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insects and rodents seem apparently never to enter the buildings
"The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement." (threadreader; previously: 1, 2; also btw 5 things the Western book as we know it depends on[1,2] and How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers - or Pee-Chees if you please! ;)
The Gran Turismo of Animal Crossing
Tim Rogers explores the nature of nostalgia, Kansas, the 8-hour intro of the original Dragon Quest 7, Japan's relationship with summer break and the idealization of its rural countryside, the nostalgia of others, tank controls and more in Action Button's (6-hour long) review of Boku no Natsuyasumi: a summer vacation adventure video game.
Fix or replace laptop?
Should I try for the third time to get my personal laptop fixed, or just get a new one?
Shaved Down by Hyperreality into Fungible Nubs of Non-Meaning
On the internet, then, we find an increasing polarization between objects represented as pure exchange-value and pure use-value. ASMR, TikTok, and floating houses do something of the latter—by showing us only the imagistic form of these objects, and withholding their more mind-numbing and tangible pleasures, the online photo reacquaints us with a material world outside capitalist production. Paradoxically, the disembodied image, which usually puts us at automatic remove, awakens the body’s possible responses to the object. It takes us beyond the abstract plane of price; it reacquaints us with matter. from The Apocalyptic Sublime by Zoë Hu
"He was not my uncle, it is just part of the script"
It's Monday, and we are at work, at school, at home mastering our arts and becoming more polished under the scrutinizing light of the world. But what if you were unpolished and still a master? That would be subversive and funny, one reason why Markobi recently won the FISM (International Federation of Magic Societies) 2022 Gold Medal for Card Magic with this performance.
[MeFi Site Update] September 14th
Hi there, Metafilter!
It’s great to be back! Apologies for the delay getting an update together. Now that we have a Steering Committee we will go back to the biweekly cadence we had before.
You’ll find some updates regarding the site below. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions.
Pretendian academics
Michelle Cyca, an Indigenous writer, writes about a new(ish) hire at Emily Carr University as part of a restricted search for Indigenous faculty, and what happened when people started asking questions about her background.
The first members of the Metafilter Steering Committee
Hi y’all, we have the final results for the inaugural Metafilter Steering Committee, so without further ado, here they are, in alphabetical order:
Don't worry this has a happy end
Tube on strike, I dawdled to Paddington on Friday. Passing the old wrought iron sign for Pizza Express, I was reminded of an event 30+ years ago, when I got caught up in a drama that resulted in a divorce, two marriages and many changed lives.It began with a heart attack... (SLTwitter)
I want to go to there
Michael Heizer’s City, a 1.5 mile x 0.5 mile monumental artwork in the Nevada Desert is finally open for visitors in September. Write for an invite! Benjamin Sutton has a brief story in The Art Newspaper, and Michael Kimmelman, Todd Heisler, and Noah Throop have a deep dive at The New York Times. (No paywall)
Vote for the Metafilter Steering Committee!
🗳Hey there!🗳
Voting has begun for the inaugural Steering Committee (SC) for Metafilter! Come on over to MeTaTalk for a list of candidates and explanation of the voting process and help determine the future of the site!
Daisy Boo Biscuit Potter (cat obituary by Ned Potter)
(Thread posted by Ned - @ned_potter - on Twitter) OBIT 🧵 “Daisy Boo Biscuit Potter today departed for the great litter tray in the sky, aged 18. Daisy was voted ‘objectively worst cat in the world’ 3 years running, and her hobbies included vomiting and ignoring us...”
once more unto the breach
Tinder Hearted: How did a dating app become my longest running relationship?
After nearly a decade of online dating, Allison P. Davis takes stock at New York Magazine's The Cut.
MetaFilter Steering Committee Self-Nominations Open
The Transition Team (TT) is now seeking self-nominations from people who would like to become members of the MetaFilter Steering Committee (SC). Self-nominations will be open July 25 through August 7. SC member selections and voting will take place over the following weeks. The Steering Committee will launch on September 1, 2022.
