by
Ellen Ullman
palimpsest
(en)
a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
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The computer was suddenly revealed as palimpsest
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The computer was suddenly revealed as palimpsest
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synaptic
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to a synapsis / (adjective) of or relating to a synapse
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Following hyperlinks on the web is like the synaptic drift of dreams, a loosening of intention, the mind associating freely
pretty
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Following hyperlinks on the web is like the synaptic drift of dreams, a loosening of intention, the mind associating freely
pretty
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Klieg light
(en)
an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking
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a crew setting up klieg lights on tripods
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a crew setting up klieg lights on tripods
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shoal
(en)
(adjective) shallow / (noun) shallow / (noun) a sandbank or sandbar that makes the water shallow / (verb) to become shallow / (verb) to come to a shallow or less deep part of / (verb) to cause to become shallow or less deep / (noun) a large group or number; crowd / (verb) throng school
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sail away from the philosophical shoals of
kinda nice
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sail away from the philosophical shoals of
kinda nice
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interstice
(en)
(noun) an intervening space
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by now the penetration of technology into the interstices of human existence has become nearly complete. And the code that surrounds us is closed to public view: opaque, inescapable.
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by now the penetration of technology into the interstices of human existence has become nearly complete. And the code that surrounds us is closed to public view: opaque, inescapable.
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