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New comment by notindexed in "Ireland is making basic income for artists program permanent"

notindexed — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:18:22 +0000

In Luxembourg smth similar exists but it's called "social help" for artists. It's rather easily available if you make art for a living and it's enough to survive (paying social security & living costs)

New comment by notindexed in "Leading artists reveal the fabricators they entrust with their creations"

notindexed — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:13:42 +0000

For one of my works, a 50 x 3.5m insitu concrete sculpture, i had about 10 subcontractors. Architects, concrete specialists, engineers, construction firm, gardeners and so on

You often lack the resources/skill thus you subcontract. Nothing wrong nor surprising with that.

Artworks are often 100% prototypes so it's already challenging finding subcontractors that understand the work and are willing to take the risk of producing the work.

New comment by notindexed in "Pasta Cooking Time"

notindexed — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:19:10 +0000

You do not cook pasta by cooking time.

“La pasta vuole compagnia” Pasta needs company! Never leave it alone, keep stiring once in a while and keep testing them.

Best to drain it before you think it's "good" or al dente cause paste keeps cooking after beeing drained due to the heat and moisture/vapor.

Also, most good pasta dishes get their final cooking in a large pan in the sauce with some cooking water. So usually you drain em when they are still a bit hard in the inside and finish the cooking in the pan.

Italian nonas are rollin in the grave. Good HN article nontheless

New comment by notindexed in "My AI skeptic friends are all nuts"

notindexed — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:48:14 +0000

The irony of the ChatGPT em dashes ;3

New comment by notindexed in "Overledger Fusion: A Layer 2.5 to bridge institutions with public blockchains"

notindexed — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:34 +0000

Just came across this from Quant Network — they’re calling it a “Layer 2.5” aimed at helping institutions use public blockchains without giving up compliance or control.

It seems like they’re combining a multi-chain rollup with trusted node access controls and native asset interoperability — no wrapped tokens or mint/burn bridges. Also interesting to see the emphasis on node jurisdiction and privacy-preserving smart contracts.

Curious how this will play out

“Layer 2.5” a helpful mental model — or just marketing for a hybrid L2/L3 stack?

New comment by notindexed in "Overledger Fusion: A Layer 2.5 to bridge institutions with public blockchains"

notindexed — Thu, 29 May 2025 12:59:24 +0000

Quant Network introduces Overledger Fusion, a multi-chain Layer 2.5 network aimed at enabling institutional adoption of public blockchains through compliance, privacy, and interoperability.