The Life Aquatic is great. I'm not sure what Wes's worst movie is, but it can't be Life Aquatic. Also, I've recently watched almost everything Cousteau did from Le Monde de Silence in 1956 through stuff from the 1990s, and compared to actual Cousteau... [
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Upon further consideration, even if Prince is a schmuck, the court favoring Cariou would seem to be more likely to hurt future artistic expression than vice-versa.... [
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4 weeks ago
It's totally unsurprising that we should find more and more examples of intelligence in animals. On the other hand, it seems equally reasonable to me that humans are actually just a lot less intelligent than we think. I mean, the same instinctive... [
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That is literally exactly what happens: Aspiring guitarists crowd the stage between your sets and snap photos of what guitar you're playing, what amps you're playing through—and more importantly, since this is more affordable for them to emulate,... [
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2 months ago
The footage is really amazing, and touching. I feel like use in medical research is a worthwhile tradeoff, assuming that we are doing what we can to minimize it (and I think the cost of keeping chimps in captivity probably goes a long way towards... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by XMLicious
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2 months ago
I don’t know, I sort of feel that the professional photographers in this thread could be a little more humble. We get it, people who cannot pay you $500 are not worth your time.
I think this is a misunderstanding. Aside from the general... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lisa g
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2 months ago
I see you are unfamiliar with the "give me house paint and some rollers and I'll give you a Rothko" school of modern art criticism.
To me that's a totally different phenomenon. The implicit assumption there is that modern art... [
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2 months ago
Re: Tatiyana Foxx, the change in color is not just her skin tone, it's everything in the photo, so I bet that is mostly lighting or post processing. The walls and all the stuff in the background is also a different color in the before vs after photos.... [
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2 months ago
Or to think about it another way, basically everyone in the developed world has a camera and I bet more than 90% of them have never taken even one really nice photo in their entire life. Not even just by luck.... [
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2 months ago
The comments about equipment are interesting. Equipment cost is a tangible way to help people understand why pro photography is expensive, but the real value is from skill and experience. I am not a pro, though I have sold a few images, but I do... [
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2 months ago
Awesome post! I think it is also worth mentioning that Bill Drummond co-founded Zoo Records in 1978, releasing early records by The Teardrop Explodes and Echo and the Bunnymen. He is featured in a couple Julian Cope songs, "Bill Drummond... [
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2 months ago
Nice windmill. It would be a shame if something happened to it. [
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favorited 12 times, recently by klangklangston, The Great Big Mulp, Kitteh, corb, Songdog, Katjusa Roquette, jyorraku, flapjax at midnite, Smedleyman, Joh, dhammond, Skygazer
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2 months ago
In addition to the Japanese love of mayo, simply changing the word carpaccio to sashimi makes the dish sound more Japanese. [
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2 months ago
Why does the US have the 6th highest rape rate in the world?
I think rape is a huge problem in the US, but take another look at your own link, specifically the list of countries with the lowest rape rates. Clearly this list has no... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by movicont, Dolukhanova, jeffburdges
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3 months ago
I wonder if this is also an issue in other countries' military programs... I doubt it.
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3 months ago
His work is over processed for my taste. I find it distracts me from the content of the images. [
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3 months ago
I live in a place where most of my friends are French, but speak English well. Most of them never use the word 'annoying' and always say 'boring' instead. I think this is because ennui means both things. They also use fresh instead of cold. So they... [
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favorited 6 times, recently by zinful, hap_hazard, LobsterMitten, Marauding Ennui, Windigo, looli
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3 months ago
Stuff like this can be outdated AND very interesting/entertaining. The Cousteau team kill a baby whale and dynamite a reef in their first movie. [
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3 months ago
Horse is tasty, why the big fuss? [
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favorited 18 times, recently by mrgrimm, snottydick, sonascope, hoskala, Dr Dracator, mirthe, Goofyy, MeatLightning, jb, Dhertiiboi, Tube, Marky, wintermind, yoink, Pseudonumb, Dimpy, lungtaworld, eugenen
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3 months ago
Brandon, I think you have your figures mixed up a little. Samsung had about $8 billion in profit and Apple had about $13 billion in profit in the last calendar quarter. Apple is still making a lot more profit, though, especially if you compare just... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pocketfullofrye, Slap*Happy
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3 months ago
Cornell West may have legitimate beefs with Obama's administration, but I don't see how that has anything to do with the use of the bible in the inauguration. It's a way of paying tribute to a man who was extremely important to the history of the US.... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by whatgorilla, shoesietart, mumimor, dave78981, HuronBob
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4 months ago
You can't throw windows around.
