This is awesome! Love how there's a lot of different genres in there.
I was in a particularly drawn out meeting at work today, where as an intern I had very little input with the topic at hand... So I ended up doodling a tree. Because trees are pretty great.
It was pretty mind boggling. The whole album was awesome. Literally the whole album. It's the first time I'd ever experienced that.
When I was in the last year of secondary school preparing for the state exams, my school brought in a guy to talk to us about study habits and the like. He told us that according to some study, the best type of music to study to is baroque music, Luckily I had to study Bach in music class, so I was pumping out a lot of Jesu, Der Du Meine until I got sick of it.
There's really nothing like a good collaborative shit-doing. Seriously though, these are some catchy tunes. I'm particularly liking the second one.
My girlfriend dumped me a few days ago, so I've been re-discovering my sad music playlist. Namely, World Without You - Hudson Taylor
I don't keep a formal list really, but there are a few things I'd really like to do. - Write a book - See the Northern Lights - Own a house near a beach - Visit at least one country in every continent (excluding Antarctica... Although visiting Antarctica could be interesting...)
We definitely should. Looking back at our old conversation, Kaius is Irish as well, if he's still around? I'm in Dublin for college, so if you ever have to make the trek up do give me a shout! It's not very often I pass through the Kingdom, but if I am for any extended period, you can expect a PM! ;D.
So I wrote up a long answer, but my train of thought was difficult to follow, and I was addressing a lot of things at once, so I'll just try and break things down and get more information. I don't know much about U.S. history. When those laws came into place, was it popular opinion that black people were being discriminated against? On some level people just know when somebody is being hard done by. In the case of the Classical Liberal theory thing you were talking about, the analogy works because people know it's unfair. You seem to be implying that the law changed the way people feel, but I would say it's the other way around. Also, in order for a gay person to be discriminated against on the level you were illustrating would require a huge cultural and political shift which I simply don't see happening. My original post wasn't the "general case", it was making the assumption that we are living in today's society and with no major reversals of social progress.
I think it just keeps going! I usually hit a question that would take profuse googling and just refresh the page. And I agree! You end up trying some creative stuff sometimes to get an accurate estimation.
Looks like I'm going first: "What does an African elephant weigh, measured in units of electrons?" I remember from secondary school an electron weighs something times 10^(-28) grams. So let's say 5*10(^-31) kgs. I had no idea how much an African elephant weighs, so let's call it 1500 kilos. Divide one by the other, I got 3*10^(33) And 10^33 was the right answer... That was lucky as hell...
Okay, hold on a minute. I didn't say that those events were a matter of opinion, I know that black people went through a hell of a time over there. Fucking hell. I was simply asking about people's overall attitude at the time; commonly referred to as 'popular opinion'. Also, I'm mixed race and know very well that racism isn't dead yet, but I also can appreciate that had I been born 50 or 60 years earlier things would have been a lot different. Overall our attitudes towards racism have shifted dramatically. As for the rest of your comment, fair points and food for thought. I didn't initially come here to argue with you about the ins and outs of racist cake legislation, but it's been a good run. All I was saying is that either way, somebody's an unhappy person indeed. HomophoBaker will feel that his right to practice religion is being compromised, or the gay person will feel hard done by, and rightly so; and there is no easy solution. The "ideal" bigoted baker (never thought I'd say that) in my hypothetical world I created in my first post would refuse the gay person his services, but then be judged in turn by society for being an ass. Yes, an "economic violence" has been committed, and now the customer doesn't get his cake. On the other hand, now the baker has to pay for it with a big smear on his business' reputation and lose sales. You win lose you some some. In my mind, a situation like that is probably better than a legal situation where someone is forced by law to do something that they feel is morally unacceptable. If they really feel it's morally unacceptable, then fine, let them do it and let them be a victim of their own decision. You obviously disagree, and I see why. In your mind (as far as I can tell), the customer should never be discriminated against in the first place, and everybody should have equal access to everything. Also, you don't trust society to make the right decision. This is a fair way of looking at things; I can see your train of thought and I definitely don't disagree. All I can say is, if I was refused a service because I'm brown I wouldn't try to sue them, but I would sing from the rooftops about what a shitty person the owner is.It was not opinion, it was fact. And still is...
So someone in college is trying to re-boot the pretty dead mechanical engineering society. I always thought it was a shame the MechSoc died out, so I decided to offer myself up if they needed any help. About 5 minutes later I am now MechSoc's Events Officer. Need to make sure the power doesn't go to my head.
