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_why's site is updated
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Re: _why's site is updated
#52Amazing that a guy who disappeared almost 4 years ago can make it to the top of Hacker News, more than a few times, just by an obscure change to a basically defunct website. I think it's pretty safe to say people love why the lucky stiff. He's funny, provocative, mysterious, strange, smart, creative... how could anyone _not_ want to see him back? We need more men & women in the world like _why.
As a corollary, we need more men & women in the world who love and appreciate people like _why, so that people who are like him but are less confident about showing their character in public (or even just to their immediate peers) would be more comfortable with doing so.
In other words, to be more accepting and appreciate of each others' quirks and differences.
Re: _why's site is updated
#53I've had April 18th in my calendar for weeks after the initial activity at whytheluckystiff.net. Forget the haters, Ruby's better with _why around.
Yeah, because the scene totally needs more drama to distract us from the latest Bitcoin / Mtgox debacle...
You're probably thinking of Zed Shaw. _why just added flavor and whimsy to the community.
Re: _why's site is updated
#54Here are all the PCL files rendered to PNG: http://www.gironda.org/pcl/DESOLEE.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/SOLICIT.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/TRUMPETS.png
Text translations:
DESOLEE.PNG "This printer queue is going down for MAINTENANCE but will shortly return for a day I believe it will be on the day of April the 19th from like four o'clock to let's say twelve."
Re: _why's site is updated
#55The site just updated with another file:
https://github.com/cwales/cwales.github.com/commit/e65bf73e2...
http://whytheluckystiff.net/SPOOL/CAPRICE
I don't have any pcl to image tools so I can't check what it is.
Re: _why's site is updated
#56A CAPRICE PCL that was just added: http://cl.ly/OF2O
Re: _why's site is updated
#57Amazing that a guy who disappeared almost 4 years ago can make it to the top of Hacker News, more than a few times, just by an obscure change to a basically defunct website. I think it's pretty safe to say people love why the lucky stiff. He's funny, provocative, mysterious, strange, smart, creative... how could anyone _not_ want to see him back? We need more men & women in the world like _why.
As a corollary, we need more men & women in the world who love and appreciate people like _why, so that people who are like him but are less confident about showing their character in public (or even just to their immediate peers) would be more comfortable with doing so. In other words, to be more accepting and appreciate of each others' quirks and differences.
It works the other way around. Be who you are first.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Re: _why's site is updated
#58Here are all the files from the git repo converted to png:
And PDF:
Edit: added imgur album.
Re: _why's site is updated
#59Here are all the PCL files rendered to PNG: http://www.gironda.org/pcl/DESOLEE.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/SOLICIT.png http://www.gironda.org/pcl/TRUMPETS.png
Also this one, from the github repo:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2178548/CAPRICE.pdf
Re: _why's site is updated
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a corollary, we need more men & women in the world who love and appreciate people like _why, so that people who are like him but are less confident about showing their character in public (or even just to their immediate peers) would be more comfortable with doing so. In other words, to be more accepting and appreciate of each others' quirks and differences.
It works the other way around. Be who you are first. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
That's easy for you and I to say, who are (presumably) fairly strong willed in being who we are. But what about our peers who are afraid, right now, in being themselves?
Yes, seeing others shake off the naysayers as they blaze a path of genuine individualism and (positive) weirdness is encouraging, but surely this isn't a binary situation where we can only have one or the other.