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 No.2040[View All]

Be a part of History and submit to the Lainzine today!

>>>Submission Deadline is November 27<<<


Feel free to use any format, however please remember we are making a pdf out of text and image documents. Markdown would be appreciated, but don't let that get in the way of sending in a piece.

Also remember that all submissions must be Original Creations written\made by the submitter for the Lainzine.

This time around we want to make it clear that we are looking for some help with typesetting. If you want to help contact the emails below.

As usual, you can submit pieces to

junk0@openmailbox.org
tilde@openmailbox.org
hex_offender@openmailbox.org

and now you can also use our new super bad ass GitLab! http://lainchan.xyz/lainzine

(when signing up check your spam folder for activation)


Also, we are looking at the idea of printing out the first three volumes as a collection and\or individual volumes so Lainons can order some. What do you think of this idea? Would you be interested in ordering any?
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 No.2291

>>2272
alright, that works.

Any drawlains going to submit some art?

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 No.2299

>>2235
actualy you did very well... the only way to get better is to make new grfx by tracing in inkscape.

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 No.2303

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Are we Using OP's image as the cover? if not, here is a little something that I made quickly. Let me know if it's worth expanding on!

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 No.2304

>>2291
we got some artists who are making stuff right now but only 1-2 pics have been sent in so far
we will also probably use glitch and 1998AD art from their respective threads

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 No.2312

>>2291
I have a concept for a several page comic that would fit the tone of the zine. I'll submit it once it's finished.

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 No.2313

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>>2093
>this paper wouldn't be underground if I did.

Lol please that's not how underground presses operate. If anything, they tend towards much a stronger curatorial role. Yes, you'd be expected to appreciate the artistry of the contributors in a way that the commercial editors don't, but you'd also be much, much stricter with the standards and tone of what you do accept. Don't edit the submissions, but don't have any hesitation to reject them.

Thin but dense & focused zines are always preferable over bloated and amateur ones.

That said, get ahold of Semiotext(e)'s USA anthology if you can (don't have my copy with me or I'd post pics) - I've heard good things about semiotext(e)'s SF also - for an example of high standard cyberpunk collection coming from the period when it was still fresh, radical and didn't have a self conscious 'cyberpunk' name or stale tropes. Radical being the most important imo - anyone who thinks Gibson and not Burroughs is the godfather of cyberpunk doesn't know what he's talking about.

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 No.2314

>>2136
Manuel de Landa's War in the Age of Intelligent Machines is a reference that cannot be ignored on this subject. It was shared here:
>>2269

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 No.2315

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>>2304
>>2260
Are you interested in reprinting archival material? I've been doing research into DIY furniture, mainly from radical architecture groups in the 70s, and have come out with a few easy to build, cheap guides.

It's mostly coming from the perspective of nomadic furniture that you can either disassemble and carry with you or cheap enough that you can toss it out/recycle the parts and rebuild it once in your new location.

There's also a more radical reoccurring concept for the living cube. A minimalist home space that you can bring with you everywhere so no matter what modern highrise apartment you move into, you can maintain your consistent space(s).

Some examples

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 No.2320

>>2315
this is very interesting, i'm just a random anon but maybe you could figure out a way to apply some of the knowledge you've gained. this way you could write something up that introduces us to those radical nomadic furniture concepts and also see that the knowledge can lead to practical solutions. also framing it in a cyber context could be cool, i.e. how to build a nomadic structure in an alleyway

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 No.2321

>>2315
looks good to me. feel free to send in any of the guides

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 No.2322

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Yo it's >>2191

Sorry about still having yet to submit it, life hit me like a tonne of bricks and I've not had a chance to write it. I should be able to get it in prior to the deadline though. Just an update.

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 No.2325

Gonna write an article about the BATMAN mesh networking protocol, since I'm doing a project on it.

How much competition will I be facing? As in, realistically, how likely will my submission be on the zine?

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 No.2326

>>2325
If it is original and well written and well informed it will be in there.

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 No.2332

>>2326
yes however it will be in lainzine 4. I'm pretty sure we have enough articles for #3, with the exception of maybe one or two if you email soon enough.

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 No.2333

>>2322
hey no problem. we'd love to have it whenever you can

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 No.2362

>>2236
You people could use the software Lyx[1] if you need a WYSIWYG editor for LaTeX.
On Ctan you have already templates to create zines like paperTeX[1] and newspaper[2] packages.
Just install with with tlmg. Example on debian:

$ sudo apt-get install -y tex-live xzdec && sudo apt-get update
$ sudo tlmgr init-usertree && sudo tlmgr install papertex newspaper

To use see the documentation, use "texdoc papertex"
Here is a example from paperTeX package:
http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/papertex/example/example.pdf

Shit, I know, but you can change and put all the fancy stuff you guys like...

You could also convert the LaTeX archive to HTML using Pandoc[4]. Much more secure than PDF format, that have lots[5] of vulnerabilities and is extremely bloated. Or you can generate at least a postscript file

$ pdflatex -output-format=dvi example.tex && dvips example.dvi

The HTML would also, of course, support webm videos and audio files like ogg...

