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A network graph analysis of Spotify podcast recommendations(wearebumper.com)
3 points by misener 4y ago|1 comments
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Whammyphone: bending sound with a flexible smartphone(hml.queensu.ca)
1 points by misener 10y ago|0 comments
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by misener 13y ago
The Canadian copyright lawyer I talked to says no: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/popcorn-time-is-like-netfl...
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by misener 13y ago
According to the Livestream embed, "This Event Has Been Deleted"
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by misener 13y ago
Rdio offers "Protected Accounts" http://blog.rdio.com/us/2012/09/now-available-on-rdio-protec...
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Lost in Emulation(sparkcbc.tumblr.com)
2 points by misener 13y ago|0 comments
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Kickstarter now identifies intellectual property disputes(misener.org)
1 points by misener 14y ago|0 comments
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Kickstarter quietly removes several projects, despite claiming otherwise(misener.org)
1 points by misener 14y ago|0 comments
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by misener 14y ago
It's worth noting that their campaign page has been reduced to a simple "Sorry, this project is no longer available" message. This, despite Kickstarter's claim that projects are kept on their site forever. Their FAQ states that "Projects
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by misener 14y ago
Here's an ongoing dump of TKBM's data: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1ecu_DI...
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by misener 14y ago
As requested: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1ecu_DI... The KickBack Machine dumps lots of data into this Fusion Table on an ongoing basis. Please feel free to slice and dice it however you like.
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by misener 14y ago
That's kind of you to say. Radio's my day job.
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by misener 14y ago
Indeed, the aggregate numbers are there, but it's extremely difficult to find individual examples of success/failure by category or goal. That's the point of TKBM.
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by misener 14y ago
It's an incomplete list. TKBM has only been tracking projects that ended since mid-June 2012. According to my numbers, since mid-June 2012, the overall success rate for all projects in all categories has been ~72%. Much higher than Kickstar
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by misener 14y ago
According to my numbers, since mid-June 2012, the overall success rate for all projects in all categories has been ~72%. Much higher than Kickstarter's all-time success rate of ~44%. Successes seem to be increasing.
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by misener 14y ago
Indeed, the launch date is there, but it's only accurate to the day. To figure out the actual launch date+time, you need to look at the deadline and subtract the project duration, both of which can be found in this element on each page: &#6
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by misener 14y ago
Search is on the roadmap, for sure. That said, Kickstarter's existing search function performs very well. The primary purpose of TKBM is to collect Kickstarter projects together by outcome (success/failure) and goal -- two things that Kicks
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by misener 14y ago
Not sure what you mean by this? What would be in the "events" category? Currently, the category list mirrors Kickstarter's own.
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by misener 14y ago
Solid suggestion. I suppose that the length and colour of the progress bar is probably enough to signal whether a project was successful or not. Thanks.
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by misener 14y ago
Right now, it only tracks funding, not follow-through.
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Show HN: See Kickstarter successes and failures(thekickbackmachine.com)
187 points by misener 14y ago|63 comments
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by misener 14y ago
Good point. I could have chosen a less specific example to point out that "failed" projects still show up in search results.
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by misener 14y ago
That's exactly the kind of thing I'd like to be able to do. For instance, I'd love to know which categories have the highest success rates, etc.
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by misener 14y ago
In 2011, Kickstarter reported its overall project success rate as 44%: http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/shortening-the-maximum-proje...
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by misener 14y ago
Kickstarter certainly seems to have a higher success rate than rival Indiegogo, where 2/3 of projects don't meet their funding goals.
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by misener 14y ago
Of course. As I mentioned in the piece, search still turns up unsuccessful results. The point of the piece is that failed projects don't show up in: a) Kickstarter's Discover interface b) Google results
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Kickstarter hides failure(misener.org)
115 points by misener 14y ago|84 comments
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Interview: Luis von Ahn on Duolingo - large-scale, crowdsourced translation(cbc.ca)
49 points by misener 15y ago|12 comments
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K remembers R - radio interview with Brian Kernighan on Dennis Ritchie(cbc.ca)
1 points by misener 15y ago|0 comments
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by misener 15y ago
I have two Google accounts as well: - one Google Apps account (main, day-to-day email, first@lastname.org) - one plain vanilla Gmail account (old, mostly unused) When I learned that Google+ wouldn't work with Google Apps, I signed up using

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