The funny thing is that I was a creative writing major at the time and already knew of him. Of course, I didn't know what he looked like but as soon as he admitted being published, I immediately said, "Oh, you're GORE Vidal, not George Vidal." He laughed.
Yet here on HN we find an article by Camila Paglia on Gore Vidal. Very interesting to see literati here. Is is a shame not to see more discussion. Oh well on to the next google AMP sux post
It is apparent to me that someone at HN is putting a thumb on the scale, probably dang, who as I recall has a degree in the liberal arts. I am totally fine with these bonus posts, many of which I ignore. I really love the curation of Hacker News.
Outside of the US, the Falcon continued to be mass-produced in a number of international markets (and in some, like Australia, became wildly popular) and one of those markets was Argentina where it was used by both the police and paramilitary death squads which I assume is what the reference was to.
It’s amazing how Dr. Humble of the NITV buoys his reputation on his title which he has publicly admitted was awarded as an honorific for six hours of Bible study at an unaccredited college.
The article mentions that the banknote passed multiple reviews before release, but doesn’t say who had the ultimate responsibilty for its being approved.
Does it matter? Who fucked up on a typo of this minor amount isn't a problem - even the Governor of the Reserve Bank (who's signature is on the note) says not to worry.
Basically nobody seriously thinks it's an actual Da Vinci, but at this point it doesn't really matter. The narrative around the painting makes it a far more interesting work than any second rate actual Da Vinci could ever hope to be.
The surrounding narrative bit also worked wonders for another Da Vinci hit "The Mona Lisa". Had it not been stolen it would still be relatively obscure.
You don't even have to be an expert to tell it isn't. Compared to Leonardo's paintings, Salvator Mundi is just boring.
Unless Leonardo just phoned it in. But I don't think there is a way to tell if a work was painted by a student or by Leonardo pretending to be a student anyway.
That's exactly the argument I'm dismissing. It's not much of a miracle for the orb to transmit light as one would naïvely expect. Rather, it suggests that somebody didn't do their homework.
