noizejoy

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by noizejoy 2y ago
But how will you make your song stand out as something special, when every other aspiring song writer has the same access to the same level of insta gratification for making a full production from barebones song writing? Or is your target a
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> The irony of my comment is that I'm adding nothing to the discussion, myself. Arguably by now the percentage of genuinely new information or arguments on HN is pretty low and falling. Which in a place where discussion > new kno
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> We already assume the network is insecure. Maybe naively, I wish this assumption became universal.
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> So you're saying: Not being positive == hate? I didn’t say that, nor mean it. And just wow - never in my most pessimistic estimation did I imagine that my post would be interpreted as defending “dehumanizing, devaluing and hate”.
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> Any history lessons for why 72 characters is the line length limit? I believe it was punched cards (80 columns total, but 8 of those generally used as sequence number). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card
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by noizejoy 3y ago
It’s incredibly difficult to call out and correct negative beliefs and behaviours while maintaining a fully positive human relationship. — It just doesn’t seem to scale well.
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> They have a parent node, that really isn't describing a linked list. Indeed - you're absolutely right. Not sure if the comment I responded to was edited to add the parent node after my post or if I just overlooked it, but I s
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by noizejoy 3y ago
we used to call that a "linked list"[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_list
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Having multiple browsers as a standard installation and employee training is an investment in business continuity. And business continuity investment is like insurance: A waste until you need it. Too much monoculture is short sighted and lo
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by noizejoy 3y ago
however this always gives me pause: > "This add-on is not actively monitored for security by Mozilla. Make sure you trust it before installing."
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by noizejoy 3y ago
tracks yes, not songs, though :-)
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Just curious: Have you ever visited a castle or a gothic cathedral or the pyramids or a Frank Lloyd Wright building?
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by noizejoy 3y ago
The revolution devoured its children: In the early years, technically inclined individuals / power users were the early adopters of the Internet and Google and thus arguably a high percentage of users. So it adapted to that user demogr
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Lots (most?) of classic COBOL used EBCDIC[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Frequently (by convention) the colors on the USB ports have meaning (including white actually indicating USB 1.0): https://duckduckgo.com/?q=colors+on+usb+ports
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> ... particles that fall out of the air much more rapidly and aren't nearly as linked to bad health ... ... unless you eat seafood[0]? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37726539
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> Grammatical nit in the voiceover: "sit or lie down", not "lay down." ... unless you're Sally[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_Down_Sally
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Haha - and while we’re at it, might as well start putting labels on Apple’s performance graph slides :-)
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by noizejoy 3y ago
MIDI was enthusiastically supported by Yamaha and Roland, two of the biggest synth players of that era. So I imagine, for it to become widely successful, that this new standard would need the wholehearted support of at least 2 of Steinberg
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> The CEOs are coming from a restricted group of insiders and can't be replaced because of their relationships which make them unique. Wouldn’t that be simply favouritism/cronyism rather than a free market?
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> They don’t sell your data. ... except when they sell their domain registration business. And yes, I realize that there's a (technical) difference between selling data and selling a business including its data assets. But then agai
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by noizejoy 3y ago
I’m duplicating my comment elsewhere in this thread, so each serves as a direct reply to the different geolocation providers in this thread, in the hope that it will be recognized as a problem with data that implies that it’s more precise t
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by noizejoy 3y ago
On one hand, I love that there’s some good alternatives in the geolocation space, but misleading geolocation precision can lead to very undesirable side effects[0]. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/a
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by noizejoy 3y ago
OP is from 2004
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Here you go: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pegasus+mail+screen+captures&iax=i...
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> No, Fedora is upstream. Nothing changes for Fedora. I sincerely hope so - but after 2 significant rug-pulls, I'm not so sure of any forward looking statements by RH or about the RH ecosystem anymore ...
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by noizejoy 3y ago
I find musical instruments one of the better human technological achievements - with way more inherent upside than downside. That ranges from log drums and bamboo flutes to the latest software based virtual instrument and includes natural s
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by noizejoy 3y ago
> But HN is not a customer service forum ? you must be new here ;-)
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by noizejoy 3y ago
Good to see that you're spending quality thought on differentiating by reducing the lock-in problem generally associated with the software/service space you're aiming to compete in. My initial reaction is that the ideas you l
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by noizejoy 3y ago
I also think (hope), that reach/scope reduction is a possible counter-reaction as the winner-takes-all empires enshittify beyond repair. From food to manufacturing to music and other cultural endeavours: making communities small(er) mi

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