical energy storage in twisted single-walled carbon nanotube ropes [pdf](nature.com)

   2 points by ursamin 2y ago|0 comments