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Comment · 1 year ago
In Luxembourg smth similar exists but it's called "social help" for artists. It's rather easily available if you make art for a living and it's enough to survive (paying social security & living costs)
Comment · 1 year ago
For one of my works, a 50 x 3.5m insitu concrete sculpture, i had about 10 subcontractors. Architects, concrete specialists, engineers, construction firm, gardeners and so on

You often lack the resources/skill thus you subcontract. Nothing wrong nor surprising with that.

Artworks are often 100% prototypes so it's already challenging finding subcontractors that understand the work and are willing to take the risk of producing the work.

Comment · 1 year ago
You do not cook pasta by cooking time.

“La pasta vuole compagnia” Pasta needs company! Never leave it alone, keep stiring once in a while and keep testing them.

Best to drain it before you think it's "good" or al dente cause paste keeps cooking after beeing drained due to the heat and moisture/vapor.

Also, most good pasta dishes get their final cooking in a large pan in the sauce with some cooking water. So usually you drain em when they are still a bit hard in the inside and finish the cooking in the pan.

Italian nonas are rollin in the grave. Good HN article nontheless

Comment · 1 year ago
The irony of the ChatGPT em dashes ;3
Comment · 1 year ago
Just came across this from Quant Network — they’re calling it a “Layer 2.5” aimed at helping institutions use public blockchains without giving up compliance or control.

It seems like they’re combining a multi-chain rollup with trusted node access controls and native asset interoperability — no wrapped tokens or mint/burn bridges. Also interesting to see the emphasis on node jurisdiction and privacy-preserving smart contracts.

Curious how this will play out

“Layer 2.5” a helpful mental model — or just marketing for a hybrid L2/L3 stack?

Comment · 1 year ago
Quant Network introduces Overledger Fusion, a multi-chain Layer 2.5 network aimed at enabling institutional adoption of public blockchains through compliance, privacy, and interoperability.
Comment · 4 years ago
gm
Comment · 5 years ago
Why misconception? NFT = proof of ownership
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ngmi
Comment · 7 years ago
© Clarus the dogcow
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