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  1. Comment on Spotify reports more paid users, continued losses in ~tech

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    Thanks for mentioning Bandcamp. They are also the only streaming service I know of with a positive reputation among artists (just anecdotally from my fairly large number of musician friends and...

    Thanks for mentioning Bandcamp. They are also the only streaming service I know of with a positive reputation among artists (just anecdotally from my fairly large number of musician friends and acquaintances). Their business model pays musicians/labels fairly and gives those artists a lot of control over their material - what you can stream for free, etc. Plus for audiophiles it offers lossless DRM-free downloads. So they're doing everything right (in my opinion) and are profitable. A pretty interesting comparison.

    Their catalog has been heavy on new/current lesser known artists in non-mainstream genres, though recently more legacy back catalog stuff has been made available there. I find a lot of wonderful new music via their discovery features, both automated and curated. It's really an impressive service.

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  2. Comment on Complexity Explorer - Free courses from the education arm of the Santa Fe Institute in ~science

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    Full course list here https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses Topics range from introductory overviews like "Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos" and "Fundmentals of Machine Learning"...

    Full course list here https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses

    Topics range from introductory overviews like "Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos" and "Fundmentals of Machine Learning" through more technical topics like vector and matrix algebra and renormalization. The one course I've taken turned out to be aimed one level below what I was looking for, but it was free, and very well put together with thoughtful video instruction and meaningful tests on the material. So while I only learned some technical edge details I would count it as a positive recommendation since the execution of the course itself was well done.

    Some courses are marked "paywall" but many are free.

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  4. Comment on Cambridge Analytica closing operations following Facebook data controversy in ~tech

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    This is absolutely what they're going to do, I believe they have already registered new businesses at least in the UK

    This is absolutely what they're going to do, I believe they have already registered new businesses at least in the UK

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Janelle Monáe -- Make Me Feel in ~music

    MrCompletely
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    There's also an "Emotion Picture" which is a full album length video a la Lemonade. I'll post it separately. Janelle is my favorite artist working anywhere near the mainstream these days

    There's also an "Emotion Picture" which is a full album length video a la Lemonade. I'll post it separately. Janelle is my favorite artist working anywhere near the mainstream these days

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