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by android50 | December 23, 2015 · 2:10 am
Top 40 Albums of 2015 (40-21)
This year didn't quite live up to the high expectations I had back in January. Artists like Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean, Jai Paul, Kanye West, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, and The Wrens didn't make good on their promise for a new full-length album in 2015. Fortunately, others were there to pick up the slack and provide us with some great albums. Below you will find this year's edition of what I consider the top 40 albums of the year. You'll find albums from varying genres and possibly a few albums that are new to you. In a time where you can look up any song on a streaming service and hear it instantaneously, I hold on tightly to a love for the album as a whole, a collection of songs that work off each other, building toward one major theme or mood. As you will see in the list below, I'm a bit obsessed with new music and the art form that is the album. I take great pride in this list and hope that you find something worth checking out by the end.
Tagged as 2015, abyss, action bronson, are you alone?, beach house, beach slang, best albums, best albums of 2015, best of 2015, bjork, car seat headrest, chelsea wolfe, dan deacon, deeper than sky, deerhunter, fading frontier, foil deer, gliss riffer, high, II, majical cloudz, man it feels like space again, many moons, martin courtney, metz, mr. wonderful, oddisee, panda bear, panda bear meets the grim reaper, pond, protomartyr, range anxiety, royal headache, speedy ortiz, sumac, teens of style, thank your lucky stars, the agent intellect, the deal, the good fight, the things we do to find people who feel like us, top albums, top albums of 2015, Twerps, Vhöl, vulnicura
Top 20 Albums of 2015 (So Far…) 10-1
We are almost halfway through the year, and there have already been some great releases in 2015. With a stockpile of potentially great albums coming down the pipeline soon (Chance the Rapper, High On Fire, Beach House, Deafheaven, Frank Ocean, Jai Paul, Kanye West, Joanna Newsome, Majical Cloudz, Ghostface Killah, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, and allegedly, The Wrens) I'd like to take a breather and appreciate some of my favorite albums from the year so far. To try to keep some semblance of control, I've limited my list to 20 albums released prior to June 1st. Last week I posted the first half of the list (you can check it out HERE), and this week we will be looking at the top 10 albums.
Tagged as best albums of 2015, best of 2015, carrie & lowell, courtney barnett, father john misty, Honeybear, I Love you, II, jim o'rourke, metz, no cities to love, panda bear, panda bear meets the grim reaper, restarter, simple songs, sleater kinney, sometimes I just sit, sometimes I sit and think, sprinter, sufjan stevens, top albums, top albums of 2015, torche, torres, viet cong
by android50 | March 6, 2015 · 12:56 pm
BDWPS Podcast: Episode #33
In the latest episode of BDWPS Podcast, we check out some of the best music to come out in 2015 so far, including new music from Panda Bear, Sleater Kinney, Bjork, Elephant Micah, and Joey Bada$$. I also discuss the documentary "The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart," and continue our journey through Robert Shelton's Bob Dylan biography "No Direction Home." Check it out HERE or subscribe to the podcast on Stictcher or iTunes (Search: BDWPS).
Panda Bear "Boys Latin"
Sleater Kinney "Surface Envy"
Twerps "Back to You"
Joey Bada$$ "Paper Trail$"
Bjork "Lion Song"
The Sidekicks "Hell is Warm"
Elephant Micah "By the Canal"
Captain Beefheart "Low Yo Yo Stuff"
Bob Dylan "I Want You"
Tagged as bjork, bob dylan, captain beefheart, elephant micah, joey bada$$, panda bear, sleater kinney, the sidekicks, Twerps
Top 20 Albums of 2011 (So Far…): 20-11
Around this time last year I posted the "Top 20 Summer Albums of 2010." I understand this may sound like an awkward, convoluted list, but it essentially consisted of 20 albums that had been released to that point in the year, all featuring upbeat, summer-y songs. Readers generally enjoyed the list, and now in 2011, I feel I should follow it up with a sophomore effort. Yet I can't.
At this point last year, dozens of upbeat albums filled my shelves (Vampire Weekend, Fang Island, Surfer Blood, etc). I had so many "summer albums" to list that several great releases didn't even make the cut. But this year? Nothing. Setting out to write the summer list, I struggled to even make a top 10 list, let alone a top 20. For those that care, here's what it would have looked like:
1. Toro Y Moi "Underneath the Pine"
2. Beastie Boys "Hot Sauce Committee Part II
3. Go! Team "Rolling Blackouts"
4. Ponytail "Do Whatever You Want All the Time"
5. Akron/Family "The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT"
6. Dirty Beaches "Badlands"
7. Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
8. Danielson "Best of Gloucester County"
9. Davila 666 "Tan Bajo"
10. Cloud Nothings "S/T"
Even though I'm able to come up with this list, writing it would probably be painful simply because few of the albums are as near and dear to me as the ones that made up my list last year (although two of the albums above did make the list that I'm about to unleash on you…).
Don't worry though. My love for great albums hasn't waned. There are many albums that have already hit a chord with me, so much so that I feel I must write about them so that others can share in my joy. I've come up with a much more logical mid-year list: "The Top Albums of 2011 (So Far…)". This will not only serve as a mid-term report on the year's best, but it will also bring forward some great albums that probably won't make the final cut on my year-end list (it pains me to leave wonderful albums out every December).
The rankings for this list are not to be treated as the end-all-be-all (I just don't want to be held accountable if an album is 17th on this list and ends up in the top five at the end of the year). As you know, our experience with an album ebbs and flows; sometimes our adoration grows with time while in other cases, the thrill is gone after a month. Enough of this babbling. Time to get down to business.
20. BOAT
"Dress Like Your Idols"
[Magic Marker; 2011]
The cover to "Dress Like Your Idols" says it all: a collection of album cover parodies, mostly focused on albums of the 90s. Yes, there is an homage to the Ramones and Velvet Underground, but you don't have to go beyond the 90s to find BOAT's biggest influences. A quick listen to BOAT's music and the first band to come to mind for most is Pavement due to Crane's everyday lyrics and straight-forward, disaffected vocal approach. If he needs to pay his electricity bill, he sings about it. If he is walking past a convenience store, he sings about it. If he's listening to his walkman, he sings about it. But within these tales of commonplace, everyday occurrences, he weaves in heartfelt themes of isolation, helplessness, and loneliness. Instead of going full-emo, Crane uses humor to defuse the sadness of his stories, in turn, creating intelligent power pop that is immediate and reassuring.
There are other 90s elements at play here, whether it be the guitar squeals of Built to Spill or the quaint jangle of Folk Implosion, but I can't simply tag BOAT as a 90s rehash. A band like Yuck! would better fit that category (as much as I love their music, their borrowing from Dinosaur Jr and Superchunk borders on criminal). BOAT on the other hand have learned from the music of their youth, and taken it into the 21st century, bringing their own fresh, slacker take on the new millennium.
"Landlocked," just one of many slacker tales of seclusion:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/09-landlocked.mp3
19. Twilight Singers
"Dynamite Steps"
[SubPop; 2011]
The Twilight Singers frontman Gregg Dulli is the epitome of the anti-auto-tune. No, his voice is not always perfectly on key, it is prone to crack, and at times he strains for notes that are just out of reach. Despite these deficiencies, he remains one of the best vocalists of the past 20 years due to his soulful approach, his shouts and howls that resound with anger, pain, and bitterness. His mistakes always further the vulnerability of his narrative, adding the forlorn character found within the tattered, frail city of "Dynamite Steps."
