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3 hours ago, Rubin Farr said:
Doing some stretching after the jab can help with the muscle pain
cobblers, apparently >
i've had both. arm ache lasted seven weeks from first. when i had the second, woman told me to relax my arm. she could probably see it was tense. no pain at all from the second one. that's the key : relax. just a little prick.
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On 6/12/2021 at 2:25 PM, donotseemecricket said:
Not sure about this album, but in general why a lot of japanese pressings are not very desirable (and part of why they add bonus tracks to them to incentivise locals buying the japanese version over the imports) is that in general, in Japan the mastering is done in such a way as to cut a lot of the low end and raise the highs. This being done as most of Japanese housing is quite tight with thin walls and so they don't want a lot of bass frequencies disturbing neighbors. That said it's not always the case, and hope that's not how it is with this release. Cos if it is good I'd also like such a UHQCD
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On 6/6/2021 at 1:27 PM, Wunderbar said:
Why does warp always give japan a special treatment ? Is it time to #cancelWarp ?
ordered the japanese edition, which arrived today. UHQCD. not expecting it to sound different, but curious to try … for some reason. stamper is made from different material for (supposedly) better accuracy and sound. says ‘not for sale outside japan’ on obi strip.
packaging is slip card sleeve not book like UK one. booklet in japanese as extra, too. and little key ring puzzle with squares that push around to make black logo on white background.
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6 hours ago, WurstPLUS said:
Historically there's always this japanese bonus thing going, I forgot why, but it sucks for sure.
encourage purchase of their domestic products over grey imports, which often appear earlier.
market structure is very different in japan, with more people involved, big rental market, low production numbers, no ‘sale or return’ element and so on.
probably lots of explanation out there.
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first listen tonight. very impressed with it for the most part. suspect i would get a better sense of it if i could identify what’s sampled and what’s not. the bits that sound weaker within the tracks might mostly be drum break bits with limitations on quality?
on the whole, much meatier and cleaner than originally sounded. something of a revelation in listening to it 25 years down the line from first hearing it. one of the best remasters i’ve heard over the years. i hope it doesn’t get reviewed badly, because feels spot on to me right now.
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19 hours ago, Nebraska said:
… a friend of mine is in this film.
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On 5/13/2021 at 3:54 PM, Hugh Mughnus said:
His net worth is estimated at between 4-15 million USD. He’s fine.
lol
he could buy himself a nice watch, formerly owned by ... steve 'interesting' davis >
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4 hours ago, very honest said:
just want to let you know that i absolutely don't agree. i see absolutely nothing wrong with these vaccines. if anything, there is more scrutiny and scientific rigorousness on these than on others.
i've seen a doctor (dr sarah jarvis) on TV here in the UK talk about this issue when someone suggested / posited the approval for covid vaccines was rushed, and she said that many / most of the drugs on the market that people are very happy to take (and do in huge quantities) wouldn't be passed for use now as standards for approval have tightened / improved dramatically over the decades.
the reason they're still sold for use relies upon how rare the negative possible side effects are over the astonishing levels of use across billions of people that don't think twice about being a rare case of something going wrong, how the good done is outweighing the bad by a long way.
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2 minutes ago, brian trageskin said:
i'd say it's the combination of recommendation algorithms + cognitive biases + relative scientific illiteracy and intellectual laziness. imo it mostly has to do with a relative lack of critical thinking skills combined to the negative effects of social media.
i think you're pretty spot on there. there's a level of education (...low) which i would say gives people an odd confidence that their common-sense sees perfectly through the perceived flaws and complications of what are immensely-difficult fields of specialist knowledge and education that are ongoing collaborative fields. see the 'dunning kruger' effect.
in this case, the brevity and drama of social media can turn the parts of information that float around into different 'whole' conspiracies. as sites like YT and FB or twitter tend to create echo chambers and suggest to people that because they keep digging in their predetermined direction that they're actually researching, learning, improving, or worse ... confirming their preconceived ideas, they are reassured their stupid or oddball start point was right all along. it's an over-simplification of what research is, what it involves (criticism, cross-referencing ... suspicion. all kinds of things) and how easy / difficult it is to do.
with vaccines, the one(s) using MRNA were developed quickly. now ... MRNA is a system that's been under development for decades, and allows a base to be adjusted quickly for rapid creation of a version of an existing vaccine for a previously-unknown / new virus. people think the vaccine is rushed. it's flawed. it's prepared (plandemic!). and we have ... conspiracies.
