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he ruined his own life.

this whole thing has really turned me off reddit. i blocked it in my /etc/hosts and my productivity has gone way up. also, makes me appreciate the efforts of HN to keep things civil and intelligent - even if it means a lot of my posts and comments go nowhere.

I wasn't too worried about this when i read it, but it appears the latest oracle java plugin is not supported on chrome. I get this message from the download page:

"Chrome does not support Java 7. Java 7 runs only on 64-bit browsers and Chrome is a 32-bit browser.

If you download Java 7, you will not be able to run Java content in Chrome and will need to use a 64-bit browser (such as Safari or Firefox) to run Java content within a browser. Additionally, installing Java 7 will disable the ability to use Apple Java 6 on your system."

So now it looks like I'll have to flip over to firefox if I want to use a site that requires the java plugin - kind of a nuisance.

umm really this is on the front page? i'll just leave this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Smalley

i finally blocked reddit in my /etc/hosts/ file and i am wasting way less time.

i wonder what the final price tag on this was? has anyone seen a number put on it?

i'm guessing this is in response to this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4625371 in other words, OP delivered!

this is called starting a business.

yay! i just claimed coke (http://www.coca-cola.com/)

here's an eclipse based editor specifically built for writing/managing your thesis. http://www.chapterlab.com/

built something kinda similar a year and a half ago but never put any effort into marketing it - http://shoutfast.com/home - anyway landing page is slick - good luck!

It would appear it's already been blocked by FB: "An error occurred with Buddy Hack. Please try again later."

trying to keep it simple, but i'll look into it. no spotify here in canada yet, so it's not something i had considered.

Nothing wrong with using Java and there is something to be said for using the language you are most productive in. But if you are thinking of building a web crawler in Java, I would recommend taking a look at the Heritrix project: https://webarchive.jira.com/wiki/display/Heritrix/Heritrix It's robust, open source and easily extensible. Might be easier to write a custom module for it than to roll your own web crawler.

I dread the day I go to an art gallery and have to jockey for postion amongst a bunch of iPads on segways.

So far I've been really pleased with the help I've gotten from the filepicker.io guys. I considered the emails I got from them to be an indication of their genuine desire to help developers get started with the product rather than spam.

should websites outside of the U.S also do this?

I think it was a useful, informative article. Why do you say she runs a shady company? Electrolysis, as far as I know, is a legitimate hair removal technique. I understand Yelp filtering out what they may see as astroturfing reviews, but on the other hand I can certainly understand a business owner getting customers to submit positive reviews to counter negative effects of Yelp. Finally, is paying $350 a month to Yelp now considered a normal cost of running a bricks and mortar business these days? Unbelievable.

Indeed, this app totally violates the YouTube API terms:

You aren't allowed to:

"separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;

promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;

access any portion of any YouTube audiovisual content by any means other than use of a YouTube player or other video player expressly authorized by YouTube;"

https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms

Why wouldn't you read the API terms and comply with them before wasting all the development effort on something that will only get shut down? My advice is switch to the soundcloud API. http://developers.soundcloud.com/

Looks pretty cool. I have something I want to sell via paypal and this could save me a lot of time. How will you make money?

Well I agree to some extent, but I think the success of other video sites is proof that there is a market for a music video site with added value. I did build chartbrain.com to scratch an itch, but I do think it is a great way to enjoy music videos and stay on top of the charts.

Good advice, Patrick I appreciate it! I should clarify some things, I guess. Fortunately, I'm adhering to all the YouTube api terms etc., so there are no legal issues (yet!). I suppose it's possible some entity like Billboard might take issue with using their name and/or logo to promote the site.

When I am talking about partnering, I know building a site is only part of the battle, so in terms of equity it would be much more substantial than 5%.

I guess maybe a better question then, is how to get those early adopters?

unfortunately, it's a complete violation of the youtube api terms as far as i can tell:

these are all prohibited:

separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;

promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;

access any portion of any YouTube audiovisual content by any means other than use of a YouTube player or other video player expressly authorized by YouTube;

store copies of YouTube audiovisual content;

https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms

i dont work for google or youtube or anything, but it seems that it should be common sense to read the terms of an api before using it.

this story is old, and the case was settled for substantially less than all the money in the world:

"A trial to decide on the eventual amount of damages owed by Limewire to thirteen record labels, including Warner and Sony Music, all of which are represented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), started early in May and went on until on May 13, 2011, when Gorton agreed to pay the 13 record companies $105 million in an out-of-court settlement. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire

I'm not a lawyer, but I think that just using the audio from youtube videos is a violation of the youtube api terms.

You can read their terms here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms

Specifically they say it is prohibited to "separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;"

and it is prohibited to

"promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;"

Like I said, I'm not a lawyer so my interpretation could be wrong.

I think in a nutshell they want you displaying the video because they have their own ads in the videos, and just streaming the audio cuts into their revenue.

Hate to be a wet blanket but I recently built a service using the YouTube API (http://chartbrain.com) and so the terms were fairly fresh in my mind.

I think other services that used only the audio from YouTube have run into trouble - songza comes to mind, they were one of the first sites to do it. http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2007/11/songza-turns-yo/

here's the original - it went nowhere unfortunately! I guess it's about having the right headline

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3879622

i built something similar but more polished and released it on HN a few weeks ago. chartbrain: http://chartbrain.com/

i hope you are one and the same person - otherwise someone is a copycat. https://twitter.com/#!/jherskowitz/status/190046053389697024

If devs/bloggers start using these everywhere it means people like me in Canada (and other countries where Spotify is not available) won't be able to hear any music on the web. Soundcloud wins here for me - they may not have a huge major label catalog, but they don't have the restrictive licensing problems that Spotify has.

I wonder if there's way to do it while avoiding the issues faced by megaupload and others?