BeniBoy

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by BeniBoy 8mo ago
I can confirm that it is :) Though I never had one (they are rare in France), it became sort of a pop culture icon. For me it was through the work of Rebecca Sugar on Adventure Time. I always liked to play silly made up songs, so I made a
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by BeniBoy 9mo ago
I designed a pocket music instrument. I partnered with a company in China called Seeedstudio, they do the manufacturing, shipping, customer handling, etc. and I receive royalties on each sale. I varies from month to month, but above the 500
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Ask HN: Does your hobby have an “old web” Bible forgotten by search engines?
4 points by BeniBoy 3y ago|3 comments
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by BeniBoy 4y ago
Counterpoint: Dice is terrible. Sure it makes sense for bigger artist that will sold out, but for most it is not necessary and it forces you : - To have a smartphone - To give out your phone number - To create an account The worst? You can&
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by BeniBoy 4y ago
If the service you are proxying offers authentication based on token within cookies, does that mean that you will have access to tokens hosted on the client side? Should you disclose a potential security risk to them (same for credentials i
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by BeniBoy 4y ago
Kind of reminded me of the traditional wisdom that you should select chains and sprocket to avoid patterned wear. I don't know if there is an effect (especially with bikes and their low torque),but I always think about it when changing
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Statistical Analysis shows Echos process voice to serve ads(arxiv.org)
318 points by BeniBoy 4y ago|118 comments
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
A recent ruling (namely the Schrems II one) makes it very complicated to host and process data in countries that we used to consider as having "equivalent" privacy protection. The most prominent of course is the USA, but the UK co
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
It's usually not a good idea to tune a guitar as you described. Basically a guitar has to use "temperate tuning" because it has frets, so you can't be absolutely in tune everywhere, but you can minimize the error on each
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
As a sibling comment said, the notion is "Personal Data". It is very wide and email address definitely fall within it. Also note IP is personal data, and an identifier like a UUID of the IDFA is personal data. The key point is tha
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
For anyone wondering if Manna was related to the Mana found in a lot of fantasy game (most notably Magic! The Gathering), it is not, I just looked it up. Mana is a Melanesian word for some sort of spiritual life force!
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I'd say in that case, the regulation was resilient enough to bring the case to fruition (although this is an argument that facebook will use to defend itself). Hopefully this will motivate the DPC to be a little more active in the futu
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
One important thing to note is that the DPC (Irish DPA) did not want to fine WhatsApp and only did so after being forced by other DPAs through the arbitration process. You can consult the EDPB decision on that matter here: https:/&#x2
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I learned about that in the Paul Franklin online course (expensive, but worth the money if you are unable to find a personnal teacher, yay europe). I don't have absolute pitch (and a crappy relative one), but this "standardisatio
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
Same experience here with a pedal steel. That's why I am now pushing my bandmates to adopt the Nashville Notation System which only deals in relative position of chords in the scale[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
It's a demanding (through somehow rewarding I guess) job, but I like the fact that this is done by those guys and not a faceless algorithm. You can at least talk to them while they "rectify" your drawings. And an AI would not
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I read that it was because Europeans lived in wider settlement so they were more exposed to serious pathogens and had the opportunity to develop immunity. When they met society that lived in scarce group, they exposed them too quickly, whic
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
The other way around is more plausible to me: the way we reconstructed dinosaurs was influenced by the corpus of representations we developed with dragons.
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
That's why we use the term "Climate Change". A freak heat wave and a freak blizzard both show that climate is changing, and not for the best. Two sides of the same coin, we're fucking up our climate.
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
Same anecdotal experience here. Average looking man, took the time to fill a profile, maybe one right swipe a day, 50% match, two real-life meeting and one turned into a relationship. It's not always the warzone some people make it l
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
Yes! An incredible "hippie player" (the derogatory term used by classical steelers for players that took the pedal steel outside of the classic country style). He really has a very unusual style.. He also was the first steel playe
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I was a bit confused at first since in French, the word "Draisienne" is used for the dandy horse itself. But apparently Draisine is also in use in French (first time I heard about it, native speaker). You learn new things everyday
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I might be missing something, but wasn't it part of the plan? Of course the goal was to offload the actual interpretation of the FLoC id to third-parties, as FLoC id themselves do not have any semantic signification. Not saying this is
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I think the dumbest way I could have hurt myself was trying to build a DIY laser cutter with a 2W IR laser. The catch is that you don't know wether it's on or not. As they say in the laser community "Don't look into the
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
Got a good deal through a webshop named UhrInstinct. Was a little worried to not shop in a physical shop, but my experience was great, offical Junghans card and all. Not an endorsement, just my n=1 experience !
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
* A Junghans Max Bill watch : its a bit noisy, but everytime I look at it it makes me happy. That sweeping hand, the dome crystal, the thin case.. Very solid (saphir version) as well, bumped it a few time, and nothing. * A WBS pedal steel,
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
Yep, it's fixed. Congrats on the launch!
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
Looks great, but little bug on my system (Firefox 87 for Android 11), scroll does not work.. But on my computer, it sure looks good, will recommend to my less tech-savy friends!
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
I think faster is not the answer, as Ivan Illich theorised it, speed is part of the issue. "Beyond a certain speed, motorized vehicles create remoteness which they alone can shrink. They create distances for all and shrink them for onl
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by BeniBoy 5y ago
If you like that, you can look up other music video shot by Michel Gondry. He has an incredible creativity and DIY ethos that really sets him appart. The film "Be Kind, Rewind" is kind of a "mise en abîme" in that regard

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