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by thenomad 10y ago
It's trivial to make your content available to purchase. It's very, very, VERY hard to get anyone to purchase it. One of the main issues is simple: there are over 10,000 feature films made a year. How many feature films do you
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See my comment above - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13336068 You can make a feature on your smartphone. Time is more of an issue, but you really, really don't need much cash. And you can make a short film in
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There has never, ever been a better time to be an amateur film director. And the best way to learn the skills is by making films. I was a professional filmmaker for almost 20 years before my move into VR, and I can assure you I didn't
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Unless you have a very good reason to believe you're in a low-competition area for video editing, I'd avoid making this move for career reasons. Video editing is a far, far higher competition field than programming. Lots more pe
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Having now skimmed through the paper, there's one very reassuring thing that no-one's pointed out yet: Long-term exposure to LED at 500 lux, in cyclic (light/dark) conditions induced retinal damage only in albino rats but n
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Frequently. Burnout is a huge problem in the creative industries, amongst people who have fought, worked for years or decades, and clawed their way into a job they love and have wanted to do their entire adult lives. For example, as Ron Moo
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That's relevant to my interests! How does your geolocation accuracy compare to MaxMind? If it's more accurate I might be able to send some business in your direction...
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Going back to the original point, we're actually talking about slightly different things: you're talking about audience retention (making sure that someone comes back), not discoverability (making sure they find you in the first p
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One point that people seem not to be mentioning here: Medium offers some discoverability. Self-hosting doesn't. That's only a concern if you care about how many people read your blog, but if you do, it's a concern. Medium&#x2
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As a VR dev I'm seeing a lot of users spending significant time in my game. It's, AFAIK, the longest dedicated Vive story-based game, so that might explain some of the longer play times. (Left-Hand Path - http://store.s
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by thenomad 10y ago
The HN discussion of the product - was it this one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13116426 Just thought the link might be useful for folk interested in reading more about that.
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Could you point to the studies that lead you to that conclusion? Meta-studies or similar ideally. (Not getting at you for your viewpoint - I'm making this comment to a few people in this thread who say that the latest research supports
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Fascinating! I wouldn't have called either of those. Why Argentina?
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Counterpoint - I really enjoyed the style. It was entertainingly over-the-top and chatty. I'd probably have given up on a very dry "just the facts" article quicker, and I'm fairly sure I'll remember this one better
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I tested the impact of page speed on ads about 3 years ago. The CTR impact was pretty dramatic - I can't recall the exact numbers but they were in the order of 50% CTR drop with 500ms delay. That's obviously specific to ads, but t
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There's no mention of iteration here, which is really what powers intelligence-based advantages. The first time Random Human A attempts to get Random Cat B into a box, they're going to have a hard time. They'll get there even
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Why on earth would I or anyone advocate for either of the extremes you're proposing here? Acquiring skills is valuable (not just by reading books - there are lots of ways to acquire skills; yes, including watching TV) but relaxing is a
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by thenomad 10y ago
I don't agree with this post at all, but my understanding is that downvotes on HN are for content that does not contribute to discussion, as opposed to content with which one disagrees. This is a well-written and heartfelt statement of
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In the UK I have known multiple people who were unable to take jobs that would have brought them out of unemployment, because of precisely this trap. Can't recall the specifics but they were not stupid people and I believe they'd
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Do we really want more television? Do we really want more of one of the most vibrant artistic media right now? Do we want them pushing new boundaries in the way they tell stories? Do we want them bringing delight to more people - and more
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Not entirely sure how you'd make one of these, but I can confirm: if you can make an affordable one, there is at least some demand.
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You're absolutely right - I missed that. BTW, it might just be the fact I have scripts blocked, but it doesn't appear to say that on the homepage at hyper.is - just the Github page.
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Erm... What is it? I've clicked through several pages and still don't know, aside from the fact that apparently it extends the command line in some way. But I might just be missing something.
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Where do you get your news digest from?
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Counterpoint: it's been shown again and again that continued exposure to outlets deliberately cherry-picking the worst aspects of humanity (commercial news outlets) has a pretty negative effect on worldviews. And that in turn leads to
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Most of the people I know who intensely dislike the Mainstream Media (MSM, for anyone confused by the acronym) are either left-leaning or liberal-leaning. (The two are not remotely the same.) As a side note, I know precisely zero people who
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I'm a fan of extremely selective news following - having tested, it makes me much happier and has very little negative effect - but it comes with an important corollary: if you're going to avoid a topic, it's very important
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Just about to transition most or all of my Wordpress sites to static generate sites, probably using Hugo. I love static sites. They load incredibly fast, they're extremely cheap to run, the security hassles go way down and, as another
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Herman Millar. "My chair's seat fabric has torn a bit. Is there anything you can do?" "When did you buy it?" "Erm, around 6 years ago, I think." Checks records "No problem, an entire replacement sea
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Ah, they're doing sensor fusion with inbuilt IMUs? That makes sense... I have a colleague with some deep technical knowledge in this area - he's the guy who did the heavy lifting when I built an inertial mocap suit a while ago. I&

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