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Re:Urbit: an operating function by jpt4 on Friday September 25, 2015 @04:16PM (#10280448)
I do so enjoy seeing the casual vivisection of that which tends towards attracting mystical appreciation; what remains intact is all the more deservedly numinous.

For an exactly diametric plunge from the same origin into the rarefied esoteric, there is: https://github.com/mnemnion/ax/blob/master/commentary%20on%2...

Re:Urbit: an operating function by icebraining on Saturday September 26, 2015 @01:36PM (#10283728)
Rarefied esoteric what?
Re:Urbit: an operating function by jpt4 on Saturday September 26, 2015 @03:16PM (#10284116)
"Esoteric" as in "the esoteric", its nominalized adjectival [0] guise.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalized_adjective