While other voices of the 90s have faded, Dulli's has only strengthened over the years. He has been keeping busy since the break-up of Afghan Whigs with the Twilight Singers, his solo work, and his collaboration with Mark Lanegan, the Gutter Twins. Despite this mass of music production, "Dynamite Steps" is the closest Dulli's dipped back into the world of the Afghan Whigs in a while, more specifically, "Black Love" and "1965" era Whigs. These songs are just as funky, emotional, and dark as Afghan classics. Even the story on "Dynamite Steps," lovers held back by the confines of their decrepit city, is eerily similar to the one found in "Black Love." The only difference is that their answer isn't to burn it all down as Dulli once suggested on "Going To Town"; instead, from what I can gather, he kills his lover so he can see her in his dreams where everything is beautiful again. So yeah, I guess you could say Dulli has matured.
Singing off-key has never sounded better than on "Last Night In Town":
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/01-last-night-in-town.mp3
18. Times New Viking
"Dancer Equired"
[Merge; 2011]
I've been saying it for years now, "If only Times New Viking would clean up their production value…" Well, with the slow move away from the lo-fi movement, TNV finally granted my wish with "Dancer Equired." Not to say that the production value is pristine, but the band has wiped away a bit of the fuzz to allow the listener a step closer into their pop palace.
TNV has always written infectious pop melodies, and finally they allowed the songs to be the centerpiece of an album. No longer is it about how bad we can make a great song sound, rather "Here's a great song. Take it as you will." One may suggest that the band has sold out by moving away from lo-fi, but they still keep their cred with most of "Dancer Equired" sounding like it was all recorded in one day. And really, that's what makes TNV so great. In the past TNV's songs were in your face: either the hook caught you or you got lost in the noise. On "Dancer Equired," with much of the lo-fi trappings gone, the band takes time to unreel songs that aren't as instantaneous. Instead, they allow their organ riffs and energetic shouts grow on you with each listen. I never want to hear a polished TNV album, but "Dancer Equired" has just enough shimmer to allow the melodies to shine their brightest.
This song is called "Fuck Her Tears"; I don't think we need to worry about TNV selling out:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/11-fuck-her-tears.mp3
17. Panda Bear
[Pawtracks; 2011]
For those that have followed my blog over the years, seeing a Panda Bear album this low on a best of list (let alone a mid-year list) is probably a bit alarming. "Person Pitch" is one of my all-time favorite albums, and I've conveyed my admiration of both Panda Bear and Animal Collective fervently over the years. So "Tomboy" at #17 might be a strange site on BDWPS, but then again, "Tomboy" is a pretty strange album. The first half is filled with the types of Beach Boy style melodies we've grown to love, all filtered through Panda Bears arsenal of squeaks and echos. Songs like "You Can Count On Me" and "Slow Motion" are just as enjoyable listens as anything on "Person Pitch." I could listen to side A of "Tomboy" again and again (and I have).
Then there is side two. It's far from bad, but the album definitely takes a peculiar turn. To this day I can't comprehend exactly what is happening on side two, and part of me really likes that about this album. The alien approach makes it a challenge to figure out exactly what Panda Bear was trying to accomplish. It's ominous, desolate, and almost frozen melodically. With each listen, I feel myself slowly cracking the surface of what Panda Bear is doing, and this slow and steady process of discovery is the reason "Tomboy" snuck onto this list. If all of "Tomboy" were like the first half, you'd probably find this album in the top 10, if not at number one, but as of now, I'm still familiarizing myself with the unexplainable hum of side two, with its obtuse offerings like "Scheherazade," "Friendship Bracelet," and "Afterburner." Who knows, by year-end I might be singing a different tune (or chanting it like a Panda Bear monk).
"You Can Count On Me" is familiar territory from side one:
16. Thurston Moore
"Demolished Thoughts"
[Matador; 2011]
Kim Gordan is one lucky gal. Seriously, she's married to Thurston Moore. How cool is that? Sure, she's an indie goddess in her own right, but Thurston Moore! Thirst N' More!!! Not only are his contributions to the indie scene immensely significant, but based off the songs on his solo album "Demolished Thoughts," he makes a pretty loving husband. With exposed lyrics like "whisper I love you my darling" and "you stole his heart away," Thurston holds back nothing when it comes to his gal Kim. I personally hate love songs, but with something this honest and forthcoming, I can't help but feel an admiration for what this power indie couple has held together all these years (what is it now, 25 years?!).
While "Demolished Thoughts" sounds very similar to Thurston's last solo album "Trees Outside the Academy," both featuring an enchanting combination of acoustic guitar and strings, "Demolished Thoughts" has a production value that is far beyond his prior effort. Beck produced this album, and it is easy to figure out that he took his prowess from "Sea Changes" and implemented it here. The back-and-forth of the guitar and strings harken back to the sweet sounds of Nick Drake. But Drake's guitars never sounded this clear, this personal, this serene. You won't hear a better sounding acoustic guitar in 2011, and I doubt you will hear a more honest, charming album of love songs.
Just one listen to the guitars on "Benediction" and you'll fall in love too:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/01-benediction.mp3
15. Six Organs of Admittance
"Asleep On the Floodplain"
[Drag City; 2011]
A few years back, my friend SongsSuck burnt me a book full of CDs, mostly bands I'd never heard before. When presented with 200 new albums, it can be a bit daunting to trek your way through them. One of the albums in the multitude of CD-Rs was Six Organs of Admittance's "Dark Noontide," and although I enjoyed it, the album got lost in the mix over time. Upon seeing Six Organs had a new album this year, I jumped at the chance to revisit the band long forgotten. The problem is I didn't recall what they sounded like, and for some reason, I got them confused with Godspeed You! Black Emperor (probably the long names caused my mistake). You can imagine my surprise when Organs experimental folk ramblings sounded nothing like GY!BE's hypnotic chamber rock. As much as I enjoy GYBE, my rediscovery of Six Organs was a stirring experience.
On the droning, 12-minute "S/Word Leviathan" Six Organs could have been confused with GY!BE, but the rest of the album is folk meandering at its finest. You never know where Ben Chasny's guitar will take you, but you know it is a warm and inviting place. While some might describe Six Organs as psychedelic folk, I feel it is the style of folk that John Fahey finger-picked long ago. This is an ancient journey, roaming about the fret board while staying grounded in Americana. Songs stop and start without warning, but the voyage never really ends. And when Chasny decides to offer up a traditional folk song with verses and a chorus, he shows that he could settle down if he wanted to. He just doesn't want to (and that's a good thing).
An acoustic guitar has never sounded as unpredictable as it does on "Above a Desert I've Never Seen":
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/01-above-a-desert-ive-never-seen.mp3
14. Dirty Beaches
[Zoo; 2011]
Have you ever noticed how every Michael Moore film starts the same: the 1950s and 60s, American Dream, cheap health care, zero violence or poverty, and a booming auto industry? I enjoy Moore's films as much as the next tree-hugger, but it does seem to be both an overused motif and an inaccurate portrayal of the time. Anyone who has watched "Mad Men" or read On the Road knows that life wasn't necessarily all picket fences and apple pie back then (although Sal Paradise does intake massive amounts of apple pie en route to Denver). The Dirty Beaches "Badlands" is just another artistic take on how the innocent 50s is all a sham.
"Badlands" is all about its lo-fi production – unassuming drum, and mechanical bass lines that all fit within the 1950s musical mold. If you were to play a song off this album to someone and said it was a "golden oldie" they would undoubtedly believe you. But Dirty Beaches aren't simply a warm nostalgia trip down better times lane. These songs feature a darker tone than those that they are borrowing from. The vocals are cloaked in reverb, yet you can still discern the baritone croon that will make you wonder if Nick Cave found a time machine. These are not songs of love and joy; they are songs of lust and despair. By the time the final two tracks arrive, "Black Nylon" and "Hotel," there is little doubt that a film noir murder has taken place, although I doubt even Detective Samuel Spade could handle the dark depths of "Badlands" homicide scene.
