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"In 1982 a letter written by Duchamp came to light. Dated 11 April 1917 ... it reveals the true creator behind Fountain – it was not Duchamp. Instead he wrote that a female friend using a male alias had sent it in for the New York exhibition."

seeallthis.com/blog/the-iconic

Not even pigeons want this rice. Rice: the worst grain??

How many licks does it take to get to the mercury center of a candy thermometer?

(In case it wasn't clear, Hollow Knight is amazing for the 95% of the time it's *not* doing this stuff.)

You liked that organic cave system and the city built for people to exist in? Well then how about this series of pits and spikes perfectly spaced to match your personal jump arc? IT'S A VIDEO GAME

Finding the Double Jump does it too, but at least I can put out of my mind quickly that I've found the Double Jump in a hundred other Video Games and go back to pretending I'm actually doing something new. With a tough boss fight, I'm immersed in VIDEO GAME for ten minutes. DO THE DEWWWWW

Really digging the otherworldliness of Hollow Knight. Less than thrilled with the boss fights and platforming challenges.

Oh, were you enjoying being immersed in this alien place? Sorry, you're playing a video game now.

Experimental results: going "online" didn't help.

Any advice on how I can add "just like a blank .cs file, y'know, a place I can type code into" to this list

Monorail cat taken to the next level

A common communication issue I have is that collaborators can't tell whether any given part of my plan is a joke.

A simple rule of thumb: Yes, it's a joke. Also, yes I'm really going to do it.

Glittermitten Grove is $8 right now. I would probably pay that much for it!

store.steampowered.com/app/536

My new office building is lit entirely by motion-sensitive lighting. TIL all the basement cafe sensors are near the doors, and if you sit at a table long enough with nobody coming into the room, all the lights go out while you're eating lunch, and no amount of arm-waving turns them back on.

Really though why wouldn't the mimics just start mimicking the "not a mimic" notes too.

TFW when your dad's dying wish is for you to temporarily imprint a symbol of his profession on a bunch of strangers' thighs.

Here's a pretty neat essay about what happens when creators build a culture around tools rather than the creative product.

ribbonfarm.com/2010/03/18/the-

Broke: hot dogs are sandwiches
Woke: hot dogs aren't sandwiches
Bespoke: arguing about arbitrary category boundaries is boring