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    Curious about the music industry? Find out stuff.

    Off the top of my head, rap: 1980: 1987: 2010: Most rap uses sampled basslines (I think), but giving them a place of prominence seems to have become unfashionable. Am I delusional? If not, is there any particular reason for the change?
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    Curious about the music industry? Find out stuff.

    This might not be an industry question, but: Whatever happened to bass guitar? I seem to remember it being more... prominent in years gone by than it has been recently. Am I imagining this?
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    LA Noire or Portal 2?

    If you're just looking to kill time or to get the best hours:dollars ratio possible, Portal 2 is not the game for you. It's great, but short. Something else to consider is that valve tends to do CRAZY sales on it's own games: TF2 for $2.49, L4D2 for $5, Portal 1 for free, etc. Rockstar games...
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    What turns you off games?

    I dislike it when there are parts of games that sound good on paper (and could be good) but are implemented REALLY badly. Vehicle sections are a good example. Anyone who's ever played Battlezone will be able to tell you that vehicles can feel good to drive while still feeling like a vehicle...
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    Random

    It probably costs too much to be practical. Everyone likes their hotdogs differently. Onions? Cheese? Sauce? Tomato, BBQ or something else? Chili? etc etc etc. Making hot dogs to order means queues are gonna end up longer which means they'd need to hire more staff. It also means they'd have to...
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    Poll: Starcraft 2 Patch 1.3 Removal of Losses

    The problem is that unless you are close to the top or close to the bottom, win/loss ratio is meaningless. The system is designed to keep you around 50%; if you start winning it'll try to match you so that you lose and vice versa. The only time it matters is if it can't find enough players who...
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    A Male on Females on Female Characters

    It's important because if you ask: 1) Is there more than one man? 2) Do the men talk to each other? 3) Do they talk about anything other than the female characters? Almost every game and movie will pass. Females make up roughly 50% of the population yet they probably hold less than 10% of...
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    Poll: your choice

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    You have just KILLED your avatar!

    The wiki will march on![citation needed]
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    When will we get our inspiring moment?

    Significant changes are still happening (the internet, for example), the only problem is that they are gradual and tend to lack a defining moment. The U.S.S.R. crumbled slowly, but the Berlin wall crumbled in a day. It took years to defeat Nazi Germany, but their surrender crystalized all those...
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    I have some bad news.

    Although we might not be the target of most of the games, we're still the ones making them. Take heart!
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    Poll: What Instrument do you play?

    in order of goodness: 'lectric bass guitar drums ukulele native american flute (it's like a recorder except it sounds nice) melodica keyboard sing
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    Poll: Would You Shut Down Facebook?

    The answer is "no". Facebook keeps a lot of people employed.
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    How do you reason with religious people?

    That's easy. He is able but not willing. Imagine this: You decide to tell a lie. "Yeah honey, that looks great," you try to say. Unfortunately, the MIGHTY HAND OF GOD reaches from the sky and knocks you out before the words leave your lips. This is absolutely true. However, in this case...
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    Best Beatles song.

    Probably their "best" (however you define that) would be Hey Jude. I like Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight though.