"Horses" reminds me of Chris Isaak's "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing", except Isaak wasn't nearly as convincingly sinister:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/02-horses-1.mp3
13. Low
[Sub Pop; 2011]
Fans of old school Low might not like "C'Mon." Not that it doesn't resemble Low, but much of what made albums like "Long Division" and "I Could Live In Hope" popular are all but gone. The haunting spaces have been filled with sound, the instruments are no longer hiding in the shadows, and the self-loathing has turned slightly toward optimism. But the biggest difference are the vocals. In the past, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker were ghostly figures, a part of the atmosphere,. On "C'Mon" their voices are up front and center thanks in part to the lush production of Matt Beckley. Not until first hearing this album did I realize what incredible vocalists the duo are. Sparhawk's baritone is thick and hearty, and Mimi puts forth the best female singing I've heard this year with her dark lullabies that somehow lull the listener into a comforting dream.
Low still ventures into the dark tones of the past, but it all seems more dramatic, more ambitious and persistent. I'm not dogging on that slow core sound that the band mastered decades ago; I'm just celebrating a band who has found a way to continue thriving, evolving all the while.
Although it contradicts my portrayal of the album as a positive venture, "Majesty/Magic" is one of the most incredible tracks of the year thus far. Try not to get chills:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/07-majesty-magic.mp3
12. True Widow
"As High As the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth"
[Kemado, 2011]
Don't worry about slow core dying with Low my friends; others are now carrying the torch. On first listen, the trio of True Widow may not resemble Low and others of the slow core variety, but upon closer look you'll find the same wall of ethereal droning as the back-bone of True Widow's sound. True Widow refer to themselves as a "stonegaze" band, yet the approach is the same. Like a slow, dismal march through a storm, "As High As the Highest Heavens and From the Center to the Circumference of the Earth" trounces from track to track at a steady pace, always teetering on the verge of a distorted explosion that never comes. This is what makes this album so great; it works like a Henry Ford era machine, constantly turning and grinding away with Nikki Estill's angelic voice countering the crunching sludge of Dan Phillip's guitar work. The combination is both terrifying and rousing, causing one to feel both depressed and inspired at the same moment.
Last year I couldn't get enough of Quest For Fire's "Lights From Paradise," and in 2011 True Widow have continued this obsession with this plodding sound. Maybe I'm just going through a stone-gaze-phase and this album isn't nearly as incredible as I find it, but I doubt it.
"Skull Eyes"- always on the verge of an eruption that never comes:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/04-skull-eyes-1.mp3
11. Colin Stetson
"New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges"
[Constellation; 2011]
The fact that I loved "New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges" before even seeing Colin Stetson's incredible live show assures me that my judgment wasn't blinded by the experience. Probably because "New History" contains some pretty magical, innovative stuff. I'm not sure I've ever heard anything like what Stetson does here. I don't even need to focus on the difficulty found in his abilities to play a saxophone riff endlessly without taking a proper breath AND singing with his howling vocal chords at the same time. Impressive, yes, but Stetson also writes some brilliant songs, both mystifying and enlightening.
The album was recorded with dozens of microphones, located in various parts of the room and on different parts of his sax (including the innards). As a result, you are brought into an atmosphere never explored in music (to my knowledge): the belly of the beast; the heart of the saxophone. The bass saxophone echoes and squeaks from within as the pads pound out a slurpy beat (spit valves are for wimps) while Colin's constant circular breathing blows through the cavern like a chilling wind. This is an album for any kid in beginner band who ever wondered what it sounds like inside their instrument. The answer? Remarkable.
"Clothed In the Skin of the Dead" is just a taste of life inside a saxophone:
https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/09-clothed-in-the-skin-of-the-dead.mp3
Tagged as above a desert I've never seen, afghan whigs, akron/family, as high as the highest heavens and from the center to the circumference of the earth, asleep on the floodplain, baby did a bad, bad thing, badlands, beastie boys, benediction, best of gloucester county, boat, c'mon, chris isaak, clothed in the skin of the dead, cloud nothings, colin stetson, dancer equired, danielson, davila 666, dirty beaches, do whatever you want all the time, dress like your idols, dynamite steps, fleet foxes, fuck her tears, go! Team, godspeed you! black emperor, greg dulli, helplessness blues, horses, hot sauce committee part II, kim gordan, landlocked, last night in town, lights from paradise, low, mad men, majesty/magic, michael moore, new history warfare vol. 2: judges, on the road, panda bear, pavement, pony tail, quest for fire, rolling black outs, sal paradise, samuel spade, six organs of admittance, skull eyes, tan bajo, the cosmic birth and journey of shinju tnt, thurston moore, Times New Viking, tomboy, top albums of 2011, top albums so far, toro y moi, true widow, twilight singers, underneath the pine, you can count on me
by mungosandybanks | October 23, 2010 · 11:56 pm
Julian Lynch "Mare"
Julian Lynch
[Olde English Spelling Bee, 2010]
Déjà vu is such a strange phenomenon. Is it just a series of circumstances that remind us of a past experience? Or is it a result of daily routines where it's inevitable that events are bound to repeat themselves? Or could it truly be that memories are timeless, that they float aimlessly through our mind, seeping in from the past, present, and future, creating a psychic horizon where there is no end or beginning?
Whatever the case, Julian Lynch's 2010 release "Mare" is auditory déjà vu, bringing you back to memories that never existed. Something about Julian's ambient psych-jazz resembles music you've heard before (maybe as a child, maybe on the "Finding Forester" soundtrack", or maybe in a dream). Yet, it also sounds like something completely fresh and original, like nothing you've ever heard in your before. As you can imagine, this contradiction can cause some disillusionment. The songs on "Mare" exist in some way within our psyche, a collection of vivid arrangements that whisk you from one memory to another, then vanishing just as you find yourself nuzzling up to the warm feelings that arise within Julian's soundscapes.
Relax and let the title track overtake your soul:
Lynch's sound reminds me of Panda Bear if Panda Bear grew up on Miles Davis rather than The Beach Boys. The breezy saxophone on songs like "A Day At the Racetrack" will needle into your brain like acupuncture, calming your soul and sending chills up and down your spine. The sax solo near the end of "Ruth, My Sister" hoots and squawks the ancient organ procession to a close.
Even the video for "A Day At the Racetrack" is like déjà vu:
Don't be confused though; this isn't a jazz album. On other songs you may hear a sitar, distorted guitars, or a choir of childlike voices. Julian definitely has a focused sound, yet he understands how to mesh a plethora of tools to appease his listener's pallette. Nothing is used simply to be "weird" or "artistic". Every instrument, every reverbed vocal, adds to the final product.
You would swear that "Mare" is a used record store discovery from the 1970s because every song drips with a retro vibe. At the same time, I think you would be hard pressed to find an artist in the 70s accomplishing what Lynch does with this album, an atmosphere from another place, another time. At the risk of sounding cliche – it's otherworldly while still being grounded in everything you know (or knew in another life).
Tagged as a day at the racetrack, jazz, Julian Lynch, mare, miles Davis, panda bear


