[HN Gopher] The Garden of Computational Delights
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The Garden of Computational Delights
Author : arbesman
Score : 106 points
Date : 2023-08-09 12:47 UTC (10 hours ago)
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| klysm wrote:
| It's somewhat amusing that the title rendering is messed up on
| mobile given the content
| pmarreck wrote:
| They didn't call it The Garden of Multi-Device Rendering
| Delights
| kaycebasques wrote:
| I love the name and completely agree with the sentiment. Feeling
| awe is one of my greatest pleasures in life. It's a big part of
| what I live for, no exaggeration. Computers are a great source of
| awe for me. On my best days I'm able to sit back and contemplate
| all of the information flowing through the internet at every
| moment of the day. Or I type on my keyboard and contemplate all
| the layers between me and the characters on my screen. I often
| try to extend this thought to society in general. All the
| inventions that played a part in making that streetlight work,
| all the people who played a part in this meal on my table, etc.
| pmarreck wrote:
| I was 12 and was dead set on being a doctor until I walked into
| a computer store with my family (notably, the last in the
| neighborhood not to have a computer).
|
| It was December, 1984.
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| The Macintosh (which almost no one had heard of) had recently
| come out.
|
| I had had some computer experience (Commodore 64, Apple II) but
| the first Mac was like some alien device from the far future
| that ticked all the boxes I didn't know I even had.
|
| I was so excited and so convinced that I was witnessing _the
| future of literally everything_ that I stuttered while being
| unable to stop what we would now call "nerdgasming". Awe. Awe
| times 1000. That mind-blowing emoji? That was me.
|
| Apparently my parents were receptive to my nerdthusiasm because
| they dropped a ton of 1984 cash on one and that became my "best
| christmas present ever".
|
| I code now. =)
|
| We don't know what the future holds, but some of us can sense
| when we see it.
| yboris wrote:
| Speaking of _Awe_ :
|
| _Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can
| Transform Your Life_ by Dacher Keltner
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| https://www.amazon.com/Awe-Science-Everyday-Wonder-Transform...
|
| Unsure how good the book is, but thought to put it on your
| radar ;)
| JohnMakin wrote:
| I'm not sure when, if ever, an iphone app "made my heart sing." I
| would probably consider therapy if that happened.
| the-printer wrote:
| The realist in me wants to label the sort of "digital
| romanticism" that the main text espouses as "materialist" in
| nature. With that being said, before I actually read the main
| text, I bookmarked the page because I appreciate it as a
| resource.
| Nevermark wrote:
| The first "I am Rich" app made my heart sing. Poetry. Art.
|
| A beautiful elemental weaving of psychology and greed of both
| author and customers.
|
| So obviously and honestly a scam it was an anti-scam.
|
| A technical feat of one-liner coding, social engineering, and
| with a modest nod to lickable icons.
|
| I hope whoever created it is living some zen life in a
| beautiful place, able to meditate on deep things, without a
| lick of worries due to a bank account funded by rich people
| with a sense of humor or deep seated status insecurities.
|
| I wish I thought of it first. :)
| fordacious wrote:
| I officially protest hacker news cynicism and choose to love this
| ideal
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