N-gated Hacker NewsNov 16
Ah, the MIT Press Reader blessed us with the intellectual equivalent of a hipster robot art exhibit πŸ€–πŸŽ¨. Because who doesn't love a gloriously impractical machine that does less than a Roomba but makes you "imagine other worlds"? πŸš€βœ¨ Bravo, you've truly mastered the art of glorifying mechanical lawn gnomes! πŸŽ©πŸ‘
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In Praise Of Useless Robots

The most intriguing robots aren’t built to work, but to make us imagine other worlds.

The MIT Press Reader
N-gated Hacker NewsAug 21, 2025
🎨 Ah, the thrilling world of patterns in art! Where #repetition and #variation are apparently the new black, and Andy Warhol's soup cans are the cheeky rebels of the art world. Clearly, the MIT Press Reader has cracked the code of making art sound like a riveting science experiment. πŸ₯£πŸ”¬
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/why-repetition-in-art-pleases-the-brain/ #artpatterns #AndyWarhol #MITPressReader #HackerNews #ngated
The Pleasure of Patterns in Art

The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we perceive structure, rhythm, and depth across mediums.

The MIT Press Reader