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On 5/16/2021 at 1:25 PM, Brian Dance said:
Sounds like bad luck. I've had a pair of Solovair monkey boots for 10 years and they're still going strong. Build quality is orders of magnitude better than DMs.
same place for a split in both of the boots, one side slightly worse than the other. solovair said leather can show natural flaws with age. given boots are (were) NOS when i bought them, and looking at the steel toe in them (very firm, causing bunching or creasing) i'd say design flaw from the time. i'd still not risk another of there's at 50% right now. i have two pairs of sanders boots, which is another step up for me. not yet found £400 (circa, typical price) on offer i want.
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On 5/12/2021 at 9:03 AM, Rubin Farr said:
i've watched the rose anvil (+ other) videos comparing DM with solovair. DM were originally labelled 'made by solovair', and they have the same look. solovair are all made by hand in england, to a higher spec. i'd have recommended them, but despite them having better calf support (so they don't wear the sole as quickly as DM) the only pair i was willing to buy split (both boots, same place) and i didn't notice until they'd returned from resoling where solovair recommended to send them. best they offered me was a 50% off code, with no expiry, which i still have. in general, there are loads of great boot makers across the world, but you'd be looking at at very least £200 (with resoling cost £60 mark; can be done a couple of times) and more typically £400+ for something goodyear / storm welted with a hefty dainite / vibram / commando sole on them. i like trickers, cheaney - eye out for deals until i buy some.
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On 5/6/2021 at 5:51 PM, NI64 said:
Yeah those sound great. Im actually the opposite - I'm all for remasters, even if they're 'unnecessary'. Best case scenario - Breathes new life into music you already love, makes you listen in a new way, notice new things, etc. Worst case scenario - you don't care for it and just stick with the original.
I guess I just don't really see the negatives.
remastering seems a catch-all term for reissuing an old recording with a different sound. it's not necessarily an improvement, because of various factors which seem to include ... a different ear on the person doing the new master, lost sources or recording limitations. last round of led zeppelin remasters included vinyl pressed from digital files, which seemed to slip-out of jimmy page's mouth after the release date. widely known that many new LP pressings are derived from masters for CDs, i think. try the metallica remasters also - thin as hell, and include caviat in the liner notes that the recording's are shocking. it's just too widely assumed it will always be an improvement. it's not - it's certainly likely to be different, though.
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coroner.
i like crime series, and this is an easy watch. if you removed the slightly explicit (mostly gory) elements, which are there in the first series more than the others, it's very much like a daytime tv movie. a lot of the interesting threads and character traits or relationships are being slowly whittled out of the picture. the paranoia about childhood trauma is now downplayed, along with lots of other interesting stuff, too. what keeps me watching is serinda swan - she has a look i can only say makes far more sense with short hair than long.
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no extra tracks, as predicted when rephlex handed the rights back.
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5 minutes ago, dcom said:
I've used manual razors since I was a teen and would never use an electric one - I have a very specific process when shaving (hot moist towel, foam, wet shave, foam, against the grain, wash, aftershave, beard oil), but I still get nicks and bleeds. I've procrastinated on learning to use a straight razor, but meanwhile I'm using a high-quality single-blade safety razor with changeable/disposable blades. I despise Gillette and their cartridge prices.
i used an electric as a teen. very harsh on the skin. very gadgety appeal to them. i switched to safety razor because of cartridge prices. the expense of other shaving stuff adds up if you go deep on the various aspects. oddly, gillette probably make the best blades for safety razors - they seem to have more than get recommended than any other company. general rule often seems to be russian-made blades are great vfm. recommending is a minefield because everyones skin and hair has it's own qualities and you need to have a balance between good preparation and suitable razor, blade (both can be too aggressive) and good soap. as soon as you start looking, you'll easily be eyeing up very expensive brushes and putting up shelves to hold dozens of them ... if you're not careful.
