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I'm using them for some commercial projects just as a client side library to allow uploading files to my s3 account (although they do some work on their server side as well). It's a shame they're changing the terms for the existing user. I don't expect things to be free - unless they are offered as such, with no expiration date.
"Martin's Beach was previously a popular family beach and surf spot before Khosla purchased the property adjacent to the beach and blocked access."
I'm curious as to why have you decided to package this as a desktop software, rather than a web app?
Some concern about this approach is that I think consuming music in such way wouldn't be much fun - unlike hn, on a music site a 'play all' would make more sense than playing one by one, but here's the catch(es): 1. No way to listen just to the new (to me, sort of 'unread') good music 2. Playing from top to bottom would mean the songs get progressively less good.
I would add a 'best songs' list - all the song above let's say 20 points. This is something I could automatically play on shuffle, occasionally getting new entries from the recent days.
anyway, best of luck! I'll give it a try!
That's quite a bold statement! Any market? A social network, an online retailer, a search engine, a mobile phone, a browser, an electric car? Give me a list of those books you've been reading! But then of course, we could create a paradox - we can't both be best, can we? :)
I believe creating the best product has an amount of luck in it. The better work you're doing - the better are your odds, but at the end, like making an Oscar winning movie, like writing a top of the charts song, like writing a bestselling book, like a perfect storm, a lot of the right things need to happen. But that of course shouldn't stop us from trying!
It didn't just happen - seems like you have intentionally copied someone else's idea, down to naming and design. You're obviously entitled to do so, but it's not something I would run bragging about on hn, especially without giving any credit the original work.
And saying "I don't see a problem here" after the original creator has pointed (quite gently) to the fact, is not very empathetic of you.
I often read a paragraph or two from a book just to get the feel of it, so if your site would display those, people like me could use it as a sort of discovery engine for book or authors.
In terms of design - take a look at changemakrs.com, they're doing a good job at presenting content (quotes, in their case) in a very appealing way.