lol, theres a pretty HUGE difference between “gansta rap” and hip-hop, i dont think i’ve ever heard of anyone refer to immortal technique as “gangsta rap”
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It takes more than words to make a song. It brought to mind the “beat” poetry that thrived among the beatniks when I was growing up (Maynard G. Krebbs of Dobie Gillis’s fame was a parody of the beatniks). There, they would have a rhythm (like bongos), or maybe a few instruments, and through all that noise a person would be reading poetry. But back in that day, no one called beat poetry music.
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LOL off topic but I reference him all the time on jobsites. Mostly just by loudly squawking the word “WORK?!” after someone else says it.
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Didn’t want to turn this into a music thread - although I have to say I am utterly baffled that there are actually people out there who can’t be affected by Immortal Technique’s harrowing story… -
but back on topic:
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Another variant, this time in 3D:
The physical realisation does not seem very practical. It does seem like a nice programming project though…
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I think you’d be interested in http://www.segerman.org/diamond/. On this page, Henry Segerman discusses the idea of playing 3D Go on a suspended diamond made of wire mesh.
Here are a couple of photos from the site:
“The smallest live group. It uses a corner of the octahedron and seven stones.”
This photo shows a ko in progress.
The stone markers I would guess are origami.
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Go & table tennis!! I like this, exactly my hobbies, just missing some electronics , e.g. raspberryPi !!
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Just played almost two hours today! Table Tennis I mean 
Unranked, no games, just back and forth, back and forth…
And here are (amongst others) our balls:
(all photos taken in our ping pong cave)
https://www.instagram.com/alotofpingpongballs/
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The goban in the foreground is an interesting setup
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It looks like you can probably fold the metal legs underneath. First time I’ve ever seen a foldaway goban like that. I wonder how easy it would be to make one’s own: buy some folding metal legs and screw them onto a wooden table board, and hey presto you have a “floor board” at low cost and minimal storage space.
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The downside to that is you would not have a table board any longer.
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What if the stand is foldable and separate from the board?
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The downside is that it is ugly as hell 
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I’m guessing they actually just put the goban on top of a breakfast table for dining in bed.
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Oh, the Czech and their pilsner! Love it!
Check the table 3 of this link and you see how proud they are of their original Pilsner 
http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp/english/news/2014/0108_01.html
Austria? Germany? No match!
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Back on topic 
see: https://www.nature.com/news/self-taught-ai-is-best-yet-at-strategy-game-go-1.22858
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Yeah my local go club actually has some boards in nearby hole in the wall pub when we want to thrown down a couple liters while playing rengo. 
Pretty much every tournament over here has unofficial pub outing after games.
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