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Q: How to recursively yield generator by overloading yield_value? I've created a generator that will have an overload operator* in order to be converted into std::ranges::subrange and I also want to overload yield_value from promise_type that accepts a subrange type that will be yielded recursively.
Source Code:
template <typename T>
class [[nodiscard]] generator {
  public:
    using value_type = T;
    struct promise_type;
    using handle_type = std::coroutine_handle<promise_type>;

  private:
    handle_type handle_ { nullptr };

    explicit generator(handle_type handle) : handle_(handle) {}

  public:
    struct promise_type {
      value_type value_;

      generator<value_type> get_return_object() {
        return generator{ handle_type::from_promise(*this) };
      }

      std::suspend_always initial_suspend() { return {}; }

      std::suspend_always final_suspend() { return {}; }

      void unhandled_exception() { std::terminate(); }

      std::suspend_always yield_value(const value_type& value) noexcept {
        value_ = value;
        return {};
      }

      template <typename U>
      std::suspend_never await_transform(U&&) = delete;

      void return_void() {}
    };

    generator() noexcept = default;
    generator(const generator&) = delete;
    generator(generator&& other) noexcept
    : handle_(std::move(other.handle_)) {
      other.handle_ = nullptr;
    }

    ~generator() { if (handle_) handle_.destroy(); }

    generator& operator=(const generator&) = delete;

    generator& operator=(generator&& other) noexcept {
      handle_ = std::move(other.handle_);
      other.handle_ = nullptr;
      return *this;
    }

    void swap(generator& other) noexcept {
      using std::swap;
      swap(handle_, other.handle_);
    }

    class iterator {
      private:
        handle_type handle_;
        friend generator;

        explicit iterator(handle_type handle) noexcept
        : handle_(handle) {}

      public:
        using value_type = std::remove_cvref_t<T>;
        using reference  = value_type&;
        using const_reference = const value_type&;
        using pointer = value_type*;
        using const_pointer = const value_type*;
        using size_type = std::size_t;
        using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
        using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;

        iterator() noexcept = default;

        friend bool operator==(const iterator& iter, std::default_sentinel_t) noexcept {
          return iter.handle_.done();
        }

        friend bool operator==(std::default_sentinel_t s, const iterator& iter) noexcept {
          return (iter == s);
        }

        iterator& operator++() {
          if (handle_.done()) handle_.promise().unhandled_exception();
          handle_.resume();
          return *this;
        }

        iterator operator++(int) {
          auto temp = *this;
          ++*this;
          return temp;
        }

        reference operator*() noexcept {
          return handle_.promise().value_;
        }

        pointer operator->() noexcept {
          return std::addressof(operator*());
        }

    };

    iterator begin() noexcept {
      if (handle_) {
        handle_.resume();
        if (handle_.done())
          handle_.promise().unhandled_exception();
      }
      return iterator{handle_};
    }

    std::default_sentinel_t end() noexcept {
        return std::default_sentinel;
    }
};

Example:
auto generate_0(int n) -> generator<int> {
  while (n != 0)
    co_yield n--;
}

auto generate_1() -> generator<int> {
  for (const auto& elem : generate_0(10)) {
    co_yield elem;
  }
}

generate_1 will work obviously but I want have the same output like the generate_1 that each element is co_yield-ed directly inside the yield_value:
auto generate_1() -> generator<int> {
  co_yield* generate_0(10);
}

Such that:
In class generator:
auto operator*() {
      return std::ranges::subrange(begin(), end());
}

In nested class generator<...>::promise_type:
template <typename U>
std::suspend_always yield_value(const std::ranges::subrange<U, std::default_sentinel_t>& r) noexcept {
  /** ... **/
  return {};
}

A: First things first: bugs/odd bits on your end.

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*I don't think it's worth it trying to support old-style iterators. It doesn't make sense to default-construct generator<T>::iterator, and the new-style iterator concepts do not require it. You can tear out a lot of junk from iterator.

*

*Also, == is magical. If x == y doesn't find a matching operator== but y == x does, then x == y is automatically rewritten to y == x. You don't need to provide both operator==s.

*The promise_type does not need to hold T by value. An odd thing about yielding things from coroutines is that if you make yield_value take by-reference, you can get a reference to something that lives in the coroutine state. But the coroutine state is preserved until you resume it! So promise_type can instead hold T const*. Now you no longer require annoying things like copyability and default-constructibility from T.

*It appears to be unnatural for a generator to initially suspend. Currently, if you do g.begin(); g.begin();, you will advance the generator even though you've incremented no iterator. If you make g.begin() not resume the coroutine and remove the initital suspension, everything just works. Alternatively, you could make generator track whether it has started the coroutine and only advance it to the first yield on begin(), but that's complicated.

*While calling std::terminate() on every operation that's normally UB may be nice, it's also noisy and I'm just not going to include it in this answer. Also, please don't call it via unhandled_exception. That's just confusing: unhandled_exception has one very specific purpose and meaning and you are just not respecting that.

*generator<T>::operator=(generator&&) leaks *this's coroutine state! Also, your swap is nonstandard because it is not a free 2-arg function. We can fix these by making operator= do what swap did and then getting rid of swap because std::swap works.

