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    That’s a great article, thanks for sharing! that’s funny on the Chinese characters, that translation is obviously right because of the sequence, but my immediate thought for 1 and 2 was “day” and “month” respectively (because you see those characters used that way every day).
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    I’m excite! but it’s pretty ambient already? Cycles 5 is prob my fav out of the bunch so far. Liking this much more than the Phantabla releases.
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    "Now pass the gravy." The upcoming biopic on Big Sam - myth, marvel, and legend.
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    I mean it’s probably both, which is why California prices are almost as much as BC, but on par or slightly more expensive than Alberta (heavily subsidized and no provincial sales tax). Inflation is real (not to the extent some sectors are gouging us for), and as pressure from other types of transportation becomes stronger, the price of gas will continue to increase. Even some of the OPEC cartel are realizing this and investing in EVs and other forms of energy use. Still a long ways to go before things get “clean”. Sorry, I forgot we were in the SFWP thread, not the “oh shit the planet is dying” thread.
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    Yeah this is really just Americans losing the subsidies around gas prices that have been kept up for so long. Still sucks, cause the real fwp is the lack of good public transport in most North American cities.
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    biathalon is the most metal. skiing like a motherfucker and then getting your heartrate down so fast to be able to shoot accurately? Ridiculous.
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    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/current-covid-patients-hospital?country=~DNK 1,300 and climbing, and even if they're sent home relatively quickly, that's still a massive surge the hospitals have to deal with, and obviously you don't want to bring in people who have pre-existing conditions to wards full of people with a highly contagious variant of COVID...maybe they should build a COVID only hospital? Sadly all of the people I know who have COVID have been vaxxed..so no schadenfrude available yet. The good news is, because they've been vaxxed, symptoms are very mild.
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    Totally reasonable question, and I wasn't assuming you were arguing, hope my response didn't come across as combative. I think you're right, we'll have to wait and see for the long-term effects to be better understood with omicron, but I'm of the opinion that we should take preventative measures until we better understand that risk.
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    Well, it's pretty well established that COVID causes heart issues: https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-19-takes-serious-toll-heart-health-full-year-after-recovery And while the risk may be less with the Omicron variant (according to one cardiologist?? lol I don't know how accurate that information is), it is clearly not nil. So like many of the discussions around this, it will come down to risk tolerance, cost-benefit analysis, etc. etc. I wouldn't say the Danish model is the best to follow...https://covid19.who.int/region/euro/country/dk Hospitals run a significant risk of being overwhelmed again (check out the spike after Feb 1): https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/current-covid-patients-hospital?country=~DNK
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    Absolutely - the Japanese guy who won it (should have been in first after his second run) is only 23!!! And it's his 3rd Olympics! The dedication and hours those athletes put in at a young age also helps, plus the whole "standing on the shoulders of giants" to drive themselves to do better than their idols.
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    I think this is the thing that people can't see with the omicron variant, because while the actual symptoms of infection may be lesser than with the previous variants, all the heart, lung, respiratory, and whatever other issues remain.
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    Dune

    chenGOD replied to Jafs's topic in General Banter

    rewatched this last night after finishing the first book. It's amazing how much they got right. The music took away from it a bit more in some places, but that's also likely because i don't have a good home theatre setup. The only one that still makes me cringe is the stupid "middle-eastern wailing" piece. Other than that it could have benefited from some better mixing. Still, it was truly a phenomenal piece of art. Can't wait to see how they wrap things up in part 2.
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    That's why I said ignoring the obvious agenda. Other than that aspect I thought it was ok. There's just not much quality journalism on the influence that I could find. I mean, they all have talked about the influence Xenakis has played on their music at some point (well, I'm not sure about Rollins), I guess maybe it's not a gamut? I dunno, trying to spark some positive conversation instead of all the negativity that is currently swirling around Ottawa. How about this then: Lots of sample material for someone so inclined...
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    He won silver in both previous Olympic experiences, so he clearly wanted that gold. He totally crushed that run, which was not easy cause the Aussie who went before him also laid down a pretty mental run. The dude who won is only 23, and he's been competing in the X-games since he was like 13. His brother was also competing, he set a record for biggest backside air (24'4" or 7.4m), which was absolutely ridiculous.
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    Further to zeff's question about the influence of Computer Music (or "high" culture) on popular music, this article from the quietus, ignoring the obvious agenda, is a good illustration of some influence: https://thequietus.com/articles/27692-xenakis-pauline-oliveros While neither Xenakis or Oliveros were strictly composing Computer Music, their use of technology (and computers) and the influence they have had can't be denied. Text of article in spoiler, in case you have troubles accessing the site, or just want to read the text.
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    Scanned the first 20 minutes or so, pretty cool. Lol at this though:
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    https://news.yahoo.com/climate-hope-scientists-uk-set-120014685.html Some interesting info on the UK project and the related France-located international consortium.
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    From a South African who benefited off apartheid policies? unglaublich!
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    That men’s snowboard half-pipe final was pretty fucking mental.
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    Check the sonus link that’s in my first response. It’s free! or just throw the names of the three composers drillkicker mentioned into youtube. Curtis Roads is pretty accessible.
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    Yes. There are many examples of “high” culture influencing “low” culture. The same holds true the other way as well.
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    There are 7 billion people in the world, many of whom don't speak any languages in common with you. 0.05% of that is 35 million. Now I pulled that number straight out of my ass, but not an unreasonable assumption. Because artists enjoy creating art, and many people recognize that art is important to developing culture. In Canada for example, the Canadian ElectroAcoustic Community is an organization that promotes electroacoustic music. It is funded by SOCAN and the Canada Council For the Arts (one of the government bodies in Canada responsible for promoting arts and culture). It has a great jukebox online at SONUS. Korea has a similar organization: The Korea Electro-Acoustic Music Society. They have an international music festival, which is amazing. I don't know if Japan has a similar society, but I would guess so (I talk about those three countries cause I know them best). The point is that although it may be niche, governments and private foundations recognize that culture is multifaceted, and they want to promote and nurture the arts. That's why those institutes exist (and also in some cases, people pay). Because they love creating art?
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    How do I react with all the emojis at the same time....
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    I would rather burn my eyes out with hot pokers.
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    This guy making the natural sciences awesome
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