Come with me if you want to lick
If cats sounded like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Just what it says on the (cat food?) tin. (SLYT)
Transition Team Post #4
Hi everyone, as promised, we’re sharing the initial survey results. Huge thank-you to iamkimiam for writing the questions, and to bleep, kimberrussell, librarylis, mochapickle, tiny frying pan, and valleys for stepping in to help us tag and summarize the data. bleep jumped in and put together some great dashboards for us to more easily count tags, do error-checking and get a handle on how to start those summaries. Again, these are the initial summaries for this MetaTalk, so necessarily a little abbreviated, but we hope it gives a broad-strokes picture of where the site is right now.
[MeFi Site Update] July 8th
Hi there, Metafilter!
Happy Wednesday! You’ll find some updates regarding the site below. I’m looking forward to your feedback and questions.
You really should watch a manhole entrance get replaced
This German video of a manhole cover replacement [SLYT] is surprisingly soothing in a kind of How It's Made / Slow TV way, even for those who don't speak the language. (Content Warning: efficient and methodical; discussion of DIN standards)
Corrections turns 50
Seth Meyers’ ‘Corrections’ segment keeps that audience connection going
We did fall in love with doing the show without an audience. “Corrections” was the way to hold on to a piece and say, “Hey, we also love that thing that some of you at home loved, and so we’re still going to do this because it’s special 20 minutes a week to remember the closeness we had.” Because part of “Corrections” is, if no one is actually in the room with me here, we’re all in the same room.
Voyage On, Voyager
Launched in 1977, Voyagers 1 and 2 took advantage of.a rare planetary alignment to send a probe past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Originally designed to last four years, they are now the furthest man-made objects from Earth, now traveling in interstellar space. After 45 years, however, systems on the spacecraft are being powered down, in an effort to conserve power into the next decade. A bittersweet ending to an amazing mission.
scientific enterprise is biased even if scientific method is impartial
Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine.
Criticism #4: “I only hire/award/cite based on merit. I do not need to consider race." It should be noted that the concept of “meritocracy” was introduced as satire by novelist Michael Dunlop Young, who believed that a society structured as a meritocracy would appear equitable, but ultimately serve to reinforce and perpetuate preexisting inequality.
Criticism #4: “I only hire/award/cite based on merit. I do not need to consider race." It should be noted that the concept of “meritocracy” was introduced as satire by novelist Michael Dunlop Young, who believed that a society structured as a meritocracy would appear equitable, but ultimately serve to reinforce and perpetuate preexisting inequality.
Metatalktail Hour: Dreaming, perchance?
For this week's Metatalktails, I want to know: Have you ever dreamed something that seemed so real that you took X [waking life] action based on your belief that the dreamed thing actually happened?
upholds the permanently ricketty elaborate structures of living
"And maintenance is the sensible side of love /
Which knows what time and weather are doing / To my brickwork; insulates my faulty wiring..." from U. A. Fanthorpe's poem "Atlas". "and I realise that, without me asking / you've stopped what you were doing / to take him outside, so he can continue playing / and I can have a quiet house for my call" -- from a comic by Jordan Bolton, part of Scenes from Imagined Films Issue #1.
Need Baby Formula?
If you need baby formula, i am happy to buy it here in Austria and ship to you. Please send me memail to discuss details.
Daily Duotrigordle
Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once!
You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words.
I will be off soon
Olivia Colman Greatest Award Speeches | Compilation is ~17m long, but is an entire human journey of emotions several times over. It's pure and joyous and to be honest, I feel somehow cleansed after watching this. #VideoTherapy
"add half a beat so audience stays in time"
A delightful performance of Canon in D by Hiromi Uehara that keeps getting jazzier as it progresses, with an inline transcription following the whole way.
Trevor riffs with the audience, longform
Between The Scenes is Trevor Noah doing audience work during tapings of The Daily Show. If you want to see his comic gifts sparkle, here's your chance, as compilations. The Best Of Trevor's Accents [24m], Growing Up In South Africa [19m], Trevor's Family [15m30s], Eight Times America Surprised Trevor [16m], The Best Guest Moments [23m]
The Rise and Fall of Geek Culture
"In a lot of ways I think this attitude reflects this, now dated, conception of the geek as an oppressed underdog [...] but, at the same time, the actual real world conditions around you reflect the exact opposite of that. So, you not only get this fervent demand for geek stuff to be liked and consumed by everyone but also this notion that a rejection of geek culture is somehow the dominant attitude: "the bully picking on the loser"
Sarah Z chronicles The Rise and Fall of Geek Culture.
