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ddmfon Ask HN: Share an industry secret

Get a cheap controller and have a play. I recommend the Numark Mixtrack III [1] because it has an audio interface built in. I think it comes with Serato software, but you could download a trial of Virtual DJ [2] too.

The software processes your mp3's to detect bpm. You then select songs with similar energy and sound (this is what I feel makes a great dj), match the bpm's together and then using the headphones to cue play them together in sync and then using the fader you bring the other track in, then at some point fade the other track out.

Advanced things to do are: 1) Loop the outgoing record - most dj software allows for a single button to select and loop one bar. This allows you to mix without worrying about the old song running out of time, and/or lyrics mashing over one another. 2) Harmonic mixing.

Obligatory Plug [3]

[1] http://www.numark.com/product/mixtrack-pro-3 [2] http://www.virtualdj.com [3] https://www.mixcloud.com/ddmfhsuk/june-cd-swap-bonkers-mixta...

ddmfon Even the LastPass Will Be Stolen

Royal Bank of Scotland and First Direct use a 2FA device that is authenticated first with your bank card pin (3FA?)

ddmfon Could a new sound format change music production?

If it is taken up by the major DJ software and DAW developers, then yes.

If not, it will die.

ddmfon SoftICE: a kernel mode debugger for Windows

I miss SoftICE. Was great for helping making game trainers..

ddmfon Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

Found this on my Dad's Compaq Portable (can't remember if it was an original or a model II but it was around 1986/87)

Comedy story: I didn't know any commands, but know that I wanted to list the drive contents in a specific format...

ddmfon Ask HN: How did you overcome and avoid work related burnout?

Walking is a great way to clear your mind and come up with other ways of doing things. Plus, the health benefits are vastly underappreciated.

ddmfon KittyCam – Cat Facial Recognition Powered by Raspberry Pi

I wonder if this will be quick enough to trigger a cat scarer: water spray, high frequency tones or flashy lights

ddmfon Cameron's World

Yes, she was. The website still hurts my eyes, but it works and manages to impart some of her personality, making me want to browse it more.

ddmfon Website featuring only the highest rated Amazon items

I was browsing for a rice cooker just yesterday and I wanted to find the most reviewed and highest rated item which proved to be quite a tricky task - if only it worked for amazon.co.uk

ddmfon Cameron's World

Which reminded me of http://www.lingscars.com/

ddmfon Chilly at Work? A Decades-Old Formula May Be to Blame

I live in Scotland and the reverse is the issue here: mostly women with personal space heaters turned up to max to ignore the thermostat (because that means it heats up quicker, right?) which then causes the temperature to rise, they get normalised to the hot temperature and complain about the rest of the building being cold so find extra personal space heaters...

Meanwhile, I'm what's known as a "hot tatty" and melt when I'm wandering around the building, but mostly because our central heating is off because the computerised heating system has decided that the rest of the building is too warm thanks to these personal space heaters throwing megawatts of power away into the ether...

ddmfon Explanation for nightmare computer-generated picture haunting Reddit

C20H25N3O / C12H17N2O4P

ddmfon Walking Through a Doorway Makes You Forget (2011)

Mine is somewhat the opposite way - my goal is to ensure I get the card back and then forget about the money :(

ddmfon Exercise alone doesn't make you lose weight

I'm seeing something similar; about 18 months ago I started walking to and from work (4 miles) and started cutting out sugary drinks.

I went from 325 lbs to 270 lbs in just over a year, but the last 6 months I've barely lost any weight, strangely enough though my body shape has still been changing for the better, as it's only in the last 3 months or so I've dropped another trouser size.

ddmfon Show HN: Twenty

Can't. Stop. Watching.

ddmfon Query your local network for Chromecasts and have them play media

I have had issues running a wifi dongle when connecting using the tv's usb port - admittedly this is with the old version and not the new one with the updated power circuitry.

However, I have had no issues using usb power from the tv with a LAN connection - this is using Kodi which I suspect will increase the power pull. YMMV

ddmfon Large New Survey Tracks Telomere Length and Mortality

Now we need some kind of study to see if telomere length causes changes in palm line patterns... ;)

ddmfon Show HN: Continous Heart Rate for Android Wear and Apple Watch

Thank you so much, I had hoped that there would be something like this inbuilt with motofit/google fit but was quite disappointed when I discovered how inadequate and manual it was. I don't need to sell my android watch anymore.

ddmfon Serving All Your Heroin Needs

I remember reading something similar about the pharmacy companies telling their doctors that oxycontin didn't cause addiction and therefore it was safer to prescribe than codeine etc:

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-big-pharma-hooked-ameri...

ddmfon People on Probiotics Focus Less on Bad Feelings, Study Finds

I'm still swithering whether to go full steam ahead and try this - https://orders.generalbiotics.com/orders/new - however I currently use the one that Bulk Powders sell which correlates to a period of steady weight loss (that was also in the summer period when I drank more water and carried a 5kg rucksack 5 miles daily)

ddmfon Halt and Catch Fire (Season 1) available on Netflix

But not in the UK :(

ddmfon Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?

Thank you :)

ddmfon Fatal silence: Why do so many fortysomething men kill themselves?

Article posted on my 40th birthday :O

ddmfon A Physicist Is Building a Time Machine to Reconnect with His Dead Father

But if he succeeds then he won't have the drive to create the time machine and go back to save his father...

ddmfon Please copy and paste the text of the error

or pasted into MS Paint and then emailed as a 4Mb bitmap.

ddmfon The Linx 10“ Tablet

Apparently works quite well with serato itch & virtualdj. Thanks for the heads up.

ddmfon White and gold, or blue and black

I see white & gold, my wife sees light blue & grey, my daughter sees purple & gold and my son sees white & gold too. Strange, but a great breakfast topic of conversation

ddmfon Ask HN: What's your morning routine? Be specific!

  05:21 - awake, need pee. try to go back to sleep
  06:00 - still awake, roll out of bed go to bathroom
  06:20 - alarm goes off.
  (there's more, but you did say 60 minutes)

ddmfon Ask HN: What is the most important lesson you learned this year?

I played sports in school, but then neglected my body. over time I put on weight etc etc.

Walking is such good exercise - I walk to work pretty much every day and with doing so I've lost 50+ lbs in the space of a year. It doesn't take me long - about 30 mins to do 2 miles - and so what if the weather isn't perfect, you soon dry off.

ddmfon Human ancestors developed a taste for alcohol 10M years ago

The amount of clothing they wear is probably close in area to the stereotypical loin cloth too.