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by noizejoy 6y ago
One forum that seems to have bucked many trends is for music software: kvraudio.com[0] Started about 20 years ago, It’s totally vibrant, despite an old school UI. Some threads keep going for years. Sure, the signal to noise ratio isn’t alw
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by noizejoy 6y ago
The IT industry benefits from fashionable UIs (dark or bright, angular or rounded, 2D or 3D, etc.) and architectures (server centric, client centric, etc.) quite similarly to the fashion industry benefiting from rising and falling hemlines
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by noizejoy 6y ago
I deleted my own post to that effect, once I saw yours - so I also wonder about that. However I’m not sure if YT has a separate DMCA process for copyright vs. trademark, or if they or people writing about this are just too lazy or uninforme
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by noizejoy 6y ago
lol - there’s some truth to that, depending on the definition of dream guitar. In my case my dream guitar was somewhat more expensive than all of my other one’s and it became and still is my number one every day guitar. It just feels so rig
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by noizejoy 6y ago
I might have translated that survey result more into something like “No major brand deemed trustworthy by majority of consumers. Amazon a little less distrusted than most other major brands”.
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by noizejoy 6y ago
naming scheme referenced in a prior post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23010877
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by noizejoy 6y ago
Less than 40% of Average Joes apparently [0] [0] https://morningconsult.com/most-trusted-brands/
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by noizejoy 6y ago
Or guitars they hope to play regularly :-)
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by noizejoy 6y ago
Related reading: [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator%27s_Dilemma [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=vulture+capital
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by noizejoy 6y ago
“sucks less” does not mean “doesn’t suck” (under 40% trust) Also amusing: weather forecasting in the top 5.
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by noizejoy 6y ago
> and diversity in politics Agreed and I amended my comment accordingly - and thanks for pointing out my oversight!
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by noizejoy 6y ago
I doubt there’s a single best way of dealing with this crisis across the entirety of our planet, given the incredible diversity in demographics, cultures, population density, wealth, health care systems and dna. EDIT: should have added po
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by noizejoy 6y ago
I find it quite hostile to send user inaccessible content down the pipe, thereby cluttering up bandwith and local storage.
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by noizejoy 6y ago
and here I thought that using “arguably” in my post would communicate that not everyone might agree. - Oh well ...
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by noizejoy 6y ago
Last time I checked it was entirely possible to enable real location targeting. However in some situations, the default “interested in a location” makes sense even for brick and mortar stores. For example when purchasing ideas and/or d
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by noizejoy 6y ago
I’ve never seen data on this, but I often wonder if advertising is where artists generally find the best income potential.
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by noizejoy 6y ago
I’m genuinely happy for you, that you’ve figured out, that coffee was bad for you and that you were able to overcome using it. However I also think it’s being unkind to your fellow humans, who’s metabolism may tolerate or even benefit from
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by noizejoy 6y ago
lol - were you still in wikipedia editor mode when you wrote that? Or do you really feel that my comment needed a citation here on HN (Hacker News)? And if it’s the latter, I’m genuinely curious what the proper HN etiquette would be. My co
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by noizejoy 6y ago
> tribalism sucks Arguably tribalism is just the consequence of our species being social animals, and therefore at the core of our essence - for better and worse ...
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by noizejoy 7y ago
Guitar ads are always welcome in my browser :-)
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by noizejoy 7y ago
I maintain voicemail for that purpose and would call you right back. And call blocking doesn’t work well, since caller id is easily spoofed.
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by noizejoy 7y ago
If you’re considering entering anything that depends on travel right now, you are much braver than me! Respect!
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by noizejoy 7y ago
I used to think a lot more like you and then Dieselgate[0] happened. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
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by noizejoy 7y ago
And quite a few other threads, too :-(
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by noizejoy 7y ago
It exists for software that considers itself a platform in the form plugins, themes and such. And it’s very different, much harder, software play for support and reputation management.
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by noizejoy 7y ago
Source?
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by noizejoy 7y ago
The top dog usually gets the most scrutiny. And so they should. I’d be more worried if that wasn’t the case.
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by noizejoy 7y ago
I just searched this page for “lifetime” to find any mention of “lifetime customer value”. I was surprised not to find any, since lifetime customer value creates an upper bound for marketing and ad spending. So when there’s less overall eco
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by noizejoy 7y ago
The “low hanging fruit” makes a lot more sense in a hunter/gatherer context than in an agricultural context
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by noizejoy 7y ago
I’ve never stopped wondering if “masks don’t help” messages were given to the public because there aren’t enough masks for the health care workers (and others in helping jobs). I really hope not, because if that turns out to be deliberatel

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