Daft Punk Break Up

Post by chokeartist » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 1:14 AM UTC

core-questions wrote: post #236

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Gait recognition is a thing, in humans and in ML. Shame we're seeing places explicitly banning facial recognition rather than biometric recognition.

Facial recognition is being banned for law enforcement use not because it doesn't work, or is ineffective, or is undesirable, but because it reveals politically uncomfortable truths about who commits crime that existing crime stats were already pointing out in a less visceral way.

Post by nmfisher » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 1:30 AM UTC

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I went to a smashing pumpkins show and was so turned off that I stopped being a fan. I have met several others with the same experience

Since I don't go to live shows, I tend to just have the disappointment of finding out that I only like some of my favorite bands' albums, because the arc of their own musical careers doesn't match my own tastes. Why can't performers just stay the same forever, producing a never-ending sequence of similar but distinct works?

Post by tialaramex » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 1:35 AM UTC

efwfwef wrote: post #324

There used to be a real energy to French electronic music. Between Daft Punk, Justice, Something a la Mode, Madeon, David Guetta, C2C, Joris Delacroix, Birdy Nam Nam, etc. Now I feel like the scene is mostly American. Any modern French electronic artist?

Post by atdrummond » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 1:59 AM UTC

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Wow. You must be really young, or from a sheltered lifestyle. I remember skipping school to attend the first couple of shows, and then continued in college. Seems to my memory that the 'palooza festivals re-energized the whole music festival concept, as there were many more annual festivals that came through town after. I still have the t-shirts that I can't wear, but refuse to throw out.

If you can name a single Australian music festival that I've been to without googling, I'll pay $100 to a charity of your choice.

Post by Sylamore » Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 2:11 AM UTC

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I think a bit of that is you don't expect to see someone famous just walking down the street. This reminds me of a celebrity encounter I had once. I walked into a Gold's Gym in Raleigh, and saw a guy doing triceps press-downs on the machine right by the path to the locker room. I had to walk past to get to the locker room and as I approached I realized I was looking at Arn Anderson (professional wrestler). I was a bi…

I saw Mr.T at a networking conference in the late 90s posing for pictures for attendees. He was a hero of mine as a kid. I was star struck and couldn't think of anything to say, but I did get a picture. He was in a variation of his A-Team outfit. I also saw Ed McMahon in an elevator a few months later at my shared office space. Something to the effect of, "Going up?" and I replied, "No down, thanks." Totally normal a…