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Comment · 8 years ago
I'm not so sure that your recommendation is the reason why you look like an asshole at the present moment..
Comment · 8 years ago
Serious question, if you aren't using soap or shampoo, what are you doing in the shower for 10 to 15 minutes?
Comment · 9 years ago
I think you mis-understand how iOS privacy controls work. An app doesn't get to 'see all your photos' just because you grant photo access, you still have to select which photos to put in the app. Same goes for camera, that just let's the app pull up the camera interface, not be able to access it 24/7 for whatever purpose they want. Same with the mic.
Comment · 9 years ago
Yup. I guess I'm a millionaire on paper, in reality my bank account is negative several hundred dollars and all my credit cards are maxed out. Yay start-ups!
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Well, that sure is terrifying.
Comment · 9 years ago
I tried this, and while 'targeted sentiment' may be neutral, 'document emotion' has Joy at 0.880435 vs the rest at 0.

If you change your example from 'I like it' to 'I like puppies', the 'targeted sentiment' changes from neutral to 'puppies positive 0.550431'.

While the first example you found does seem odd, the rest seems to work quite well. Maybe it just has problems attaching 'it' to a 'target'.

Comment · 9 years ago
Now that is cool.
Comment · 9 years ago
Wow, nice work. Just downloaded and tested it out, I'll definitely be using this.
Comment · 9 years ago
The records I clicked on have this notice

Digitized from a shellac record, at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used to transfer this record. They are 3.8mm truncated conical, 2.3mm truncated conical, 2.8mm truncated conical, 3.3mm truncated conical. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with NAB.

The preferred version suggested by an audio engineer at George Blood, L.P. is the equalized version recorded with the 2.3mm truncated conical stylus, and has been copied to have the more friendly filename.

I'm trying to guess but can't imagine what the reasoning for this is. I've tried A/B/C/D testing a few tracks on some crappy speakers and can't discern any difference.

While it's certainly admirable to try and digitize it as thoroughly as possible, I just can't see how a difference of 0.5mm in the stylus width is worth increasing your work load 4x times over (having to record each record 4 times rather than just once).

Comment · 9 years ago
I mean, yea. I guess I left out the details of how the car service you were renting from would clean things between uses. Didn't think that was necessary to spell out. There are public 'nap rental' places now that have that particular problem pretty well sorted out.
Comment · 9 years ago
This makes me so excited. I can't wait until the interiors of cars can change completely due to the safety brought by self driving cars. If all cars were self driving and communicated with each other, the risk of crash would be almost nonexistent (obviously there would still be wildlife and other issues). Given a near 0% chance of crash however, we could remove many of the annoying 'features' of a current car, like seat belts and having all the seats in the car face forward. Maybe you can even order specific types of cars for what you want. Tired? Order a bed car. Just a door and inside is a bunch of mattresses and pillows with windows that can be blacked out. Late for work? Order a work car. Has desks with swiveling chairs etc. Just getting groceries or going shopping? Order a hauler car, etc.

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