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Cosmo Wenman
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Cosmo Wenman writes COSMO WENMAN, a personal blog at cosmowenman.substack.com about science and politics. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The comments link posts about 3D scans of museum art objects, including secret scans in a French museum. One commenter cites one as a comparison to the Met's 3D scan release.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Occasional writing by Cosmo Wenman on 3D scanning + replication, universal access, freedom of information activism, AI image synthesis. Contact: cosmo.wenman@gmail.com. Launched 3 years ago.
Most-linked posts?
- Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-10-18
What Hacker News says?
Mon article en français : https://cosmowenman.substack.com/p/scans-3d-secrets-devant-l... Merci de le partager avec toute personne susceptible d'être intéressée par les Open Data.
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on “Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court”Submitted Secret 3D scans in the French Supreme Court as a story · 776 points
HN discussionThe first several paragraphs of my previoius story, about the lead up to the appeal, explain my motivation for establishing and promoting public acess to 3D scans of public domain cultural heritage works: https://cosmowenman.substack.com/p/secret-3d-scans-in-the-fr... As does my presentation, "The Archetypes Burst In": https://cosmowenman.substack.com/p/the-archetypes-burst-in
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on “Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict”Submitted Treachery in the Rodin Museum 3D scan verdict as a story · 336 points
HN discussionCompare to: https://cosmowenman.substack.com/p/secret-3d-scans-in-the-fr... I wish more museums would share their scans.
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on “The Met Releases High-Def 3D Scans of 140 Famous Art Objects”Submitted Rodin Museum 3D Scan Verdict as a story · 1 points
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