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New comment by Iflyblue in "Take the pedals off the bike"

Iflyblue — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:02:21 +0000

I don't recall the author mentioning it but they already have what he describes. It's called a kick bike. My two oldest grandchildren learned to pedal after fighting to not have training wheels taken off at like 5 and 7yos. The next two started on a kick bike at 3 and were flying around the neighborhood like it was nothing. In time they got right on a pedal bike and off they went. Highly recommended. I hope the original inventor got rich off the idea because it is a really great idea.

New comment by Iflyblue in "Spotify Shuts Down ‘Unwrapped’ Artist Royalty Calculator with Legal Threats"

Iflyblue — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:59:30 +0000

I need to correct my comment. I had read the ghost artists story here on YC and that was my referral. I didn't know Spotify was hiring musicians to create music that Spotify then owned the rights to and they pushed onto the consumer essentially paying themselves.

New comment by Iflyblue in "Spotify Shuts Down ‘Unwrapped’ Artist Royalty Calculator with Legal Threats"

Iflyblue — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:19:51 +0000

I just learned that Spotify apparently likes to charge you for Taylor Swift while their algorithm pushes their own AI generated music into your ear buds which costs them nothing. That's how CEOs sell a couple billion dollars of stock options. Question is... Are you gonna continue to support him/them/they? I'm not. I'm gonna go for a bike ride right now and leave the ear buds home and listen to the sounds all around me. Take care y'all.

New comment by Iflyblue in "The First Transistor Radio"

Iflyblue — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 19:33:40 +0000

The shape of the TR-1 reminds me of a Radio Shack(Realistic?) transistor radio my amateur radio licensed uncle modified for me probably 20 years after the TR-1 to receive the airbands. I spent hours huddled around that thing listening to the local general aviation traffic dreaming about one day calling out to local traffic while setting up my final. Great article.