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Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by zod50 »

LittlePeter wrote: post #68
zod50 wrote: post #43

Why is this particularly Air India though? Is the Boeing 777 different for other airlines?

I do not know, but my guess is that it is related to the cabin layout. Each airline typically orders a quite specific arrangement of classes and seats which almost surely are unique to an airline. As to why Air India? Maybe he found a detailed 3D model of their chairs and cabin layout? Or maybe their cabin layout is particularly easy to model? Sorry for the drivel, just felt the urge to share my speculation.

np, good points. I was curious myself as well

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by _xnmw »

bosswipe wrote: post #117
_xnmw wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No! He is defending the impetus of artists to use beauty as a motivator for their works. He is not diminishing the subjective variations in different cultural beauties, or claiming only one kind of beauty exists. The problem is that modern Western art no longer considers beauty itself a motivator. And that’s a problem because beautific recognition is a deeply human need.

That's also a bad point, there's more beautiful art being created today than ever. But many other artists have different motivations. If Scruton is saying that only beautiful art should be produced than "dour gatekeeping" seems appropriate.

> there's more beautiful art being created today than ever.

Except there’s not. Where is the Notre Dame of our time? The Mozart (who was well recognized in his time)? Who can be compared in our time to the sheer talent of Michelangelo? Who still produces ballets like Swan Lake?

Yes, we have beautiful art in our time, but you have to be blind to not see the difference in the sheer majesty and scale of pre modern Western art. It’s exponentially better.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by airstrike »

bosswipe wrote: post #117
_xnmw wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No! He is defending the impetus of artists to use beauty as a motivator for their works. He is not diminishing the subjective variations in different cultural beauties, or claiming only one kind of beauty exists. The problem is that modern Western art no longer considers beauty itself a motivator. And that’s a problem because beautific recognition is a deeply human need.

That's also a bad point, there's more beautiful art being created today than ever. But many other artists have different motivations. If Scruton is saying that only beautiful art should be produced than "dour gatekeeping" seems appropriate.

Reading between the lines, I think what he was arguing for was a distinction between art for the sake of beauty and art for other purposes. Lumping them all together under the same definition is problematic

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

saagarjha wrote: post #88
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have not run Java on iPhone (that I know of). Do you know if it will pass the App Store review?

I think Apple removed their restrictions on programming languages long ago. If you can get it to run on the platform, you can use it, AFAIK.

No. Apple doesn't natively support Java on iOS, but there is an app called Pico[0], that supposedly acts like a Java IDE.

It doesn't seem to be a particularly popular program, but it's the only one I've seen that does it.

I don't know if this[1] ever bore fruit.

The transcoder Java->ObjC isn't a bad idea. The languages have a lot of similarities.

[0] https://apps.apple.com/in/app/pico-compiler-java-compiler-jd...

[1] https://www.infoworld.com/article/3407781/a-plan-to-bring-ja...

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by jimktrains2 »

indemnity wrote: post #34
jimktrains2 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, why does anyone have any hobbies? Why do people build model layouts, or models at all? Why read/write for fun? Why keep small gardens? Why do photograhy? Why do people still run their own dark rooms? Why do people write software in their spare time? Why do people cook?

This strain of thinking that every spare minute must be accounted for and be in the service of improving one’s circumstances is something all too common in tech. We’re not ants.

It's also a very narrow idea of what someone's "circumstances" are. Physical and mental well-being are part of your circumstances as well, and hobbies often cater to one or both of those.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by pcf »

airstrike wrote: post #62
hodgesrm wrote: post #5

What an insanely beautiful model. It makes me happy to think that humans find the time to do things that have no value beyond their beauty and the pleasure they give to people who work on them.

Second time I link to this video this month, but Sir Roger Scruton has a truly impactful message on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHw4MMEnmpc Can't find one without Portuguese subtitles, so hope that's OK

Here it is without subtitles: https://www.bitchute.com/video/tGHVq8p2kSpq/

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by zachrose »

bosswipe wrote: post #117
_xnmw wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No! He is defending the impetus of artists to use beauty as a motivator for their works. He is not diminishing the subjective variations in different cultural beauties, or claiming only one kind of beauty exists. The problem is that modern Western art no longer considers beauty itself a motivator. And that’s a problem because beautific recognition is a deeply human need.

That's also a bad point, there's more beautiful art being created today than ever. But many other artists have different motivations. If Scruton is saying that only beautiful art should be produced than "dour gatekeeping" seems appropriate.

Yes, I’m regards to what gets produced there’s an awful lot of beautiful art these days.

There is also a line of criticism that the institutions of fine art (education, galleries, museums, grants, etc) have, in the last few decades, distorted their previous value system of beauty (complex as it is) to focus on more conceptual and academic issues. If you’re interested in hearing this analysis in detail, check out The Invisible Dragon by Rich Hickey.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9637264-0-7

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by caf »

c3534l wrote: post #94
scotty79 wrote: post #79

Apparently manila folders are sheets of stiff paper folded in half. They look like folder icon in windows or other OSes. I have never seen one in real life. :-)

Hour glass, floppy disk, envelope, AA style battery for laptops, and now manilla folders go on the pile of icons that are too abstract for people to recognize anymore. What next, people won't recognize the sheet of paper for document anymore? Clipboards are probably already weird now.

Even electric vehicles use the AA style battery metaphor in their UI.

Re: 1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders

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Post by andrewingram »

zachrose wrote: post #128
bosswipe wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's also a bad point, there's more beautiful art being created today than ever. But many other artists have different motivations. If Scruton is saying that only beautiful art should be produced than "dour gatekeeping" seems appropriate.

Yes, I’m regards to what gets produced there’s an awful lot of beautiful art these days. There is also a line of criticism that the institutions of fine art (education, galleries, museums, grants, etc) have, in the last few decades, distorted their previous value system of beauty (complex as it is) to focus on more conceptual and academic issues. If you’re interested in hearing this analysis in detail, check out The…

Dave Hickey. I double-took for a moment there :)
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