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by andyjsong 7y ago
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bo0ard89lf94bw/Screenshot_2019092... Almost right, Americans for Prosperity are a non-profit, but it's not tax deductible. That being said I know most church donations are tax deduc
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by andyjsong 7y ago
Not sure about companies, but as an individual, political contributions are NOT tax-deductible.[1] On a personal note, I like Andrew Yang's approach to wash out special interest groups and lobbyist with "democracy dollars" [2
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by andyjsong 7y ago
Which SaaS company has the most variance in price?
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by andyjsong 7y ago
Lambda School is 6 months vs. 9 weeks with Juno.
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Autonomous Robot Charging for EV Fleets(techcrunch.com)
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by andyjsong 8y ago
My guess is that Jelly Belly has very strong brand recognition, so it made sense to keep them on the label. A collab if you will: Kirkland Signature x Jelly Belly
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by andyjsong 8y ago
Or Apple's phone screens and memory via Samsung.
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by andyjsong 8y ago
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
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by andyjsong 9y ago
I think reddit is going to be the new model of digital media. They launched recently profiles, which means users who have been fairly anon will have the opportunity to start branding themselves as thought leaders in each respective subreddi
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by andyjsong 9y ago
It increases the footprint of the tire at the start, giving the car more grip. Here is a video: https://youtu.be/-VF0JwxQqcA?t=10m42s
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by andyjsong 9y ago
Right, so fraudulent channels can steal your video and monetize immediately with external links vs. ad money. But if you're a legitimate channel that regularly promote a charity, great! You're a trusted partner because this is pro
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by andyjsong 9y ago
Because 10K total public views is a vanity metric and people can just pump out total crap to get there. This to prevent a spam account from stealing content and monetizing immediately with external links vs. the grind of maximizing your vie
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by andyjsong 9y ago
From the article it sounds like it's more cracking down on people who rip off other people's content and then use the link cards to get referral traffic to their own properties. I don't think legitimate creators need to be co
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Show HN: How to Play the Guitar in the Time It Takes to Watch This Video [3:15](youtube.com)
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by andyjsong 9y ago
When you say: >trying to get into the guitar just curious, have you been able to play your first song? How long have you been at it?
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by andyjsong 9y ago
Thanks for the feedback, this isn't the first time we've heard this exact comment, I'm going to try and start a constructive dialog. > Wow. I have to say I hate this. This dumbs it down for sure. I can see how this dumbs i
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by andyjsong 9y ago
You're a musician, you're just not classically trained in traditional instruments. It's the same as a modern photographer who doesn't know how develop film, does it make you less of a artist because your photos were deve
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by andyjsong 9y ago
Shameless plug, but have you heard of Magic Instruments[1]? It sounds like the bottleneck is the guitar's user interface and not your music ability. One of the features is what we call Magic Mode, where a single button is a chord and b
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by andyjsong 9y ago
> However, from my experience there is a cap on the 'bandwidth' at which you can sight read this. It is just too hard to mentally parse a bunch of numbers on lines and turn that into notes when playing at speed. (For non musici
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by andyjsong 9y ago
Interesting, I've never heard of the "peel back" approach, and I can totally understand why it would be instantly satisfying for a beginner in music to get started that way. Do you have any articles or books on the subject ma
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by andyjsong 9y ago
For #3, it doesn't even have to be that fancy for expert players/song writers. One of our investors is Matt Bellamy, the lead guitarist/vocalist of Muse. Generally when he wants to write a song, he goes for the piano to figur
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by andyjsong 9y ago
>When it comes to creating art, there seems to be a great potential for better tool UIs. A guitar and hands is not the optimal way to create music. We don't seem to have found the optimal tool for creating music yet (if there is one
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by andyjsong 9y ago
:) magicinstruments.com
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by andyjsong 9y ago
That's why they acquired Famebit: https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/google-acquires-famebit-to...
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by andyjsong 9y ago
Shameless plug, but this is one of the reasons why my company makes musical instruments anyone can play. Currently, of the people that know how to play a musical instruments, 91% started before the age of 14. [1] and only 12% of the US popu
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by andyjsong 10y ago
If that was a real concern, doesn't Google and Facebook also face this same issue? Isn't like 80% or more of their revenues come from ads? The other business units and moonshot projects are just rounding errors on their balance sh
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by andyjsong 10y ago
Take a look at Bellarmine, Castilleja, and Harker as well.
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by andyjsong 10y ago
Facebook?
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The big gadget trends for 2017 will transform the way we dress, see and play(wired.co.uk)
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Magic Instruments (W16) Is Looking for an iOS Enginner(angel.co)
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