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by scop 6y ago
https://music.apple.com/us/album/bach-goldberg-variations-bw... I tend to be very disappointed by the majority of piano transcriptions of Bach’s keyboard works, which is understandable since the piano and harpsich
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by scop 6y ago
The overproduction on this presentation is jarring. Given that so much of Apple's success is based on "simple" and "familiar" things, having Craig Federighi hover of an ominous greenscreen'd floating keynote ou
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HBOMax pulls Gone with the Wind(wsj.com)
10 points by scop 6y ago|8 comments
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by scop 6y ago
I am likewise amused and completely agree with the idea. Every fax app I have used is either clunky, overpriced, or both. I hadn’t heard of Phaxio until now and am look forward to cURLing my next fax. However, there is some dark part of me
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by scop 6y ago
- martial arts class gives (non-parent) teacher-student setting w/ same-age peers - play groups gives play time w/ mixed-age kids - piano lesson gives (non-parent) teacher-student setting - living every day life has child interact
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by scop 6y ago
The problem is that homeschooling and schooling in a classroom environment are two fundamentally different things. Tasking parents with mimicking a school environment and school schedule at home is a recipe for failure that teaches parents
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by scop 7y ago
I wonder how much of the form factor was determined by: (a) space required by newer components (b) leftover (i.e. unsold) iPhone 8 materials
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by scop 7y ago
The Shadow of the Past,The Fellowship of the Ring. [Frodo expresses his disgust for Gollum to Gandalf having just learned that Gollum likely informed Sauron that the ring is with Bilbo in the Shire] [Frodo] “What a pity that Bilbo did not s
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by scop 7y ago
wow, I honestly forgot about that. I'll leave my original comment untouched, but per your reminder let the record show that "falling a bit flat" fell a bit flat.
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by scop 7y ago
No problems with his "gruffness" as you term it; that indeed very much captured his Ranger walkings in Fellowship etc. What was a tough pill to swallow was the self-doubt infused into the character. I know I know, character develo
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by scop 7y ago
RIP Christopher Tolkien. His labors have given the world a great gift. And, given the subject, I just have to drop what I believe to be one of the greatest lines of literature: Elrond: “The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And n
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by scop 7y ago
I have a love/hate relationship with the movies. While the trilogy brought to life Middle-Earth to a degree I never thought imaginable, there were some elements that just fell incredibly flat. If I had to pin it on one thing, it was th
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Why does unsubscribing from a newsletter take “a few days”?(twitter.com)
246 points by scop 7y ago|114 comments
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Poland moves to exempt young workers from income tax(france24.com)
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by scop 8y ago
I am an adult living with a primary immune deficiency and this is quite surreal. Dr. Jennifer Puck, on the left in the photo, is my doctor at UCSF. Let me just say that she is an incredible doctor. I’ve had a vague hope in gene therapy for
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by scop 8y ago
Lord have mercy
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by scop 8y ago
Kyrie eleison!
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‘Breadcoin’ is a new currency in D.C. for people in need(washingtonpost.com)
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by scop 8y ago
I must admit that this news has shaken me quite a bit. I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma six months ago. I'm a young guy, married, and with toddlers at home. The initial tumor was removed and I am now in the "waitin
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by scop 8y ago
It may be interesting at the end of this thread to take an inventory of the publishing dates of listed books. Will most be modern? Will many come from learned past of our elders? It is hard for me to select a favorite. However as a voraciou
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Google owns duck.com(twitter.com)
2 points by scop 8y ago|0 comments
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by scop 8y ago
Our finances are not in great condition. We have little solid support from extended family. I was recently diagnosed with a very serious illness where death is a non-zero possibility. But you know what? We have three kids and they are our t
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The idea of “cultural appropriation” is a silly, harmful concept. Bin it(economist.com)
3 points by scop 8y ago|1 comments
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Uber’s Financials: An Inside Look(wsj.com)
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Everybody Calm Down About Net Neutrality: In Favor of the FTC(wsj.com)
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Explore AWS Data Centers(aws.amazon.com)
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Inside the Equifax breach(wsj.com)
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by scop 9y ago
Two quotes: “Tape isn’t inefficient or ineffective, but it can be inconvenient. Good security is almost always inconvenient.” "Some security experts and tape users argue that the medium has big advantages over other forms of storage—in
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Companies are once again storing data on tape, just in case(wsj.com)
1 points by scop 9y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Can readers of HN organize something in response to Equifax breach?
4 points by scop 9y ago|1 comments

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