I've worked in the live music industry with lights for about 15 years professionally.
I can with 100% certainty say that every single EDM/DJ Person I have been working with, is working 100% pre-recorded.
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I've worked in the live music industry with lights for about 15 years professionally.
I can with 100% certainty say that every single EDM/DJ Person I have been working with, is working 100% pre-recorded.
It's true in a lot of cases, though "pre-recorded" might be a poor way of putting it. That may happen, but really it's pre-designed sets so all you have to do is trigger stuff like effects and loops etc.
See above, I think it's more that the set is pre-planned and practiced to the point where you'd really have to mess up in order for it to go wrong
I'm not sure "pre-recorded" is the right word for it to be 100%, pre-planned yes (see my point above)
Yup, a lot of people here subscribe to conspiratorial thinking though. They just do so on the right side so most people here give them a pass.
This is something I have always suspected and that is why I don't use Mint or other services like that. Why create another point of possible entry? It felt sketchy even when scott trade asked for it to use as verification. Changed my password immediately after.
It's def. true - I have a very good friend who worked for one of these companies and was in charge of helping 'localise' the assistant which basically meant them listening to lots of these recordings (albeit picked at random)
That's great, I have been in the DJ booth with just about every major DJ the past 14 years and none of them play pre-recorded sets. Care to name who you have worked with?
This. Pre-recorded means the whole set is pre mixed and the DJ just presses play and pretends to do stuff. Most heavily produced productions at most have a set list, where everyone knows the order of the songs. But the artist still djs and mixes and adds effects and all that.
I discovered the lactose one recently and it blew my mind. Made me want to drink less beer.
The use of isinglass (dried fish guts, for those not in the know) is definitely not an open secret, but just something more people should probably be aware of. Plenty of vegetarians and vegans down it without realizing what they are having.
Thankfully there are a lot of beers which don't use it and it's not that hard to find out which ones (or stick with cloudy beers if you want to be safe).
Respect
I read the internet quote several times and I still don't understand it.
It's nonsense, like an 8 year old took old internet buzzwords and mashed them together in a slightly ominous way.
Yeah like I can say that every Tim Horton's makes you clean out broken, rat infested, shit loaded toasters to use when it starts getting busier in the winter but I doubt that was every store. Mind you I was asked to do this by the head regional manager lol
The Domino's pizza tracker isn't fake. The system has tracked where orders are in real time for years, before Internet ordering even became a thing. You need to do that in order to figure out when to send a delivery on the road.
The pizza tracker just made all of that info public. Yeah, a lot of times the store will manipulate the data a little bit to keep up their efficiency numbers, but the process overall is legit
The pizza tracker just made all of that info public. Yeah, a lot of times the store will manipulate the data a little bit to keep up their efficiency numbers, but the process overall is legit
This seems like easy to verify, I knew that many states allow corporal punishment (fucking disgrace in itself). But even in schools and special need students? Disgusting, as it's something that happens because it's allowed. Can't comprehend how US can be so backwards country. Savages, those who are harming kids.
Just finished reading all of them. Seems like lots are overblown or just straight up fabricated, but I'm sure quite a few are close to the mark.
I don't know anything especially scandalous, but I have a couple regarding commercials:
-up until maybe 5 years ago, if that, almost no companies would cast a biracial couple in their commercials. The infamous cheerios commercial kinda changed things.
-when making the same commercial intended for different markets (meaning it's the same script or premise but using different actors), you'll have what is referred to as the hispanic market, the African American market, and the general market. "General market" just means white 9 out of 10 times.
-up until maybe 5 years ago, if that, almost no companies would cast a biracial couple in their commercials. The infamous cheerios commercial kinda changed things.
-when making the same commercial intended for different markets (meaning it's the same script or premise but using different actors), you'll have what is referred to as the hispanic market, the African American market, and the general market. "General market" just means white 9 out of 10 times.
No way to verify all of these, but there've been articles done on a number of these so yeah quite a few are true. The world is broken, and no one cares.
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Yeah, I mean I used Ableton and had my set nice and organised, sorted, clipped, etc. I still had to actually play and manage the whole thing.
The idea someone hits play and just sits and plays solitaire or whatever is only going to be the case for scummy ripoff DJs and low cost wedding/party DJs.
Crazy respect for vinyl DJs though as I can't do what they do, it's an art.
You didn't already know this?
I thought your name was Brass Body Dave, not Mark Body Mark.
People should take this all with a huge grain of salt unless someone can confirm them. Like the one on pigs:
So this one is true. Source: I used to work in a food production facility where we would take all the left over protein bars, chocolate, candy, nuts, etc that could not be re-worked or were not safe for human consumption (Example, line broke down and product piled up on ground, product had too much of an ingredient so we couldn't label it correctly)... and put them into a giant dumpster that we would then sell to hog farms as feed. We actually had issues with people stealing food out of this because they were finding perfectly good $5 protein bars in a dumpster and re-selling them.
So this one is true. Source: I used to work in a food production facility where we would take all the left over protein bars, chocolate, candy, nuts, etc that could not be re-worked or were not safe for human consumption (Example, line broke down and product piled up on ground, product had too much of an ingredient so we couldn't label it correctly)... and put them into a giant dumpster that we would then sell to hog farms as feed. We actually had issues with people stealing food out of this because they were finding perfectly good $5 protein bars in a dumpster and re-selling them.
