Honestly he might be marketing himself as someone beyond “just a horror movie director,” but that doesn’t seem necessary in a world where horror movies are getting Oscar attention.

I always thought it was because they essentially pioneered the “rock music for commercials” genre

I didn’t say I think it’s art. I don’t know if it is, and I don’t really care if it is or not. I also don’t care if it’s called art. I’m just saying the mental gymnastics of trying to convince someone that something like programming as art is cringe.

I certainly don’t disagree with the points made in the video. It in fact points out something related to what I’m saying. He states he notices that people that claim something is not art are often gatekeeping something from becoming “elevated.” I’m extending the converse argument: many people trying to claim something is art are trying to elevate it to a new status.

My problem with calling programming art is not that I don’t think programming is art, but rather that I think that label is not useful in this context. Programming is something that is very much valued without that label. Thus adding the label is just an attempt to tack on unneeded elevation to the craft. In some ways the video supports my viewpoint. The debate over what is art is a bit tired. It’s worth having, but personally I don’t think it is needed in this case.

I honestly think trying to define programming as art is just an attempt to unnecessarily elevate it. Programming is utilitarian. It is meant for a specific practical purpose. It does not reveal a shared human experience the way a movie, book, or game does. I have no need to convince myself, a professional software engineer of this because I am perfectly happy accepting that what I do is useful and do not need to try to put myself in a category with artists.

All the author is saying is that people enjoy programming. I also enjoy eating. Is that an art? I even have my own “eating style” in that I like to eat food in specific order, combine two items into one bite, the way I build a bite, etc. But I’d never try to elevate it because I’m a normal person who doesn’t waste brainpower trying to make myself feel special.

Evil Dead is not a slasher.

Air Bud is a dog movie on the surface, but has a surpisingly well done underlying story of a boy struggling with the loss of his father.

Did you hear about updoc?

That is abnormal imo. Americans do not generally like “squishy” or “slimy” textures, which eggplant tends to have even when cooked properly. I’ve always thought of eggplants as being more popular among East Asians.

Eggplant (from an American perspective)

Salted Licorice

A newer one: Strange Darling

Good movie

Jim E. Brown

He’s a young lad from the UK that has a degenerative disease that makes him look old.

It’s very popular in scientific computing

Tbh I just thought it was legitimately a low effort monster design just lazily thrown in the top right of the poster. What indicates it is AI?

Eh, I think it’s personally the weakest out of the franchise. I still enjoyed Burn, but I enjoyed Rise a lot more, especially the final act. Rise hit a perfect balance in tone, whereas I actually left the theaters after Burn feeling like the “fun” wasn’t really there. I still need to rewatch 2013 to make sure it’s as good as I remember.

I tried the same user, and it worked for me just now. Thanks for working on this project!

Just fyi, I tried one your instance. Searched a user, clicked a result, and got an error.

Error

./app.lua:134: attempt to concatenate field 'username' (a nil value)

Traceback

stack traceback:
	./app.lua:134: in function 'handler'
	...ittygram/lua_modules/share/lua/5.1/lapis/application.lua:185: in function 'resolve'
	...ittygram/lua_modules/share/lua/5.1/lapis/application.lua:216: in function <...ittygram/lua_modules/share/lua/5.1/lapis/application.lua:214>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'
	...ittygram/lua_modules/share/lua/5.1/lapis/application.lua:214: in function 'dispatch'
	/apps/kittygram/lua_modules/share/lua/5.1/lapis/nginx.lua:231: in function 'serve'
	content_by_lua(nginx.conf.compiled:92):2: in main chunk

• mowing my parents lawn
• Christmas tree lot - salesman
• Best Buy - cashier
• Best Buy - Customer service

When I saw the trailer for Obsession before Hokum (which is a great movie btw), I honestly thought it looked kind of generic. I’m surprised to see so much praise for it. I guess I will have to check it out.

Correct me if this is naive, but wouldn’t this potentially also reduce the diversity of the gene pool?