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The Lighthouse Keeper

A character of a lighthouse keeper, from Moomin

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東洋的AIの可能性

『ザ・クリエイター/創造者』の理解に繋がりそうな良い記事。映画に描かれていたアメリカによるAI技術は確かにトップダウンで、ニューアジアが組み込んだAI技術はコミュニティーの一員だった。アルフィーの姿は『AKIRA』のキヨコたちっぽいな（登場シーンとか特に）と思っていたけれど、テクノロジーの考え方は『攻殻機動隊』に近いのかもしれない。

東洋的、という言葉があまりにも広すぎて、そして書かれていることは日本の仏教に関してなので、これを東洋的と言っていいのかは疑問。

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小説以上にミステリアスな作家パトリシア・ハイスミスの人生。遺された日記から辿る、サスペンスの巨匠の愛と孤独の日々

──ハイスミスが生み出した有名なキャラクター、トム・リプリー（ハイスミス��『太陽がいっぱい』『アメリカの友人』などトム・リプリーを主人公にした作品を数多く残した）は、罪の意識を感じずに犯罪を犯します。罪悪感を抱いて生きていたハイスミスにとって、リプリーはどういう存在だったと思いますか？

罪というのはハイスミスにとって重要なテーマです。プロテスタントの家庭で生まれ育った彼女は、キリスト教で禁じられている同性愛者であることに罪の意識を感じていました。それでも彼女は教会に通い、40代まで教会の聖歌隊で歌っていたんです。ハイスミスは罪の意識を感じないリプリーに憧れて、自分を重ね合わせていたところがあったのではないでしょうか。また、リプリー・シリーズの大きな特徴は犯罪者の内面を詳細に描くことでもあったので、そういう点でもハイスミスにとって重要なシリーズでした。リプリー・シリーズは人気を得て商業的に成功したこともあって、ハイスミスにとってリプリー・シリーズは、ある意味、ユートピア的な世界だったのではないかと思います。

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hello neil!

during the bullet catch scene, right before crowley is about to shoot him, it looks like aziraphale is mouthing something to crowley but i can't figure out what it is.

if he's actually doing that, what is he saying ?

Trust me.

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100% agreed.

By contrast, Good Omens doesn’t need overt coming-out scenes or direct declarations of love. Its queerness is baked in and impossible to miss when Crowley tells Aziraphale, “I’ll give you a lift, anywhere you want to go” and “we could go off together”. It’s equally front and centre when Aziraphale desperately yells “I need you!” and pleads “I thought we built [this quiet fragile existence] for ourselves”. Queer characters are just themselves and that’s the beauty of it.

This is nice:

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Inside Aziraphale's iconic Good Omens bookshop

The bookshop set, which is is all the more impressive considering it was actually burned down in season 1 and had to be fully rebuilt for season 2, is a complete circle, with letters indicating North, South, East and West on the walls.

Wait, burned down??? So the last scene being shot was when Crowley went to the bookshop to rescue Aziraphale?

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This is what Trinity wears in The Matrix Resurrections.

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事実の積み重ねの中から真実を見出すためには、絶えず問題意識をもって、毎日、勉強を積み重ねる以外の方法はない。

山崎豊子『不毛地帯（三）』巻末より

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Both are very outside perspective.

Tokyo-Ga (Wim Wenders, 1985)

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Welcome to Tokyo

You Only Live Twice (1967)

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Obsessed by creation

Your bag is for carrying, keeping, hiding and organizing. In your bag you carry whatever you like. A bag is a solution -- efficient and useful. A bag is full of meaning -- it makes sense. A bag is a bag.

Your bag carries not only your things -- it carries your identity. A bag is a tag of identification. Your bag leaves a mark, a sign. You show the world who you are, and you communicate your statement of style.

You have a story. Your bag carries your story. It is a baggage room of past and almost forgotten events, a backpack of everyday life, adventures and experiences. In your bag the new beginnings wait to unfold.

And your bag has a story. A global story: It is designed in Denmark. Hand-sewn in Warszaw with the old, strong, Polish tradition for workmanship. It is made it reveals your dreams and thoughts. It is a life-container. Your bag is a way to make a place. In a world where borders fly between home and work, between countries and functions you are a nomad -- moving around, building, creating and exchanging life stories. You make yourself visible by constructing your own place. A bag is a place.

And a bag is a space. Adax creates your space. You capture it. you can move into your bag, possess it and hold on to it. You decide what your space contains. We frame life -- you live life. Your bag is your space for pleasure. Enjoy the space -- we enjoy creating it.

We are obsessed. Obsession is to be carried away -- to get lost in a universe not wanting ever to leave it again. We are obsessed by creation. Obsessed about creating bags to obsess you. A bag is an obsession.

A bag is a bag, a tag, a sign and a story. A bag is a home, and a bag is a place. your bag is your space.

From the message card in an ADAX bag

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I have always believed that to make a good film there must be a balance between technique and content. Half of your brain must be technical, while the other half should be emotional. While one half functions like a light meter, the other is laughing or crying.

Michel Brault

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さすが

☆ ☆ Cool Funny Gifs ☆ ☆

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だいたい《技術》対《人間》という二元論が、ぼくには胡散臭く思われるのです。技術自体はけっして人間、もしくは人間性の対立物ではありえない。技術というのは要するに、道具を使って何かをする、その行為のプログラム全体を意識化することでしょう。人間は技術的成果に満足感をおぼえるだけでなく、プログラムの完結自体に深い喜びを感じることさえあるのです。それは技術に投影された自己発見の喜びです。技術というのは本質的に人間的なものなのです。

死に急ぐ鯨たち『シャーマンは祖国を歌う』（安部公房）

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Essentials: Markus Freitag | Hypebeast

FREITAG Fixie Pant-belt

The Chapman Mfg. Co. 20 Tooth Offset Ratchet Kit

Swiss Army Knife (11 tools)

Simson Tire Repair Kit

Steele Magazine / Urban Cyclist Magazine / Bicycle Times Magazine

“Cycle Space: Architecture and Urban Design in the Age of the Bicycle”

“Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle”

Dior Homme 171S Foldable Sunglasses

Monami Oil Magic Ink - Made in Korea

Sharpie Twin Tip Permanent Marker - Made in USA

Pentel Sign Pen - Made in Japan

Caran D’ache 844, 0.7mm Fixpencil - Made in Switzerland

Keys to the FREITAG LAB

The Bike Owner’s Handbook

Trident Spearmint Flavored Gum

FREITAG F06 SERENA

FREITAG F07 CHUCK

“The Bike Book”

iPad mini w/ FREITAG F29 Sleeve

“Fancy Cycling - An Edwardian Guide”

FREITAG F50 E.T. - USA Bank

FREITAG F50 E.T. - Swiss Bank

FREITAG F48 HAZZARD

“Custom Bicycles - A Passionate Pursuit”

Canon PowerShot G13

FREITAG W30 Business Card Sleeve

MacBook Air

Arrowcopter

“De Nederlandse fiets: The Dutch Bike”

Tarp-grade Stamp Pad

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"It'd be stupid of us to ruin our lives for an ideal."

Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)