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by tmh88j 14y ago
>It comes down to time. >If he was paying for my time and I wasn't delivering then there's a problem No, he's paying you to deliver and that's it. Your time is required to do work. Your time is worthless to them, what you produce is
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by tmh88j 14y ago
When did non-government sponsored benefits equate to no health care at all?...especially if you're making over half a million dollars per year.
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I could have business operations in France but it doesn't mean I have to live there.
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>Believe it or not, high income earners in other parts of the world are very happy to pay "crazy high" taxes. >Those countries provide a hell of a lot to their citizens, and the citizens are happy to pay. When you have a $600k per y
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by tmh88j 14y ago
I don't like these "so and so proven to be a great coder" type articles. Who cares what you have previously studied or worked with? Sure some skills can carry over, but with training any competent person can be a developer. We may not all b
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He didn't get permission from Coolio >I ain't with that…I think that my song was too serious…I really…don't appreciate him desecrating the song like that… his record company asked for my permission, and I said no. But they did it anyway
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>Parody is considered to be "fair use". Commercials aren't. How about when parodies generate money? Weird Al made millions doing that.
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>I think you're looking for "straw man" as I didn't attack you personally No, I meant what I said. Really? It's hard not to perceive it any other way. >Concert venues and software contractors do create jobs, but they very rarely spa
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by tmh88j 14y ago
Enough with the ad homenim attacks. I never once claimed that all good artists will be huge stars. I simply stated it's easier to gain recognition, not guaranteed recognition. I also never said the middle man shouldn't exist, most just aren
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>Why should the internet nature of the discovery matter? My initial point was discovery is easier because it no longer requires a middle man: the middle man will simply be able to take you further. Traction can be easily gained via Soun
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by tmh88j 14y ago
I wonder if the author read PG's essay. http://www.paulgraham.com/hw.html
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>He's not disputing this point. His point is that YouTube, in an of itself, would not have made either of those people the dramatic successes they are today >His statement is that the labels, like it or not, are a crucial part of th
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by tmh88j 14y ago
> Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Smashing Pumpkins, and Louis CK are already big stars who made it largely through the use of labels, and are thus bad examples. I agree that Smashing Pumpkins and Louis CK were already big stars, and you
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>70k views in 2008 wasn't nothing, but I don't think it's reasonable to assume he would have grown to his current 3+ bn views without a major label. You just proved my point that if the world likes what you're doing (70k+ views), you're
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by tmh88j 14y ago
Justin Bieber was a nobody until he put his videos on Youtube. Kendrick Lamar was discovered this way too. It's easier to gain recognition now than ever. If the world enjoys what you produce you don't have to worry as much about a distribut
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by tmh88j 14y ago
> The other half is getting rid of the middle men, who are now just struggling to justify their existence I may be misinterpreting the quote, but it seems like the middle men are entirely the "issue," not the artists and creative people
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by tmh88j 14y ago
If you're trying to compare this to Lamborghini and their engines you picked a bad example. The 924 was entirely designed by VW but tweaked by Porsche. It is a Porsche, but it doesn't fit in with the rest of their cars because it was a terr
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>that is an Audi aluminum engine, not an "Italian passion" V12 monster. Are you really trying to discredit Lamborghini because they're now owned by Audi? The passion you're referring to comes from the design. Most people couldn't care l
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>What kind of danger are you thinking? My guess is he's referring to one of the many "dealers" that were hacked and had bitcoins stolen.
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by tmh88j 14y ago
> KickStarter/Indiegogog/Everyone else. Don't you generally have to show something off (as in hey, look what I'm in the process of, care to join?) with those to get backing? This is just pitching an idea, right?
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Any child who has the willpower to save for over two years would be crushed.
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by tmh88j 14y ago
> but your genes won't pass to the next generation unless you reproduce. The comment on which I commented said something along the lines of "you might as well just die if you don't reproduce", in reference to evolution. Yes, that is tru
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>It doesn't matter how hot, strong, or brilliant you are, if you have zero kids, from an evolutionary perspective ... it's the same as if you were killed and eaten by some wild animal. I don't agree with that 100% (the same as just dyin
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by tmh88j 14y ago
I've never heard of it, looks very cool though. Definitely buying a copy tonight!
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>for example Wasteland asked for $900k which is barely a budget for a SNES game >the original Lucas adventure games costs to make in the early 90s. Double Fine asked for $1mill I'm just curious, why are you comparing game developmen
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by tmh88j 14y ago
Just being pedantic, but shouldn't it be called a wind turbine, not windmill? After all, it's outputting electricity and you're not grinding down grains or corn. Either way, this was very interesting. Good work.
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by tmh88j 14y ago
My friend's girlfriend is a public defender and has dealt with many of them. If anyone here has not heard of them or knows very little, I would suggest doing some investigating. I don't have respect for them (mainly because the overwhelming
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I agreed with everything up until the strange digression into Google+. I understand why he brought it up, but why go into irrelevant details about it? While we're on the subject of G+... >And more importantly, Google+ has a vastly super
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by tmh88j 14y ago
>We are indebted. I'm not sure how I feel about this statement; it(the article) almost has a communist vibe. It seems like a negative way to state that in order for the advancement of technology, we need to pass our skills and knowledge
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The first one I found was 3: Chip Foose, a car designer. I couldn't think of anyone and he happened to be smiling at me from the calendar on my desk.

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