Sarah Z chronicles The Rise and Fall of Geek Culture.
Undone by a Strava KOM
Falls Church, VA bike shop owner Nick Clark was many things, a former cycling champion, former CEO, a scholar (3 Bachelors, 3 MBAs, and a PhD), former soldier and more.
Or so he would have you believe. The truth, as outlined by Cycling Tips, is much, much different. (Note: long read)
I’m better at this than you are at everything you do.
Damon Young is a writer, critic, humorist, satirist, and professional Black person. He is also a contributing columnist at the Washington Post, and people send emails to comment on his columns. One of those comments was a complaint about his use of "ain't" and "them white boys". Young was not having it.
There Ain't No Rule Against It!
In which John Oliver spends ~15m talking about the (by now certainly classic but not TCM levels of classic) film Air Bud, and makes several points along the way. I am not sure what any of them are, but I did enjoy it. [dated Apr 24, 2022]
Find me gentle, fictional, happy ending TV
I am sick, and often am not able to concentrate enough to read. We have also been managing a sick pet. Please suggest lower-stakes, less-murdery, less-intense, less-loud, not-vet-related fictional TV shows that will work for me. What I've tried so far: Worked: Bridgerton S2. Didn't work: The Great, Peacemaker (usually love them but both are too loud and violent and angry rn). Considering: Leverage.
A Peek at Palliative Care
Goals of Care
I have been a palliative medicine specialist for more than a decade. Medical teams consult me for the most difficult discussions. I know how to build a picture of the future—and how and when to share that future. For me, these conversations are as automatic as hanging my stethoscope around my neck and clipping my pager to my belt. I often tell learners that bad news floods the brain with emotion so that it is not a good time for decision-making. But as I leave clinic that day, my medical brain comes back; what happens if Dad goes to the hospital?
They’re all classified. Sorry.
‘I Have 100 Percent, and I Intend to Keep It That Way’: Kamala Harris Breaks Down Her Daily Wordle Habit [The Ringer]
Transition Team initial discussion summary and kickoff
I've had an initial discussion with several folks in the MetaFilter community about planning the next steps in building the community management and engagement structure necessary for the long-term health of the site. I'd like to report on who I've talked with, what we've talked about, and some of the core questions and ideas that came up in that discussion of what we're now calling a temporary Transition Team. This is the start of a process that I expect will actively involve the whole MetaFilter community in new and constructive ways, and I’m excited about that.
"Did you leave the ship?" "No sir." "Did it leave you?" "Yes sir."
110 years and a couple of days ago, Charles Lightoller was the senior most officer to survive the sinking of the Titanic. He oversaw the launching of many lifeboats, cutting the ropes of the last with a pen knife, went down with the ship, was trapped under water and survived because of a fortuitous boiler explosion. This would be his second newsworthy shipwreck of four. When not escaping sinking ships, he mined for gold in the Yukon, wrangled cattle, rode the rails across North America, won a firefight with a Zeppelin, sunk a U-Boat and had to return to port by traveling backwards in command of a badly damaged ship, ran long-distance surveillance off the coast of Nazi Germany, and rescued more than 100 people during the evacuation of Dunkirk while under fire.
I’m way too fine to be this stressed yeah
Lizzo dropped a new video/single today: About Damn Time (SLyoutube).
[MeFi Site Update] April 13th
Hi there, Metafilter!
Please find more details on the state of the site below.
Reminder: I will be the only mod actively monitoring this thread so please be patient as I reply to your feedback and questions.
When a man lies he murders some part of the world
Timothy Snyder posted a poem this morning about the horrors being revealed in Ukraine, in the wake of Russia's retreat from the outskirts of Kyiv. It recalls 'To Live is to Die's, spoken words, Metallica's tribute to Cliff Burton, their bassist who passed away September 27, 1986, in a bus crash in Sweden, touring to support 'Master Of Puppets'. Those words are mis-attributed to Burton, the first line most likely came from hymn writer and poet Paul Gerhardt (1703-1791), and was spoken by Merlin in the film Excalibur.
Software With Infinite Patience
Who was Thomas Buchler, the late creator of beloved Torah program TropeTrainer? And can anything be done to revive his life’s work? S.I. Rosenbaum recounts the surprisingly complex story for Input.