FarmboyJustice

FarmboyJustice t1_j24j2ub wrote

It depends very much on the service provider.

When you receive a message, it's a copy of the original message the sender wrote. The sender might keep a copy of it or they might not.

The server that sent the message on might also keep a copy, or not.

The email on your computer or phone is usually another copy downloaded from your mail service.

Deleting an email you received will usually move it to a separate trash folder so you can get it back if you change your mind. The mail service you're using may also have its own similar function so they can recover deleted messages even if you empty your own trash.

Also, the person who sent the email can delete their copy, and it goes to their recycle/trash bin. And the service they use probably has the same thing.

Also, there may be backups of any of these systems, each with a copy of your message.

So deleting an email in one place does not necessarily delete it everywhere.

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FarmboyJustice t1_ixo2xsh wrote

Physical CDs are proof you legally have rights to the music. Throwing them away technically means you don't own them anymore, and if someone were to accuse you of piracy, you would have little defense.

It's unlikely to happen, but it could.

Renting songs from a streaming service gives you no legal right to media shift or play them using the hardware and software of your choice.

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FarmboyJustice t1_itzk83w wrote

When 3D games are created, they generally involve using tools that let you create and move around objects, walls, etc. Creating each element one at a time would be very time consuming so once you create something it's easier to make a copy of it then change the copy slightly. Instead of making 1000 trees, you make four or five trees, and then copy them over and over. You can make a copy of a tree and then make changes to it, making it taller or wider, bending it, or whatever.

Oten a room or area is used to hold the original pieces. Instead of having to go find and load a tree, you just go to the room and copy the tree from there, then paste it wherever you want.

The same thing is true for rooms, buildings, characters, and so on.

It's sort of like having a box of premade bricks next to you when building something from Legos

The room or area where you keep this stuff isn't intended to be part of the game, but the devs want it available so they can make changes later if needed, so they make it an area you can only get to with the developer tools or cheat codes.

Players who use cheats or find other ways to get into these areas feel a cool sense of discovery that goes beyond what the game intended.

Developers know players will do this so they sometimes put fun things in these areas.

The game Portal really embraced this concept and made it part of the actual game itself, where you get to go behind the clean clinical walls of the environment and discover the back side of things, where the illusion is replaced by a more mundane reality.

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FarmboyJustice t1_itt4adq wrote

I understand what you're saying. You can't help but feel that you're missing something, because so many others like her and talk about how unique she is.

If you are genuinely interested in figuring this out, sit down and listen to her first album, all the way through, without doing anything else at the same time. Sometimes the reason you don't "get" music is you are not really hearing it that well. Your mood and thoughts at the time have a huge effect.

Personally I find her songs kind of boring, but ten years from now I might go back and listen and suddenly go "Wow, I get it now." That happens to people all the time, tastes change, and it's ok.

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FarmboyJustice t1_itt328k wrote

I think part of her appeal is exactly the fact that she is not like the typical pop star. She was successful without being supermodel skinny or doing the whole pouty sexpot pop star routine, but also without the rebellious anti-ettablishment schtick. She seems like a real person you might meet, maybe working at a fast food joint, who just wants to make some fun music.

When she twerks it's as a joke, not because she thinks it's empowering.

Of course once she achieved stardom the machine immediately started working on maximizing revenue, but so far she seems to not have turned into a diva.

Personally I don't enjoy her music that much, but she definitely has a sound of her own.

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