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Wednesday, 20 September 2017
quote [ “It has a certain tactility and made-by-hand kind of thing… this is gritty and drippy and filled with dust and dirt.” Chalkroom, she says, "is a library of stories, and no one will ever find them all.” ]
I've been fascinated by Anderson ever since I was 12 and my oldest sister, a college radio DJ, played Big Science for me. A year later, her Mr. Heartbreak tour was my first live concert. I think I've still got a bit of a crush on her. Hmm, now that Lou is gone..? Link to full aforementioned albums via youtube in extended. "Captain says..."
Big Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hedIexysvK4&list=PLiN-7mukU_RHMkr2jAXEa7-gPat5k8ke7 Mr. Heartbreak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PumtOMRvw4
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midden said @ 3:09am GMT on 20th September
That's very cool. I've read about the idea, but now that I think about it, it seems perfectly doable to generate each possible combination on the fly. Kind of like a vastly complex and persistent procedural dungeon crawl generated in an instant from a string, you can always go back to it. I wonder what fraction of the set all possible books have only a single page of coherent english? You could look at books 'til the end of time and miss transcendent works simply because you didn't flip one more page. That page might just be a grocery shopping list, or it might strike you with sudden and complete enlightenment, like a well aimed blow on the head from the Master.
midden said @ 3:11am GMT on 20th September
That's very cool. I've read about the idea, but now that I think about it, it seems perfectly doable to generate each possible combination on the fly. Kind of like a vastly complex and persistent procedural dungeon crawl generated in an instant from a string, you can always go back to it. I wonder what fraction of the set all possible books contain only a single page of coherent text hidden among hundreds of gibberish? Or even a single haiku. You could look at books 'til the end of time and miss transcendent works simply because you didn't flip one more page. That page might just be a grocery shopping list, or it might strike you with sudden and complete enlightenment, like a well aimed blow on the head from the Master.
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midden said @ 3:09am GMT on 20th September [Score:1 Interesting]
That's very cool. I've read about the idea, but now that I think about it, it seems perfectly doable to generate each possible combination on the fly. Kind of like a vastly complex and persistent procedural dungeon crawl generated in an instant from a string, you can always go back to it. I wonder what fraction of the set all possible books contain only a single page of coherent text hidden among hundreds of gibberish? Or even a single haiku. You could look at books 'til the end of time and miss transcendent works simply because you didn't flip one more page. That page might just be a grocery shopping list, or it might strike you with sudden and complete enlightenment, like a well aimed blow on the head from the Master.
