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ASK HN: Illegal Book/Mp3/* Downloads. | timothychung: Economically, the bottom line is whether we are supplying enough reward back to the info publishers to sustain their work in long term.Before the legal system has caught up in this area, we need to make a personal moral decision.And I think respecting those who work hard to produce the books will give you... |
ASK HN: Illegal Book/Mp3/* Downloads. | brl: If you believe that author entitlement trumps the social benefit of distributing books to everybody whether or not they can afford to buy them, then why aren't you advocating closing down all the libraries? |
Please review my startup crowdmind.com | chanux: Think of a way integrating a Twitter conversation. Question & related replies. That'll add some more value to the service I guess. |
How many of you play music? | badger7: Guitar, Bass, electro-tinkerings and the odd bit of (bad) singing.From metal to Folky-acoustic, via rock. |
How many of you play music? | Gertm: I play guitar in a band.
Mostly pop/blues/soul/rock, and a tiny bit of jazz. |
How many of you play music? | jasongullickson: These days the instrument I play most is acoustic guitar, primarily out of convenience.In the past (and when time allows) I've made almost anything into an instrument, and recorded styles that range from classical to noise.For me the music I make has more to do with the context in which it is made than... |
How many of you play music? | joshsharp: This has been asked before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428776and my comment from that thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428969 |
How many of you play music? | Maciek416: I don't play but I compose quite a bit (mostly random electronic styles) for my own personal listening. |
How many of you play music? | antirez: I play guitar and bongos for fun with my friends. |
How many of you play music? | mullr: Electric guitar at the moment. Blues, jazz lately. |
How many of you play music? | cousin_it: I'm an amateur with no formal training; play fingerstyle guitar, sing and beatbox. Love jamming in the street. |
How many of you play music? | spooneybarger: guitar. punk rock. krylls.com.there, i got the url in. sweet. |
How many of you play music? | abyssknight: I'm a percussionist with a miniscule amount of guitar knowledge. :) As far as style, I've played everything from big band music and hymns through scream-o. I prefer not to lock into a style of anything. |
How many of you play music? | wfarr: Single reeds and a bit of piano and percussion.Classically trained, but I do a lot of jazz too. |
Web Censorship, does your employer use and how do you circumvent it? | quoderat: They do censor, and I installed a covert internet connection which I pay for myself -- Verizon FIOS.May seem excessive, but that's just how I roll.I believe they are completely evil, always counterproductive, and make me likely to leave a workplace if I cannot subvert them. |
How many of you play music? | ilivewithian: I'm learning the piano at the moment, I'm learning classical music. |
How many of you play music? | seertaak: I play guitar, sing, and compose for the Signals. (http://www.myspace.com/thesignalsuk) |
How many of you play music? | flashgordon: play carnatic violin and sing (south indian classical)... used to hate it in school.. what an idiot!!! |
How many of you play music? | thebryce: Guitar, bass guitar, double bass, and most low brass. Progressive rock, blues, and jazz, baby. |
How many of you play music? | sidmitra: I play my desk, the hand rest on the chair... i even play with my laptop keyboard when i'm on a role coding.And i'm proud of it too :-) |
How many of you play music? | evilneanderthal: drummer, gothenburg-style metal |
How many of you play music? | ssharp: drums, guitar, piano/keyboards in that order.i write melodic alt rock songs and produce hip hop as well. |
are soft lies in sales okay? | nimrody: Depends on the definition of "soft".Sometimes you have to be very optimistic (better term: aggressive) regard product features and schedule. This will drive you further and faster towards your goals.You can't always make all deadlines and keep all promises. And in business (at least in the technology business)... |
Please review my startup crowdmind.com | greengirl512: I like the concept-I think assigning attributes and making people think about rating them will help weed out the idiots you get on places like Yahoo Answers. I do think you need to focus on building a strong, intelligent community for this to work. Also, the layout of the attributes rating box needs to b... |
