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lillobby6 t1_j2d9uy7 wrote

Reply to comment by Thorebane in Brian May gets a knighthood in New Year Honours list by StephenHunterUK

Sir is always followed by the forename or the full name, but not the surname.

With the correction to Dr. as others pointed out it should be Sir Brian, Sir Brian May, or Professor Sir Brian May. Additional the PhD suffix could be added.

Edit: he doesn’t currently have a professor position so that would likely be incorrect here. He was previously a university Chancellor so that may be more correct to use, though I am uncertain how the different terms would be used in this case.

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lillobby6 t1_j2d9ha0 wrote

Reply to comment by Chilling_Demon in Brian May gets a knighthood in New Year Honours list by StephenHunterUK

> In the case of a military officer who is also a knight, the appropriate form of address puts the professional military rank first, then the correct manner of address for the individual, then his name

According to the wikipedia page. Professor has precendence over Sir, but Dr. does not and is thus overriden.

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BongoBarney t1_j2d929e wrote

Reply to Time capsule artist picks? by Equilibriumouttawak

Bowie, Hendrix, Beatles, Jackson, etc.

Honestly probably just the most popular artists of the most popular genres throughout recorded history.

Is there a theme to the capsule? The location is probably a big factor too, as these are very weatern-centric artists

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liquid_at t1_j2d7a45 wrote

Reply to comment by whatistheformat in Is social media killing music? by your_friend_dingus

if you get it by word of mouth, you actively look for it and your choice affects what the algorithm shows you.

Considering that the professional music industry has been taken over by large firms buying listeners to gain chart entries and actually independent musicians have no chance to get into their corrupt system, the recommendation-system where no one but you decides what is recommended to you, is vastly superior.

If you start looking for new music, you get new music.

"Algorithms that show you what you want to see" only show you new music if you have a habit of looking for new music. If you don't bother looking, how should the algo know what you want?

Sure, they are not perfect, but at least better and more democratic than the practice of buying chart-ranks by paying for fake streams...

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