Josef Renner 

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I teach digital typography and coding at the University of the Arts in Zürich, Switzerland. I program in JS (p5) and Python (Drawbot). I am also a Go (碁) player. You can find me on the Online Go Server as ‘renner’.
Tsumego for my own reference (should have been easy / messed it up). From 一週間でグングン強くなる by Kuo Chyo Ching (郭 求真).
#baduk #tsumego
There should be a word for the satisfaction you get from achieving a task without having to ask your LLM, like getting an awkward regular expression in Vim right on first try like :%:s:\(\d\{4\}\)\(\d\d\)\(\d\d\):\1-\2-\3: to format numbers to dates.
Ich habe einen Text über grundlegende Leben und Tod Formen aus dem Japanischen übersetzt und mit Ergänzungen aus zusätzlichen Quellen ergänzt: https://shikatsu.josefrenner.ch/
Es handelt sich um Problemstellungen, die immer wieder auftreten und die es sich lohnt, auswendig zu lernen. Für alle Go-Spieler*innen relevant, die auf den ersten Dan (und darüber hinaus) zielen. #go #baduk #tsumego #weiqi
Sock Puppet Sincerity. Found in ‘Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the art assignment’, paper monument 2012
To protect my mental well-being I’ve installed ‘foxReplace’ in Firefox. It really helps.
Drive around Zürich in the tram and listen to techno https://tramundbass.ch/
Tram und Bass

Tram und Bass - 30 Artists 30 Tramlinien.

So many layers of design excellence in Zürich, Wiedikon. (the torso and legs are spinning btw)

I'm my way to Ars Electronica, to catch up with Vladan Joler and Kate Crawford (15:10 at Postcity). Let me know if you are there at well.

https://ars.electronica.art/hope/en/events/calculating-empires-mapping-technology-and-power-across-time/?occurrence=2024-09-05

Calculating Empires: Mapping Technology and Power Across Time

How can we understand the operations of technology and power in our era? Our technological systems are increasingly complex, interconnected, automated and opaque. The industrial transformations in AI are further concentrating power, while accelerating polarization and alienation. How can we understand the operations of technology and power in our era? Our technological systems are increasingly [...]

Ars Electronica Festival 2024 - HOPE who will turn the tide
Cleaned the Go stones while watching Figma tutorials (not sure which is more tedious). 5 black stones missing. 🧐
Black to play. This is the best reading exercise I’ve encountered in a long time. Straight forward solution, 40+ moves.
From 瀬越 憲作・一手できまる手筋