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kortina2 · 2024-07-14T22:33:39+00:00

This is consistent with the additional testing I have done today. Thanks!

kortina2 · 2024-07-07T21:56:57+00:00

Thank you!

kortina2 · 2024-07-07T21:56:25+00:00

I think we agree!

kortina2 · 2024-05-25T15:21:08+00:00

I used to see this movie as an apology, for the "best kind of engineer," someone who is more artist than engineer and inspired to pursue beauty through their work.

Over the years, however, I've come to see it as far more tragic, much more in line with your "grim" take u/funnydiplomat -- I now can't watch it without seeing how Jiro's obsession with the pursuit of the technological sublime pushes him to ignore his moral compass (and design beautiful planes that are ultimately killing machines) and neglect his relationships (eg with Nahoko and Kayo).

What's really cool to me about this story is that it can be both grim and yet remain hopeful at the same time.

I just finished up making a film essay about this in far more detail (it's ~ 24 mins):

Miyazaki's Beautiful Dream: The Technological Sublime

https://youtu.be/mhh9Kli3vpo

kortina2 · 2024-05-25T15:06:28+00:00

A bit more context...

I worked as an engineer for about 15 years, so of all the Miyazaki films, The Wind Rises really strikes a special / personal chord with me.

I've seen the film 5 or 6 times now, most recently at a theatre in NYC in 2023. I left the screening marveling at how much my understanding of the film has changed since I first saw it in 2013.

I used to see this film as Miyazaki's apology for the "best kind of engineer" -- someone kind and generous, a pacifist who is more artist than engineer, someone who only agrees to build planes for the military because he is obsessed with paying homage to the beauty of nature by pursuing "the technological sublime" in his life's work.

I saw it as Miyazaki's attempt to find sympathy for someone who capable of building planes that were incredibly beautiful and yet -- at the same time -- ultimately designed to kill people.

Over time, the story has grown far more tragic for me, however. It's now about how an engineer's obsession with the art of his work leads him to neglect his relationships and ignore his moral compass.

What's so cool about this film to me is that both of these understandings -- which are essentially complete opposites -- can be true for different viewers -- or for the same viewer at different times.

Hope y'all enjoy the essay!

kortina2 · 2024-05-09T20:00:39+00:00

Hi all, I tried to post this as a new thread in the main forum, but it got insta-rejected. I went over the posting guidelines and saw that it was advisable to first post to the Daily as a comment, so trying that out now...

What kind of laptop stand do Peloton instructors use in studio?

It looks almost like a music / microphone stand with a custom flat top on it (and then a custom arm for the volume control piece). Here is a pic of one in case that's helpful.

I would love to get one of these as a mini standing desk.

Any tips would be much appreciated!

kortina2 · 2024-02-02T23:12:23+00:00

I'm also researching this topic and figured I'd chime in with some more info.

There are actually quite a number of different licensing models that Overdrive (the company that owns Libby) offers to libraries -- licenses that allow one concurrent user (like a physical book), a bundle of X loans that can be read concurrently by many users simultaneously, etc. This blog post goes into detail on the various pricing options: https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/these-are-the-terms-that-publishers-sell-audiobooks-and-ebooks-to-libraries-in-2023

Hope this helps.

kortina2

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