pontsprit

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Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space(nature.com)
5 points by pontsprit 2mo ago|0 comments
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by pontsprit 2y ago
yes but the pop industry is just one facet of music as a transcendental cultural/spiritual/secular meaning-making expression activity as a whole. its a place where both bob dylan ans taylor swift can exist on the same plane, the i
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by pontsprit 2y ago
Also if I may recommend Cafe Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie. Excellent coffee and cakes in a gorgeous setting
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A Dutch Architect's Vision of Cities That Float on Water(newyorker.com)
1 points by pontsprit 2y ago|1 comments
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by pontsprit 2y ago
https://archive.is/uiR9X
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by pontsprit 3y ago
great quote - and the dialectic is that it is only through the most "individuated" individuals that such work can be brought forth (the Frankfurt school would say during Modernity, such individuals are not so much distinct, but th
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The Sphere, Las Vegas(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by pontsprit 3y ago|0 comments
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by pontsprit 4y ago
I understand the pragmatism but....it took me around a decade+ of doing crap jobs, that I hated, in order to subsidize the pursuit of "my passion" Its now been 6 years where I have been able to make a living doing what I love and
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by pontsprit 4y ago
Yup, V. Vale certainly exists and sells his RE/Search publications pretty regularly outside of City Lights bookstore in SF! He has a table he set up on the sidewalk and is very friendly and full of great anecdotes.
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by pontsprit 4y ago
Art; aesthetics give context to human culture that would otherwise be colorless. Carpenters, architects, nurses, doctors, engineers may form the bedrock of society but art, music, literature, film tell the stories of our times, our dreams a
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by pontsprit 4y ago
Oof as someone who makes a living as an artist this article hit hard. There's little to no separation between what I do and who I am. Been thinking about inhabiting character modes/avatars as different modes of output hopefully wi
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Zoonotic Spillover Is the Apocalypse You’ll Be Hearing About a Lot(bloomberg.com)
5 points by pontsprit 4y ago|1 comments
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by pontsprit 5y ago
Furthermore the pigment sepia, a beautiful brown color used historically in inks and paint, is derived by removing the ink sac from the cuttlefish (it shoots ink like a squid). Although it has largely been replaced by synthetic alternatives
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by pontsprit 5y ago
It's hard to quantify why Robert Walser's work feels so vital, even today. I think his unique combination of radical inwardness, humor, wonderment, estrangement, cynicism, and the sublime make most literature of the time (and toda
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by pontsprit 5y ago
Now that I'm making money and am 'successful' doing what I love, I have realized that nothing could have prepared me for the contradictory reality of the making a living off of something that is deeply personal/inward di
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The West isn’t dying – its ideas live on in China(newstatesman.com)
7 points by pontsprit 5y ago|0 comments
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by pontsprit 5y ago
Interesting counterpoint to say the least: https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2021/07/west-isn-t-d...
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by pontsprit 5y ago
Regardless, if Square were to offer legitimate 2FA I would probably feel more comfortable using their debit card for daily life..Can't seem to find any details regarding this on the FAQ though.