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Ask HN: Why does some music labels hide their albums on Allmusic.com?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10412420Now and then when I visit http://allmusic.com and click an album I get an error page saying "Due to label restrictions, we are no longer permitted to display this information on AllMusic."I find this very strange, why on earth would a label restrict information about an album they have?So I asked Allmusic that question and got this response from Zac Johnson, Senior Product Manager: "If I felt as though I was comfortable going into the intricacies of the deals that are in place between a specific worldwide distributor and our data provider, I would detail it further, but the truth is that it's an area that I don't want to poke further."Example album: "The Definition" by Jon Bellion. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jon-bellion-mn0003006966/discography (click the album link to see the error message)To see the response from Allmusic, go here: https://getsatisfaction.com/allmedianetwork/topics/some-albums-are-unreachableCan HN shed some light on what's going on?Oct 19, 2015 12:27 PM
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Video: Baby Aardvark 'Ugly Cute,' Caregivers Sayhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQVHhaZkxzT09ZUFdnOHVodHpvQ0hOR0FIY0xvRUctbE1DZnpHdXVPcE5tZllKanBDX0Q0OVZMNENjOFJSZ0xlWThWcm9xME1ZT2o1bzU4N1ZvRm9Mb0lRTXF1bE1XelpYVmZDNnR2ZGVaUEtrUGc0ZmNmeW5DaThvT0loaDBXcUNCMmFSVw?oc=5Video: Baby Aardvark 'Ugly Cute,' Caregivers Say PatchOct 8, 2015 7:00 AM
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The Windows Start menu saga, from 1993 to todayhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88ce1524fb4188ad282d0149f8936c&url=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fgadgets%2F2015%2F08%2Fthe-windows-start-menu-saga-from-1993-to-today%2F&c=17802006806300686057&mkt=en-usWindows 95 launched exactly 20 years ago today, and though the operating system is long dead many of its ideas still live on. In celebration of 95's 20th birthday, we're revisiting our piece on the ...Aug 23, 2015 11:35 PM
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Ask HN: Staying Happyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10104051I really remember it, back to the time when i was in college, i have so much tasks. I needed to attend campus club. Lots of assignment. But the fact i was happy still surprises me.It has been ~1.5 years since i graduated from my college and got to work as a software engineer. I got decent job with decent salary (at least pretty good in my area). The workplace itself considered as a "fun" environment: sleeping pod, ping pong table, coffee machine and no cubicles. Also, workload is lighter than class assignments. But it seems like i am not happy anymore -- i don't know why. (Btw, yes, i do love coding. I do some of my pet projects in weekend)I tried to do so much things (to try) making myself happier: Cycling around the city, playing some game with friends; but none of them seems to be working.After all, i want to create happiness, not to "do something" or "buy something" to make myself happy. I know happiness is intrinsic and subjective. Two persons doing a same thing may perceive that Aug 22, 2015 10:41 PM
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Ask HN: Blockchainshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10032099More and more noise seems to be appearing about blockchains. I see the small benefit of use in transactions between organisations, but am struggling for the case for private blockchains and some points of cryptocurrency in general. I don’t know if this is the best place to ask, but everything online is full of jargon and is inaccessible to me.I have a few questions:- What are the benefits of using a private blockchain (should I be thinking of it as a replacement to a General Ledger?)? Is this just another name for a ledger with auditable history?- Can a blockchain exist without mining or without a currency/coin? Will all private blockchains need a “coin”? (eg the Goldman Sachs coin or ABC plumbing coin?)And another couple of broader questions- What keeps people interested in a blockchain (and currency) once all of the easy mining is done eg, for people joining later?- I see that transaction costs for bitcoin keep rising, is that related to the size of the blockchain?- I thought bitcoinAug 10, 2015 12:27 AM
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MacOS is the new Windowshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9816994I'm typing this on my late 2010 MacBook Air. Recently I was starting having problems with it (you know when you type your password and the system does not recognize your key presses, etc.). And I thought, “Oh, ok, I have to accept that we live in a world of planned obsolesce (how else faster-than-a-gigahertz multi-gigabyte-RAM machine could become slow? If it is capable of real-time response to user's actions, it should respond in real-time) and I have to upgrade to get my job done”.So I switched to this new aesthetically marvelous wonder: an early 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro. In 5 days I'm using it the machine restarted two (or three?) times "because of problems" though it has much less software installed than my old rock-stable-in-comparison MacBook Air. And now I'm installing an OS update which already restarted my system twice. First it