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by vjulian 3y ago
When did “ting” become “ding” for the sound of a bell?
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by vjulian 3y ago
I find Airbnb types of schemes to be contrary to my personal morality in most cases. I don’t know how people do it. Running an Airbnb also seems to entail a mass of undesirable work. I don’t understand the appeal.
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by vjulian 3y ago
I’m sorry to be unable to provide ‘proof’ but through personal contacts am aware that this is theatre organised along with governments (in the plural). It’s irrelevant that I find it highly irritating. The real question is whether and to wh
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by vjulian 3y ago
I genuinely don’t understand why government in the US is not being aggressively toppled by its citizens. Perhaps apathy, or fear of the unknown, fear of civil war?
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by vjulian 4y ago
Your comment is sarcasm, right?
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by vjulian 4y ago
Wow. I’m all in on your take: So bad, it’s good. Almost cathartic. Thanks for the recommendation!
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by vjulian 4y ago
Have TV and cinema solved the cataloging issue or at least the categorization issue? If so, why can’t music adapt it and serve all genres? We can easily analogize to studios, seasons, episodes, years, directors, actors and so forth.
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by vjulian 4y ago
Is Bandcamp oriented towards performers? I think I see what you mean in relation to what audiences Apple is presumably trying to cater to, though I have no market knowledge as to how “classical“ music audiences truly segment. Apple Classica
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by vjulian 4y ago
Presumably, the intended link: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/democracy-from-the-ashes...
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by vjulian 4y ago
Perhaps slightly tangential, what does end-of-life of money look like, or put another way, how is money destroyed (assuming that it is)?
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by vjulian 4y ago
Do get into classical music. As others have noted, yes interpretations can vary, but don’t worry about that initially. It’s relatively subtle. All you need to keep track of ultimately, initially, is the name of the piece and the composer.
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by vjulian 4y ago
An obtuse study (and obtusely written article) that concludes truisms: birds of a feather; people preferring to congregate with others of similar interests.
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by vjulian 4y ago
Yes, and Space Ace. And I loved them both.
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by vjulian 4y ago
I think it important first to entertain, for yourself, whether sexuality might be among the most poorly developed, poorly studied and poorly understood facets of humanity. Then consider the deep implications of that. You as an HN reader I a
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by vjulian 4y ago
Genuine question: I’ve never taken LSD, but could some of its purported visual effects be explained as seeing photons via a depressed neurological filter?
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by vjulian 4y ago
If on iPhone Safari, use Reader Mode.
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by vjulian 4y ago
How is this different ultimately from a prudish 19th century culture and its ‘leaders’ determining what should and should not be photographed? Perhaps the only difference is the extent of manufactured analysis and positional statements bein
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by vjulian 4y ago
Brilliant- thank you!
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by vjulian 4y ago
I find the article content infuriating and thus only skimmed. I don’t know if copyright is a factor somewhere here, but to me personally it is irrelevant. I shall look for a complete collection online with the best possible restoration &#x2
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by vjulian 4y ago
Quite a large and important topic, but is this a worthwhile article to center discussion upon? The author of this article, if you were to look him up (on LinkedIn, as I did), has no particular background or connection to finance, monetary p
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by vjulian 4y ago
Germany, like most countries in the world, is a political definition that circumscribes a culture that exists in a geography. Its culture is somewhat tacit to its laws. The US (and a fewer other countries) is a political definition merely c
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by vjulian 4y ago
The US universities might do well by forcibly mixing people of different political stripes. Red and blue…makes purple?
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by vjulian 4y ago
While I hold a US passport and live in the US, I can’t claim a background that is solidly from the US. In my experience in the US, location matters and general culture varies (surprisingly) widely. I would find it hard to believe that a ski
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by vjulian 4y ago
The view that “cultural groups have largely coalesced around race in this country, but that's the reality” is precisely the question. Is that the best and most effective proxy for population segmentation and policy-making? Many would a
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by vjulian 4y ago
But is skin color an effective, useful, or correct overlay or proxy? What are the downsides? What are the alternatives? Skin color differences in a group = diversity is perplexing to many and offensive to others, nor does it seem to logical
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by vjulian 4y ago
You skipped a critical step between G and H which seems to be overlaying skin color as an approximation for current social status. Edit: Though point taken that isn’t the case now with the high school policy. It does seem to be, however, a
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by vjulian 4y ago
Interesting this school had or has a controversial admissions policy. I also recognize that Harvard’s at the Supreme Court. I genuinely do not understand the logic behind what is essentially skin-color diversity. ( https://www.sco
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by vjulian 4y ago
Not to make light of issues presented in this article, there’s a delightful comedy from the 1990s called Black Cat, White Cat about a Roma community. I’m reminded of some scenes from that film. Serbian director, Emir Kusturica
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by vjulian 4y ago
Still not following, but I think that is a function of the medium. I think the US therapist industry is a symptom of its culture and relative lack of community. There is an important role for mental health professionals, don’t get me wrong.
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by vjulian 4y ago
I don’t follow your last sentence. Why? Because it is a very American approach that is less the norm elsewhere. Therapy is not an industry to such a degree necessarily in other countries. Cop-out because it is akin to RTFM, ‘go Google it’,

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