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This! I have been watching the show too and had the same exact question. My conclusion is that, when they launched they had one deal, so technically they were streaming music legally and music to which they didn’t have rights was not being streamed(although who really knows about the last part being true)

However what I don’t fully follow is why Spotify,as portrayed in the show, have to pay 70% to the record labels?

Also why are the artists not making money? I think one scene in the last episode indicated that the artists had made shitty deals with the record industry and hence they payout to the artist was low. It’s like the artists don’t own the music but instead they sign the rights away when they sign a deal with the record labels. I understand thst that’s how the music industry worked and record labels are the middlemen and collect the “rent”. However what’s stopping artists and Spotify to work where they simply eliminate the middlemen. Artists create the music. Post it on Spotify. And any revenues are split. Even if the split is not equal both parties get to make more money given that they get to keep what would otherwise be the record labels share. Why is this not possible?

One last point, the record labels,today, still stand to make a lot more money as there more songs pre Spotify that post Spotify and the listeners still want to listen to those. Eg if you grew up in the 80s you still want to listen to Micheal Jackson or Brittney spears today. and thst music is only available thru a record label today. However fast forward 20-30 years a lot of listeners will be post Spotify era and thier music could be the music that does not come from recod labels assuming Spotify starts revenue sharing with artists today and keeping the middlemen out of new music. All in all it’s about who owns the largest catalogs of music. Today and previously, most of it is in the hands of record labels. As such it’s quite centralized. but tomorrow it could be decentralized. And artist get paid based on how good they are.might still not be perfect but seems like a hell of a lot better than the record label based business model. There was probably a time when that business model made sense. When distribution and promoting a artist was hard. When the world worked pre digital speed. Today that business model just reeks of a cartel/robber Barron- esque behavior.

Can you explain your setup a little bit. I have sling and I can record shows that are store in their cloud. however the fast forward is not exactly smooth to skip ads. most of the time Its skips a little too far ahead or too early and I end up fiddling with it going forward and backwards to be in a reasonably right spot (~5 secs before the ad finishes or after it finishes.)

1) Are there any devices available that allow recording effortlessly and then allows skipping adds equally effortlessly?

2) What are the non ad service options - Netflix, Prime Video, HBO, Youtube Premium?..what else?

You should definitely checkout https://www.eatthismuch.com/

More info and history etc here : [PDF] http://www.kitsault.com/flip_book/kitsault_book.pdf

This reminds me of pixels magic eraser technology which I think is specialized for removing people.

Where are they trending?Curious if you can expand

Wow..this so simply put together. Thank you !! Also kudos for passing on the credit.

I understand Have fun at work...but Friends in high places seems like an odd one. Curious what was your motivation behind recommending this one. Appreciate if you can share.

https://www.abettersource.com - Don't let their polished website throw you off. They have a TON of good use office desks and chairs in their showrooms...Herman Miller, steel case ..on and on.

Not sure I fully agree. The bank does not just hold my money. It’s going to turn around and lend some of thst money and make a decent return and especially in a high interest environment. They wouldn’t be able to do that if I didn’t keep my deposit with them. My risk is non existent because of the govt and not because of the banks clean character of protecting my money.

I think you misread the post. The author is not telling you to go to bed at 10 etc. what the author is doing is not diff then one going to a grocery store after it’s service hours. A closed sign at the entrance doesn't mean you need to be in bed. it’s simply stating you can’t do business with them at that hour.

Majority of the physical stores work this way because there are real people running them. It’s just that digital stores never worked this way it generally thought they are run by computers - which is mostly true but at some point if there is a need for human interaction one has to wait. At least until they are completely run by ai and robots. And that applies to physical stores too :)

Ps: I have kids too and know what you mean

How does plain text remind you when you need to do something in the future or at a certain point.

Similar boat. No one tool does a great job. The only thing that come close is eMacs org mode. However dosnt integrate with google calendar or other modern tools or do well on mobile. curious to see what others use or how they have adapted org mode in daily life using todays tools like smartphone and cloud based “available everywhere”

Don’t expect any change I would say. It’s tragic and sad but odds are beyond low.

I sympathize with the tragic situation in both these countries for the common person. My curiousness arising out of this situation is forced me to try to understand it and it’s roots. What I found definitely changed my perspective on what to expect out of this. I went in thinking this is a pivotal moment and unsure what the future looks like. I came out sad that this is not a one off thing for the people of this land. If you look at this in the context of the last 150 years - almost every prominent leader in this land was a) never phased by the (sheer) human cost to be incurred as reason to not chase the outcome they wanted and b) the people of this land have never successfully risen up to counter the oppression they faced. Many died trying but they never had the critical mass they needed to overcome the oppression. I dot not claim to know the reason why. I am sure it’s complex but it has occurred multiple times and there is something there to be said for that.

Utterly sad and tragic. But I am no longer expecting spectacular revolt and a feel good ending. History suggests this going to go down the same way it has for a long time.

I really hope and want to be wrong on this one.

The fact that note taking/ personal knowledgeable management/ task management topics keep popping up so often on HN tells me two things:

1) people are overloaded with information and whatever they used to do is not working for them and they hope that somebody else has cracked it better then them and they could adopt that strategy. The people who didn’t have a system in place also are overloaded and hope that they can use something existing rather then inventing their own “wheel”. 2) whatever todays solutions are they are not meeting the need because everyone has a shiny tool/app/system and none of them are satisfied. 6 months in they are looking for a new “system” be it notion or whatever the latest YouTube hotshot is peddling.

