almostarockstar

The technical requirements of running google maps would immediately turn your dumb phone into a smart phone.

Why don't you just uninstall everything from your phone but whatsapp and google maps?

I feel like in 2017 we should have an automatic Ironing Machine in every home.

Could you give a couple examples?

Will check them out. Thanks.

Thanks

You should consider using more punctuation. This entire post has only 3 sentences. It's essentially unreadable. You might have a good point, but I can't understand anything you've said.

Slightly off topic, but when a page with minimal styling like this comes by, how do you typically view it?

I usually do something like this in the inspector:

  body{
    width: 601px;
    margin: auto;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    color: #483f3f;
    line-height: 1.5em;
  }

But that's a pain to write out each time.

I'm not against un-styled websites at all, but I wish they were more readable by default.

What should one do?

> a solution that has long been found in the music business.

A lot of people have commented that the music solution is not ideal in a number of ways from the 'demand' side, but I don't think anybody has mentioned how the music business is broken from the 'supply' side.

It is next to impossible to make a living from music for the vast majority of musicians and producers out there. The obvious argument is that if you cant sell, your quality isn't good enough but that's actually not true in my opinion. Distribution is severely unbalanced - and if the movie industry continued in this direction, all we will ever see is Spiderman remakes.

I've been using Meteor with Blaze and mongodb for the last couple years for various small side projects and prototypes. I think it's a great way to get going fast and still works well at a reasonable scale. Plus, the reactive data loading is neat.

I will be starting a new project soon though, and I'm thinking of trying React, Apollo, GraphQL, Sequelize and MySQL.

Agreed. A bit ranty - but still a good analysis of what constitutes bad design when "disrupting".

I've had the same issue. I built a web based cash register / stock tracking app for a customer a few years ago with the belief that there were hundreds of business operating in her niche in a small, easily accessible area.

She loves it - but nobody else has the time of day for it. Learned a hard lesson about market validation there.

I totally agree. It's about fixing problems ahead of time. The only problem is that without a drive now, the tech could disappear, and when it finally does become relevant, an argument might be made that "it didn't work before, so it's not going to work now".

The same approach could be used with any liquids, and possibly gasses too. As a proof of concept, this is incredible. I can imagine a ton of applications too. Scanning fossils is the first that comes to mind. I'm sure there could be plenty of applications in forensics too.

This is a great idea. My two cents:

1. An accounts system would be great so that I could just run ``python experiment.py | seashells u=almostarockstar p=hunter2`` or similar with keys, and then have a bookmark on my phone to view seashells.io/u/almostarockstar.

2. A self hosted / open source option would be awesome.

3. A way to view other peoples public seashells urls would make this interesting.

4. Possible options to allow html output which could be paired with a css file attached to your account.

Can't wait to set this up with my own experiments (evolutionary computation).

Ok, find a medium rich country. Got it.

Genuine question, assuming your not trolling, when was the last time you watched a concert video that you took?

Hey, I'm the author. I'd love to discuss the project with Hacker News.

I know a lot of prominent entrepreneurs hang out here, so I'd like to ask if anybody is interested in having a chat with me for the channel?

Thanks!

>...25 hours that you should be spending studying at home (or in the library)

>Dividing that 25 hours by those 5 days gives you 5 hours of studying per night

Haha. Final year PhD checking in. I've never, not in my entire life, never, done any more than 2 hours study (outside of classes, lectures or labs) on a single night. My brain would just stop focusing after a couple hours.

Plus, why would you need to study if you focus during classes and actively try to understand what's going on?

Good point. Perhaps if you gave the job to a CS major, or an engineer they'd invest the time in making a time saving interface. But an intern in Chase? I doubt they would have the skills or the knowledge to do that.

>On a platform that changes its rules on the fly, all the time.

Is there, or has there ever been, a platform that doesn't change the rules on the fly, all the time? I'm not talking about video alone. Tastes in comedy, music, film, and books change yearly. The requirements to become successful on any platform are always in flux and never totally clear. Survivorship bias abounds.

Also, I have very little sympathy for anybody making videos about gaming. Mindless drivel. If you can't keep up, it's because the market is saturated and your product or execution is not as good as your competitors.

Nerdwriter covers a vast range of topics, which means a larger market, but clearly his knowledge of any specific area will be weaker.

I particularly enjoyed his videos on poetry. Definitely gave me a new perspective on an art-form I have never really indulged in.

I watched a few videos a while back - on the topic of love I think - and it felt like there was a hidden agenda. At the time I felt it was a little too opinionated, pompous, and possibly content marketing for a religious group. None of this is fact, of course, just what I felt when I watched it.

Thanks for writing up such an in-depth response. I really appreciate your feedback!

I'm working on the audio sources - the two book reviews were recorded with a Blue Yeti, which is awesome, but involved syncing up the audio later which was awkward. I've just taken delivery of a Lav mic (or shirt mic) so I'll see how that works. Early results seem middling - better than onboard mic, not as good as Yeti, but it'll be much better for videos like 'Designing Success'.

Thanks again!

Something about The School of Life gives me bad vibes. I feel like there is too much of an undertone to their videos.

Entrepreneurs are allowed to have downtime and watch videos too.

I'm working on my own channel at the moment if anybody is interested. Still trying to build content, but I'd appreciate feedback. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzvhjBHSW6wLNnyAOEj9u2w

I really enjoyed it too. As a sailor, it's an such an incredibly interesting topic. It only gets more challenging when you consider the twist in the sail (change in angle of attack from top to bottom), varied sail shapes and sizes, and oscillating wind patterns.

I also love how even though a technical knowledge of aerodynamics can help you trim a sail, most sailors can do a pretty good job by feel alone.

I havn't time to read through it, but based on your comments, I could see it being accepted to a conference, which is where most CS publications come from (in europe anyway).

Sounds like a good option.

>Turtl lets you take notes, bookmark websites, and store documents for sensitive projects.

Why three main functions? IMHO I'd be way more interested if it just did one thing well.