What’s the difference between poetry and prose? I’d say that with prose, one aims to constrain the set of possible meanings as tightly as possible to minimize misunderstanding. Poetry has the richness of possible meanings that direct experience has.
my no-laptop experiment is still going alright… although i’m kind of just excited to start messing around with my new one when it comes
In the Web’s Hyperreality, Information Is Experience | Hapgood https://hapgood.us/2018/11/20/in-the-webs-hyperreality-information-is-experience/
Conspiracy theory: the Titanic didn’t sink because it was swapped with a replica of the Titanic from the future in order to hide evidence from the Philidelphia experiment
Inside the larps that let human players experience AI life - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18185945/live-action-roleplaying-larp-game-design-artificial-intelligence-ethics-issues
The Narkomfin Building in Moscow (1928-29): a Built Experiment on Everyday Life “ SOCKS http://socks-studio.com/2016/12/04/the-narkomfin-building-in-moscow-1928-29-a-built-experiment-on-everyday-life/
The Teens Who Listen to ‘Mallwave’ Are Nostalgic for an Experience They’ve Never Had - MEL Magazine https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-teens-who-listen-to-mallwave-are-nostalgic-for-an-experience-theyve-never-had
@kas@enotty.dk I should have gone for the two-hour nap (to a first approximation, I can’t powernap). Ended up going to bed at 5 without having had a two-hour nap previously. Failed experiments are the price of knowledge, I guess.
On Experience, Memory, Evidence: Joan Scott & Allan Megill - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0nDTGu0QY
Speaking to Listening Machines: Literary Experiments with Aural Interfaces http://electronicbookreview.com/essay/speaking-to-listening-machines-literary-experiments-with-aural-interfaces/
Thieves of Experience: How Google and Facebook Corrupted Capitalism - Los Angeles Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/thieves-of-experience-how-google-and-facebook-corrupted-capitalism/
Band name of the day: experiments upon vegetables
Divus | Nick Land “ An Experiment in Inhumanism http://divus.cc/london/en/article/nick-land-ein-experiment-im-inhumanismus
Cringe and the Design of Sacred Experiences https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/01/11/cringe-and-the-design-of-sacred-experiences/
Alan Kay: How Simply and Understandably Could The “Personal Computing Experience” Be Programmed? on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/10260548
TempleOS: an educational tool for programming experiments - TechRepublic https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/templeos-an-educational-tool-for-programming-experiments/
further uses include:↵* psychoforensics: finding out which of your experiences are the bad ones, and editing them out↵* forcing subpersonalities: maybe you want to share a brain with that artist whose mind you found on a torrent site↵* mind tattoos
Hellraiser, Bataille and Limit Experiences - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ge0P8z_q1M
DisneyQuest is dead, and Disney’s VR experiments are gone with it - Polygon https://www.polygon.com/features/2018/10/18/17888722/disneyquest-disney-vr-closed
“Generating Music From Emotion (and other experiments)” by Hannah Davis - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpiN2DZxU_4
TempleOS: an educational tool for programming experiments - TechRepublic https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/templeos-an-educational-tool-for-programming-experiments/
The Joe Rogan Experience Is a Safe Space to Launder Bad Ideas - Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kv9qd/the-joe-rogan-experience-is-a-safe-space-to-launder-bad-ideas
@derkirch@derkirche.blinkenshell.org Am curious how this experiment will work. 😃
please do not abuse the open nature of this twtxt account, it will be monitored and moderated if necessary - this is an experiment in internet open-ness
Almost every coverage of NaNoGenMo is spun around commercial applications of prose-generating tech or the lack thereof, but nobody involved (AFAIK) sees it as a business venture. They just want to do quantitative experiments on literature.
Are there good studies on the neurochemical basis of variation in succeptibility to numinous or spiritual experiences within normal (non-clinical non-drug-induced) ranges? (I.e., not temporal lobe epilepsy)
Survivorship bias spicy take: if someone is successful enough to be notable for their success, they are rare enough that no lessons from their experience apply generally enough to make someone else successful beyond the 50% mark.
serialism experiments lain, layer 44: c# e g# a# b f a f# d d# b# c g e#
Band name of the day: normal shopping experience
The toxic legacy of Canada’s CIA brainwashing experiments: ‘They strip you of your soul’ | World news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/montreal-brainwashing-allan-memorial-institute
Kaukatcr: an experiment in language design for multi-dimensional spaces http://www.lord-enki.net/medium-backup/2018-04-12_Kaukatcr–an-experiment-in-language-design-for-multi-dimensional-spaces-cc038caafff9.html
Let Them Eat Experience https://jacobinmag.com/2018/02/trump-unpaid-internships-labor-department
An experiment in two-way direct linking using Hy… https://timsherratt.org/research-notebook/historic-hansard/notes/two-way-direct-linking/
The Hyperbolic Geometry of DMT Experiences: Symmetries… https://qualiacomputing.com/2016/12/12/the-hyperbolic-geometry-of-dmt-experiences/
Cringe and the Design of Sacred Experiences https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/01/11/cringe-and-the-design-of-sacred-experiences/
Band name of the day: experiments in tone
in absence of control over interest rates, states turn to energy prices to regulate their economies, some start experimenting with weather control schemes to direct water, wind, sun their way
The size of things: an ngram experiment http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/size-of-things
Unusual experiment reveals the power of non-mainstream media | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/unusual-experiment-reveals-the-power-of-non-mainstream-media/
if you’re worried about your paperclip maximizer escaping, why not wrap its box in an experience machine: infinite simulated paperclips that serve as tripwire and lightning rod
Facebook’s fake news experiment backfires - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41900877
I spent seven months living inside a conspiracy thriller and it’s not over yet - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/27/16554660/lust-experience-alternate-reality-game-darren-lynn-bousman-immersive-theater
The experience of time in Dante’s Inferno https://kottke.org/17/10/the-experience-of-time-in-dantes-inferno
UbuWeb Sound - Sound Experiments in The Russian Avant-Garde (1908-1942) http://www.ubu.com/sound/russian_avant.html
Are Earthworms Tough Enough for Mars? - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/earthworms-mars-moon-experiments
On AT&T fibre
Had to chat with an AT&T employee, as a result of an order I placed yesterday. This is the feedback I left (with minor spelling corrections), after concluding the chat:
The chat experience was excellent (chat agent, Marry). AT&T experience thus far, not quite so.
I had an AT&T sales agent visit me yesterday. I signed up for Internet 1Gbps (Internet 1000 on AT&T lingo), and phone service (transferring my current number). I have a signed form, with all one time service charges waived. The appoint … ⌘ Read more
Court: In an act of gross negligence, defendant destroyed 250 years of lived experience. Plaintiffs argued for negligent homicide,
📚 Finished reading Experiments in Ethics (The Mary Flexner Lectures) by Kwame Anthony Appiah