[HN Gopher] Researchers find 3,500-year-old loom that reveals te...
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       Researchers find 3,500-year-old loom that reveals textile
       revolution
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2026-03-27 20:57 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | srean wrote:
       | I am always pleasantly amused that many HN folks share with me a
       | love for weaving, knitting and knotting; not to mention ropes.
       | 
       | Dang had once posted a long list of HN discussions on these
       | topics.
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       | I think there is something about them that squirts a little bit
       | of dopamine in our pattern seeking, puzzle solving brains.
       | 
       | For me, one of draws was how does the symmetry of the woven
       | pattern get weft into the cloth. Multi-shaft looms does it
       | differently from, say, a Kashmiri rug.
       | 
       | When I had joined HN decades ago I had no idea that there would
       | be this shared interest. Frankly, there were no reason for this
       | to be the case.
       | 
       | Then one day this happened
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44462404
        
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