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pixelforge.art• Mar 1, 2023• 1 min read

Show HN: PixelForge – Verticalize YouTube videos with AI for TikTok, ReelsHi everyone!PixelForge aims at easily convert horizontal videos into vertical videos without having to go through the tedious process of video editing again.Among the different possibilities, I really wanted PixelForge to be efficient in the following areas:- Developing your audience on YouTube- Growing your audience on other platforms- Reduce the financial impact of content repost in other/same platforms- Getting more value out of your horizontal videos.>> So what's the problem? Why this project ?As a former content creator on YouTube (+50k subs & ~5M views), I've seen the platform evolve and I've witnessed several problems over the years.One of the best ways to succeed on YouTube today is to Shorts, which they are known to have have a wider reach. However, this can be a big challenge when your content is mainly horizontal.In addition, many creators have their content stolen and republished on platforms like TikTok and Reels for monetization purposes, resulting in a significant loss o

news.ycombinator.com• Oct 30, 2022• 1 min read

Ask HN: How would you go about selling a website in 2022?(Legal Education Space)TLDR: How about you approach selling a website in 2022? Not just where to list it, but also what strategies would you use to find buyers who would get the most value from a property? In detail:I've want to sell a site called Oxbridge Notes https://www.oxbridgenotes.co.uk/ that sells study materials for law students. It's been around about 13 years and gets about 350,000 organic/direct users per year.The current monetisation model is selling what are essentially e-books about law exams. Due to having a copious amount of public-facing content, there are also quite a few non-students looking up the law via the website, but I never found a way to monetise this segment.So, from my perhaps simplistic point of view, I think the ideal buyer is either: - a larger player in the third-level study materials/college notes space - an entity in the legal space (e.g. a law firm) that would be able to use the traffic to draw attention to itself or get link juice (search advertising is super expensive i

bing.com• Apr 13, 2022• 1 min read

Embed raises $4.5 million to develop a revolutionary decentralized protocol, reimagining marketing in the MetaverseEmbed enables creators to add marketing capabilities to their collections and attract sponsorships. Holders can become a brand's influencer, monetize their portfolio, and grow their audiences while ...

bing.com• Oct 26, 2021• 1 min read

Meet the Women of TLC's 'Addicted to Marriage,' Who Have Collectively Tied the Knot 20 TimesThe stars of TLC's Addicted to Marriage are looking for their true — and final — loves. The series, premiering Nov. 16, follows Monette, Shae, Amy and Kecia, who have collectively been down the aisle ...

news.ycombinator.com• Jul 20, 2021• 1 min read

Ask HN: Does classical music have a real future?I'm interested in classical music as a hobby, and keep up with "the industry". I've been thinking about if/how classical music will continue to make sense economically in the coming decades.First, recordings. It seems to me like CM recordings have already reached a sort of peak, to the point that further significant improvements aren't really possible. Countless high-quality recordings of all major works are widely available on Spotify/Youtube, so the "need" for a recording of a given Beethoven sonata or Haydn quartet has been filled many times over. New releases tend not to be markedly better than existing recordings (in my opinion)—certainly not so much better as to justify the enormous time and monetary investment that goes into making them. The "newness" element of popular music (popular music is always changing and reflects the zeitgeist/aesthetic of the age in which it is made) obviously doesn't apply to CM.(Of course there is "modern" CM, but it generally does not catch on in an

bing.com• Jul 20, 2021• 1 min read

YouTube rolls out a new revenue stream for creators, Super ThanksYouTubers now have a brand new way to monetize their video content, thanks to a tool called Super Thanks, announced Tuesday by the company. Super Thanks allows YouTubers to get paid directly by their ...

news.ycombinator.com• Mar 3, 2021• 1 min read

Ask HN: You discover how to easily factorize any integer. How do you exploit it?Say you've just discovered a method of factorizing arbitrary integers that is both fast and cheap. How do you maximize your personal gain from this scenario? Generally, I'm thinking monetary gains, though power is an option if you can swing it.Things you might want to consider: - It might be risky for others to find out. Presumably your new-found knowledge is valuable to all sorts of dangerous people. Nation state level actors. Organized criminals. Suddenly shifty-looking friends and family. - Even if they don't know who you are in the real world, you'd probably be a target for hacks and people trying to steal your tech by any means possible. - Cryptocurrency hijinks are attractive, but it could be hard to get your gains back to fiat due to (a) the value crashing when people realize, and/or (b) it possibly being illegal to exploit your invention in this way. - Opting for fiat directly--say, by simply selling factorizations to the highest bidder--means you'll have to deal with the banki

bing.com• Oct 14, 2020• 1 min read

Zoom launches Zapps, OnZoom as it builds out its ecosystem for developers, content creatorsZoom is launching Zapps, where apps developers can build within the video conferencing experience, and a new event marketplace called OnZoom aimed at a wide range of content creators with monetization ...