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17 minutes ago, milkface said:
i hate shaving, leaves me with a bright red neck for a few hours and irritates the fuck out of my skin
post shave treatments are a possibility; good vfm + quality would be proraso's 'pre shave', which many shavers rate very highly as a post-shave as it's a soothing cream. maybe also look at cremo cooling (not easy to get in UK) or lucky tiger's stuff.
https://www.notino.co.uk/proraso/green-pre-shaving-cream/p-617841/
https://cremocompany.com/post-shave-balm-cooling
avoid anything with alcohol, of course (dries skin), and remember it's a rabbit hole (i could list 100+ post-shave treatments) like most subjects, especially shaving.
other than this, the key to a good shave is clean skin. if you're using a cartridge razor, consider a cheap safety razor and buy blades by the 100. gillette do a good cheap one, and muhle make some very good ones that are widely-rated.
also, glycerine / tallow / lanolin soaps or creams (preferably) help a great deal if you use stuff in a can / aerosol. i can shave with pears soap, but also use good british brands like trumper (creams are great, soaps are poor by them), taylor of old bond street, truefitt and hill ... most average 4 Ounces for £20 but some of these can be more for less money if you look around at offers. cheap brushes can be had by people like omega, yaqi (see ebay) - many are now synthetic as the trend has shifted slightly away from badger hair as they're improved quality. good average size knot on a brush is 24mm wide.
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i'm interested to see what happens with new vaccine research, as i can remember a mention of trying to design one that can adapt to appearances of future variants despite not knowing exactly what the characteristics would be, of course, once administered to people. in a sense, no need to chase your tail each year with boosters as you do with less infectious / dangerous things like the flu.
i am pretty sure people aren't quite wrapping their heads around vaccines being bust by mutations, variants. still plenty who think when they themselves are vaccinated it's safer for them forever, and once everyone is vaccinated it's all over forever. i would expect everywhere to have a very good chance of being back to 'square one' multiple times before there's a winding down of track / trace, testing, monitoring variants and everything else that's now everyday. too many people, too many governments to be quick and easy.
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i often try to pinpoint the moment i lost most of my definite excitement for new rdj work, and i think it’s between icbyd + rdj album original releases ... the slight return to form is this run of ep’s + chosen lords.
odd thing to do, but it’s caused by a mix of having spoken to a member of staff at sister ray when HAB released + he said he was done with his work as it was using a style found in some form elsewhere, and an ongoing career and appearance of new fans over the years who haven’t necessarily been able to hear it all as it first appeared, their different perspectives + appreciation.
i don’t actually like (but understand, appreciate) the sense of humour of most of the work since the mid 90s. i like miserable richard better.
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12 hours ago, toaoaoad said:
This business of prioritizing age groups has been subject to reevaluation lately, as 20-40 year olds are the ones spreading it the most, and getting significantly sicker from it in higher numbers than we thought was probable a year ago, and there has been some talk of prioritizing that age group a lot sooner.
the evaluation of ages and infections will be continuous, of course. age is still considered the major factor, and i guess age was settled on as a way to manage administering injections some time ago. it will also have been known that variants will try to mutate to find new / better ways to succeed.
i believe you might see acceleration in transmission rates and generation of new variants within age groups typical of those likely to socialise in pubs and clubs, perhaps more so than those in other places reopening in the UK as of yesterday, now that things are moving on here, as they’re busier with crowds relaxing.
people do think they’re safe if they’re young, and there’s clearly a misconception you’re simply safe outdoors, or in having certain behaviours on occasion but not consistently. lots of odd ideas around all this last year, and we’ve not escaped it with time or with vaccination rates either. another wave likely incoming in the UK now.
