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Brian Wilson cited "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles as one of his favorite songs -- he apparently had to pull over because he was having a nervous breakdown after hearing…

I used to look up to YCombinator, but now I am disappointed in the role YCombinator played in platforming anti-democratic figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Nick Land, Curtis Yar…

It's amazing how right-wing billionaire figures have captured social media platforms and news media outlets, such as Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter/X, Jeff Bezos's takeover of The…

Feel free to live outside civilization :) You can have the anarchy you desire in a cabin in the woods or on some a random island away from society. You won't have to adhere to comm…

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You are correct. It's ironic that they wave the American flag and claim to be patriots, and yet no one hates the American government more than the Trump MAGA cultists who wave the …

It's a technocratic coup in broad daylight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment Arrogant Silicon Valley CEOs think the world belongs to them. They want liberal democra…

Reading into these weird power abusers. Scary stuff! They seem to want to take down America's liberal democracy and install an "American Caesar" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news…

What scanner and scanning method did you use?

SE is probably the better choice, instead of SWE.

I'm trying to write a book and researching some niche old stuff and trying to extract info from 90s websites (some of the websites are dead and I don't know how to search Internet …

The next step would be digitizing the books and manuscripts so scholars can collectively research the finding. https://www.medievalists.net/?s=digitizing&submit=Search I wonder wha…

Would the Super Museum count as niche? Superman Museum in Metropolis, Illinois: https://supermuseum.com/

The page displays the movie title logos for Superman I-III but not Superman IV or Man Of Steel. I suppose that's a selection bias from the website owner Reagan Ray. Here's his page…

I'll reveal the answer by the end of this decade when the copyright expires. The main reason I bought it is because it's not archived and transcribed on the internet already and it…

I have a question for anyone who might know about this sort of thing. I bought a book from a Manhattan auction in NY for about $100,000. I would like to digitize the book, but ther…

This works, as long as you don't have to paypal people. Is there a way to make paypal transactions anonymous to the other party?

Looking for a social micro-blogging platform. I've heard of Mastodon. Anyone else working on a twitter clone of sorts? Which ones do you think will grow and last 10 years?

Spotify already has a "Discovered On" section on the Artist page which has playlists that include the artists.

I'm still mad that Fandom killed LyricWiki. I spent so many hours and hours adding the lyrics to my favorite songs from obscurer music, and all that effort and work got wiped.

The feet to meters conversion, or vice versa, doesn't work.

If it annoys you, then you're probably an extrovert. I am an introvert and I like being alone and being able to choose how much I self-express and communicate. In person, I do not …