From a design/theory standpoint, I think it makes more sense to implement this syntax instead.
auto generate_1() -> generator<int> {
  co_await generate_0(10);
}

A generator can temporarily give up control to another and may resume running after it awaits for the inner generator to run out. Implementing something to yield from a range can be easily implemented atop this by making a generator wrapping the range. This also lines up with the syntax in other languages like Haskell.
Now, coroutines have no stack. That means that as soon as we cross a function call boundary away from a coroutine like generate_1, it is not possible to suspend/resume that function via the coroutine state associated with the caller. So we have to implement our own stack, where we extend our coroutine state (promise_type) with the ability to record that it is currently pulling from another coroutine instead of having its own value. (Please note this would also apply to yielding from a range: whatever function is called to receive the range from generator_1 will not be able to control generator_1's coroutine.) We do this by making promise_type hold a
std::variant<T const*, std::subrange<iterator, std::default_sentinel_t>> value;

Note that promise_type does not own the generator represented by the subrange. Most of the time (as it is in generator_1) the same trick as yield_value applies: the generator which owns the sub-coroutine's state lives inside the caller coroutine's stack.
(This is also a point against directly implementing co_yield from a range: we need to fix the type of whatever is going into promise_type. From an API standpoint, it's understandable for co_await inside a generator<T> to accept generator<T>s. But if we implemented co_yield we'd only be able to directly handle one specific kind of range—a subrange wrapping a generator. That'd be weird. And to do otherwise we'd need to implement type-erasure; but the most obvious way to type-erase a range in this context is to make a generator. So we're back to a generator awaiting on another as being the more fundamental operation.)
The stack of running generators is now a linked-list threaded through their promise_types. Everything else just writes itself.
struct suspend_maybe { // just a general-purpose helper
    bool ready;
    explicit suspend_maybe(bool ready) : ready(ready) { }
    bool await_ready() const noexcept { return ready; }
    void await_suspend(std::coroutine_handle<>) const noexcept { }
    void await_resume() const noexcept { }
};

template<typename T>
class [[nodiscard]] generator {
public:
    struct iterator;
    struct promise_type;
    using handle_type = std::coroutine_handle<promise_type>;
    using range_type = std::ranges::subrange<iterator, std::default_sentinel_t>;

private:
    handle_type handle;

    explicit generator(handle_type handle) : handle(std::move(handle)) { }
public:
    class iterator {
    private:
        handle_type handle;
        friend generator;

        explicit iterator(handle_type handle) noexcept : handle(handle) { }
    public:
        // less clutter
        using iterator_concept = std::input_iterator_tag;
        using value_type = std::remove_cvref_t<T>;
        using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;

        // just need the one
        bool operator==(std::default_sentinel_t) const noexcept {
            return handle.done();
        }
        // need to muck around inside promise_type for this, so the definition is pulled out to break the cycle
        inline iterator &operator++();
        void operator++(int) { operator++(); }
        // again, need to see into promise_type
        inline T const *operator->() const noexcept;
        T const &operator*() const noexcept {
          return *operator->();
        }
    };
    iterator begin() noexcept {
        return iterator{handle};
    }
    std::default_sentinel_t end() const noexcept {
        return std::default_sentinel;
    }

    struct promise_type {
        // invariant: whenever the coroutine is non-finally suspended, this is nonempty
        // either the T const* is nonnull or the range_type is nonempty
        // note that neither of these own the data (T object or generator)
        // the coroutine's suspended state is often the actual owner
        std::variant<T const*, range_type> value = nullptr;

        generator get_return_object() {
            return generator(handle_type::from_promise(*this));
        }
        // initially suspending does not play nice with the conventional asymmetry between begin() and end()
        std::suspend_never initial_suspend() { return {}; }
        std::suspend_always final_suspend() noexcept { return {}; }
        void unhandled_exception() { std::terminate(); }
        std::suspend_always yield_value(T const &x) noexcept {
            value = std::addressof(x);
            return {};
        }
        suspend_maybe await_transform(generator &&source) noexcept {
            range_type range(source);
            value = range;
            return suspend_maybe(range.empty());
        }
        void return_void() { }
    };

    generator(generator const&) = delete;
    generator(generator &&other) noexcept : handle(std::move(other.handle)) {
        other.handle = nullptr;
    }
    ~generator() { if(handle) handle.destroy(); }
    generator& operator=(generator const&) = delete;
    generator& operator=(generator &&other) noexcept {
        // idiom: implementing assignment by swapping means the impending destruction/reuse of other implicitly handles cleanup of the resource being thrown away (which originated in *this)
        std::swap(handle, other.handle);
        return *this;
    }
};

// these are both recursive because I can't be bothered otherwise
// feel free to change that if it actually bites
template<typename T>
inline auto generator<T>::iterator::operator++() -> iterator& {
    struct visitor {
        handle_type handle;
        void operator()(T const*) { handle(); }
        void operator()(range_type &r) {
            if(r.advance(1).empty()) handle();
        }
    };
    std::visit(visitor(handle), handle.promise().value);
    return *this;
}
template<typename T>
inline auto generator<T>::iterator::operator->() const noexcept -> T const* {
    struct visitor {
        T const *operator()(T const *x) { return x; }
        T const *operator()(range_type &r) {
            return r.begin().operator->();
        }
    };
    return std::visit(visitor(), handle.promise().value);
}

Nothing appears to be on fire.
static_assert(std::ranges::input_range<generator<unsigned>>); // you really don't need all that junk in iterator!
generator<unsigned> generate_0(unsigned n) {
    while(n != 0) co_yield n--;
}
generator<unsigned> generate_1(unsigned n) {
    co_yield 0;
    co_await generate_0(n);
    co_yield 0;
}
int main() {
    auto g = generate_1(5);
    for(auto i : g) std::cout << i << "\n"; // 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 as expected
    // even better, asan is happy!
}

If you want to yield values from an arbitrary range, I would just implement this type-eraser.
auto generate_all(std::ranges::input_range auto &&r) -> generator<std::ranges::range_value_t<decltype(r)>> {
    for(auto &&x : std::forward<decltype(r)>(r)) co_yield std::forward<decltype(x)>(x);
}

So you get e.g.
generator<unsigned> generate_1(unsigned n) {
    co_await generate_all(std::array{41u, 42u, 43u});
    co_await generate_0(n);
    co_yield 0;
}