I would not be surprised if this was completely true, though. The internet is held together by duct tape and string.
It is absolutely and provably not true. I'm sure there are egotistical old ass neckbeards who THINK they are internet superheroes however
Read as much of the ghost one as I could, and it's not a surprise, but I'll hold out hope for less 'trafficked' areas. :D
If only I could~ She does seem highly entertaining based on this.
Yeah, the one about law school was such a generalization. Like, that person had a bad experience at law school, so clearly EVERYONE does and you heard it here first, folks.
Yeah, these are just unverified anonymous rumors on Twitter that do little to spread awareness about the issues they are bringing up because they don't provide meaningful information to foment change. Whereas an investigative journalism piece would include verification of sources, it would include the WHERE and WHEN these incidences are talking place, and likely the WHO is perpetrating them while simultaneously protecting their sources. None of that is happening with these Twitter posts, so it just comes off as fearmongering.Eeeeh. Eeeeeeeeh.
All of it unverified, all of it doubtful, and..
I mean, highly entertaining, but investigative journalism this is not, and even as a joke, it's in extremely poor taste.
I agree with her politics, but this is fake news culture.
Right. Abuse of graduate students by professors and other students absolutely happens, and there are many cases in which schools handle these incidences poorly, so I'm not even casting doubt on the veracity of these accounts. But to suggest that every school operates that way is baseless, and without naming the school in question the account given benefits no one.
WaPo could use a kick in the ass, for certain. Even if she's joking, the corruption that gets baked into our daily existence, it seems would never get exposed if all relied on newspapers and investigative journalists.Eeeeh. Eeeeeeeeh.
All of it unverified, all of it doubtful, and..
I mean, highly entertaining, but investigative journalism this is not, and even as a joke, it's in extremely poor taste.
I agree with her politics, but this is fake news culture.
And yet, all this infodump is not investigative journalism and has zero credibility.
I can believe it if my truth threshold is "Fun-to-know, little-known fact", but absolutely not if i'm supposed to take political stances or whatnot on any of this.
I'm willing to allow her grapefruit to squirt in their eye, if their eyes are available for irritation.
If she was serious, then I'll laugh at her. If she was shading them, then I agree.
Are people really unaware of any of this?
People who would care at least? Being a huge beer nerd I and all of my friends know all of this and I don't know that anyone else would care.
Vegans are certainly well aware of the animal products aspect, there are entire festivals dedicated to vegan beer. (and breweries like Modern Times)
That one about EDM DJs was bullshit lol
I mean the reason, not that they're pre-recorded, otherwise rock concerts wouldn't be possible.
I mean the reason, not that they're pre-recorded, otherwise rock concerts wouldn't be possible.
I don't want the masses to realize that the Belgians make godly nectar and then the supply dips and prices jump. It's already starting to happen to some of the sours like Duchesse de Bourgogne.
As an aside, I don't understand how people can drink the same style all year long. I don't want an IPA in winter and fall....
Haha, didn't see the bit about lighting being too complicated. Obviously nonsense, there are very talented live lighting technicians using software not a million miles away from the performing/production software used by the performers themselves.
That tweet really is a daft one on all counts, good spot
The IPA whining is so exagerated and I tell you that every time you bring it up Stinkles.
There is so much beer being made that even if half of it is IPAs the other half still has so much beer from so many styles you seriously can't pretend you can't find other beer, particularly living in Seattle.
I mean you personally live within 5 miles of like 5 places with 50 taps at all times, and even more bottleshops with 500-1000 different beers available.
There is so much beer being made that even if half of it is IPAs the other half still has so much beer from so many styles you seriously can't pretend you can't find other beer, particularly living in Seattle.
I mean you personally live within 5 miles of like 5 places with 50 taps at all times, and even more bottleshops with 500-1000 different beers available.
No like the light is obviously some MIDI rig and can be synced to whatever I'm just saying the stuff doesn't need to pre recorded, you just need to be playing to a click lol.
This thread did not deliver.
Yeah, also echoing that the post about the UK charity sector is bullshit, they've just worked for some terrible charities. It's by no means 'most' charities that spend so little on the actual mission, nor does any major funder have that high a failure rate (otherwise they wouldn't get funding, it's not complicated).
Generally though charities are shit about data protection etc - and that's not limited to small organisations. I've been able to access waaaay too much information I should have no business getting into.
Generally though charities are shit about data protection etc - and that's not limited to small organisations. I've been able to access waaaay too much information I should have no business getting into.
It's real in the sense that a lot more high-wire IT tech gets done in IRC channels and other ridicolously old tech that you'd expect, though.
90% of the time, selecting different options on an IVR for customer care or tech support will take you to the exact same people.
We might be crossing our streams on what we're saying.
I was just making the point that the tweet was silly, for the reason you said and worse.
It can be automated, and like you say would require a click (as well as perfection in set planning). But the really mind blowing stuff isn't going to be automated, more played like a performer.
Well we do know the issues with non-profits is already true. The only difference country from country is if it is 60% that are inefficient or 80%, etc.
Vegans who pay attention are aware. You would be amazed at how many people have no idea just because it's not labelled on the bottle.
Same thing with wine. Most people have no idea and think it's just fermented grapes with yeast until someone tells them and points them to www.barnivore.com
I know I'm just elaborating further for reasons unknown.