Crazy that the world’s history was almost changed by some deranged idiot with bad aim. Makes you wonder if he was a time traveler trying to save the ww3 timeline and got brain damaged by the time travel machine or smt. Idk would make a good movie.
They’re a bit worse overall. The tongued ones are easier to manufacture and tune but somehow that also means the quality is just worse in general. It also has a bit of this metalic tone which is harder to play nicely but you can hand cover the holes to manipulate the sound as an advanced technique. Also tongued ones are better played with sticks rather than hands so the instrument just feels different overall and smacking the handpan with your hands (thus the name) is much more fun.
That being said, tongued handpands are still cool and can be very flexible though for first handpan I’d go with the traditional one.
I think OP might have meant Corning as the “tea company” as there was viral tiktok on this subject of user exploring what their tea cup/glass maker is up to. Though I can’t recall the exact details so take my word with a grain of salt.
it never goes out of tune either so you can just store it somewhere and keep it for special ocassions with no hassle!
You can buy a good handpan on Temu for like 100$. Incredibly easy to learn and very satisfying to play!
Look for Kurd tuning and around 45cm size and avoid tongue ones (one with holes) and you’ll have a blast, especially if you have an edible or some acid.
One famous example is Corning which mostly does kitchenware and then also huge military contracts for military equipment. But then of course every single US company takes on military contracts from Ford making engines to Singer making sewing machines and guidance systems during cold war lol
So OP is absolutely right. American companies will dip into everything that makes money which is really not a problem tbh and that’s how capitalism is intended to function just a bit funny given that one company makes kitchenware and bullet proof glass for mil vehicles.
Calling Tencent a “web and gaming giant” is really deceiving here.
It’s one of the biggest tech conglomerates in the world. Tencent invest into literally everything: games, social networks, entertainments, cloud computing, finance, AI, other investments… Tencent owns WeChat, Tencent Cloud, Tencent Healthcare just to name a few and helps CCP with surveilance and censorship through these ownings (tbf they don’t really have a choice, they’re based in China)
100% they are involved in military too so this classification is very much justified.
Better yet do it from your phone on mobile network in a clear browser instance - almost impossible to match the fingerprint to your desktop.
The system is not that advanced. Just clear your browser data, restart your router and use a new email address.
all of these tips are moot because of SEO. If you want anyone to actually read your article you still have to write for both the reader and the search engine unfortunately.
So, tips like the “Write clear headings” are often hard to actually implement as search engines prioritize keywords in headings and you’d be outranked by a dude who doesn’t do that 99% of the time.
my puppet is in power — everyone be nice now.
My dog had to wear the cone of shame once. He got his face stuck to the fridge door for 10 minutes. Had to work out some other solution lol
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The context here is that OpenAI has a contract with Microsoft until they reach AGI. So it’s not a philosophical term but a business one.
what took them so long tho
You’ll definitely have fun with either one!