The LaTeX font rendering is the best available at the moment. You can also activate the package "microtype" for even better quality:

$ sudo tlmg install microtype
/* Then add to your example.tex the following*/

\usepackage{microtype}

/*Use pdflatex to generate the file*/

$ pdflatex example.tex



[1] http://www.lyx.org/
[2] https://www.ctan.org/pkg/papertex
[3] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/newspaper
[4] http://pandoc.org/
[5] http://www.malwaretracker.com/piepdf2.php

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 No.2363

If we have enough articles, then should we just make the deadline earlier?

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 No.2365

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Mentioned this on IRC a little while back, and have been planning on posting here for a while, I just forgot. I work for a company that has an industrial printer and a spiral binder so if there was actual interest in physical copies I could easily make some. I'd even consider donating a few to be sold to keep the servers running.

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 No.2371

>>2365
very interested. email junk

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 No.2372

>>2040
I would be interested in order the volumes, if they're available for Europe.

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 No.2374

>>2371
>>2372
Lemme play with some numbers and see what I can do, tomorrow I'll get on the IRC and ask around, too.

Then I'll need to hammer down paper weights, cover weight etc. etc. etc.

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 No.2394

>>2362
I know all of this but thanks anyway.

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 No.2395

>>2394
If you know LaTeX, why the fuarrrk do you keep using the soykaf from Adobe? You are just prejudicing this community spreading bloated archives in pdf. If you don't have time to do it, just leave it to other people.

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 No.2397

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>>2395
Adobe is industry standard and pretty much unavoidable if you are trying to make a document accessible to a number of people ~ we have to study its programs at University which I think is total soykaf but they are adamant it is necessary.

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 No.2401

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Hi Lainzine, I've had a lot on the mind and wrote a thing. You may publish it if you'd like.


Joy

There's something I've often wondered,
whether true only God could tell.
Turn to the soulless scourge below;
Do you think they know Joy as well?

My friend, I'm afraid you've blundered;
It really seems you've lost your worth.
All they have is their time to bide,
in that forsaken hell called Earth.

~Null

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 No.2402

How do you feel about where content is from?

I have something very very long and rambling that I've been working on for a while. I was going to put it both on my own website as a .PDF, and also throw the .PDF on I2P torrents.

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 No.2405

Working on an Illustration for the magazine.
Going pretty good so far.
Just have to think of a fitting background.
What Resolution is preferred for the Image to be?

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 No.2409

>>2401
we'll put it in

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 No.2411

>>2402
depends on length
perhaps you could send a sample?
>>2405
not sure. do whichever resolution you feel is best

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 No.2412

>>2395
pls no bully.
I explained that above, you donkey. Thing is nobody else seemed to want to do it back then.

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 No.2413

>>2412
Oh, and I do have the time.

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 No.2414

>>2409
Sweet!

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 No.2415

>>2362
Just got to say - love seeing posts like this, good clear information.

For those that don't know about a thing, posts like this are gold!

If more posts were this informative we would all be gods!
* LainChan has good post quality! .... mostly.

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 No.2436

>>2040
Are we supposed to email you before being able to access the website? It's saying that my connection is refused.

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 No.2437

>>2436
It's been down for some time now.

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 No.2440

>>2437
we deleted the gitlab

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 No.2461

>>2365
Here. Have you guys hammered down an about amount of pages? Also have you guys thought about how big you want each page to be. I know putting it in a physical format makes a lot of logistical problems, so if we want to do Lanezine 4, or a best of lanezine from the top down to be physical that'd be cool, too.

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 No.2486

>>2461
no idea how many pages lainzine 3 is gonna be, sadly. size is up to you. Do you think you could make print releases of volume 1 and 2? sorry there isn't more to work with, Junk's been very busy with college life and stuff

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 No.2488

Am I allowed to submit artwork, a painting for instance, for inclusion?

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 No.2489

>>2488
of course

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 No.2494

>>2461
The size format should be ISO A5.

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 No.2495

I'm whipping up something nice, a monologue from the perspective of The Wired as an enlightened manifestation of the universe, when the wall between The Wired and reality falls in full. About how all souls and information became subsumed into a Brahman-like whole. Stay tuned.

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 No.2497

Can't wait for this fire to drop familia

Will LZ3 get released before Christmas?

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 No.2502

>>2497
hopefully?

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 No.2503

I hope Gmail worked when I sent my story through...

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 No.2506

>>2503
we got your story
it probably won't be in LZ3 though

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 No.2507

thanks for working so hard lainzine team!

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 No.2520

Hey guys! I can't think of stuff to put in the editors section of LZ3. If anyone wants to write letters to the editor I will reply in the publication if they're sent to junk0@openmailbox.org

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 No.2533

>>2497
Probably not.

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 No.2535

I'm going to start working on an art piece for issue #4. I've held out on submitting because of a lack of faith in my work... but next issue I'm submitting. The fact that you guys make this brings such joy to my life and I want to be a part of it. Thank you!



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