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weewooweewoo

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weewooweewoo··on Imzy is shutting down
I was really worried when you guys started giving out free pizza to members. Can I ask the story behind it?
weewooweewoo··on Show HN: NoFile.io – A simple file storage site with lots of perks
Does anyone remember the name of the file hosting platform that had a music player built into it? It was so goddamn elegant and easy to use, but was bought out by Facebook. It was a huge staple for me all throughout high school for my band, it's kind of shame that there was no way it could have been viable.
weewooweewoo··on Getting Rid of Comments on Vice.com
There's something to the idea that comments are "letters to the editor", as I believe that the biggest incentive for people to comment is when they feel that they have something to contribute. The problem, of course, is that hateful reasoning is usually something to 'novel' to contribute. It is especially easy to contribute something novel when you skim an article and you don't see any indication that the article is going to where your thinking.

I've been playing with this on a small side project (a literary journal, so the worst medium to try it out with), but it would be my dream to see a major publication try this out: Making commenting only available after correctly answering a quiz question that demonstrates that the reader has read the article. Initial questions have the ability to frame discussions, clarify controversial details, and discourage lines of thought - and on the other side, it requires little effort for an editor to implement.

weewooweewoo··on Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
Strippers, but for emotional labor.
weewooweewoo··on Alaskans vote to legalize marijuana
A lot of what can be said has already been said. However, I would like to share a piece of joy- I'm in one of the pictures in this article. It feels great.
weewooweewoo··on Show HN: Professional sound effects for UI projects
I was about to buy, but the sound of Bongo Beat Down cuts off too quickly. How can I be sure that I'm getting quality sound effects out of the set 300?
weewooweewoo··on Lifetramp: Be someone else for a day
I got way too excited about this just to find out that you actually need an invite to book a day.
weewooweewoo··on A Motion-Sensing Keyboard
I want to know whether or not this is more fatiguing than using the Thinkpad pointing stick, and whether or not people prefer the tactility of the rubber cap over the swiping gestures on hard keys.
weewooweewoo··on Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People
Anyone who spent time to download every single page want to upload the set?