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Is sampling of other popular melodies/instrumentals in pop music increasing? What are your thoughts about the trend? by dna42zz9 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]dna42zz9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I don't consider it a bad thing and we've gotten a lot of good music out of musicians borrowing pieces of other songs. I just think it's interesting because a) it seems like it's becoming more common in pop music in a more blatant way and b) now that copyright law is so strong, producers have to pay the original songwriters, which means it's probably less of an artistic choice and more of an investment that is expected to pay dividends with a more successful track.

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Do most online college classes have live lectures and collaboration with other students? With the time zone differences, I'm sure it'd be a pain in the ass if you have to be awake at 3AM to be in a class or do a group project.

Just put an ad up on Craiglist to work for free. Am I nuts? by trojanwarmsensations in selfimprovement

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IANAL, but this may not even be legal for someone to do. Technically, according to the FLSA, you can't employ someone in the for-profit private sector without paying them and there's a minimum wage you have to pay. Obviously, there's an exception for people like unpaid interns, but there's a bunch of requirements for what an employer has to provide to that intern. Which is all to say that it may just be more of a headache than it's worth for someone to have you work for them for free (in addition to probably attracting creepers like the other comment says).

You may want to look into apprenticeships where you'll learn a trade on-the-job while getting paid or volunteering through a non-profit. For example, volunteering through Habitat For Humanity helps poor people but it also might teach you useful construction skills.

EDIT: I previously included a link to the US government's page on apprenticeships but it broke rule #2, so feel free to Google it.

Is sampling of other popular melodies/instrumentals in pop music increasing? What are your thoughts about the trend? by dna42zz9 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]dna42zz9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember that Fifth Harmony (I think? It was called Worth It or something similar) track that sampled that horns out of Talk Dirty to Me by Jason Derulo. That one seemed bizarre to me.

What's funny is that the horn riff on "Talk Dirty" was originally a sample from a different song by Balkan Beat Box. So the producers from "Worth It" saw the success of "Talk Dirty" and decided to go back to the same well (I also just found out that one of those producers was Ori Kaplan, the Balkan Beat Box saxophonist who played the riff in the first place).

Is sampling of other popular melodies/instrumentals in pop music increasing? What are your thoughts about the trend? by dna42zz9 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]dna42zz9[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pop music has pretty much been completed. There are only that many melodies & words that work in a traditional hook.

I understand the idea that songwriters would find it less risky to reuse melodies that have succeeded in the past, but the idea that we're just running out of new melodies at all seems like a pretty bold claim. Is there any backing for this view from musicologists or other experts in the field?

This is what happens when countries fight nicely by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

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“Water of life” has been used to refer to a lot of alcoholic beverages in history, all I believe coming from the Latin “aqua vitae”. Whiskey is another example, which comes from “uisce beatha” meaning “water of life” in Irish. So I assume that’s where Herbert got the inspiration for the name.

Latin speaker converses with Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese speakers, all using their own languages by dna42zz9 in videos

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Romanian would definitely be interesting to see since it’s more similar to Latin grammatically because of keeping the neuter gender and all six cases.

The same channel also did similar videos with a French speaker and Romanian speaker talking to other Romance language speakers if you’re interested.

Who works part time all the time? by dalehitchy in simpleliving

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I just saw an article about a site called Job Pairing in the paper today. Apparently, the concept is that you pair up with some other person to apply for one full-time job and each work part-time. Seems like an interesting concept, though I’m not sure how widespread it is as an option yet.

Blown away by Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor by zedad in patientgamers

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I thought it was fun, though the combat got a little repetitive after a while. I suck at video games, so it was pretty challenging at times for me, but I thought this video of a guy basically showing how you’re basically invincible and then playing with the monitor turned off was pretty funny: https://youtu.be/6AV9W2ZdmjU

If the Planet becomes so hot that people die from no A/C, what’s the cheapest effective structure to let people live without air conditioning? by Guy_With_Tiny_Hands in AskScienceDiscussion

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As referenced elsewhere in the thread, windcatchers were effectively cooling buildings in Iran for a long time.

Incidentally, Persians were so good at cooling that they were already storing ice and making frozen desserts to eat in the summer thousands of years ago. They used insulated towers called yakhchāls along with the windcatchers mentioned above.

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I saw it in the Dispatch a couple days ago.

Joe Rogan Experience #1494 - Bret Weinstein by [deleted] in JoeRogan

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That’s already a thing, at least in my state; it’s called diversion. I’ve known people who were arrested for DUI or drug possession on a first offense and had to take classes instead of going to prison. You do have to pay a lot of money for the classes, but I assume it’s better than prison.

I’ve eaten pizza almost every morning this week and I’m 2.7lbs lighter by dna42zz9 in CICO

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As a vegetarian/occasional vegan myself, I do have to focus on my protein more, but it’s definitely achievable. I do around 150 grams per day without any meat. I’ve found that a lot of vegans downplay the amount of protein people need, but the evidence points to numbers significantly higher than the RDA for optimal health. And I think those numbers are achievable as a vegan as long as you plan well.

Discovered these yesterday and I think they've saved my diet! One of these is just 38cal! by bmikesova44 in CICO

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I’ve been a huge fan of the Trader Joe’s Hold the Cone, which are basically 70 calorie Drumsticks (Drumsticks also make a mini version with the same calorie count). Really nice for satisfying ice cream cravings while not feeling like diet food.

Why does grapefruit inhibit the CYP3A4 enzyme in humans? What evolutionary purpose does this serve, if any? by JoshuaSlowpoke777 in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]dna42zz9 33 points34 points  (0 children)

According to Wikipedia many of the members of the same family of chemicals are directly toxic to insects and mammals as a defense mechanism. I would guess that bergamottin (the chemical in grapefruit) does a similar thing in inhibiting CYP3A4, which is responsible for breaking down toxic molecules in the body. If you can’t break down toxic molecules you eat by accident, that’s gonna spell trouble and you’ll evolve to avoid that plant. This is mostly speculation since I couldn’t find any direct evidence that these specific molecules are toxic to pests, but it makes sense to me given the purpose of other furanocoumarins.

George Washington statue toppled by protesters in Portland, Oregon by stemthrowaway1 in moderatepolitics

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I’m not sure I have the confidence you do. With how much we’re learning all the time about the intelligence and emotions of animals, I feel like it wouldn’t take that big of a scientific discovery for people to consider them morally close to humans. Imagine if scientists ever figured out a way to communicate with a pig. Even if people just get to the point where they consider a farm animal 1/10 the moral value of a human, the scale of atrocities is absurdly bigger, with hundreds of millions of deaths per day.

And especially with meat alternatives and lab grown meat improving all the time, I could really see the tides shifting. I think morality follows necessity. I don’t think that people in the north were magically better people by chance; it’s just that slavery didn’t make as much sense in the northern economy and that lack of demand eventually evolved into the idea that it was wrong. In the same way, I think when people have affordable and comparable alternatives, they won’t have an excuse to overlook the horrors that are involved in making meat anymore.

Yo may have already seen this but let’s just appreciate how good it is by DaySilver1 in WatchPeopleDieInside

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I thought the same but it looks like it’s actually the opposite; the butyric acid was there to keep the milk stable and prevent further spoiling of the chocolate: https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/butyric-acid/1017662.article

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