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Ibethewalrus··on Ask HN: Music sampling fun / beat box for 7 year old?
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ Maybe some iPad apps like Bandimal

Loopimal

Everything Machine

Toca band or

Sago Mini

Ibethewalrus··on What I learned in ten years of blogging
there are some dirty tricks like creating link-farms that link to a competitors’ website to hurt their rankings
Ibethewalrus··on Analyzing Hacker News book suggestions in Python
by Cormac Mccarthy, check the road or no country
Ibethewalrus··on Top domains by aggregate score on HN from the past year
Check skimfeed.com but only has top stories of last +48hrs
Ibethewalrus··on Tom Cruise PSA: How to Fix the HDTV 'Soap Opera Effect'
The Hobbit!
Ibethewalrus··on Ask HN: What are search tools that works for the average user?
Tried Algolia?, HN use them. They offer some nice features.

For finding stuff:, sometimes moderation is needed. Check Information Architecture articles to see how to index and catalog information. Some solutions are: site maps, and an alphabetical index, metadata, etc. And as mentioned, sometimes the best solution relies in: Mods and curators.

Ibethewalrus··on Goodbye, EdgeHTML
There’s a plugin for colorful tabs. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/containers-th...
Ibethewalrus··on Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
Any tech site has this annoying feature.

Also: Some parts of NYTimes, and Slack.

Ibethewalrus··on Killing 3ve: How The FBI And Tech Industry Took Down A Massive Ad Fraud Scheme
Wow, at least 2x larger than Methbot. Great article.
Ibethewalrus··on Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting down sometime in 2020
Zoom.us Skype. Zoom’s video is great, doesn’t heat my Mac like Hangouts
Ibethewalrus··on Ask HN: Have you worked with a toxic colleague?
Yup, been there. I was advised by my boss on my first day to ignore him, as this person was at a different department. When I had some work to do with this person I acted as professional as I could. Hope that helps.

A bully, he is still working at that company, and the best workers have quit...

Ibethewalrus··on Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses
Awesome! A million thanks
Ibethewalrus··on Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses
Thanks, and something a little bit better? Have heard about Dayton OH
Ibethewalrus··on Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses
Where?
Ibethewalrus··on Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin
Payment puzzle? I can easily send money with:

- Venmo

- PayPal

- Apple Pay

- bank transfer online

- direct deposit

- wire transfer

etc Etc ...

Ibethewalrus··on AOL acquires Netscape in $4.2B deal (1998)
Tried Cafepress?
Ibethewalrus··on What If Amazon.com Actually Is a Horrible Website?
Dev ex machina :)
Ibethewalrus··on Ask HN: Which (if any) content feed(s) do you “digest” aside from HN?
Kottke.org Swiss miss DF
Ibethewalrus··on Ford Eyes Use of Customers’ Personal Data to Boost Profits
“Insert link to ad in car scene from Talladega Nights” ... Found it!

https://youtu.be/Bvi9zpHlrvg

Ibethewalrus··on Silicon Valley wages have dropped for non-tech jobs
The Walmart study sounds quite interesting, and makes sense. Source?
Ibethewalrus··on Bussed out: how America moves thousands of homeless people around the country
Just noticed the downvotes my comment got. To clarify: I lived there and loved every minute.
Ibethewalrus··on Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site
Nope, it’s gamed. Reviews are useless. Had a terrible experience with a business.
Ibethewalrus··on Decoding Utility Markings Spray-Painted on City Streets
Thanks!
Ibethewalrus··on Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up
Wow, you exactly nailed how it felt back then. You mentally switched modes “ok, now I’m online”, and it felt distinctly from “real life”, mostly because accessing it was hard (compared to the present). I think the problem with current internet is that life outside is mostly the same as in 20-30 years ago, and we have artificially overvalued internet presence (youtubers, influencers, online tracking, data leaks, etc)
Ibethewalrus··on Apple’s Social Network
GE is/was into Finace. Seems it didn’t go well
Ibethewalrus··on Bussed out: how America moves thousands of homeless people around the country
Ahh the Loin...
Ibethewalrus··on Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up
Mostly before Facebook and Twitter gained mass userbase, before they made it easy for anyone with a smartphone post all their thoughts
Ibethewalrus··on Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up
Exactly this. Before you could ignore the lone racist person in the neighborhood. Now, they can go online, create a forum and gather together...

so much for the promise of connecting the world...

Ibethewalrus··on Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up
Can’t a Google calendar invite provide the same functionality?
Ibethewalrus··on Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki [video]
AFAIR He mentioned he has a friend that is disabled, and the movements were a copy in bad taste
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