How many of you play music? | TallGuyShort: I play piano, and I kind of have my own style. I can read music, but I generally take a melody, syncopate it, and add my own harmonies and nuances as I play it, by ear. Lately I've been taking guitar tabs, transferring them to the piano, and then tinkering with those. |
How many of you play music? | sofal: I'm a drummer and I'm saving up for this bad boy: http://www.yamaha.com/drums/drumproductdetail.html?CNTID=568...Oh, and I would rather stab myself with a fork than play punk. |
How many of you play music? | tjr: I play piano/B3 organ and bass guitar, mostly jazz/gospel. |
Web Censorship, does your employer use and how do you circumvent it? | Jem: My viewpoint depends entirely on what job it is you're doing. As a web developer, it would be incredibly difficult to do my job without the Internet. On the other hand, my partner is a technician in school and constantly battles with teachers trying to browse facebook during lessons when they should be teaching. C... |
How many of you play music? | TrevorJ: I play the guitar and from time-to-time I lay down some random midi tracks and generally just mess around with various sequencer software. |
How many of you play music? | GavinB: Not in a band presently, but do some recording for fun. Sample: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/379399/So%20Far%20Beyond.mp3 |
How many of you play music? | john_marsch: I try to play a guitar, but rarely have I the time lately trying to find the time to learn scheme and tcl/tk at the same time during some occasional readings of tao/zen/scifi literature. I try to keep myself busy, it wears off the time :) |
How many of you play music? | zkz: I tried and I'm horrible. I'd really like to be a good musician but I spend my time programming and reading and drawing and writing and not doing music, so I'm not good at that (also I'm naturally awful). I'm a good programmer, but very bad at music. |
How many of you play music? | d3vvnull: Vocals, guitar, and keyboards. I semi-frequently record tracks in GarageBand. I ping-pong between rock and trip hop. |
How many of you play music? | noahlt: Classically trained violinist, though my forte is in improvisation (classical, rock, and jazz). |
How many of you play music? | gamache: I play primarily drums, though often I putz around on whatever gut-harp is within arm's reach. When I was playing in a band, we were a two-piece grind/death band; we were also another two-piece doing instrumental rock. I also play in a roughly annual Halloween Misfits cover band with some other rock dudes fr... |
How many of you play music? | surgesg: I consider myself a composer first, but I code my own laptop instruments and have experimented with networked performance as well. http://www.uwm.edu/~gssurges/ |
How many of you play music? | colomon: I play bassoon in orchestra and piano on my own (though I'm very rusty at the latter).My main musical outlet these days is traditional dance music, primarily from Ireland (with a strong focus on South Sligo) and Newfoundland. I play whistle reasonably well and I'm working on learning wooden flute and one-row ... |
How many of you play music? | stcredzero: I've played Irish Traditional music on the tinwhistle for over 20 years. I've taught it in schools that are part of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and qualified to compete in the All-Ireland. (And never stood a chance. I'm agog at how much musical talent there is in Ireland.) |
How many of you play music? | bwanab: Tenor and Soprano Sax, Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Flute, plus lots of synths, sampling, electronic production. Style is mostly rock in a broad interpretation of the meaning of the word. This is a before work in the morning, after kids go to sleep at night activity, though. If I could just give up on that sle... |
How many of you play music? | adw: Guitar, bass, keys/electronics (laptop, Tenori-On), and I sort of sing a bit. Used to play violin. |
How many of you play music? | ewiethoff: I sing in a couple opera companies in New York City. |
How many of you play music? | tricky: I play guitar. I'm always in a band or two. Mostly synth-rock bands. Lately, I've been trying to put together a cuddlecore-twee-grindcore thing with a lot of moog. We'll see how that goes. |
How many of you play music? | dc2k08: piano/keyboards - have my eyes on one of these: http://www.clavia.se/main.asp?tm=Products&clpm=Nord_Stag...by the way, 4 part series on music theory that's worth a watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnbOWi6f_IM |
How many of you play music? | danielzarick: I am not a hacker by any means, but I do have a band.
