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Comment on Jeffrey Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky in ~society
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Comment on The hardest working font in Manhattan in ~design
blivet LinkI was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it. Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese...I was so happy to read this article. I’ve been in love with this typeface for a long time without knowing anything about it.
Another place it (or something very similar) turns up is Japanese websites when they need to render the Latin alphabet. That’s where I first became consciously aware of it. It seemed so wonderfully functional and no-nonsense.
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Comment on Predictions of AI doom are too much like Hollywood movie plots in ~tech
blivet Link ParentI think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I...I think it does expose something real, though. I’ve had a couple of disagreements where I genuinely couldn’t believe that anyone addressing the topic in good faith could disagree with me. I assumed it was a misunderstanding of the issue, but when I tried to explain I was accused of being condescending. Fortunately these haven’t been terribly important disputes, but something like the “scissor statements” the story posits do seem to exist.
I don’t have any particular knowledge in the field of linguistics, but essentially he used his prominence in his area of expertise as a way to make his political opinions heard. There really isn’t much more to it than that, although of course at a certain point he became “famous for being famous”.