the_other_mac 13 hours ago

For anyone that hasn't seen it yet, there's the YouTube channel "Primitive Technology", where a guy does this literally - in a jungle, with no tools apart from what he makes himself. He gets as far as smelting a tiny amount of iron.

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debesyla 14 hours ago

I couldn't find an answer on google - how is a goat farm precursor for music? It's an activity that needs herding and shepherds started playing songs for fun? Or..? :o

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  • orthoxerox 13 hours ago

    It's an old story about using a drum machine and feeling like it's not real music, replacing the synthesized samples with real drum samples, then getting rid of the machine playing the drums yourself, then making your own drums, then finally farming your own goats for leather to make drumheads out of.

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  • et-al 14 hours ago

    Stringed instruments use goat or sheep intestines. And drums are from their skin (leather).

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rbanffy 12 hours ago

> when they don’t even mine for silicon!

Knowing how to design a CPU is quite helpful.

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dotancohen 12 hours ago

  > How can someone call themselves a programmer when they don’t even mine for silicon!
To be fair, after three or four Tinder dates I realized that it was mostly silicon to be found there. It's not a stretch to say that a programmer going out on Tinder dates is mining for silicone!
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  • zootboy 11 hours ago

    Silicon and silicone are two very different things...

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    • cluckindan 11 hours ago

      It’s not sili-cone valley, you have to say sili-kawn.

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      • duskwuff 10 hours ago

        Silicone Valley is in Southern California.

        (The San Fernando Valley was central to the porn industry in the late 20th century.)

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  • bitwize 11 hours ago

    So now we've got clankers catfishing human singles?

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