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Most vocals you hear are fake
criticalthud says...shiiiit. sure everything is stitched together. that's the modern digital audio workstation (DAW).
What folks don't realize is that Anteres Autotune is THE standard in the studio. Every pop star and song gets their dose.
That, ultra compression on everything and ultra repetition in production, gone are the days of creamy analog bliss by good musicians, performing a well-written song actually written by the artists.
Now everything is done post-production, and Autotune is 'the sound' of today's pop. The writing is done by teams of "producers" who have mastered today's pop sound and format.
And then LAWYERS.
For hip hop, in the 2000's lawyers began suing the shit out of anyone who sampled old stuff. Today, an artist can use samples, but they must PAY quite a bit. So, only artists with labels behind them can AFFORD to sample. Hence, Bruno Mars can sample everything, and steal everything, then autotune the shit out of it. And wha-laa - he's got a super-produced, money-backed hit where his producers just copy the shit out of everyone.
And in the end, Bruno Mars is the P.F. Changs of music - white appropriation all-dressed up, pre-packaged and sold.
Why Bitcoin Is Not Working
criticalthud says...behind the dollar is an aircraft carrier
What if Neanderthals Didn't Go Extinct?
criticalthud says...Man will stick his dick in anything.
Neanderthal didn't go extinct.
Why are there dangerous ingredients in vaccines?
criticalthud says...and i trust MD's to trust everything big pharma says
Well, I for one trust everything big pharma says.
Expensive Wine Is For Suckers
criticalthud says...i've had a few really expensive wines. By and large, pretty f----ing awesome. 'Course, it's all subjective, and sometimes you're paying for a label, but on the other hand, you generally get what you pay for.
bud light don't taste like a hand crafted brew. nor does franzia taste like a french cab.
Walrus Flash Mob & 20 Years of Pot Research
criticalthud says...people get dependent on lots o' things
plus if you are already anti, u will gravitate towards studies that support your anti-ness.
just sayin, hank
Why Does 1% of History Have 99% of the Wealth?
criticalthud says...perhaps, but first things first. Economic policy is secondary to energetic concerns. Innovation is seriously impeded if a society is primarily worried about feeding itself. You don't innovate if u spend ur time digging in the dirt for primary needs. Agrarian societies require energetic resources to become industrial.
Once that is considered, then u can argue economic policies. Until then, it's seriously premature.
The industrial age is part of 'economic liberty'.
People were free to make inventions that use coal, or use oil, and were free to market them either as products or services.
That differs from the earlier times/case where folks were obligated to participate only in activities sanctioned by their local lords. Often where they couldn't even travel freely.
Much of the math and chemistry we have comes from centuries worth of largely superfluous [essentially hobbyist at the time] higher education of the privileged classes. (eg. Boyle's/Charles' laws being a foundation of modern internal combustion engines, not used in said form for centuries after written down).
(Note : Which still continues to be the case, what we come up with in a purely theoretical form today, ends up being used in practical application much later. Although maybe it's speeding up. eg. Relativity is used in making GPS work, and that time delta isn't quote as large.)
Once the idea of economic liberty took hold, and people were free to come up with ideas that use the universes natural/physical properties to replace 'manpower', you had the industrial revolution.
The 'honor' part plays a good role too. You can witness this still being an issue today.
You can go to parts of eastern Europe, and talk with people about jobs and respectability.
There are plenty of places where a laborer is scum, and a businessman (eg. owner, who does not himself work, but has people working for him) is highly respected.
In these places, you don't see much work getting done, as a large portion of the typical western service sectors just doesn't exist.
For example, there are ~no house painters. Showing up with paint buckets and overalls would just get you strange stares and mumbles from people around you, and parents would be saying to their kids "See, this is what happens if you don't get good grades".
If you want your house painted, you gotta do it yourself. Few self respecting people are willing to do that job.
In contrast, ask people around the U.S. about who painted their house. Odds are, they hired for it.
The effects on small business are visible too. Lots of shops, the moment the owner can afford to not come in himself, that's exactly what they do.
And on top of that, they take every chance they can get to point out to folks that 'they don't work anymore - people work for them'.
It's a culture where the people responsible for productivity are looked down on, and it has a chilling effect on productivity.
-scheherazade
Why Does 1% of History Have 99% of the Wealth?
criticalthud says...False. The industrial age was primarily brought about by cheap access to energy - first coal, then oil. Not one sided economic policies.
Bill Nye the Science Guy Dispels Poverty Myths
criticalthud says...i'm not sure, but i'd start with texas.
Is this moralistic plan of yours meant to be applied universally, or only for those damn overbreeding black, brown and yellow hordes that threaten the white worlds' stable lifestyles and resources (resources, of courses, stolen from the third world)
Bill Nye the Science Guy Dispels Poverty Myths
criticalthud says...the impending disaster is overpopulation and it's byproducts - CO2 emissions, waste, and resource depletion.
Infant mortality efforts need to be a package deal with contraceptive efforts.
Pascal's Wager Debunked?
criticalthud says...the argument/wager does not follow. Whether you believe in god has nothing to do with whether you believe a penalty exists for not doing so.
The Importance Of Roughhousing With Your Kids
criticalthud says...roughhousing = stress factor
a stress factor places a demand on the neurological system, which then adapts.
over-roughhousing your kids when they are at they're squishiest, also can leave them with a permanent physical impairment.
The Science of Pornography Addiction
criticalthud says...The same rational (as presented in the vid) works equally as well with a sexual partner you are attracted to. In essence, he also describing the process people call love.
secondly, this presentation takes the position that porn is a negative influence, for which I would say that any extension of society, whether it be porn or hollywood movies, is a mix of influences, and many shades of grey.
shagen454
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criticalthud says...fuckballs on the mimosa! that sucks!!
have you tried acacia confusa?
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You are right. I only know of one person that continues to study DMT and that is Rick Strassman, unfortunately. DMT really needs to be studied, it is like an antenna into other dimensions. I would never be able to describe the 4d, holographic, complex, ornate, alien worlds I have flown through with my eyes closed. Those are just some words that do not come close to a description.
To me what matters is that our society reevaluates its stance on drugs and medicine. So many illegal drugs are harmless and non addictive. They used to say that MDMA would put holes in your brain and that LSD would make one jump out of a window. Its all bullshit. Right now I can no longer get DMT because the DEA decided to bust distribution of mimosa hostilis. What right do they have?
>> ^criticalthud:
>> ^shagen454:
Now these assholes just need to study DMT to unlock the mysteries of our minds and the universe
I think academia, which is often ruled by the ego and is based on a competitive system, is ill able to really delve into psychedelics, which pretty much requires at least the start of ego death and the base awareness that the ego is the primary limiting factor in conscious development.
GeeSussFreeK
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criticalthud says...In reply to this comment by GeeSussFreeK:
@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/criticalthud" title="member since February 15th, 2010" class="profilelink"><strong style="color:#008800">criticalthud You might check out what level of Vertical farming you can integrate. Seems like a great use of land resource, though would tend to seem more backbreaking. I also haven't read how feasible a world wide solution this is, as there is only so much soil that is farm worthy. That said, if we could make crappy soil good soil with exposure to the sun, perhaps there is something to it...beyond my knowledge though(I only know how to keep good soil from going bad, no get bad soil good).
cool! yes and we are looking at farms like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV9CCxdkOng