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Universal Music LLC The Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger open TikTok official accounts!
The Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger open official TikTok accounts!
Universal Music LLC (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Takashi Fujikura / hereinafter referred to as Universal Music) announced that The Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger have opened official TikTok accounts. It will be announced. [Image
The Rolling Stones, a world-famous band that is still actively touring the world, has opened an official TikTok account.
In addition, over 270 songs covering the band's 60-year career have been released on TikTok, and their songs such as "Start Me Up", "It's Only Rock'n'Roll", and "Miss You" have been released. It will be possible to create cover and remix videos using hit songs.
In addition, frontman Mick Jagger also opened a personal account, following the band's guitarist Keith Richards, who had already opened a personal account.
There are so many requests for The Rolling Stones songs from the TikTok community, and videos with the hashtags "#TheRollingStones" and "#RollingStones" have been posted before the band's official TikTok account was created, and the number of views has increased. Together, they have over 5 million views.
Creators pay tribute to the band's dedication to the music industry with instrumental covers, 'finish the lyric' challenges, and Keith Richards. [Keith Richard appreciation posts], Mick Jagger singing impressions [Mick Jagger singing impressions], etc.
The band's official account has already posted its first TikTok videos, including rare archive footage of The Rolling Stones, and will continue to feature behind-the-scenes looks at live shows, studio recordings, and other exclusive content. will be posted.
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Bird And The Bee
"Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates"
(Blue Note Records 2010)
The Bird And The Bee are pretty daring. Kind of. It's one thing to offer a single cover of a legendary band to a compilation or tribute album, but to create an entire album yourself covering only a single artist or group could be a bit much. Of all the bands they could have chosen, the duo selected Hall and Oates for "Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates." Needless to say, you really have to dig Hall and Oates' '80s pop for this to work.
Singer Inara George undoubtedly has the goods to deliver great vocals on the album. And she does. But when matched with the twinkly electronic pop instrumentation, everything moves but there's still a stiffness to it and definitely no spontaneity. The Bird And The Bee could easily have pushed the boundaries a little farther with these covers, remade them in their own image, but, alas, they fall short. The band tackle such requisities as "Maneater," "Kiss On My List," and "Private Eyes."
Credit where credit's due, The Bird And The Bee stick out their concept to the very end. And what's more, they don't change any of the pronouns in the lyrics ("she" doesn't become "he"). In those areas, and not to mention George's voice, The Bird And The Bee get all the respect due to them. But "Interpreting The Masters Volume 1" is so by the book and rather predictable that it's boring. All The Bird And The Bee did was take '80s pop with some synths and make it '10 pop with lots of synths.
- Corinne
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Media captionIs Palestinian-Israel peace plan out of reach?
The first part of US President Donald Trump's long-awaited plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to be discussed at a conference in Bahrain.
Government, civil society and business leaders have been invited to a two-day "workshop" on proposals for generating rapid Palestinian economic growth.
The proposals, unveiled by the White House on Saturday, call for $50bn (£39bn) to be invested over 10 years.
Palestinian leaders have rejected the plan and will not be in Bahrain.
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, insisted on Sunday that, before anything else, there had to be a political agreement.
Mr Trump is not expected to release the political part of his peace plan until possibly November, once Israel holds a general election.
Who is going to Manama?
The workshop will take place at the Four Seasons hotel in the Bahraini capital.
Trump's 'deal of the century' falls flat in West Bank
The US delegation will be led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Mr Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt.
The finance ministers of several US-allied Gulf Arab states are also expected to attend, along with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde.
Will Trump's Palestinian policy work?
How is Trump's peace plan going?
Jordan and Egypt will send less senior officials, while Lebanon and Iraq have said they will not participate in solidarity with the Palestinians.
The US has not invited any Israeli officials because of the Palestinians' absence.
What does the US economic plan propose?
The White House says the plan – "Peace to Prosperity" – is a "vision to empower the Palestinian people to build a prosperous and vibrant Palestinian society".
It envisages donor counties and investors contributing $50bn for a newly created fund administered by a development bank. About $27.5bn would go to projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip – areas the Palestinians want for an independent state – while the rest would go to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.
Media captionMr Kushner said it could create 1m jobs in the West Bank and Gaza
The projects would seek to "unleash the economic potential of the Palestinians" by:
Opening up the West Bank and Gaza to regional and global markets. One proposal is for a $5bn transportation corridor for Palestinians directly connecting the territories that would include a major road and possibly a rail line
Upgrading and constructing essential electricity, water and telecommunications infrastructure to increase capacity and improve efficiency, such as by supporting the conversion of the Gaza Power Plant from diesel fuel to natural gas
Promoting private-sector growth in entrepreneurship, small businesses, tourism, agriculture, housing, manufacturing, and natural resources
Strengthening regional development and integration by boosting the economies of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon and reducing trade barriers
Palestinian economic woes
67%of youths in Gaza are unemployed
24%of Palestinians live below the $5.50 a day PPP poverty line
70-80%of Gaza's GDP comes from aid or the Palestinian Authority
Source: World Bank
The aims of the plan are to more than double Palestinian gross domestic product (GDP) within 10 years; create 1 million jobs; bring down the unemployment rate to nearly single digits, and reduce the poverty rate by 50%.
What do the Palestinians say?
The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank, cut off diplomatic contacts with the US in late 2017 after Mr Trump decided to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy to the city from Tel Aviv.
Mahmoud Abbas said he was certain the Manama workshop would not be successful
Since then, the US has ended both bilateral aid for Palestinians and contributions for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa).
The Palestinian Authority has also reacted angrily to recent suggestions that the US peace plan would not be based on the so-called "two-state solution" – the international community's shorthand for a final settlement that would see the creation of an independent state of Palestine within pre-1967 ceasefire lines in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, living peacefully alongside Israel.
President Abbas asserted that the Manama workshop would not be successful.
The US says it wants to "unleash the economic potential of the Palestinians"
"We will not be slaves or servants for Greenblatt, Kushner and [US ambassador to Israel David] Friedman," he told foreign journalists in Ramallah.
"We need the economic [support], the money and the assistance," he added. "But before everything, there is a political solution."
A spokesman for Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza, insisted the Palestinians "will not sell out their rights for all treasures on earth".
What do the Israelis think?
Israel has not officially taken a position towards the US plan.
"We'll hear the American proposition; hear it fairly, and with openness. And I cannot understand how the Palestinians, before they even heard the plan, reject it outright," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday while touring the Jordan Valley with US National Security Adviser John Bolton.
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TechValidate survey findings: how customers are using Quadient
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In a recent report from IDC estimates are that the world will create 180 zettabytes of data in 2025, up from less than 10 zettabytes in 2015. Enterprises and organizations continue to be inundated with data. With that much data being created, IDC analysts argue that data monetization will become a major source of revenue for organizations in the future MORE
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Augmented Reality Remote Assistance – The Complete Guide
With Goldman Sachs predicting that AR will be an $80B market by 2025, the future seems promising for forward-thinking companies who implement AR remote assistance. What is augmented reality remote assistance? Augmented reality remote assistance is an emerging technology that enables brand agents and product experts to visually guide and collaborate with customers and field technicians. . MORE
