For a Halloween block party last night I projected various gigantic eyes on the windows that tracked pedestrians with computer vision. There were a bunch of vignettes I made as occasional breaks but I liked the David S Pumpkins one the best so I just kept playing that one.
“Potion seller, I am making a documentary, and I want to see everything.”
“You can totally see everything, traveler.”
Saw David Byrne talk about concrete and his new book last night. SF City Arts & Lectures events are awesome and I recommend them! cityarts.net/events/
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America is awesome because an F18 pilot can eject, walk down the road on an iphone, and a local can stand right next to him talking as if he knows exactly whats going on and says, "Damn bud, you hit the tree, you need to fly higher."
“The Internet isn’t real life, I need to get outside my bubble and hear about something new!”
IMMEDIATELY outside:
A lot of takes on this fail to recognize the incentives of any other party involved and how little the technology changes them.
I enjoy the thought that Americans generally will refuse to use metric but New Yorkers specifically will only use it if it’s denominated in subway stops.
Given the heat wave on the east coast, feels like a good time to bring up my favorite NYC Subway fun fact:
You can approximate the °F to °C conversion using the 6 train stops! Starting at 33rd st, every stop adds +5C.
33rd (~32 F) - 0C
42F ~ 5C
51F ~ 10C
59F ~ 15C
68F ~ 20C
77F ~ 25C
86F ~ 30C
96F ~ 35C
Not the most convenient approximation but still pretty neat
It’s cool that they’re making so many shows specifically for me these days
42 years ago, William Gibson introduced the world to Neuromancer. Now, the next chapter is loading.
#Neuromancer @ParamountTVS @anoncontent @DreamCrew_Ent
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someone posted a real monet painting but said it was AI - I'm actually in awe at these artchads who clocked it as real immediately
Real art critique got mixed in with the anti-ai anger and i am mad bc i care about art
The “ai” painting is actually inferior! There’s something off about it bc Monet literally had vision problems when painting this
Yes the point was we shouldn’t be dismissive of art by its origin but we’re still allowed to critique art just for what it is
“OK, you don’t have to get cute.”
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There's a common misconception that Brutalist buildings were unpainted, but thanks to microscopic analysis of the exteriors we can now recreate what they looked like in their prime.
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kanye: Thing is, I’m Wallace, I’m running shit .. But I gotta be Gromit too
Zane lowe: yeah
Kanye: i’m That pioneer. fashion, music, all of it. I’m building this shit in my basement
Zane: right. like Wallace
kanye: { too loud} But they don’t know I’m Gromit though
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ME: i’m sick and tired of being set upon by the baron’s hounds
HER: Maybe stop hopping the fence into his estate?
ME: sympathy not solutions plz
HER: I’m so sorry, that sounds painful. I know you’re trying really hard to get The Baron’s priceless egg.
ME: it should be MY egg :(