I wouldn't be surprised. In one of my classes today we had a guest lecturer who's a researcher in 3D printing. He was showing us all the cool stuff they can print (prosthetics, gears, aluminium/bronze stuff, all the things you kind of expect), and then he came to this weird-looking plastic, porous thing. Apparently the maths people got curious about what would happen if you fed an abstract equation into the 3D printer. So they did it. And now they have this weird, sci-fi looking space coral thing. I don't know what the point of it was, but hey, at least now we know how to make space corals.
I really love these Numberphile videos. When I see these sorts of abstract mathematical "proofs" I always wonder what the mathematician was trying to do when they came up with that process.
This song was in Ruby Sparks! Such a good film :'D
Found this while studying to music on Spotify. I may try to figure out the piano portion one of these days... Chilly Gonzales - Switchcraft
I'd really like to! I love all the lore and how well his universe ties together. There was reference to Silmarils somewhere before the Council of Elrond and it got me curious.
I've been loving Tom Misch - Nightgowns (feat Loyle Carner). It's got a great chilled, mellow, hip-hop sort of beat.
This is such a great tune. Nice and ambient, but still makes you want to move around a bit. Definitely gonna have this playing while I cook dinner tonight.
12/12 here as well! I can see how some people might get some wrong though.
My first post shoutout! Cheers ref :'D! It's great how relationships work like that on Hubski. I'm beginning to recognize a lot of the users here and even know the kinds of things they're interested in or opinions they hold; yourself included haha. I like to think I'm a fairly friendly bloke though, so feel free to engage me anytime! :D Anyway, sorry I'm a little late to the party, my new place has spectacularly bad internet so I've been offline for awhile. It was an interesting read. I see where that author is coming from, particularly about living in the past. When I was in 9th grade I moved to Ireland from the UAE, and the UAE ended up being my go-to point of conversation. I had so many stories to tell and things to talk about from back there. My current girlfriend told me recently "When we first met, it felt like you hadn't fully left UAE behind. You were here, but not really". Living in the past is a dangerous thing. At the same time though, I do think that there is a lot of merit to looking at life through the lens of a story. someguyfromcanada already mentioned that there are always the anecdotes which you can retell. But there's also something a little bit deeper. For example, "Today I went for a walk in the park" isn't very particularly exciting. But if you were trying to write it down as a story, it forces you to think about and notice things. What did you see? Smell? There was that funny moment with the dog chasing ducks in the lake, his owner struggling for control. That tree reminds you of a tree you always climbed as a kid. Billy fell out of that tree didn't he? Ah Billy, what a guy. Suddenly your mundane walk in the park is really, really interesting, just from attempting to tell yourself your own story, your outlook on events (and by extension your entire life) changes dramatically, and how you see your life is a key part in shaping you as an individual. That "story" you tell yourself is a powerful thing. On an obliquely related note, this discussion reminds me of an exchange two characters had in a book called The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Here's a link to the relevant part of that book, if you're interested.
Moved into a shared house in the city where I go to college! The people here seem sound enough, and I was lucky to find a room in a really, really nice area of the city. Just spent about 2 hours today walking around and getting familiar with the area. The only bad thing is that the internet here is really, really slow. I just opened up Hubski in a separate tab and it took about 30 seconds (which was actually surprisingly fast. Let me try that again... about 45 seconds that time...). Ah well, hopefully that'll mean I'll spend less time slacking off on YouTube throughout the year!
That Plastic Love one is just too damn funky!
That is an absolutely majestic photo! It looks like you had an incredible view, I'm glad it went ahead! I remember when I was a kid seeing the Saudi Hawks for the first time. They also use a variant of the BAE Hawk. The noise was fantastic, it was one of the most spectacular things I had ever seen.
It's been awhile since I read it. Spoiler alert for anybody who hasn't read it yet: Were you massively confused when Cathy dies, and then on literally the next page her daughter is born also named Catherine and with almost no indication in the first place that her mother was pregnant to begin with!? I was a good 2 or 3 confused pages into the next chapter before I realized what was going on.
Thanks! I was unexpectedly off the grid for a few days, so I'm just catching up on all the responses now. When you explain it like that, signals and systems doesn't sound that bad. The course description on the university's page made me hold a crucifix up to the computer screen. I'll chat to some of the 4th years who took it and see how they found it. If the course goes into all the applications and analogies you went into then it's definitely worth taking.
The one that springs to mind is The Veldt - Deadmau5 feat. Chris James It makes more sense if you read Ray Bradbury's short story of the same name
- Emily Bronte"So I killed a major character, but it's okay! I gave you a new one! Look, she has the same name and everything! Just pretend nothing ever happened!"