I think the reality is that humans are limited when it comes to efficient context switching and hence when it comes to managing todos / knowledge any system that requires human interaction to “manage” it has constraints. So to that effect until we all have AI assistants out system will need a way for us to say no to things so that we can actually manage our system and it in turn can help us be organized and productive.

I personally love orgmode but hate the fact there is not mobile support (which is as good as the desktop). As a result I also use google sheets and things. - it’s far from perfect

Eg. Here is Stanford’s. https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/patientsandvi...

I would just google the hospital name and and the word chargemaster next to it.

For eg here is Stanford healthcare’s charge master in json

https://stanfordhealthcare.org/content/dam/SHC/patientsandvi...

Sorry not sure about the name of the law. But I learned what I indicated on HN. I would search on HN for the word “charge master” or “chargemaster” and see you can see the hits. I think I learned about this in the last 2 months (90% confidence) so to be safe May be narrow your search to last 6months. The word is quite unique so there shouldn’t be too many hits to sift through.

Also looked like hn user aurizon posted google and npr links a few comments below about how this law is being fought.

I am no expert on this but can hopefully point you in the right direction based on what I learned recently (here on hn!)

Assuming you are in the USA- they just passed a law where all hospitals will need to publicly publish the list of all the procedures they do and the cost. Until now this,as I understand this was guarded very tightly and the common person would never get it. This information is maintained in what is called a “chargemaster” (charge description master). So I am thinking you can possibly download a few chargemasters abd then process it via queries etc and get a longer list of procedures. Hopefully this set you in the right direction.

He is right but only partially. A lot of people are unhappy about the money they make. you can’t escape your environment where you see someone else doing better than you in some small aspect or area of life but then is generalized to them doing better than you and hence the urge to have more money.

Most of the time things start from there and then the unhappiness snowballs to other areas of life

Man’s search for meaning - Viktor Frankl

It will change your life, dare I say.

Curious how nfts are any different from qr codes in some ways.

Thanks for the concern and the luck.

I would say I don’t have a addiction. Sorry if it came across that way. By most common standards I am already a outlier I feel. I don’t do social media, news or mindlessly browsing in general. I don’t watch tv either. I mostly read some books and may be an economist article here and there during a week. Online consumption might be 2-3 hours per week at the most in extreme cases. Mostly is 5-10 mins a day.

I guess for me I feel I dont produce anything (at work ) or in personal life. Personal life is mostly playing a what seems like a perpetual catch-up on “life chores”.

In that sense may be I am in a rut and need to do something “productive” (for myself). Like literally and metaphorically. :)

Personal opinion: I would just get to work. In my opinion this “you need a cofounder” is complete horse%^*+ perpetuated by folk who are investing money with you and need a failover plan in case you find the journey is too hard for you.

Sure if you have a cofounder you can do it that way too but not having one should not be stopping you from doing this.

Also looking for a cofounder on a forum may not be how you want to have a cofounder. A more effective way to get a cofounder is to have somebody in your network that you have known and is equally excited about the idea you wish to bring to life. pressure testing the person with questions is highly ineffective. Best way to do thst is to see them in action and usually you have at least some intuition about a person when you have known them for a little bit.

There is more than one way to get to this destination. Good luck!

So in essence if a crime or wrong doing is done by an entity and money is exchanged to reduce penalty it is considered a settlement. But the same thing done between people is a bribe.

Here the entity is technically abusing their people given authority to enrich itself and people it’s responsible to and letting go of the other entity responsible for wrongdoing. Charging more money for that is ok. But if you swap that entity for people or person it’s a crime?

I understand this is all interpretations but seems like a pretty dated way to bring “justice”

Serious question : I would like a person familiar with law to explain how is this not a bribe essentially? (Cos clearly it’s not treated like one. Where/what is the reasoning that invalidates my question )

I disagree unless your comment is directed to the data provided by the OP. In that case I agree (only to a small degree) as factualness dilutes as one goes back in time also these are broad statements. As to my list that I posted above simply aggregates the data provided in the OP.

Couldn't help but look at the conflicts from a time period perspective.

BC 27

500-600 1

0-500 1

1100-1200 1

1200-1300 1

1500-1600 2

1600-1700 4

1700-1800 2

1800-1900 14

1900-2000 184

2000-2000 21

2000-2100 667

Grand Total 925

Edited for structure

Some personal observations:

1. Interestingly a sharp rise in 'events' since Industrial Age.

2. We also don't have much data on year before the Industrial Age. The world simply wasn't as connected (from a information availability perspective) so lots of events could have gone unnoticed unless the really really large ones. This dilutes observation #1.

3. Despite #2 its hard to ignore the more than tripling of events from 1900-2000 to 2000-2100 (and we are only 20 years in this century)

----- Some more data ----

Other 3 0.32%

Europe 76 8.22%

Americas 118 12.76%

Africa 234 25.30%

Asia 494 53.41%

Grand Total 925 100.00%

Makes me curious how strongly this correlates to the size of population on said continent.

There will a place for folks like yourself be as long as it’s needed. Don’t take it the wrong way but once people who have preferences like yours are gone this notion of needing a office in the traditional sense, will pass. The need for working space will remain. The need for a “office” will go away. It’s a natural progression. It’s like Horses gave way to cars but peoples need for mobility remained. Our needs as humans have remained how we fulfill them changes as decades roll. Best to enjoy life and adapt. The other way is possible too....