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AR for Field Service: Should you Choose Smart Glasses or Mobile Devices?
With its value clearly proven within the field service industry and Goldman Sachs predicting that augmented reality (AR) will be an $80B market by 2025, it comes as no surprise that the sector is leading the market in practical implementation of AR technology. . MORE
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The Nightmare After Christmas: 'Tis the Season for Augmented Reality for Retailers
The technology is being adopted quickly, with Goldman Sachs predicting that AR will be an $80B market by 2025. You've heard of the Nightmare Before Christmas, but for retailers, especially those carrying consumer tech products, the real horror begins after gifts are opened. Here's why some companies are hoping augmented reality will help them sleep easy. This holiday season, Santa will be delivering hot consumer products all across the globe. And if the big guy doesn't come through? MORE
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How Millennials Are Changing Customer Service
Ansafone
As younger millennials graduate and join the workforce, they will comprise more than 75% of the labor force by 2025. Millennials make up more than 20% of the US population, but they are one-half of the workforce. MORE
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Make Sure your CX is Switched on During the Big Switch-Off
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In 2015, British Telecom (BT) announced it would be switching off the UK's legacy PSTN and ISDN networks by 2025, forcing all customers to shift to IP-based VoIP (Voice Over IP) and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) telephony services. MORE
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5 Trends Set to Define Next Generation Customer Experience in 2019
Servion has predicted that by 2025, some 95% of customer interactions will be powered by AI. MORE
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Talking Omnichannel But Organised Multi Channel?
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Autonomous vehicles will completely transform ownership and usage in urban areas by as soon as 2025 – and will be utterly 'connected' (see "The Internet of Cars" referenced by Goldman Sachs in their excellent article " Cars 2025 "). MORE
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By 2025, the contact center will have evolved into an experience center and it will be viewed within the context of overall business goals. In the past, call centers and contact centers were seen as 'a necessary evil' to doing business – a cost that needed to be managed and minimized. MORE
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Enabling Smarter Engagement Through Personalized Proactive Communication
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Netherlands-based human resources giant, Randstad, cites its Workplace 2025 study to point out that the shortage of talent along with globalization are among the top reasons for enterprises to build an agile workforce. Fifty-two percent of C-suite executives say by 2025, their organizations will be much more committed to building an agile workforce. Why agile workers are a competitive advantage. MORE
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The Power of AI to Drive Change
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What does Goal and Expectation Setting Mean in Customer Success?
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What makes Millennial Salespeople Want To Join Your Company?
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According to an Ernst & Young study , millennials will comprise 75% of the global workforce by 2025. Many companies have aspects that appeal to this generation, and there are three critical factors you can focus on to attract and grow millennial salespeople. By Boris Zecevic. MORE
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AI IRL Podcast Episode 11: How Intuit's AI handles money smartly
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"In 2025, we envision a world where going to a machine and logging on and interacting with a two-dimensional visual based paradigm is not the way to do it," says Kadaba. Subscribe via iTunes , Spotify and more. If AI is where the smart money is going, how does AI handle the smart money? MORE
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Guest Blog: "Zhuzhing Up" Humans in the Contact Center
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Moving to a Collaborative Unified Communications World – A Migration Strategy for Customer-facing Businesses
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A recent report by Global Market Insights estimated the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) market size at over US$32 billion in 2018, with a CAGR of 8% from 2019 to 2025. Organisations of all shapes and sizes are looking to migrate from traditional PBX telecoms platforms to unified communications (UC) environments, integrating their contact centre for greater collaboration. The market is growing robustly. MORE
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Chatbots are useful, not powerful!
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Why the Human Touch is Crucial to AI-Powered Virtual Assistants
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Application Ecosystems and the Future of the Contact Center
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Contact Center of the Future: 5 Essential Investments
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PPC Marketing to the over 50s: Connect with the Silver Spenders
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Stop Ignoring the Impact AI Can Have on Your Business TODAY
Will "The Robots" take over completely by 2021, 2025, 2050? With all the hype and promised potential of AI , how much of that will really come to life? And how will it impact our businesses? Will facial recognition play a part? Can phone or home assistants like Siri or Alexa become helpful office assistants or agents? The potential of AI – more so, the reality of AI – becomes even more believable as we experience it ourselves. I recently upgraded my phone. MORE
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AI IRL Podcast Episode 20: Can AI Save Billions in Clinical Research Costs?
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Recently, we came across an article written by an industry executive that dared to guess what the contact center would look like in 2025. Thus, in 2025, as will likely be the case in 2035, 2045 and beyond, a company's responsibility to its customers is to deliver satisfaction, and part of that involves delivering a personalized experience. Predictions are tricky things.
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workforce will be working remotely by 2025 […]. The ability to work from home continues to top the list of desired benefits for employees seeking better work-life balance.
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As technology continues to change the way we communicate, landlines are gradually being phased out with many estimating them to be completely obsolete by 2025. Whether you're an entrepreneur, small business owner or an enterprise-level company, your business number is an indispensable asset to your success. This is an alarming thought, and a motivating… The post Virtual Phone Numbers – Give Your Business a Competitive Edge appeared first on AVOXI. Virtual Numbers
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Autonomous vehicles will completely transform ownership and usage in urban areas by as soon as 2025 – and will be utterly 'connected' (see "The Internet of Cars" referenced by Goldman Sachs in their excellent article " Cars 2025 ").
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Gartner predicts that by 2025 , the average contact center organization will be exploiting these benefits to better equip staff and enhance service. Digital transformation is about creating experiences that matter, but what does this look like within the contact center?
Will "The Robots" take over completely by 2021, 2025, 2050? With all the hype and promised potential of AI , how much of that will really come to life? And how will it impact our businesses? Will facial recognition play a part? Can phone or home assistants like Siri or Alexa become helpful office assistants or agents? The potential of AI – more so, the reality of AI – becomes even more believable as we experience it ourselves. I recently upgraded my phone.
Frost and Sullivan, the growth consulting firm, predicted that by the year 2025, global traffic would be measured in 100 Zettabytes. Big data is the gigantic data sets whose analysis could reveal predictions of human behavior. Big data is big news. If we can predict what people will do in a given situation, we can create situations that get them to do what we want. But Big data is only showing us a part of the big picture.
Netherlands-based human resources giant, Randstad, cites its Workplace 2025 study to point out that the shortage of talent along with globalization are among the top reasons for enterprises to build an agile workforce. Fifty-two percent of C-suite executives say by 2025, their organizations will be much more committed to building an agile workforce. Why agile workers are a competitive advantage.
It was a novel concept at the time, but the technology is now ubiquitous in the industry, with the financial robo-advice market projected to grow to $7 trillion by 2025, according to CNBC. The world may be enamored with bots at the moment, but they've actually been around for quite some time.
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With its value clearly proven within the field service industry and Goldman Sachs predicting that augmented reality (AR) will be an $80B market by 2025, it comes as no surprise that the sector is leading the market in practical implementation of AR technology. .
