mmmmmk

5 ms·

1.
by mmmmmk 5y ago
You're being a bit too clever. The term 'techno' is attributed to Kraftwerk who were hugely influential for all forms of electronic music after them. It is strange to only mention them briefly later on, and present it as the
2.
by mmmmmk 5y ago
I'm not holding onto laughably provincial notions of cosmogony- it is just strange to start a history of a subject several years after its development, and only make passing reference to its progenitors. Krautrock developed into electr
3.
by mmmmmk 5y ago
I'm a little confused by the American focus of the article. Kraftwerk's Autobahne came out in 1974, and there was a well established electronic movement coming out of krautrock, which became techno. Americans were late to the scen
4.
by mmmmmk 5y ago
The book, The Seventh Stream, by Phil Ennis is a good resource to understand the origins of rock. It is a lot more complicated than just the blues.
5.
by mmmmmk 5y ago
I still wonder why Tesla doesn't use lithium ferrophosphate or another type of battery that won't catch fire. Shouldn't the safety risk of the batteries they use outweigh the slight increase in energy density?
6.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
There is a big difference. An open, democratic government can be peacefully corrected. A closed, totalitarian government cannot be. If the chinese and russian governments were open, then we could worry less about them.
7.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
The GPT-3 Jerome K. Jerome essay blew my mind. Better than most writers out there. Close up Iowa Writers' Workshop- that place is toast!
8.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
Yeah, I hear and sympathize with you, but it's a bit of a truism and misses the point. If this was about lead poisoning, and not parental income, that leads to mental illness, wouldn't you want to fix the problem, rather than just
9.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
Because that ignores the complexities of the labor market, the economy and life
10.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
That's not a fair characterization of Aikido.
11.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
Yes, Al-Ghazali made that point. I don't remember the specific passage but he made the comment that if he left a book in his library, he has no way to know that god did not turn it into a donkey, which was at that moment pissing on all
12.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
I forgot where I read it, but I believe Roddenberry modeled the Ferengi after New England traders in the 1800's.
13.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
Where's Kirk?
14.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
It's an interesting coincidence that the "digital guru" Brad Parscale was demoted and another guy promoted at the end of the day. Hopefully it's not related, but the list of Twitter accounts compromised would be an oppo
15.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
Yeah, that would be my hunch too. To gather potentially damaging messages from Obama, et al, and damage Twitter. Interesting that the Russian Foreign Ministry's Twitter was hacked last week. Maybe related (a test or to throw off the sc
16.
by mmmmmk 6y ago
> But I understand how this might be a foreign concept for someone from the US. What? In the US, knowing how to operate your vehicle and the laws around operating a motor vehicle IS the drivers test. Your argument is not reasonable. Know