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by GavinB 17y ago
Instead of releasing the tracks without drums, you should release the mixdowns of each instrument individually. You could even charge a few bucks for it. Let fans play their own instruments, re-mix, and upload. Have a contest for the best
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This video is a great reality check. The people in this video are probably quite adept at getting around online, but have no idea how it actually works. Many people refer to the address bar as their "google bar." I've heard seen this in sev
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Their target audience is probably a) Male b) Bored c) Not so jaded that they won't click on ads or try something new d) Interested in rts gaming So yeah, that’s how you reel in that audience. You control for their interest in gaming by plac
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by GavinB 17y ago
http://www82.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=weight+of+an+indian+e... "weight of a" always seems to trigger the weight query. The problem is that it doesn't have general data for "elephant" and doesn't know to link it to "indian elephant." It
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One more thing for those who still like the look of "beta", we've made it easy to re-enable the beta label for Gmail from the Labs tab under Settings. This is silly and undermines the whole concept of a "beta" version. It makes it look l
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Autopager beats either option. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4925 What's really needed is an autopager/readability mashup.
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In meatspace there are police officers and judges who will interpret the law to stop people from causing trouble. There's also the threat of physical violence. Prof Myers found an environment where he was safe from punishment, and started
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You can't see the small print on the deactivation screen in the photo, but here it is: Note: Even after you deactivate, your friends can still invite you to events, tag you in photos, or ask you to join groups. If you opt out, you will NOT
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The "micro billing" proposed in this article is composed of micropayment that are tallied in the background. As far as I can tell, the only difference between microbilling and micropayments is that there's no confirmation dialog. You're sti
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If you're interested in audio recording or mixing, gearslutz is the place. I haven't posted there in a while but there's a lot in common with HN. This thread is recent but there's some great older stuff that I recall. Check out this threa
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Often the primary goal of sweatshop bosses is not to maximize their personal wealth but to maximize their relative wealth and status. Those in charge are frequently unwilling to make changes that would benefit their net profits because it
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The prices directly reflect the difficulty of arbitrage by country.
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A few comments on this quote: 1. There are very different learning curves in different fields, but you have to remember that all of your competition in a given field is on the same curve. 2. Physics relies on specialized skills, while Fre
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Aren't there plenty of Ph.D.'s who can't fix their cars? Sure, but the majority of them could learn if they were so inclined. Inclination is a key component of effective intelligence. Saying "I could be good at math if I was inclined tow
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by GavinB 17y ago
Thanks for the tip, Dylan. Google reveals this excellent video: http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf Very cool stuff, worth checking out. And much better than pumping sulfur into the atmosphere . . .
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New is extremely important in art. If people weren't willing to give something a shot because it's the new, it would be impossible for debut art to get a foothold, and as a result the old stuff wouldn't be as good because we wouldn't rec
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The best players play to win. http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win-part-1.html
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"All over the world people are monitoring unfolding events in Iran via the internet, where an apparently decisive election victory by the ruling party is being challenged on the streets." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099579.stm
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There's a common perception in the academic community that they face heavy resistance from those who think that "death gives life meaning," and that ending aging would harm "human dignity." These feelings may be strong among philosophers a
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Facebook viral marketing: When and why do apps jump the shark?(andrewchenblog.com)
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Not in a band presently, but do some recording for fun. Sample: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/379399/So%20Far%20Beyond.mp3
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I thought it was a great article, I just found the introduction a bit incongruous. The title of the piece is "First Wave at Omaha Beach," but all discussion of the first wave is concluded by 40% of the way through. By the conclusion, which
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This is an engaging read, but the text doesn't square with the introduction. Marshall starts by saying that "disproportionate attention was paid to the little element of courageous success in a situation which was largely characterized by
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Yes, but once you've done so the problem loses the property of having one set that is preferable to the others.
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It never ends. Even at a "Name Brand" school you're still looking up at Harvard-Princeton-Yale. If you're there, you're looking up at the Rhodes scholars, valedictorians, and the "stars" of each department. You have to remember that once y
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If you convert the dollar amounts to the actual value that the players will experience, then the problem dissolves. Adjusting for the marginal utility of dollars at various levels of wealth should make this whole problem a non-issue. Am I m
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A great solution to goods with extremely low marginal cost is reasonably priced unlimited subscription services. It's cheap, convenient, legal, and benefits everyone. Unfortunately Apple has used their near-monopoly in the music player mark
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Dropbox. I don't have to worry about backing up files, and I know if I screw things up I can revert to old versions. Not to mention, sharing files is as easy as dropping them into a folder. I've been using BackPack for to-do lists, but it
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Movies and music stream very well already, unless you have full TV seasons that you want to give away, I don't think you'll get much traction there. The one place that this could work well is games. If Steam had a setting that would automa
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This is first time users. Presumably if they like what they see, they're going to come back. The real way to see if you like a search engine is to set your default and see if you bother to change it back. I just changed mine (as you can s

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