Watching: The Densest City on Earth
via Aeon.
This video essay traces the history of Kowloon Walled City from its origins as a small 17th-century military outpost to today, where it lives on in the popular imagination through films, video games and an ongoing fascination with this unlikely makeshift society.
The Densest City on Earth - YouTube
The idea of Kowloon fascinates me. Course, by the time I heard of Kowloon it was being torn down. But once you’re aware of it you see it everywhere, used as handy sci-fi metaphor.
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hackers.town: 2023-09-21 Thu 00:23
@mhoye “what was this gap in your resume for 2023?”
“Shitposting mostly. I mean I posted a lot and most of it was shit, but —”
“When can you start?”
hackers.town: 2023-09-21 Thu 08:02
@mc @lmorchard poorly. I’ll try again later, though!
hackers.town: 2023-09-21 Thu 09:05
one of them job sites that displays statistics about a posting’s employers
-3% employee growth in 12 months
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hackers.town: 2023-09-21 Thu 21:10
Submit enough applications, the rejection emails don’t hit as hard. Especially the automated rejection emails. Especially the automated rejection emails for a job you applied to – (checks notes) – two and a half months ago.
hackers.town: 2023-09-21 Thu 21:17
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