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#81
Close reading / Re: On the Internet
Last post by droqen - December 28, 2023, 09:55:40 AM
With those guiding lights in place, I'd like to start taking notes on chapter 1.

Chapter One, The Hype about Hyperlinks
Questions
- What are the limitations of hyperlinks
- How do those limitations lead to loss of embodiment
- How does that loss of embodiment lead to 'loss of the ability to recognize relevance'
- What, according to Dreyfus, are the consequences of not being able to recognize relevance?
- How would I myself recognize the consequences of being able to (or not being able to) recognize relevance, according to my values and worldview?
#82
Close reading / Re: On the Internet
Last post by droqen - December 28, 2023, 09:53:35 AM
Dreyfus lays out the chapters as follows, very directly proposing metrics by which we might judge the value of his preceding statement, which I appreciate.

1 -- "The limitations of hyperlinks" and "How . . . loss of embodiment would lead to loss of the ability to recognize relevance."

2 -- "The myth of distance learning", "Without involvement and presence we cannot acquire skills."

3 -- "The body as source of our grip on reality. How . . . telepresence would lead to the loss of a sense of the reality of people and things."

4 -- "Maximal meaning in our lives requires genuine commitment and real commitment requires real risks. The anonymity and safety of life on the Web necessarily lacks such serious meaning."

5 -- "Unless people in virtual worlds can experience moods, they will not have memorable, focal experiences. . ."
#83
Close reading / Re: On the Internet
Last post by droqen - December 28, 2023, 09:49:17 AM
Quote from: p6-7What if the Internet gave us access to a virtual second life? To the extent that we came to live a large part of our lives in cyberspace, would we become . . . infra-human? . . . we might . . . necessarily lose some of our crucial capacities: our ability to make sense of things so as to distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant, our sense of the seriousness of success and failure that is necessary for learning, and our need to get a maximum grip on the world that gives us our sense of the reality of things. Furthermore, we would be tempted to avoid the risk of genuine commitment, and so lose our sense of what gives meaning to our lives. . . . our sense of relevance, our ability to acquire skills, our sense of resistant reality, our ability to make maximally meaningful commitments, and the embodied moods that give life serious meaning.
#84
Close reading / On the Internet
Last post by droqen - December 28, 2023, 09:48:49 AM
Regarding Hubert Dreyfus'
"On the Internet"
#85
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Re: Chocolat de Kat
Last post by droqen - December 24, 2023, 09:12:56 AM
That's it! The advent calendar only had the 1st-24th. Merry Christmas!
#86
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Re: Chocolat de Kat
Last post by droqen - December 24, 2023, 09:01:58 AM
Citrus olive oil cake

Quote from: ShelleyIt's not that impressive. Where's the olive oil?

The citrus was good though!
#87
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Re: Chocolat de Kat
Last post by droqen - December 22, 2023, 08:32:04 AM
Crème Brûlée

I don't understand this flavour. it is nice. but it is also a pretty basic caramel flavour. isn't it supposed to have a toasted/burnt, caramelized, top flavour? They didn't get that in. There was some other weird flavour...

Quote from: ShelleyAlmond. There's almond in here. Oh, I got a little crunchy bit in here like the sugar they burn when it's on top.

It should be softer, I think. Some of the others are more soft. But [this one] was not, it's kinda harder.

It tasted a bit like white chocolate. I wanted a bit of egg flavour, but there wasn't one.
#88
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Re: Chocolat de Kat
Last post by droqen - December 21, 2023, 08:12:52 AM
Lump of Coal

It's dark chocolate and something like... tea... tea leaves... or coffee grounds... bitter.

Quote from: ShelleyIt's definitely tea. Barley, maybe. Rice?

I like it!

How mysterious.

I like it too! Earthy and bitter. Looking up the flavour... "Charcoal-roasted hojicha cake and black sesame caramel—you'll never look at a lump of coal the same way again."
#89
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Re: Chocolat de Kat
Last post by droqen - December 20, 2023, 08:04:43 AM
Yuzu Hot Toddy

We don't know what a hot toddy is.

Quote from: shelleymm! ... Eugh!!! It's like, mm, nice yuzu. And then, EUGH, what's this disgusting alcohol flavour???
#90
Restaurants & Packaged Food / Re: Chocolat de Kat
Last post by droqen - December 19, 2023, 08:00:06 AM
Rum Nog
It's not that boozy! It's good! I don't know what this flavour is though
Quote from: Shelleyhate it, there's something cinnamon or nutmeg in there. There's a warmth in my mouth afterwards