If you want to check us out I would love to hear your thoughts: www.myspace.com/augustmoonis
or you can download our whole EP for free here: http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/august-moon/strategy-truck/Unfortunately we never play shows (tonight is th... |
How many of you play music? | maggie: Organ, piano, bassoon;
used to play the first two at weddings/funerals/receptions and substitute-play at various churches. I'm not so good at the bassoon.My favorite is chamber music, but I haven't even had time for jam sessions the past year or so... |
How many of you play music? | adrianh: Acoustic guitar, mostly gypsy-jazz style (Django Reinhardt) and a lot of fingerstyle.I play with some gypsy-jazz bands in Chicago and post YouTube videos here: http://youtube.com/adrianholovaty -- more than 12,000 subscribers! :-) |
How many of you play music? | spencerfry: Does Rock Band count? I'm Expert on guitar and bass. ;)More seriously, I do sing some and I took a few years of African drums. |
How many of you play music? | eguanlao: I sing. I took voice lessons for many years, and was "president" of my high school choir for two consecutive years. I love jazz and adult contemporary. I sang two songs at the Green Mill Lounge in Chicago: "Come Fly with Me" and "Summer Wind." I can also play guitar; I took lessons when I was a teenager. ... |
How many of you play music? | xcombinator: I play the computer, using my own programs to make-create music. Playing a standard instrument bores me(too much repetition). |
How many of you play music? | gintas: Piano (classical/jazz). A little djembe too. |
How many of you play music? | maryrosecook: Have a solo band: http://werenotthecoolkids.comKind of pop/noise/experimental; to put it another way: a noise band playing pretty melodies. |
How many of you play music? | neuromanta: I play on harmonica, blues mostly |
How many of you play music? | pie: I play drums, trumpet, accordion, guitar, bass, keyboard, banjo, and whatever else I get my hands on.Putting together a complex song with audio software -- wiring together effects and virtual instruments and tweaking MIDI programs and settings -- feels remarkably similar to working through a medium-sized software ... |
How many of you play music? | mildavw: Jazz Bass - http://duoroyale.com |
How many of you play music? | vollmond: Classical violin, as well as acoustic and rock guitar. |
How many of you play music? | dkasper: Trumpet player, played lead in jazz and principal in orchestra when i was in college. Also done some random shows with local rock bands looking for a horn player and church cantatas at the holidays. |
How many of you play music? | ntoll: I'm a classically trained musician (Royal College of Music) and played professionally for a couple of years before getting into software development. My brother is also a musician turned developer and this seems to be a common career path among former college friends.I play all sorts of music (not just classical... |
How many of you play music? | Oompa: I played Violin for 5 years, but quit two years ago. I just don't have the time to practice anymore, going to GATech. |
How many of you play music? | TheSOB88: I am an ex-trombone, bass singer, and arranger of the Gamer Symphony Orchestra, an 80-person student orchestra at UMD College Park that plays exclusively video game music. Check us out here: http://umd.gamersymphony.org/We've done a wide range of songs. Stuff from Mother 3, Zelda, Kirby, Halo, Tetris, the wor... |
How many of you play music? | j2d2: I currently play guitar in a rock band called Shipyards (www.myspace.com/shipyards). We're based in NYC.I used to play in a band called First Aid Kit (before the swedes used the name) and before we broke up we had the amazing experience of spending a month opening for Finch (punk rock from California) playing to ... |
How many of you play music? | paul9290: Piano, guitar and sing the songs I write. I had the urge to start learning to play when I started hearing songs in my head Id never heard before. |
How many of you play music? | haseman: In our software office of 14, 4 do not play a musical instrument |
How many of you play music? | tamersalama: Piano. Classical. Used To. |
How many of you play music? | s-phi-nl: I have studied classical violin for almost 11 years, and am in an orchestra. I also like to sing (some mix between songs from musicals, hymns, and classical music, in about that order). |
How many of you play music? | mitechka: Acoustic guitar, recorder, ukulele, djembe. I have a small collection of folk instruments and try to learn to play each one of them at least a little bit, so I can play (or at least produce semi-musical sounds from) things like duduk and rababah :) |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | icey: I can't help much with your direct question; every job and gig I've had ended up being the result of knowing someone in some form or shape.If you're looking for something new, I'd seriously recommend getting to some events and at least making _some_ connections. If you're in a city that has IT jobs, there are gro... |