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4 hours ago, Roo said:
Australia is trickling towards its millionth vaccination, far behind schedule. Still in the initial phase of healthcare worker and elderly. I’m not even thinking about a vaccine at the moment, because it still feels months away. Given my being an early 30s woman with a blood clotting disorder and likelihood of AstZen, little perturbed as it could possibly pose no more or less risk to me than COVID itself, but it wouldn’t stop me taking the jab for communal sake at all. I’ve run clotting risks like this before with various things.
might be oddly to your advantage they’re a little slow. the UK giving younger people a choice due to AZ link to clots in those with certain blood conditions / behaviours / characteristics might knock on to global adjustment in its use.
as for canada’s 4 months between doses - the UK uses 12 weeks as the gap. i suspect this allows for steadier administering pace, but certainly initially looked like a way to spin the figures to look more positive. oddly, deaths and hospitalisations have come down; but we’ve been in lockdown during these months of reaching 50%+ of population with first, and about 5m fully vaccinated.
im still expecting variants to scupper vaccines before too long; boosters and revisions in the works here, so it’s accepted as just the beginning by some - even if the public are convinced things are more resolved than it’s ultimately going to be possible to achieve easily.
i’m 47, had my first AZ dose two weeks ago. minor side effects, like a cold coming on for 48-72 hours. arm pains for a week.
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16 hours ago, Braintree said:
I'm just glad this shit is nearing the final stretch.
odd use of the phrase ‘final stretch’. i’d say ‘end of the beginning’, and even then, denial is rife within leaders of some countries, so not even close to wrapping their heads around there being a problem, let alone solving it. variants will generate, vaccines will require revisions, problems will persist. likely for decades.
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17 minutes ago, Claudius t Ansuulim said:
link to something Cocteau Twonz as epic as Loveless plz?
Also 2nd the tape option. For someone as fidelity minded as Mr. Shields, wouldn’t it make sense to release a tape version of the newly remastered to tape version?
cocteau twins best is generally seen as ‘treasure’. not that like mbv.
as for tape ... cassette tape is nothing like studio tape.
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11 hours ago, toaoaoad said:
THANK YOU
I'm terrible at getting into debates online and generally avoid it, I get way too stressed out and "pulled in" to the computer world and it's not good for my health. So I feel like you expressed what I would have wanted to say, very well, in your post.
I'm also strongly opposed to the idea of vaccination cards being used as passes for safe travel, at this stage. Yeah obviously it makes sense to do that with other diseases/vaccines that have been in use for some time and have solid science backing them up. But it's way too early for that with COVID. People need to stop acting like we've figured this thing out. We haven't yet. We're getting there, but we're not there yet.
People getting pissy that they are being deprived of leisure travel need to stfu and suck it up.
i’m usually very similar in my behaviour in online discussions.
i’ve noticed a lot of relative difficulty in formulating ideas and theories, explanations, coming from people meeting here that are from across the globe. interesting to see a worldwide issue play out in different ways, and limit or alter views on what is happening, in what’s expressed in contributions.
it’s a huge exercise in revealing people’s ability to logically think through the effects and consequences of behaviours and actions, and an ongoing one in ever-evolving ways. i suspect countries that resist acknowledging the pandemic (from their leadership down) will be increasingly problematic, and vaccine nationalism will worsen, stresses will rise and conflicts risked. some kind of passport system, probably digital in most places, will likely be one solution to need to get people (safely?!) moving across borders despite movement being lethal too.
at every stage were still lacking in understanding, and new stages, facets and aspects come to light as the bigger picture is gradually picked over. each country has both their individual, unpredictable and repeated (familiar) ones to spot and deal with, as well as their part in a global one that’s against usual levels of cooperation, too.
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doesn't kick in for a few week, of course. this is one of the major timing factors being used for easing of restrictions - you might offer vaccines to everyone over 18, but they all need to have been done a few weeks prior to any action to change what can be done that resulted from it having been completed.