news.ycombinator.com• Feb 16, 2020• 1 min read

Show HN: Tuuree- Airbnb for Luggage SharingMonetizing unused luggage space is now the new trend in sharing economy and it is no longer millennial preference, but a part of modern society.I am the co-founder of Tuuree : https://www.tuuree.comWe connect Global shoppers to International travelers. Using our platform- shoppers can order global/cross-border or instore products and can save a lot on the shipping costs. These products are delivered to them by international travelers en-route, who are willing to share their luggage space for rewards (on an average 30% of a traveler’s luggage space goes unused)- we have custom developed algorithm that automatically calculates the sales tax of shopper’s product based on the product location. We do empower our shoppers to make changes if there is a difference in sales tax depending on their location/country. (40% of shoppers pay excess sales tax because they are unaware).- Risk Index is a proprietary scoring mechanism developed (in house) to assess the risk factor involved in purchasing a

news.ycombinator.com• Mar 24, 2019• 1 min read

Ask HN: Going live with my app now or finish my master thesis first?Dear HN,I have come up with an unique app idea that at least the people around me (everyone I spoke to) say they will use. I nearly finished building the app and want to monetize it also (freemium model). Now I have a dilemma:a) I could publish the app now, focus on my master thesis (at most 6 months) and then focus on implementing new features. Within a week, I will have a MVP and I could leave some buttons and features grey out with the hint that development will continue in autumn 2019.Benefit: I make sure that my idea is still novel.Risk: Customers get annoyed that I am slow in bug fixing and new features.b) I could finish my thesis first, and then publish the app. (Likely take some cheap student loan so I can program on my app full-time for 6 months more after my thesis).Benefit: 1: I will have more time for my app and will be able to respond faster to customer nees. 2: Flutter (the technology I am using) will be more mature in 6 months.Risks: 1: Somebody could bring out some simi

news.ycombinator.com• Sep 11, 2018• 1 min read

Show HN: Tok'n'talk – Conversations using your ERC20/ERC71 tokensHi, we've created an app https://tokntalk.club/ to experiment with using tokens ERC20 and ERC721 in slightly different way than monetary use cases you're familiar with.ERC20 - They are treated as memberships in 'token clubs'. If you have given ERC20 token you can write messages in its dedicated club. eg. Maker MRK club https://tokntalk.club/clubs/MKR or in Berlin Coin BRLN club https://tokntalk.club/clubs/ethereum:0x80046305aaab08f6033b5...ERC721 - Those tokens can be used as avatars. To give you ability to change 'personalities', create their history and grow them as recognizable characters. We are supporting ~40 different kinds of ERC721s and we're always looking to integrate new ones.Now, you might be asking: Why?The reason is simple. We believe that this is the only way for blockchain community to go forward. Communication based on signed messages is crucial for progress but it's not enough. We need filters rooted in the very base of our beliefs. Filters that will help guard our at

news.ycombinator.com• Apr 12, 2018• 1 min read

Ask HN: Is YouTube ideologically biased?Previously I would've assumed it was all about advertiser demands. And that YouTube themselves aren't biased, but that their advertisers are.But I've now seen smart people I respect question this (I think it was Eric Weinstein et al), and now I'm wondering.Is there good evidence one way or the other, on whether Google or YouTube specifically (and not their advertisers) are ideologically influenced in their demonetization and video restriction actions?

bing.com• Apr 4, 2018• 1 min read

Skimlinks Appoints Sebastien Blanc as CEO and Co-founder Alicia Navarro as PresidentLONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skimlinks, the leading content-to-commerce monetisation platform, today announced the appointment of Sebastien Blanc to Chief Executive Officer. Alicia Navarro, ...

news.ycombinator.com• Dec 3, 2017• 1 min read

Ask HN: What to do with a new technology that allows much better voice quality?I created a proof of concept audio calling mobile app which provides much better voice quality under bad network conditions than most existing Apps (Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, etc.). It is demonstrably much better than what exists today and fixes those annoying metallic noises you hear when your WiFi connection is bad and you cannot hear your peer properly. With my codec the voice stays almost crystal clear and the other performance characteristics are still very good (low latency, bandwidth used, etc).The question is what next? I have a pretty busy day job and created this on my spare time on weekends. Now I need to decide what my next steps are.Some of the options I have:1. Build a production audio calling App and release it. This requires funding, team, time and infrastructure and I will need to quit my job. Cons: I have no idea how to monetize yet another audio/video calling app (and the world probably doesn’t really need another one).2. Try to license the technology to existing App v

bing.com• Dec 15, 2016• 1 min read

Let it Die ReviewLet It Die is essentially Dark Souls reimagined as a free-to-play roguelike, with a monetization scheme that sounds incredibly predatory on paper. And yet, for many hours at least, it never really ...

bing.com• Oct 19, 2016• 1 min read

Otmar Issing, father or Europe's currency union, calls time on the euroThe European Central Bank is becoming dangerously over-extended and the whole euro project is unworkable in its current form, the founding architect of the monetary union has warned. "One day, the ...

news.ycombinator.com• Jul 21, 2016• 1 min read

Ask HN: Feedback on My Site/Startup ConceptHey everyone!I’m working on a media related site/startup at the moment, and I’d like some feedback from the community here in regards to the concept and the potential for it in future.Basically, the concept is this. A user created gaming news platform where you can post news, reviews, guides and other content related to games and make money off of it. So in short, something akin to a news version of Medium for the gaming market.To try out the concept, I have reworked an existing gaming site I had running into a prototype of the idea. This can be found at https://gamingreinvented.comAt the moment, the site is pretty basic. You can post content, see roughly how popular it is, choose how its monetised and earn a share of the ad revenue. There’s also integration with a forum section and other related features, but that’s something that’s more a part of the WordPress modification I’m using.There’s also the option for paid subscriptions, which is going to be tied into content monetisation. I