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Re:Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify
on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:43PM (#23655428)
> I've been on editorial playlists 16 times but I have no idea how to replicate that.
I do. Track down whoever at spotify controls those playlists and offer them money.
Re:‘We Are Not Essential. We Are Sacrificial.’
on Thursday May 07, 2020 @11:51AM (#23104385)
My favorite American joke: what do you call someone who you think doesn't deserve healthcare, doesn't deserve happiness, and should die so that you can maintain your standard of living?
A hero!
Re:Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed on Thursday
on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:54PM (#21576745)
Beat Saber really seems to be the closest thing to a Killer App for VR right now. I'm introducing it to people who have never really been interested in video games and they fall in love immediately. It's also the only VR game I've played that has felt like a complete, novel, and interesting experience that I keep coming back to.
Re:MySpace Tom beat Facebook in the long run
on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:52PM (#16823816)
I'm not sure exactly what point this article is trying to make. Being rich and powerful is stressful? Yes, we all knew that.
Zuckerberg could retire at any point and do the exact same thing Tom is doing. It's clear he wants to continue to be the CEO of Facebook, that it's something he values more than traveling and taking pretty photos for instagram. Seems to me like being one of the most powerful people in the world is a more interesting prospect for him.
Re:Show HN: A dating app that matches people based on their password
on Thursday February 01, 2018 @04:15PM (#16285980)
This ensures you can never ever break up.
Re:An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Programs
on Friday January 19, 2018 @03:55PM (#16189729)
Amazon is great for common household items that I don't want to make a trip to the store for (cleaning supplies, loofahs, notebooks, pens and paper, etc.). If I want to buy, for example, a Samsung or Apple phone charger, I'm going to buy it from the manufacturer's website.
Re:Jeff Bezos’ guide to life
on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:00PM (#15690670)
You shouldn't buy sex toys on amazon precisely because of reason number 3. Shit is straight up dangerous and someone is going to get hurt before long, it'll be a huge lawsuit and a PR disaster for Amazon and they'll finally crackdown on all the counterfeit chinese bullshit.
Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:42PM (#15013246)
That's part of snapchat's brand, they make all their shit unintuitive, obscure, hard to discover and use. It's supposed to make it so that you feel hip and in the know when you finally discover how to make that mustache appear on your face or make text float in the background of your video.
But of course that doesn't seem to transfer that well to selling hardware.
Re:Launch HN: Lambda School (YC S17) – CS education that's free until ...
on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:37PM (#15013186)
Unless they form a contract with their employers saying they will take 49,999 for 2 years with a guaranteed raise to 60k at the end. Employer saves money, employee saves money, school gets screwed...
Re:My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won
on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:13PM (#14607484)
Sure, run after a speeding car flying into traffic, leave your other bags behind, risk your life so that you can stop a corrupt uber driver from robbing you. And if he refuses to give you your bag back, just fist fight him. Man up and take some responsibility!
Every day I hear something so ridiculous from Uber I can't believe it. Seems like Lyft's biggest advertisement should be "Lyft: we're not uber"