How many of you play music? | robbiecanuck: I played trombone through college (jazz band). Now I play bass and sing in a rock/blues band that gigs once or twice per month. I also hack around on guitar. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | noodle: my current job had no connections involved. in fact, i turned down a perfectly good job in favor of this one simply because it had connections involved.i wanted the job that i earned instead of the one i was handed. but, i'm kind of hardheaded about that type of thing. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | twistedanimator: I have gotten my last 2 jobs with no connections whatsoever. Both were software developer positions for languages/frameworks that I had no experience with. My advice is to write a killer cover letter.The cover letter is the most important part of any job search. In mine I explained my side projects tha... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | stonemetal: >that hit rates on applying online to job posts are pretty low (especially nowadays).Hit rates for monster etc are pretty low. Local job boards, University "career center" online listings other low volume job sites are still worth looking at. It is how I found both my current position and my last position... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | abyssknight: I got my first job the hard way. I applied, and took whatever they would offer. I pretty much said I'd work for nothing.I was in college, had no experience, and knew very little. I needed an in, and saw an ad in our Computer Science building. Emailed my resume, got a call, interview etc. I met with the own... |
ASK HN: How many books do you read per month? And what kind? | russell: I'm not pg or even pg passing as a commoner, but I read 4 to 6 science fiction books per month, 1 or 2 technical books more if I'm starting a new gig, usually not cover to cover, and 0 to 1 general interest science book. Thank whomever for the general humanities requirement in college. I can converse with a ... |
How many of you play music? | phugoid: Guitar, electric and acoustic. I'm very much out of practice these days - my two year old son is the priority. He already has musical taste - he comes over and mutes my strings whenever I play!I love playing some of those old Celtic tunes I grew up listening to in Cape Breton, meant for violin but nice on gu... |
How many of you play music? | pshc: Violin, saxophone, learning the bass. Mostly jazzy style, but all-around. |
How many of you play music? | grnknight: Acoustic guitar - mostly folk and alternative rock. And typically it's just for myself or my family. :) |
ASK HN: How many books do you read per month? And what kind? | pg: Why don't you change this to ask everyone? That would be more interesting. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | nkohari: Two. My first, and my second. After that, I had a good enough network that I ended up with a personal introduction or referral. Networking really is everything in business. :) |
How many of you play music? | Gibbon: I play keyboards, guitar and just started learning the drums. Plus I'm typing this from my studio full of equipment. Synths, samplers, drum machines etc, mostly used for house and breaks tracks.Also played the trombone in school until I was kicked out for improvising all the time. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | JoelPM: All but one of my jobs I've gotten without any connections.Out of college I worked for IBM. Initial contact was at an engineering job expo. I had interviews on campus and then on site.After that I submitted my resume to Xanga.com on a whim. I had a phone screen and then an on site interview.From there I got a j... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | strlen: I've gotten my first job ever after being contacted by a recruiter (at 17, as still a high school student no less!). Got my first position out of college with no connection (applied online, during my senior year, in response to an ad on my university's CSE department's web page).Left that job to go to a start-u... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | nathanb: I got my current job--my first out of college--without any connections. It's a kernel programming job. I got it because I was able to talk intelligently about writing distributed systems and what a node-local kernel can do to facilitate distributed user-space applications.That said, never underestimate the pow... |
Software Key Generation - Best Practices? | sarvesh: 1. Get machine fingerprint based on hardware id of the devices. Use your judgment on which one you want to include.
