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I'm experiencing a flood of referral spam from these same domains. Seems like thousands of other site owners are too.

When will Google respond and step in? Clearly the GA4 tag is being exploited and my blocking efforts have failed, plus new domains are popping up.

TLDR;

the Delete Act would empower the CPPA to develop a system by 2026 that allows residents to make a single data deletion request across the nearly 500 registered data brokers operating in the state. The CPPA would also be charged with enforcing provisions of the Delete Act, such as requiring data broker registration and ensuring brokers delete an individual's personal information every 45 days upon receipt of a verified request.

Source: https://iapp.org/news/a/california-legislature-passes-delete...

It's hard to be accountable to oneself. But it's easier to be accountable to others.

So, feedback from others motivates me.

Seeing people visit my website, even if only a few dozen or hundred, is motivating.

$45k/month is more than a "side hustle."

And Tony's products ARE useful. Or else people wouldn't buy them.

Value is subjective.

How is that "super-weird" or "specific"? If anything, your idea of advanced pieces not being "up" is obscure.

I really can’t think of a less inspiring goal than playing “advanced” or “technically challenging” music

Really? You can't understand how aiming to conquer a highly technical and musical piece is inspiring? It's the same as tackling any other difficult goal.

Music at a less technical level isn't meaningless, but it's an inherent limitation on your musicality if your repertoire is limited by technique.

Technique facilitates greater musicality. Sheet music facilitates greater technique.

Regardless, do as you please, but it's like saying, "I'll never learn code, because I can build no-code products!"

It's objectively a ceiling if you can't work towards playing the most technically challenging music.

It doesn't have to be Bach. You will struggle to learn ANY advanced piano without sheet music.

Sure it's for "beginners," but I'm saying it will inherently stunt their growth compared to putting in the work to learn sheet music.

Yes, this app could serve as an introduction to piano, but ultimately relying on it will be detrimental to long-term growth.

I think the app would b more useful if it helped teach sheet music (which can be frustrating for beginners) through this friendly UI.

I'm sure you can play piano, but I'm also willing to bet it has put a ceiling on the types of pieces you can learn.

Have you tried learning a Chopin Ballade or Bach WTC fugue without sheet music?

Looks cool design-wise, but who is this for?

Although the upfront cost of learning sheet music is a few weeks of study, it quickly becomes worth it due to gains in speed of learning and sightreading skills.

Maybe this can introduce people to piano and get them playing quickly, but it'll ultimately stunt their development.

Klaviyo S-1 Filing 3 years ago

As of June 30, 2023, we had 1,458 customers generating over $50,000 of ARR, representing growth of 94% year-over-year.

Of 130,000 customers

Ego Death 3 years ago

Funny how many "I"'s and "my"'s in this piece.

This was especially ironic:

"I want to kill my ego, or at least substantially break it"

There was a study[1] recently about isometric exercises (wall sits, planks, etc.) being most beneficial type of exercise for lowering blood pressure.

I've also anecdotally found that supplementing magnesium glycinate seemed to help.

Perhaps consider getting some thyroid blood tests? (T3/T4 free, TSH) Mine was elevated which contributed to higher blood pressure.

Also since you're vegan, perhaps check for vitamin, mineral, and nutritional deficiencies.

[1] https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/07/02/bjsports-2022-...

Looks great!

I've been playing around GPT information extraction, and I think your prompt can be simplified to save on token costs:

Instead of:

`The company name (field name: "companyName", field type: string)`

I use a prompt that looks like:

`... The JSON should consist of the following information, using the format <field name: field type>: The company name <companyName: string>`

I've also played around using JSON structure in the prompt, such as:

`Return a JSON object with following model, with the format <field type: instructions to extract> { "companyName": <string: The company name>, ... }`

In my experience, often the attribute name is enough and GPT can infer how to extract the information (i.e. { "companyName": string ... }

Put simply: by selling.

How is it you learn anything? Not by asking questions, but by doing it.

By fumbling your way around until things start to make sense.

I came across this interesting website that shows to be ranking 61st globally, according to SimilarWeb.

It is categorized as an "adult" website, but searching for it on Google only provides a list of sites claiming its malware. UBlock also flags the site as malware.

According to SimilarWeb, it has 700+ million monthly traffic.

And it has over 17.7 million backlinks according to my backlink checker, yet ranks for zero keywords (probably blacklisted).

Only the subdomain `syndication.[second-level-domain].com` is accessible, and the earliest archive.org for this subdomain is from May 13, 2020.

I suspect is has to do with malware and browser infections, causing users to unwittingly redirect to their website, explaining the huge traffic.

Anybody have further insights into what's going on here?