This is not a trend to overlook as recent studies have shown that by 2025, IoT apps will have over $10 trillion worth of influence. It's important to follow customer service trends because these days, customers can easily jump ship to another brand without a second guess.
Gartner predicts that by 2025 , the average contact center organization will be exploiting the benefits of an application ecosystem approach to better equip staff and enhance service.
For instance, a recent Forrester study shows that Ai, automation, and robots are predicted to replace humans in at least 7% of jobs by 2025. Today's world is strangely divided when it comes to views and belief systems involving artificial intelligence.
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We know that having clear objectives is paramount, regardless of what project you're undertaking, both in your personal and professional life.
By 2025, they will be responsible for one in four pounds spent in the UK". No business wants to miss out on a substantial, often untapped revenue source. Yet for those ignoring the over 50s in a breathless chase to capture the millennial zeitgeist, it's an everyday occurrence.
A recent report by Global Market Insights estimated the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) market size at over US$32 billion in 2018, with a CAGR of 8% from 2019 to 2025. Organisations of all shapes and sizes are looking to migrate from traditional PBX telecoms platforms to unified communications (UC) environments, integrating their contact centre for greater collaboration. The market is growing robustly.
The World Economic Forum predicts that digital transformation will provide economic value to business and society that will top $100 trillion dollars by 2025. AI presents a huge opportunity, possibly bigger than digital transformation itself.
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With Goldman Sachs predicting that AR will be an $80B market by 2025, the future seems promising for forward-thinking companies who implement AR remote assistance. What is augmented reality remote assistance? Augmented reality remote assistance is an emerging technology that enables brand agents and product experts to visually guide and collaborate with customers and field technicians. .
The technology is being adopted quickly, with Goldman Sachs predicting that AR will be an $80B market by 2025. You've heard of the Nightmare Before Christmas, but for retailers, especially those carrying consumer tech products, the real horror begins after gifts are opened. Here's why some companies are hoping augmented reality will help them sleep easy. This holiday season, Santa will be delivering hot consumer products all across the globe. And if the big guy doesn't come through?
billion by 2025, a recent Gartner study found that 40 percent of bot/virtual assistant applications launched in 2018 will have been abandoned. We've talked in length about the reputation AI tends to have – overpowering and sometimes downright creepy.
billion in 2025. When was the last time you contacted customer support of an online business? If you've had a customer support interaction recently, did you speak with a real person or a chatbot? Chances are that your request has been handled by a chatbot instead of a person.
Gartner predicts that 95% of customer interactions will be driven by AI by 2025, leveraging chatbots and mobile messaging to complete simple tasks. Could there be value lying dormant in your company? Claire Fastier gives three examples of AI unlocking efficiency and opening avenues for your customer like never before. Artificial intelligence is everywhere.
Whilst we are only just starting to see the benefits of AI in customer experience, by 2025, it is expected that 95% of customer interactions will be aided by AI.
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In a recent report, Gartner stated that by 2025, customer service organizations that embed AI in their multichannel customer engagement platform will elevate operational efficiency by 25%. Customer experience is more important than ever. Modern customers dictate why, when, and how they would like to engage with a brand, and companies are looking for innovative ways to elevate their experience.
billion in 2025. Are there any two words that strike more hopeful excitement and visceral fear into the hearts of men and women than "Artificial Intelligence"?
Forrester predicts that robots and artificial intelligence (AI), collectively referred to as "bots," will replace 7 percent of US jobs by 2025. Robots can be scary. They sometimes feels like a barrier to real customer service. Such as when you find yourself yelling "Human! Human! Human!"
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KSI vs Logan Paul: How white collar boxing came to punch above its weight
Joe Sommerlad
The Independent 23 August 2018
A charity boxing match between YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul is set to take place this weekend.
Gamer turned rapper KSI and vlogger Paul will step into the ring at the Manchester Arena on Saturday night before a 21,000-strong crowd for the bout which is being billed as the biggest amateur boxing match in history.
As a result the once-underground sport of white collar boxing takes centre stage.
Born among Wall Street bankers in the late 1980s, who frequently worked out and skipped rope in boxing gyms the sport emerged when they decided to take their testosterone to the next level.
Gleasons's Gym in New York City, run by trainer Bruce Silverglade, was its hub.
The macho craze soon spread around the world's financial centres, with promoter Alan Lacey bringing it to the City of London before it took off in Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Arranging unlicensed matches in local gyms, the City Boys could fight without having to answer to an organising body. No health checks, no meetings, no fees.
Lacey and Silverglade teamed up to fly in a team of Wall Street traders to take on London's best and brightest for the "Capital Punishment" event in 2000 before forming the International White Collar Boxing Association a year later. The body uses the same weight divisions as the professional game and awards belts accordingly.
"What it's become though is a nice catch-all phrase for almost everything between professional boxing at the very top, which is run by the British Boxing Board of Control, and is highly regulated, and then amateur boxing at the bottom, which is run by the Amateur Boxing Association of England in our country," the BBC's Matt Slater explained.
"It's just a freer, more laissez-faire space that a lot of people now are choosing to fight in because they find it easier to put on fights, there's less red tape."
White collar boxing is typically professional enough to feature a referee, headguards and medical support but "cowboy rings", with no such luxuries, have proven themselves a cause for concern.
The death of inexperienced pugilist Lance Ferguson-Prayogg at The Forum in Nottingham in June 2014 drew unwanted attention to the sport and calls for greater governance.
Fighters are expected to have at least eight weeks of full-on training before entering the ring due to the intense physical demands of the sport. Anything less and they could put themselves in danger.
The first YouTube bout took place in February to settle a social media feud between KSI and another YouTuber Joe Weller at the Copperbox Arena in London.
The former is therefore defending his title against Logan Paul, the traffic split evenly over a shared pay-per-view channel.
Rarely has the prospect of punches being thrown been more enticing.
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The rapper broke the record held by Jay Z and Kanye West in 2011 when the two performed "Ni**as In Paris" 12 times in a row.
Travis Scott's "Bird's Eye View" tour has mostly been making headlines for how lit Travis Scott shows get — cops arresting Scott for "inciting a riot," people jumping off of balconies, etc. — but over the weekend, it made the news for a different reason.
During his stop at the Criterion in Oklahoma City on Friday, Scott played his recent hit single "Goosebumps" a whopping 14 times in a row. It's the most times a single song has been played in a row since Jay Z and Kanye did "Ni**as In Paris" a zillion times in Paris in 2011 — but I'm not sure that's actually a record that anyone is keeping track of?
Still, 14 times is a lot of times to play a song.
Watch Scott's record-breaking achievement above.
This article was originally posted on Stereogum.


Tim Tate's newest series 21st c. Sideshows are electronic reliquaries that combine blown and cast glass, video and sideshow posters to create modern day sideshows. Tim recently described to us how he creates these narrative pieces and even provided us with visuals for each step along the way.
Tim explained that ideas for new pieces usually come to him late at night. Each piece begins with a video, which is the most create part of the process for him. Aside from shooting and editing each video, the small cast elements in each piece are the most time consuming part of the process.
To create the small cast pieces, Tim first makes them in clay. The clay is covered in rubber which he then cuts down and pulls out the clay. Wax then goes inside the rubber and is covered in plaster. From there the wax is boiled out and molten glass is poured in. The cast elements are then UV glued to the base and finial. Lastly, the video and electronics are installed and then the vitrine is sealed to the base.
Below are the step-by-step visuals provided by Tim. Be sure to also watch Tim's Artist Talk on our website to learn how and why Tim started working with glass.


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