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Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by csdvrx »

danjoredd wrote: post #27
doesnt_know wrote: post #17

Wonderful illustrations! Whenever I see someone that is interested in a very specific niche and obviously expends a lot of effort towards it, I'm always in awe. How did they become interested in the topic? Why choose this specific thing? How do they keep their motivation to continue with it? I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm m…

People obsessed with niche subjects and go all out on that are the backbone of society. My mind goes to the guy that packaged 1/3 of all Arch packages in the official repo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMf6XFacR8&pp=ygUKZGlzdHJvd...

We all have weird interest, it's the long tail.

Magic happens when you find someone with the same weird interest: emulation brings innovation through iterations!

Maybe someday I'll find someone interested in running Excel through wine rendering in Sixels within a terminal :)

And before you ask, yes I've enjoyed way too much reading about https://github.com/taviso/123elf and the history behind it!

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by pgayed »

danjoredd wrote: post #27
doesnt_know wrote: post #17

Wonderful illustrations! Whenever I see someone that is interested in a very specific niche and obviously expends a lot of effort towards it, I'm always in awe. How did they become interested in the topic? Why choose this specific thing? How do they keep their motivation to continue with it? I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm m…

People obsessed with niche subjects and go all out on that are the backbone of society. My mind goes to the guy that packaged 1/3 of all Arch packages in the official repo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMf6XFacR8&pp=ygUKZGlzdHJvd...

Related to this thread, generally, is Simon Baron Cohen’s The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Seekers-Autism-Drives-Inventi...

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by atleastoptimal »

Whenever you see organic forms, it's interesting to realize the extent to which they are all "programmed" by their genetics into their structure. In their segments, you see the "for" loops of form. In the same manner this art compresses the forms into their essential mechanical geometries, so too does genetic code create essential abstractions that allow the laws of mathematics to guide their structural harmony.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by itsmemattchung »

jaredandrews wrote: post #36
danjoredd wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People obsessed with niche subjects and go all out on that are the backbone of society. My mind goes to the guy that packaged 1/3 of all Arch packages in the official repo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMf6XFacR8&pp=ygUKZGlzdHJvd...

Hell, just this youtuber is a good example of what you are saying. This guy, 'DistroTube', has a ton of entry level videos about seemingly niche linux topics. Even the video you posted has a little command line tutorial embedded into it. I come across him whenever I am trying to figure out what a specific distro or tool _looks and feels_ like. If you search any distro name plus "distrotube" there is probably a video…

That's amazing. As someone with a non-linear journey into tech, love hearing about people like this. Insane that he's been able to write Linux related YouTube content despite never working in industry.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by itsmemattchung »

doesnt_know wrote: post #17

Wonderful illustrations! Whenever I see someone that is interested in a very specific niche and obviously expends a lot of effort towards it, I'm always in awe. How did they become interested in the topic? Why choose this specific thing? How do they keep their motivation to continue with it? I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm m…

> I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm missing something in life. I would love to be passionate about something as much as Junnn11 is about Arthropods.

I myself have tried to force myself into one (or more) passions. Never works. I'm 34 now and part of me is just (radically) accepting my ADHD. That's not to say I cannot cultivate discipline. Rather, it's just working with what I got and I'm one of the people who like hopping from one thing to the next: T-Shaped.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by prawn »

slipandafall wrote: post #39
jaredandrews wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hell, just this youtuber is a good example of what you are saying. This guy, 'DistroTube', has a ton of entry level videos about seemingly niche linux topics. Even the video you posted has a little command line tutorial embedded into it. I come across him whenever I am trying to figure out what a specific distro or tool _looks and feels_ like. If you search any distro name plus "distrotube" there is probably a video…

Here's another one, apparently the author and maintainer of helm.el is a French mountain guide with no IT history. https://sachachua.com/blog/2018/09/interview-with-thierry-vo...

I came across a fairly detailed guide to travelling in outback Australia the other day. The site owner/author was an older woman in Germany or similar.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by lukas099 »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #44

Whenever you see organic forms, it's interesting to realize the extent to which they are all "programmed" by their genetics into their structure. In their segments, you see the "for" loops of form. In the same manner this art compresses the forms into their essential mechanical geometries, so too does genetic code create essential abstractions that allow the laws of mathematics to guide their structural harmony.

Your comment reminded me of something. I forgot the underlying reason, but in anatomy we learned that for mammals it's evolutionarily 'hard' to change numbers of vertebrae, which is why the giraffe has the same as its siblings and they are just obscenely long. On the other hand, birds with longer necks tend to have more vertebrae.

Re: User: Junnn11

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Post by diehunde »

doesnt_know wrote: post #17

Wonderful illustrations! Whenever I see someone that is interested in a very specific niche and obviously expends a lot of effort towards it, I'm always in awe. How did they become interested in the topic? Why choose this specific thing? How do they keep their motivation to continue with it? I've personally never really felt like I've cared enough about anything this much. Because of this, I've always felt like I'm m…

Probably through academia? If you get a PhD you can spend years working on a very specific topic.
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