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by marquis 15y ago
Art is not putting 2 objects together. It's a conscious effort to understand and express the world around you. While Mozart's 6 year old compositions may have been entertaining, it was 20 years of musical development that allowed him to wri
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by marquis 15y ago
Many artists steer clean of Amazon because it is trying to democratize art through crowdsourced development. Can you imagine what would have happened to Blade Runner if Ridley Scott had even less control on the final cut?
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by marquis 15y ago
>a project like this is much more of a lifestyle business than a venture business If you can gain enough market share there is plenty of money to be made in advertising and affiliation, also consider if you had a successful platform you
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by marquis 15y ago
Yes, I agree. I was just commenting on there being other ways for artists to make a living, much like Coppola does not rely on his film income.
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by marquis 15y ago
While I agree in part, the issue is that good art, really really good art, is a full-time job that can take years and years of practice. Much like writing good software. Saying art should be free is saying all software should be free - the
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by marquis 15y ago
If movies disappeared (which I don't believe they will as the barrier to entry has lowered so much) I would probably just read books and go out more. Games are great and I fully support them but it's not a form of entertainment for everyone
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by marquis 15y ago
I'm not sure. I enabled G+ to manage our business page, which made my account visible. The couple of people who found it added my personal account from knowing my email. I circled them mistakenly (a slip of the mouse is all that's needed) a
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by marquis 15y ago
But they can see that you are not following them, right? I can see everyone who has me in their circles (following). So therefore I can see who has removed me, even if no notification is given.
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by marquis 15y ago
It's not me I'm worried about but the expectations of the people I commit to. For example I've done a lot of humanitarian work and once you are seen working for 'free' it's hard to have that conversation about how your time is actually limi
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by marquis 15y ago
One element I find disturbing is that since our work email migrated to Google Apps and because G+ accounts are enabled by default when you happen to be logged in to the browser and visit G+, people I don't know or care about are adding me t
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by marquis 15y ago
Over-commit: I have to disagree with this completely - if things don't go well it leads to disappointment and being taken advantage of. How about 'be realistic' and 'be communicative'.
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by marquis 15y ago
An adventure, basically!
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by marquis 15y ago
I think that is does benefit Quora for content providers to see how much traffic is being generated from their site. If I knew an article was getting a lot of traction on a site I would spend more time on there, perhaps participate and co
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by marquis 15y ago
I understand what you mean and think I can elaborate: if I take a holiday to a nice hotel where everything is managed for me, I'll invariably spend some time thinking about work instead of relaxing. However if I take a vacation that is more
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by marquis 15y ago
Burn-out often comes when you have lost control of your environment. I've been through stages where I've had to sit down, take myself by the shoulders and re-work everything. That means strategizing and talking with my co-workers about how
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by marquis 15y ago
As far as I understand it, if you have a website with a non U.S. domain name and not using a U.S. or U.S.-treaty-based payment system, there is no way to block access to rip-off items (material or digital) to be purchased in the U.S. For ma
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by marquis 15y ago
>It is a step up from XHR Thanks, this is the simplification I was after.
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by marquis 15y ago
Search on Google with javascript/instant enabled and view the cached version from the panel that pops up, when you click on the double arrows that come up to the right of the link.
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by marquis 15y ago
Should we be expecting in a few years, that web sockets will be advanced enough for us leave HTTP/1.1. behind? Aside from chat/messaging I'm not sure how web sockets can provide additional functionality from what we have now. Edit: I confus
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by marquis 15y ago
Login not required, I have FB login and widgets disabled and I can read it fine. Some of the commenters point out a good question here: why has Facebook not joined in with the blackout in some form? Or is it just US only, like Craigslist.
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by marquis 15y ago
Yes, you're right. I grew up in a very comfortable country where bureaucracy, transport, communications etc were not problematic. When I go home I'm no longer bothered by 'first world problems' and it's just made me a happier person.
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by marquis 15y ago
Is that all they did? A skewed blacked out logo? I hardly saw it. I was hoping for something a little more dramatic rather than something I would pass off as a glitch on the internet.
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by marquis 15y ago
Have you ever had your passport stolen in a country where you don't speak the language? Been stuck on a bus for 10 hours in the middle of nowhere where the only food looks like it can walk? Had to get from your hotel to the airport at 2am w
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by marquis 15y ago
> "Traveling" is really not as enlightening as people try to pretend I strongly protest about this. I travel extensively, in a similar way to the OP (live where I choose for how long I can on a visa). My life, and especially my view on
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by marquis 15y ago
I have to agree with you on the nav issue: even buying a cheaper Android phone just for the nav abilities is worth it in itself. I tried many of the 3rd party nav apps and find Google Navigation superior to any iPhone options and easily mat
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by marquis 15y ago
I've funded a few projects of friends. One never materialized but it was worth the shot and the others are in production. If you spread your investments out, some are bound to take off no? I'm in line to receive some great products that wou
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by marquis 15y ago
That's in regards to US companies having their content/good pirated overseas, for example a fake pair of Levis being sold online. I don't get the sense that they want to (or think they can) control the internet outside the US, where it has
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by marquis 15y ago
I had no idea either but he qualified his statement saying he would explain what it was. I just looked up the wikipedia entry which explained it pretty well and I would think that you'd have no problem building a prototype given your listed
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by marquis 15y ago
That would be an excellent idea in countries where people are taken hostage to empty out their bank accounts overnight to get the maximum withdrawal over 2 days.
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by marquis 15y ago
The solution is provided by the simulation: to consider your future self and how happy you will be. I found it insightful and gave me pause for thought.

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