Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public
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Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public
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#2Well I guess its neat they added a tactile map for the blind at the beginning of the maze, except the solid hard barrier at the bottom within the very narrow spaces and with hard corners is a massive tripping hazard even for people who can see.
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#3Hope they have good signage, or at least a debugger. A real-world recursive data structure!
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#4What a coincidence - I'm currently reading his collection Labyrinths. If you've enjoyed the short stories of Ted Chiang I'd highly recommend it.
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#5I love this book so much (Labyrinths, by Borges).
I once calculated the number of books in The Library of Bable, and had to try a number of numerical libraries to do so. one after another they kept puking on the large integers.
I also think of "the secret miracle" often.
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#6Given his themes, I wonder if the exit is just an illusion, or if you truly feel lost inside. Peak Borges tribute.
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#7I love this book so much (Labyrinths, by Borges). I once calculated the number of books in The Library of Bable, and had to try a number of numerical libraries to do so. one after another they kept puking on the large integers. I also think of "the secret miracle" often.
I recently picked up this recently, it uses The Library as a way of discussing a few different mathematical topics. I can't strongly recommend it but it's interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unimaginable_Mathematics_o...
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#8It's not a labyrinth though!?
Begin argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth
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#9What a coincidence - I'm currently reading his collection Labyrinths . If you've enjoyed the short stories of Ted Chiang I'd highly recommend it.
Or chronologically, you may like Ted Chiang if you like Borges. I mean, who was there first?
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#10I don't think I've come across anything related to Borges that hasn't been worth reading. I really need to investigate him more.
My first introduction was the 'Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge'[0], from which I will never forget "those that tremble as if they were mad"
And in rare scenarios I've found 'On Exactitude in Science'[1] to be pertinent. The thing itself is it's own map (maybe even: the code _is_ the documentation).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole...
[1]: https://neilgreenberg.com/ao-quote-borges-on-exactitude-in-s...