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New York's OpenLegislation (NY Senate) is probably the best at the state level.

https://legislation.nysenate.gov

an Ableton extension that mines Youtube for samples based on keywords generating short seamless looped samples + MIDI. Transmute found sounds with Magenta RealTime 2 into new audio/midi sequences.

looking at running sneakers yesterday of a new brand I've never come across before - looked pretty interesting and bookmarked for later...within minutes of visiting the site I was seeing retargeting ads for the brand. Instant turn-off - no longer interested.

death to the machine? https://deathtothemachine.com

4 top paid search results (take up the entire screen)

AI overview (organic for now?)

3 organic results (below the fold)

2 paid search results

Image results

1 organic result

If I don't run paid ads I don't get leads I rank organically for a lot of the keyphrases I'm bidding on (top 3 results)...organic 0-2 calls a week, paid ads 4-6 calls a week (niche business).

yes, the co is likely spending big money on retargeting to bring back a potential customer to sell what the bot clicked on to generate retargeting. it's fraud and costing the company money.

u: what do you think to this idea?

gpt: yeah you need to do it now

u: actually I think it's a bad idea

gpt: yes, you're right and here's why

u: no, actually it's genius.

gpt: you're absolutely right - it's genius and here's why

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Dhama Short ringtone playing in the background all day long as AI robocallers call around the clock

any tips for a team of one and claude code?

(Jez)

I built a lightweight grassroots advocacy tool for this.

It figures out who your reps are and sends them a pre-filled note based on what matters to you (you can edit/customize it before it sends). Includes a call script too if you're up for calling...

https://secure.legisletter.org/campaign/cmbpf5js80000l70d5fn...

ljl good stuff

"A digital nomad who splits time between critiquing Facebook's UI decisions, unearthing obscure electronic music tracks with 3 plays on YouTube, and occasionally making fires on German islands. When not creating Dystopian Disco mixtapes or lamenting the lack of MIDI export in AI tools, they're probably archiving NYT articles before paywalls hit.

Roast

You've spent more time complaining about Facebook's UI than Facebook has spent designing it, yet you still check it enough to notice every change.

Your music discovery process is so complex it requires Discogs, Bandcamp, YouTube, and three specialized record stores, yet you're surprised when tracks only have 3 plays.

You're the only person who joined HN to discuss the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer from 1983 and somehow managed to submit two front-page stories about it in 2019-2020. The 80s called, they want their FM synthesis back."

edit: predictions are spot on - wow. Two of them detailed two projects I'm actively working on.

I love cosine.space - great discovery engine.

I'd love to be able to upload audio / have it analyzed in the DAW and then for ai to create riffs on it. SUNO is amazing at this - but it's useless without the midi output / DAW integration.

if you love computer science don't quit - I'd definitely triple down on real world projects/output rather than just studying though.

I intentionally left to work on projects I wanted to pursue, built a startup that isn't currently covering costs (1 customer on an annual plan), lived in Thailand for 6 months (with kids going to to school there), the burn rate on return has taken it's toll (California)...but yeah recently put feelers out for potential work and see it's going to be quite the mission to find work (personally).

Exact same situation - 2 years deep here but at a breaking point cannot continue this trajectory.

I just came across a comment of yours (1 yr ago) on setting up an LLC in California as I'm about to pull the trigger/looking for recommendations on who to choose for formation/setting up etc

You mentioned not to do it in SF! This thread is kinda of connected - do you mind elaborating on why not to setup your LLC in SF?

"Siri add an alarm for an appointment for the dentist tomorrow at 10"

Sets appointment for 10pm

Will the Siri team be fired or are they in charge of openAI integration?

they're actually fine-tuning anon remillio accounts on X for exit liquidity on their vested social/ai/meme coins.

just wade through documentation to access it?

clicking on the AI studio link doesn't show me the app page - it redirects to a document on early access. I do as required - go back and try clicking on the AI studio link and I'm redirected to the document on turning early access.

frustrating.

Weird landing page - I’m expecting to see infographic examples but the images I see are of people looking at screens and smiling

exploding head emoji

C&P "Google just updated its free competitor, Bard."

C&P "ChatGPT has now a big problem"

C&P "Here are 7 incredible things Bard can do (that ChatGPT cannot)"

C&P "ChatGPT is in trouble"

exploding head emoji

clicks link to Notes

“Log in to Substack”

closes tab

"An artist's initial broad stroke is always most impactful, and obsessively adding layer upon layer of paint to fill in details often diminishes the painting's aura. When an aura is lost, it is impossible to get back." - Ryuichi Sakamoto

appreciate the tip.

I don't own a printer for this very reason. As of late though I've had to question if this is viable anymore - UPS price gouged me for 2 A4 sheets of black/white paper prints for $6.40.

Mostly via online record stores

Discogs (Genre) Sort by "Hot"

https://www.discogs.com/search/?sort=hot%2Cdesc&style_exact=...

https://www.phonicarecords.com

https://www.junodownload.com/leftfield/

https://hardwax.com Great weekly recap mixes featuring their latest releases on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/hardwax_official/videos

Bandcamp search by tag/genre. Discover tracks I like, then click through to see what other tracks supporters have recently purchased - honestly found some of the best music via this method.

I also run a monthly mix series called Dystopian Disco - that's predominately focused on unearthing new house/techno/dark disco releases.

https://www.youtube.com/c/DystopianDisco

This is fantastic - will be using in the next Dystopian Disco mixtape series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Mxban54mM&list=PLFyd_83HK5...

Is it possible to set the effects run time for a set period & if so would it be possible to have the effects modulated?

I create monthly mixtapes of leftfield house, techno and disco, and spend an insane amount of time digging through recent digital releases and then mixing/uploading to YouTube (now working on adding visuals with Disco Diffusion). What blows my mind about this whole process is there is so much new music published daily…

In an upcoming mixtape the intro track has been on YouTube for 3 weeks and has received only 3 plays. I want this project to unearth such classic electronic tracks and get them out to a wider audience. I can’t see myself ever stopping this project or ever regretting the time spent.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCH57ad2Wx5le11zuCulIyNw

Not surprised. Meta/Facebook are making it really hard to use their platform nowadays. Why is this?

I run or should I say I ran several Facebook pages with large audiences. I've verified my identity numerous times yet again and again I get a notice saying I can't post as I'm not authorized to post to large audiences (all pages I built from scratch). I DM support and they tell me to "check my browser" then spend 30 mins chatting to get to the problem and they can't offer any help. The funny thing is I can still post Ads for these pages but not post anything "organic". The platform has become annoying and very tiring to use.