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crackedmonocle  ·  4385 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rachmaninoff 1st Piano Sonata Op28 Mov.3 Valentina Lisitsa
My favorite video of hers is Beethoven Sonata Op 57 "Appassionata" Mov3. Good stuff. Her videos are what made me interested in classical music.
crackedmonocle  ·  4387 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Feeding The Homeless Banned In Major Cities All Over America
Here is the article about the woman in detroit.

I have a hard time believing that they are doing this because of the health risks of food being given to the homeless. In my area, I have noticed that there are a lot of homeless who will stand outside gas stations and ask for food not money, I am usually asked by the clerk or manager not to get them anything so they will "go away on their own". These permits are probably denied based on location as much as anything else.

I think you might be referring to shits-n-giggle's comment here.

"The truth is that if someone is giving you a service for free, you're not the consumer - you're the product being sold."

I have heard a lot of good things about Duck Duck Go, the alternative search he suggested, but I have never seem to get the same quality of results. Perhaps it is because Google knows so much about me that it can show more relevant results to my searches.
crackedmonocle  ·  4390 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Timeline of art history from around the world
That would be neat but using that style I think you would have to pick a certain type of art to limit the number of images. It would be a great way of showing how specific techniques evolved though. The main thing I like about this timeline is how much information you are given. It shows the present-day geographic region, thematic essays, material, technique, biography of the artist, and collections of similar works. It also has more than paintings, my favorite so far has been a clock.