I've only used (other peoples') netbooks a couple times, but the screens were so small I couldn't really imagine trying to use multiple windows. There just didn't seem to be much "around" to throw... [
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4 months ago
If that's real, it's pretty touching. If it's fake, then the guy is a really good actor. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stormpooper
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5 months ago
Who can predict what "normal humans" want to buy next week, next month , or next year.
No one, except Apple for the last dozen years.... [
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favorited 12 times, recently by Baldons, cyclopticgaze, olya, Suddenly, elf ass, docpops, bitterpants, Hartham's Hugging Robots, DoctorFedora, kpmcguire, BeeDo, Ratio, Blazecock Pileon
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5 months ago
This is clearly a diatribe against the fashions associated with hipsterism. How is a fixed-gear bicycle even ironic? It's not like riding a bike with a gigantic front wheel and tiny rear wheel from the 1800s. I'm not part of the fixed-gear bike... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by cj_, naoko, TheWhiteSkull, naju, saulgoodman
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5 months ago
This article is fantastic, but I wish she had fleshed out her examples a little more fully. For example, she cites the grunge movement as "serious in its aesthetics and attitude." To really drive this home, she should have explored how the... [
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favorited 22 times, recently by cj_, Erroneous, klangklangston, goodnewsfortheinsane, p3on, maggiemaggie, pwally, philip-random, sa3z, mingo_clambake, njohnson23, naju, COBRA!, tonycpsu, svenx, mollweide, khaibit, Cash4Lead, TheWhiteSkull, JoeXIII007, Pope Guilty, Rustic Etruscan
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5 months ago
Sometimes I have animal specimens in my freezer, but if I had a snake I would store it in alcohol. [
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5 months ago
The police recorded another conversation, later that day in the girl’s car. She told Romo, “I just wish it didn’t happen like that, you know like? ” He replied, “yeah.” She said, “Like I wish, cause, I said stop … I said no. … I wish you’d... [
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favorited 16 times, recently by ymgve, bonobothegreat, Carillon, hot soup girl, Renoroc, radicalawyer, CyborgHag, noway, brokkr, Jilder, p3on, stoneandstar, Dismantled King, introp, naoko, goodglovin77
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5 months ago
Cory Booker is pretty great. I saw him speak for some kind of business executives from NYC event. I was somewhat surprised that our CEO was psyched about going, since he is basically the kind of person who is, like, "Thank god the job market is... [
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favorited 8 times, recently by feral_goldfish, jann, liza, noway, ichomp, miss-lapin, limeonaire, fshgrl
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5 months ago
Also, Weird Al songs are often clever and amusing. This one is genius. If Dylan had thought of this in the late 60s, he totally would have done it just to fuck with people. In fact, I would be hesitant to claim he didn't do this without actually... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Rustic Etruscan, JHarris, tonycpsu
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6 months ago
Also, when Beck's
Mutations came out, I honestly believed that it was the opening salvo in a new romanticism that would follow postmodernism. Of course, I was young and naive. I don't think I could have predicted that mocking hipsterism... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
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6 months ago
Might I introduce you to Japan? You need to have your ticket when you go out.
Yes, I've been to Japan. They use that system so they can charge different fares to different destinations. Different subway systems may be optimized differently.... [
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6 months ago
I know the guy who wrote this article. He wrote and sang a very clever song at the wedding of some friends of mine.
Obviously the people most impacted by jail conditions are not getting published in the LRB, but I think it's good that he took... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by wenestvedt, capnsue, scalefree, koeselitz
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6 months ago
Always came off as an arrogant snob, and this only tosses giant complainer on top. If he's got a contract dispute, take it to court or some such, throwing a tantrum on twitter though? Ugh.
I don't really understand the logic behind this.... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by honey badger, grouse, blucevalo, cooker girl
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6 months ago
I wonder if gerrymandering may have actually hurt them in some ways. Specifically, did it play a role in creating districts where Tea Party-type candidates were able to win? If so, even though they get more seats, perhaps it backfires in some ways.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by srboisvert
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6 months ago
I think it is good that it was cancelled, and in retrospect it would have been better to cancel it earlier. On the other hand, I can totally see why Bloomberg would be reluctant to cancel it until it was clear that the city would not be ready. If it... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by merelyglib
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6 months ago
Also, in Brooklyn we used to give out candy and there were lots of little kids in cute costumes. There were also lots of teenagers in no costumes. In my head I would pretend that they were all dressed up like characters from The Wire.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by leemleem
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6 months ago
Did I hear a completely different podcast than everyone else? ... Wasn't that the point of the whole episode? That "finding the truth" is inevitably a bigger proposition than one had originally thought?
I'm not sure if you read... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sweetkid, marsha56
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6 months ago
I have enjoyed listening to Radiolab for a long time, but this a real mess. I found the original segment pretty jarring, but after reading Yang's article and the "apologies" from Robert and Jad, I'm incredibly disappointed in them. If they... [
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