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Ask HN: Are internships affected by recent layoffs?
8 points by ssttoo 3y ago|8 comments
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by ssttoo 3y ago
Yeah, would be nice if Spotify offered API to auth artists. Otherwise anyone can create https://noise.site/taylorswift and you have to deal with giving/transferring access to the correct person Update: ok, bad example
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Muse Group Acquires Hal Leonard(scoringnotes.com)
4 points by ssttoo 3y ago|0 comments
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by ssttoo 3y ago
WebAudio version https://github.com/stoyan/deepnote The repo has slides with helpful links for those looking for a rabbit hole. Especially nice is a podcast interview with the original engineer James Moorer which sheds
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by ssttoo 3y ago
> words like alchemy and algebra And “algorithm” too, named after the scientist Al-Khwarizmi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi
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by ssttoo 3y ago
Same for us Bulgarians, at least in my region
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by ssttoo 3y ago
“Corporate” is a good, dark-ish French movie along those same lines
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by ssttoo 3y ago
Same here. I’m thinking the book Species maybe?
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by ssttoo 3y ago
phpied.com Webdev note-to-self type of blog since 2005ish I think
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by ssttoo 3y ago
> study suggested that up to a quarter of young alcoholics have a social anxiety disorder Causation? Anxiety makes you drink or drinking makes you anxious?
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by ssttoo 3y ago
Also notation software: Musescore 2002 Sibelius 1993 Encore 1984 Finale 1988
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by ssttoo 3y ago
While I wholeheartedly agree with “learning by teaching”, one question I have is whether one could teach in community college. May be just my CC experience of study field (music) combined with locale (talent-attracting city of Los Angeles
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by ssttoo 3y ago
The most common is using an HTTP header. Less common: `document.location` in JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirectio...
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by ssttoo 4y ago
There’s no need to build the right tech on their own. They can simply miss some tech and find a close enough FOSS or build a close enough version. Where “close enough” means build 80% with 20% effort. Or even 20% solution with a day of ef
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by ssttoo 4y ago
I started learning music as an adult too a few years ago in the local community college. Especially initially I couldn't trust myself at all with playing, rhythm or anything, so I ended up hacking on some exercises, as new concepts app
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by ssttoo 4y ago
https://github.com/edwardtufte/tufte-css
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Indeed. And add to that the number of kids you want to see through college with the variations of undergrad in your city vs undergrad + grad in private institutions out of your state
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Since this is HN, Lauren Ipsum by Carlos Bueno. I read it to my kid and we both loved it. Don’t remember how old was she though.
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Absolute experience for me was just taking the elevator to the sheet music store and then walking down the stairs and reading the signs of the various renters on each floor. Music classes, instrument shops, so much culture in a single build
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Funny title. The fact that I have to beat something is already stressing me out.
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Few weeks ago facing the tip selection screen at a liquor store here in LA, it clicked for me that this tipping thing has gone too far.
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History of tuning in Western European music(ethanhein.com)
3 points by ssttoo 4y ago|2 comments
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Remember also Java Applets?
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Several examples in this article: https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2020/html-and-css-techniques...
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Recently I went to see PJ with a friend. I had the tickets but I was going to be late so tried to transfer one ticket. Nope, not allowed. Both of us had to be there with my app. If I wanted to sell it I can but not to a person. I can just r
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by ssttoo 4y ago
I was at FB for 9+ years till 2020. Never heard that expression, ever.
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Oh, one more thing - translations. I get extra money when the book rights are sold for translation. And seeing your book in a different language is a unique feeling.
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by ssttoo 4y ago
Motivation for writing is not money. Making a living (in the US) writing technical books is highly unlikely. 10% is a nice surprise "mailbox money", not something you depend on. Whatever the motivation, you want to best product yo
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by ssttoo 4y ago
My anecdotal experience: I didn't care for the first book, then my kid was doing a school report on a Hawaiian bird and asked if I can use that bird on a cover. I asked O'Reilly and they said yes, the animal wasn't taken. I g
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by ssttoo 5y ago
Forgot to mention `#hnmain .subtext` is for hiding HN comments.

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