marapuru

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Strategy / Creative mind / Music / Netherlands
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Comment · 29 days ago
Which one did you end up with?
Comment · 2 months ago
Thanks, this hits a memory somewhere in my brain.

I like the minimalist UI and the spinning CD cover :-)

Is there an Apple Music playlist as well?

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Comment · 7 months ago
I'm still sitting here thinking for a few minutes to figure it out. Don't leave me hangin'!
Comment · 10 months ago
It looks nice at first sight, but which data moves to which point exactly? Every element has blobs with all colours of the rainbow just moving across a line.

Wouldn't it be better if a Red square emits a Red ball that moves to some place? Or at least highlight 'paths' to show how stuff actually moves around?

Comment · 1 year ago
> it's that it kills mental model diversity

Thanks for this. I’ve been struggling for some time for a proper argument to tell others how I feel about AI. And this is pretty spot on for me (and my mental model)

Comment · 1 year ago
What a wonderful game. Great animations and simple interactions. Could you share something about how you've built this @jasonsmiles?

I'm guessing it scrapes Wikipedia for a topic and then digests it, converting it into informational cards.

Comment · 1 year ago
I always start with a local first application. And then find that I want to access List X, Design Y, Scribble Z on the road and on my phone. Resulting in a frenzied search for a mobile / desktop alternative that includes syncing. Then finding a solution that requires a subscription and then falling back into fiddling with Google Drive, or something in the Google workspace.

I guess I should bring my devices back to exactly 1 device. Or just take a subscription on one service.

Comment · 1 year ago
You are right on that. I’ll edit my post to reflect that.

Edit: Apologies, I can’t edit it anymore.

Comment · 1 year ago
Apparently it's a common business practice. Spotify (even though I can't find any proof) seems to have build their software and business on pirated music. There is some more in this Article [0].

https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

Funky quote:

> Rumors that early versions of Spotify used ‘pirate’ MP3s have been floating around the Internet for years. People who had access to the service in the beginning later reported downloading tracks that contained ‘Scene’ labeling, tags, and formats, which are the tell-tale signs that content hadn’t been obtained officially.

Comment · 1 year ago
Yep, this got me hooked on pocket as well. I had/have so many articles on there that ar easy to read on a bus / train / plane or in bed before falling asleep.

And the reasons to shutdown are pretty lame. “ But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today.”

It worked for me? And probably at least hundreds or thousands others?

Comment · 1 year ago
In the Netherlands, a financial advisory board (NIBUD) advises people to save 10% of their income. The average yearly income being around € 45K comes to a € 4.5K yearly saving. Deduct unexpected costs + that you want to spend part of this on actual savings _and_ realizing that many people don't manage to save that much due to increasing prices + senseless spending (subscriptions, fast fashion, etc.) makes it much less surprising.

Also, Hotels and Airbnb's are incredibly expensive (even for me, working a decent job with a good income) for families. That's why i chose campings over hotels and bought a decent tent.

Comment · 1 year ago
And what happens with you as an author building up a sizeable amount if experience while writing?

Yes it makes you produce a book faster, but I feel you lose a lot of knowledge buildup along the way.

Comment · 1 year ago
It's a nice hobby project, but why not just use a browsers built-in reader mode? It has all the same features, and works on (almost) any website.

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