yellowcherry

It's reported in the Chinese media almost daily right now.

No, not everything. But this can be.

You have some very very wrong ideas about how the world actually works.

I'm using DroidAnki on my phone as part of my efforts to learn Mandarin. It took a bit of time to figure out how best to configure it, but now that I have it tuned to my liking, it's a great tool. It's not the only tool I've been using, but it's one of the most helpful.

Sounds in the same ballpark as China's "social credit score."

Don't think this is satire that can't happen.

Yeah, he didn't burn Savannah, which was by far the oldest city on his route. Atlanta wasn't even 30 years old when he burned it.

What I'm noting in these articles is an absence of mentions of Google or newspapers.

My dad did these jobs his whole life. He's in still in better shape than I've ever been and has a union pension better than anything any company has ever offered me.

So.

I always assume there's a buyer lined up before these things ever happen.

But then, when they stole The Scream a while back they clearly had no exit strategy, so who knows?

As the article explains, they did make ads for the Da Vinci. Several, in fact. To make it "iconic", they built up the brand.

The ad that's just looking at people looking at it is brilliant, really a work of art on its own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEAJkTP0-M

The effort that went into selling that painting is one of the more fascinating stories of the last year.

I have exactly the opposite experience, time after time after time.

The one area where Google search provides me with a notably better experience is in image search.

Spotify has a service for businesses that includes all the relevant license fees.

https://www.soundtrackyourbrand.com/help

Yay! An official version. This site has been doing it "unofficially" for years, but I'm sure even they will be happy there's a real Amtak version now.

https://asm.transitdocs.com/

I'm living in a small town right this moment where is is all possible. Toss in a library, a bar, a couple barbers, and a fresh bakery too.

I couldn't care less about abortion on a personal level. It has zero impact on my life and never will.

But it's very clear to me that it's an artificially promoted issue that plays on people's emotions.

Divisive issues are not accidents. They're focusgrouped and marketed with extreme care.

It doesn't "simply come up"

Tens of millions of dollars keep it in the forefront of your brain. There is no accident here. There is no "simply comes up"

I have no idea what this headline is supposed to mean.

"Vows to resist"

Resist what, exactly?

As outraged as people pretend to be, they'll still buy the next game.

I'd take this concern seriously if we weren't 50 years or more into carefully chosen and promoted intentionally divisive issues shaping what everyone thinks of politics.

Picasso is kind of an interesting example. In his later years, he got involved in ceramics, working with a small factory in the south of France. He turned out hundreds of designs, some made by the factory artisans in editions that ran into the 100s of copies.

For years they were ignored, but they've been growing steadily in value as they come to be seen as worthy Picasso works in their own rights.

They aren't really "new" Picassos, but they hadn't been considered as valid as they are now.

http://observer.com/2015/04/so-you-want-to-own-a-picasso/