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by pwython 4y ago
As someone born in '83 in the US, I can't ever recall a time I've heard actual "elevator music" in an elevator. However, nowadays you might hear a jam like "Sweet Home Alabama" in a Casino/Hotel elev
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by pwython 4y ago
Definitely not the same exact thing. There were not nearly as many "influencers" that have a degree in Google pitching mental health seminars. MySpace didn't have an endless addictive feed, it was literally just a modern addr
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by pwython 4y ago
Relative to this, I've seriously thought about whipping up a funny little website that displays a sort of meter showing positive/negative reception for every HN post based on the top comments using sentiment analysis. I was curiou
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by pwython 4y ago
As a designer & developer myself, I agree, the rebranding and new bootstrap template would take a week to deliver at most for ONE person. I'd charge ~$2,000 USD for something like this (30 hours at $75/hr).
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by pwython 4y ago
Data: https://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/subs/add_myths.htm
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by pwython 4y ago
They do put it out there. But what makes headlines that people actually see? "500 murdered in a terrorist attack" versus: "We caught some bad guys" [who potentially could've killed more]
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by pwython 4y ago
Here's one of many examples, just from a small county in Florida, relating to the "Sex Money Murder" gang: https://www.fox13news.com/news/41-arrested-in-racketeering-i... "We did a gang wiretap... w
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by pwython 4y ago
> "Once that's done, we can set up a website where we can all watch/listen to you... What's that? You don't consent to such monitoring?" Having a system for counter-terrorism agencies to check phone logs for
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by pwython 4y ago
> "choose from among twenty different categories of gender and sexuality." And just when I thought I was "emotionally mature" at 40, I can't help but giggle at that sentence. Are there really 20 different genders
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Potatoes are a good source of vitamin C, B6, potassium, magnesium… Butter has vitamin A, D, E, B12, K2, etc. This diet doesn’t seem TOO crazy. Perhaps pairing it with a multivitamin supplement wouldn't hurt though.
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by pwython 4y ago
> "That unconstitutional overreach has been used to do what exactly? No I really want to know. It’s not keeping us safe..." Unpopular opinion, but you know the old saying: No one hears about the times the FBI, CIA, etc has stop
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by pwython 4y ago
And the latest game this website uses (GTA V) was released nearly a decade ago.
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Ask HN: Why do you use a VPN?
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by pwython 4y ago
My first acoustic guitar (2007) was a Yamaha, FG800 I think. $200. Had absolutely no problems with it, but I gave it to my brother and then purchased a PRS SE Angelus A10E that was about $600. To be honest, there was no difference at all in
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by pwython 4y ago
I just watched a video a few days ago comparing a $200 guitar to a $200,000 (Hauser) guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPY9Mxg3OJQ Long story short, go for the $700-$2k guitar unless you're an "art collector
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by pwython 4y ago
Exponential growth [1] We went from the invention of radio in 1895 to a moon landing within 74 years. And 53 years later we have tech that is vastly superior to what we had in 1969. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exp
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by pwython 4y ago
Outlook 2003?
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by pwython 4y ago
I've never had a taco with beans & rice, but I guess that could be a thing.
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by pwython 4y ago
Very nice. And that track reminds me of the Gladiator movie (2000) OST with Lisa Gerrard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbHPTPUpQ1I
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by pwython 4y ago
https://ymcinema.com/2022/03/28/braw-vs-prores-raw-which-is-... > "Sherif analyzed noise levels by comparing ProRes RAW and BRAW and found that ProRes RAW has significantly higher noise levels than th
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by pwython 4y ago
> "like the first raw format that managed to bypass RED's patent stranglehold" For what it's worth, BRAW is not really "RAW." It is a codec processed in-camera with baked-in profiles for Resolve. ProRes RAW
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by pwython 4y ago
This is great, I have to check out more slowed down songs. The only other one I've heard is the Jurassic Park theme (-1,000%) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX40crWTTYs
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by pwython 4y ago
The best example of this is having a Google Home device and just being like, "Hey Google, how many ounces are in a cup?" as you're standing in the kitchen with your hands covered in flour.
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by pwython 4y ago
Some people buy watches to simply see what time it is. Some buy 100x more expensive watches that also happen to display the time. All I'm saying is, there's nothing new about a brand marking up variations of their products because
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by pwython 4y ago
Wait until these tech bloggers hear about Rolex, or any other luxury brand having limited color releases marked up higher than the "base model" sharing the same exact components.
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by pwython 4y ago
While the VW scandal is based on facts with hard evidence [1], your other theory is currently conjecture. [1] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830414-800-how-did-... "Volkswagen programmed its on-board so
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by pwython 4y ago
You might like this one too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BljkQJrl5wo
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Some cool shoots in there, but the music was similar to me waiting for my 56k modem to connect. :)
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The VW emissions violations are 100% proven deceit among customers and governments, as nefarious programming in their vehicles is much harder to detect than say, an editorial funded by FB spreading rumors about a competitor where the reader
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by pwython 4y ago
Per my link above: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google#Copyright_...

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