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As decade fashion trends form and then become passé, I cannot think of anything more pronounced so far this decade than beards. You've got your hipster neck beards, distinguished old man beards, the 90s IDM beard, male celebrities in the media are all bearded up these days, and the Muslim faith has rocked long beards for thousands of years (OG) lol. How many of our members, male (or female) are sporting facial hair these days? It's convenient; because fuck shaving and it's overpriced industry, keeps your kisser warm in cold weather, some girls dig it, makes you look more mature? I dunno. Currently, I have an RDJ circa 1995 look going, but it's a pain in the ass to br…
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He made that Children track. Dead now. Cancer. If old age doesn't get you, cancer will...
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The film is set to hit theaters on March 7th, 2014, and also stars usual Anderson suspects Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman. Murray, Norton and Schwartzman also appeared in Moonrise Kingdom, which Rolling Stone's Peter Travers called an "enchanted ride of a movie."
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strap in boys http://heavy.com/tech/2017/02/what-is-vault-7-wikileaks-theories-vault7-tweets-photos-analysis-clues-twitter-who-where-when-why-how/ im so overwhelmed by the bullshit going on I might just go off the grid forever lol
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Didn't we used to have a thread for this? Memory is hazy that far back, still entertaining when drinking. What's your handle? http://www.mess.be/inickgenwuname.php I'm Visual Desperado
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Does anyone know of any good online magazines/platforms focused on experimental electronic music? I'm already aware of The wire, The Quietus, and Truantsblog, but I need more shit to read to pass the time! Looking for something with interviews, reviews, essays, trippy shit, what-have-you's. The more left-field the better!
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I've been tripping over old Turkish music lately and I just found this melody by Baris Manco (check out his Lambaya Puf De tune) ...but at 0:55 a melody starts playing and I'm pretty sure he stole it from a soundtrack or a Vangelis tune or something? Can you guys identify it?
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So, I might be about to become an expat. My SO is probably getting an internship in Melton Mowbray (looks quite dull, who knows), and if she gets the job we are moving all the way from Florida. Some preliminary googling shows that the closest urban center is Leicester. Any Englishfolk from around the way care to fill me in on what the music scene is like? Where to go, what to do? Cheers
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A Soundcloud account for a new startup called "Lyrebird" has surfaced with computer-generated tracks that sound like celebrity voices—namely Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. In one recording, a voice mimicking Clinton says Lyrebird uses "deep learning and artificial neural networks." Fake President Trump adds, "They can make us say anything now." Lyrebird's website says the company is working on a "new generation of speech synthesis technologies for developers." It was developed by researchers in Montreal, and the company says it has plans to make the technology available to everyone. So I guess the future will be easily fabricated audio recordings … Fu…
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I'm curious...what is your favorite food complement to beer? I would think anything greasy and/or salty in general would do. But I'm curious about specific foods in your guys' experience. I'm hoping to get some suggestions and recommendations so I get ideas for this summer.
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I own a set of presonus eris 4.5 monitors and the left speaker buzzes horribly from any sort of low frequency tone when I have the volume above ~33%. The same sound is not produced when I have headphones plugged in through the passthrough. Anyone know what the problem might be or a possible fix? crappy reference video:
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The BBC has a profile of a family who have lived in isolation for the past 18 years: http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-39418054 I bet you'd make a lot of music being isolated like that...
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Which do you prefer? I'd always rather have a nice burrito tbqh. Eating burritos at Mission was one of the hardest parts of living in England imo.
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Not very good at taking pictures, was hoping some of you might share the same trait!
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/10/scientists-identify-parts-of-brain-involved-in-dreaming A pretty cool article. Especially neat is the difference between dreams in REM and non-REM sleep. If anyone would like the full academic article, let me know. Fuckit, I uploaded the thing anyways. The Neural Correlates of Dreaming (2017).pdf
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do you often make funny noises when you're alone (with your mouth or other body parts)? I sometimes do, especially while cooking and listening to music I'd make "dawooooo, dawooooo" or "brrrreeeeeee, brrrrreeeeeee". I feel a little weird while doing it but on the other hand I'm a little bit proud of it as I see it as an essential part of keep going and not giving a shit and I'm always impressed when people don't give that much of a shit and enjoy life
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I recently stumbled upon the term "weeaboo" which seems to describe a non-Japanese person that's obsessed with Japan and behaves in a stereotypically Japanese manner. That sounds pretty stupid. Why should anyone do this? Do you have any experience with a weeaboo or are you one? If you are from Japan, have you ever come across a weeaboo and how did you perceive them? I understand the fascination for the foreign and exotic, but I can't figure out why someone would want to reproduce stereotypes instead of trying to get to know more about the culture of interest. Weird
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I do and I tend to add my personal experience with the topic I start
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What do you think about the new easy to use and cheap genetic engineering method CRISPR/Cas9? It could be used to grow Trump several dicks under his armpits for example or for solving ecological and economical problems Any other suggestions?
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Hello. I have been sort of missing in action from WATMM for the past few months, mainly because I've been so focused on a project, and now I would like to share it with you. I made a video game. This was originally my final project for my Master's degree. I really enjoyed the process of making it and I had a lot of ideas, so I kept working on it. Now, I think it's in a form where others can play it and enjoy it. It's called Doomsday Clock, and it is my very first video game. It is a 2D action-adventure hack 'n' slasher that takes inspiration from the 8- and 16-bit games that I played growing up in the 1990s, such as Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Mega Man X, and Skyblazer. …
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another chance to abandon the vile, right wing idiocy that is the english electorate. our chances are so much stronger after brexit aswell. still appaulingly embarrased to be born of a nation that voted the tories in for a majority even after seeing first hand how brutally amorale and self-serving they are. mon scotland. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/13/article-50-commons-lords-brexit-sturgeon-speech-corbyn-clarifies-his-position-on-second-scottish-independence-referendum-saying-hes-opposed-politics-live
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