restarted the system, than it said, “Ooops, I cannot verify the update”, fiddled with it for several more minutes, restarted-downloaded-restarted... WJul 2, 2015 5:20 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ce4f97b44bb999bf2848007d0d76&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ca15b6a94727a039e6d252b2bbc4&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ca71c1074af181c1ab1f59df4d20&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85c88af5444d78afa8a2fa76f9e696&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cc59160641a0b248125bc6df76b2&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cdebfb754e1d8882186dd3a29d57&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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7 Ways to Make Everything You Cook Deliciously Creamyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cc000858439bac7fa380a15c6e23&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2flifestyle%2f7-ways-to-make-everything-you-cook-deliciously-121688076504.html&c=14013937138747616202&mkt=en-usIt’s the mashed potatoes so silky you mistake them for butter. It’s the cream whipped into triumphant peaks that stand tall for a second before gloriously oozing out onto whatever you desire. It’s the ...Jun 23, 2015 7:00 AM
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Recommending items to more than a billion peoplehttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOSENDbUtiUnJ1T0xzMlVQN2U1SHpMakFJMFVOWE4tZmJGZkR4Y240WEwwNGZkX2V3QkJad2lJTkxoLWM5TFY4c0RzZ2h2dUxfMXFsRXFaUzU4ZU9PSWJEWjNUdGcwS09UaG1faVVMakhxMWVNY05VdUJBQUYwVU96em9rSWFuVC1PT2FZdXR6VC1qSFJsWmNVcTRCWU5IVTA?oc=5Recommending items to more than a billion people Engineering at Meta BlogJun 2, 2015 7:00 AM
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A Fishy Business Is Up Next On 'Shark Tank'http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8980374b7d493094c69c6d963937d0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Farticles%2F79656-shark-tanks-world-record-striper-company-fishing-gear-is-available-now-so-you-can-be-all&c=17814108946959404064&mkt=en-usLook out — we've got a live one. The fishing company World Record Striper Company will appear on Shark Tank during Friday night's episode. I hope you like fish puns, because that is all you're going ...May 1, 2015 6:00 AM
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The Power of Touchhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89ed64888d4397aba928d00ca53b63&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fscience%2Fmaria-konnikova%2Fpower-touch&c=10312259404018877360&mkt=en-usWhen Nicolae Ceaușescu came to power, in the mid-nineteen-sixties, Romania saw the proliferation of leagăne—literally, “cradles,” otherwise known as institutional homes for the very young. Ceaușescu ...Mar 4, 2015 12:00 AM
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Graphic Designhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89e539edab45db864e43e9b7cfd61d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Ftag%2Fgraphic-design%2F&c=11480628764742272232&mkt=en-usFind the latest Graphic Design news from WIRED. See related science and technology articles, photos, slideshows and videos.Mar 2, 2015 3:49 AM
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Iraqi Kurdistan: Arabs Displaced, Cordoned Off, Detainedhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOTDdiUU85b24zbjA3cFBVbDhZUWhIMGFwSFdVSHpKaEd0WDVTWFBEdENGNVB6OUJNVFhCUXlzZnRONWxkaXg1akdRbE5JMlJJNnUzbmFmdTQ5aXdma194NDNrNHR6Y2xUb09YOUdXaEhhRGxTbzhHUy0xVEFEOWtWeU03UnRyUzFZcmNEMU13?oc=5Iraqi Kurdistan: Arabs Displaced, Cordoned Off, Detained Human Rights WatchFeb 25, 2015 8:00 AM
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How a Challenging Past Can Lead to a Happier Presenthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89f0ce72b342ba80eea59f8df8cd02&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreatergood.berkeley.edu%2Farticle%2Fitem%2Fhow_a_challenging_past_can_lead_to_a_happier_present&c=254049715723775552&mkt=en-us“That which does not kill us outright makes us stronger,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche more than 100 years ago. As a psychotherapist for 20 years, I’ve seen clients bear this out many times. “I wasn’t ...Feb 22, 2015 4:00 PM
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Ask HN: EU Opportunities in Software Development and Medicinehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9062852Hello all,I'm a Portuguese software development student and I'll be completing my Master's in Informatics and Computer Engineering (aka Software Development) next year, majoring in Distributed Systems and minoring in Artificial Intelligence. I'm also in a long term relationship with a med student that will also be graduating next year, when she'll be taking the Harrison Exam, a nationwide exam for all med students graduating that year that rank them by grade and prioritize their specialty internship choice in our National Health System. This exam essentially decides her medical specialty for the rest of her life, which due to possible bad luck, may damage her career prospects and make her unhappier overall. When I'll graduate, the job market that'll be waiting for me is essentially comprised of a bunch of outsourcing companies that work primarly in SAP and Microsoft SharePoint, website, back-office and other business critical applications development in C# and .Net, with a very small bFeb 17, 2015 3:52 PM
