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by microtherion 687 days ago
the customer must be initiated into the technicians’ community of discourse,”6 complete with an understanding of how the machine worked, how to recognize the noises it made at the various stages of copying

I'm reminded of how an anthropology professor, under the name "Xerophonics" released an album "Copying Machine Music" consisting purely of sampled photocopiers

https://music.apple.com/us/album/copying-machine-music/60110...