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  1. Comment on Michael Silverblatt interviews W. G. Sebald in ~books

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    Yep, I have to keep reminding myself that the English works are translations, not the original. But still they're spectacular, and no long sentences (yet). Cheers for the rec! I think The...

    Yep, I have to keep reminding myself that the English works are translations, not the original. But still they're spectacular, and no long sentences (yet).

    Cheers for the rec! I think The Emigrants, Austerlitz and The Natural History of Destruction are all going on my list :)

  2. Comment on Michael Silverblatt interviews W. G. Sebald in ~books

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    Oh wow, interesting. I guess it speaks to some of his own comments re-the state of postwar German literature (or lack thereof) that seriously reflects postwar German consciousness. In the...

    Oh wow, interesting. I guess it speaks to some of his own comments re-the state of postwar German literature (or lack thereof) that seriously reflects postwar German consciousness.

    In the interview he also singles out Thomas Bernhard as a 'rare' author who goes against the grain. And then in the Foreword to A Natural History of Destruction he basically says that even supposedly contrarian authors obediently towed the Nazi line during the War, and were clearly interested in sanitising their own image after the War.

    I'm currently reading The Rings of Saturn (English). I can read a bit of German but nowhere near good enough to read novels, let alone Sebald. Also got my hands on A Natural History of Destruction, but unlikely that I'll be reading beyond the Foreword, as I've got a long list of to-reads!

  3. Comment on Michael Silverblatt interviews W. G. Sebald in ~books

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    You mean he wasn't popular in Germany? Or vice versa? I'm just getting into him, so not as informed myself.

    You mean he wasn't popular in Germany? Or vice versa? I'm just getting into him, so not as informed myself.

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  5. Comment on What excites you right now? in ~talk

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    RISC-V becoming a serious competitor to Intel, AMD and NVIDIA (I hope) Earning a paycheck (a very low one) after 1.5 years (voluntarily) spent out of work and back to school Being here on Tildes...

    • RISC-V becoming a serious competitor to Intel, AMD and NVIDIA (I hope)

    • Earning a paycheck (a very low one) after 1.5 years (voluntarily) spent out of work and back to school

    • Being here on Tildes and on the Fediverse in its imminent heyday (I hope), learning from others, and sharing my own knowledge of anthropology and social theory when I can

    • Summer and hanging out with my friends

    • My newly potted herbs and watching them grow (I hope)

    • Repairing my laptop, refurbishing a couple of old ThinkPads, and setting up my own Lemmy and/or Mastodon by the end of the month (I hope)

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  7. Comment on Eastern philosophy says there's no "self". Science agrees in ~humanities

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    Thought provoking article. I'm personally not a fan of the notion that consciousness can be reduced to biological/"neurophysiological" processes, but I do find the core idea of the article...

    Thought provoking article. I'm personally not a fan of the notion that consciousness can be reduced to biological/"neurophysiological" processes, but I do find the core idea of the article compelling. What do you think?

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  9. Comment on What are your favorite animes and what do you like about them? in ~anime

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    Not technically a manga, but I've been following Tower of God for more than 10 years now. Came for the art, stayed for the great plots, all the side arcs -- and the sheer improvement in the...

    Not technically a manga, but I've been following Tower of God for more than 10 years now. Came for the art, stayed for the great plots, all the side arcs -- and the sheer improvement in the author's art skills over time. It ended up actually being a formative influence on how I live my life in more than one way (and, I should, say, not always for the better haha).

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