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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•does anyone else have this impression of gruyere?
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    7 days ago

    Wasn’t his art inspired by a psychedelic trip of some kind?

    Can’t find him saying it outright but this is interesting:

    SECONDS: What is the relationship of your art to psychedelia?

GIGER: I think there’s a relationship. Not so in the colors but I have some older works that look very psychedelic.

SECONDS: What have drugs done for the art world?

GIGER: You know, drugs are forbidden in Switzerland. Even psychedelic drugs that open you up are forbidden. LSD was invented by Albert Hoffman, who is Swiss. He had his first psychedelic experience on a bicycle, after accidentally getting some LSD on his fingers. He didn’t know what he had discovered. He was looking for something that would help women in labor. He changed the world. Many artists symbolize the psychedelic experience with a bicycle. This man is now 88 years old. I met him about six months ago. He’s very healthy and intelligent. Each day, he hangs upside down with his wife for half an hour, like a bat, in gravity boots.

SECONDS: You know Timothy Leary too, right?

GIGER: Yes, but not too well. When he was in Switzerland, he was looking for a place to hide because they wanted to put him in jail. My father was a pharmacist and knew Leary was in trouble. He was not very excited about Leary being in Switzerland, so I didn’t tell him I was trying to get help for him. He wouldn’t have been pleased.
  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do?
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    12 days ago

    I will add one more: a quick once-or-twice blink of the hazard lights indicates “thank you” if someone lets you merge in front of them, etc.

    This seems analogous to the video game “Killing Floor”, albeit with much lower stakes. This game is an FPS, and playing it requires your attention. Voice chat exists, similar to CB radio in cars, but many people opt out, to avoid the distraction.

    The game has a “quick chat” feature which cannot be disabled, which allows for messages like “follow me,” “get out of here”, “medic”, “thank you” and a few others.

    Perhaps a quick chat system for cars would be an improvent over the ambiguous “hazard lights / high beams / honk” messages which can be misunderstood. I think we’ve all had the experience of wondering, “why were they flashing their lights at me, or were they just going over a bump in the road?”

    Although the first concern would be to limit their potential for abuse / distraction.

    Possible messages:

    1. My vehicle is stopped
    2. My vehicle is moving slowly
    3. Hazard ahead
    4. Let me pass
    5. Wait
    6. Thank you
    7. Turn on your headlights
    8. Turn off your high beams
    9. You have a light out
    10. Something is wrong with your vehicle
    11. OK / Acknowledged