Posts by Oxymetheus@mastodon.world
 (DIR) Post #AVI8fFq1l4HqKQor8i by Oxymetheus@mastodon.world
       2023-05-03T22:19:16Z
       
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       @lowqualityfacts That’s at least a middling-quality fact: an exaggeration, at worst.https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis
       
 (DIR) Post #AX2yOR6dpr9COH9qam by Oxymetheus@mastodon.world
       2023-06-25T10:28:11Z
       
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       @lowqualityfacts But, wait; that’s more true than false, actually. You’ve snuck in a high-quality fact just to confuse us. 😉
       
 (DIR) Post #AlKiA3RFP4LDFuxWGO by Oxymetheus@mastodon.world
       2024-08-25T18:00:33Z
       
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       @TetZoo From what I hear, that’s the usual experience. One Japanese rail-travel YouTuber: “Look at that beautiful view of Mount Fuji! You can almost SEE it!”
       
 (DIR) Post #B07cULA9WGRtAlPhg0 by Oxymetheus@mastodon.world
       2025-11-10T13:31:07Z
       
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       @Ricardus That’s where I first read William Gibson, especially Johnny Mnemonic, which blew my high-school nerd mind. I don’t think there’s ever been another such combination (in North America) of slick production values (including artwork), literate writing, and geeky subject matter. Even the ESP and other pseudo-science was to me, at the time, at least mildly interesting. Much missed.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0DlLKxkkA84AUSBGq by Oxymetheus@mastodon.world
       2025-11-12T05:07:02Z
       
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       @Ricardus That’s true, at least for the first several years of Wired. Despite the wacky typography, which definitely got self-indulgent, there was a lot of genuinely new thinking and cogent analysis of science & technology in Wired. By 1995 or so, sadly, I found that it no longer inspired me. Just another corporate cheerleader by then, though perhaps I’d just become cynical as a reaction to my earlier breathless excitement.