Notices by Ben Lopatin (bennylope@social.benlopatin.com)

@thomasfuchs I thought the whole point of spending time online was to feel bad?

@inthehands concisely said, and timely too. TY.

The kicker for me is having and being able to build mental models of other peoples mental models. It’s why I cringe at efforts to substitute programming for foreign language curriculum; it’s not the ability to order lunch in another country so much as the first hand exposure to a slightly different window (of human experience) for which Python/JS are no substitute.

All of which is to say nothing of the value of developing an informed imagination…

@thomasfuchs as a non-space-light-capturer, how much of this image detail is reliant on your geolocation? I.e. with similar equipment could you get the same shot in the US Northeast? It’s flabbergasting to me!