2. Create a one way hash, with a salt. Store it locally.
3. Call home with this key to activate the product.
4. Every once in a while check the finger print again to see if it has changed if it ... |
How many of you play music? | flooha: I play guitar and drums. I did the band thing 15 years ago and had some local success with a band called Uncle Knucklefunk. Our high point was opening up for Ace Frehley (who had no desire to even say hi to us by the way, which was devastating for our other guitar player whose idol was Ace.)Now I play drums mo... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | mitechka: I am a system administrator for forsalebyowner.com/ I got this job the old fashioned way, by sending out resumes for job ads on the internet. |
Can I pay someone to come up with a good start-up name? | sarvesh: Amazon Mechanical Turk (www.mturk.com) |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | khafra: I got a job with the USMC at 17; since then, I've been all syn, syn/ack, ack: Connection-oriented. |
Can I pay someone to come up with a good start-up name? | dxjones: Domain Pigeon? http://www.domainpigeon.com/ |
How many of you play music? | ken: I'm in the middle of a taiko apprenticeship. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | ibsulon: I've gotten my last two gigs through recruiters. One was an internal recruiter, one was a subcontractor. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | utefan001: Job 1 (connection) 1998 $17 tech support for 100 person architecture firm.Job 2 (unplanned connection) 1999 The CEO of the 15 person software company went to highschool with a girl cousin of mine. He obviously use to like her.Job 3 (no connection) 2001 thank you monster.comJob 4 (no connection) 2002 side jo... |
How many of you play music? | humbledrone: I play music in many different styles; from electronica to folk. When I recently bought a banjo, my girlfriend forced me to count how many musical instruments I had. I lost track around 14... The only problem is that with my time divided between them I never have a chance to get very good at any of them... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | themole: My last three jobs have been w/o direct or indirect connections:1. I was working at an ISP help desk and a local computer repair company called in desperately needing help with a *nix box. Went out on my own after a shift and helped the tech out. He emailed me the next day and asked if I was interested in work... |
Can I pay someone to come up with a good start-up name? | Adrenalist: 1. http://www.brighternaming.com/Naming_Portfolio.html2. http://www.namesharks.com/#services3. http://www.namedevelopment.com/product-service-naming.html4. http://www.stokefire.com/we_name_stuff/ << this one looks pretty good.More: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=product+naming+service... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | agotterer: I got my current job at Connected Ventures (CollegeHumor) with no connections and my first job at Cablevision as well. I found the CV job on Techcrunch. |
Software Key Generation - Best Practices? | russell: Create a public/private key pair. Have the client encrypt some relevant information such as the MAC address, IP Address, and software serial number, and phone home occasionally for authorization. This takes care of the problem of moving to a new machine or fail-over, but allows you to identify stolen keys or... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | leecho0: Hmmm, connections only got me to the interview faster, it didn't seem to make a difference in the decision making process. Did it help for you guys? |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | swombat: I got into a large consulting company as a junior software engineer back in the day, without any connections.That sucks. I won't do that again if I can avoid it. |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | run4yourlives: Myself on the last two occasions.One, in the paper(!), the second through a local technology association website.I'm still working there, 6 years later. |
Job prospects for typical CS graduates | sidmitra: As far as all the stories are concerned, I think you're reading about only a very niche crowd here at HN. You would find more startup guys here(perhaps 'cos of pg), than other forums.Most of my friends are not startup kind of people. Infact i'm the only one.. who chose to go this way. The rest are all IBM, Su... |
Who has gotten a job with absolutely no connections? | abstractbill: I got my job at justin.tv with no connections.Honestly, it wasn't very hard. If you're genuinely good at what you do, and you can prove it, then you're a huge anomaly compared to most people applying for any position, and you will stand out even without connections. |
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