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The Guns N’ Roses song “November Rain” has one of the longest and most epic backstories in rock.
Axl Rose began writing it in 1983, before he had even formed Guns N’ Roses. At that time, he was already playing it on the piano in hotel rooms and during rehearsals. The song slowly evolved over the years, incorporating grand orchestral arrangements and becoming a nearly nine-minute power ballad.
The main inspiration for the lyrics and the music video’s concept comes from the short story “Without You,” written by Del James, a close friend of the band. It tells the story of a musician who loses the love of his life. A tale of pain, loss, and grief that resonated deeply with Axl.
When they finally recorded it for the album Use Your Illusion I (1991), it became a monumental production. It featured a full orchestra, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, and one of Slash’s most memorable solos.
Released as a single in 1992, it reached number 3 on the Billboard charts despite its unusual length and became a phenomenon thanks to the music video, one of the most expensive in rock history. It depicts a beautiful wedding with Stephanie Seymour (Axl’s girlfriend at the time) that ends in tragedy amid a torrential storm.
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful ballads of all time

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@WarMonitor3 Good job Hungary is gone...
Will be a lot easier to pass now.
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Linus Torvalds created Linux at 21 without Claude or any other AI.
- He didn't have a co-founder.
- No VC funding. No office.
- No team.
- Just a personal project
he posted to a mailing list:
"I'm doing a free OS."
33 years later,
it runs 97% of the world's servers, all smartphones, and the International Space Station.
The most important software in history started as someone's side project.
Absolute legend.

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@markgadala We’re just scratching the surface. I predict in 12 months or less people will be making feature-length short films stitch together with AI prompt.
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@InternetH0F Thats what Trump wants to be in USA. America great again is like this.
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i wish people would stop putting prices on aircraft like this.
the simple fact is that there IS NO WAY TO REPLACE THEM!!!
you can throw around 100 million, 250 million, what ever. but the fact is that they are priceless. russia cant replace them for a billion dollars any time soon, they dont have the manufacturing capabilities any more, they dont have the tooling, they dont have the workers...
they will never be replaced no matter how much they are valued at.

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We’ve rolled back last week's GPT-4o update in ChatGPT because it was overly flattering and agreeable. You now have access to an earlier version with more balanced behavior.
More on what happened, why it matters, and how we’re addressing sycophancy: openai.com/index/sycophan…
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@PNkCSXnzBr83827 Labai sveikai ir skainiai turėtų būti. Ar daug japonų taip sveikai maitinasi?
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@sama Please return o3-mini - as an option, it gives longer output than o4-mini.
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@PNkCSXnzBr83827 Sveika mityba - daug daržovių. Ar jos visos išaugintos Japonijoje?
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