woollysammoth's comments

woollysammoth | 6 years ago | on: Godot 3.2

I've been working with Godot/Websockets lately and it has been really enjoyable -- excited for Juan's 4.0 vulkan work!

woollysammoth | 8 years ago | on: Launch HN: Lyrebird (YC S17) – Create a digital copy of your voice

This looks really great, congrats! Forgive me if I missed something, but I was wondering if you could clear up some confusion. From the terms: "Subject to the Biometric Data Agreement, you hereby grant to us a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right (including any moral rights) and license to use, license, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and publicly display Your Voice, Digital Voice..."

Just to be clear, the license of the voice/digital voice is revoked upon deletion of the recordings? I understand it is subject to the biometric agreement, but the words perpetual and irrevocable still worried me. Thanks!

woollysammoth | 8 years ago

Beyond impressive, kbr! Congrats on the Moon release.

woollysammoth | 8 years ago | on: Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman and Bill Gates Invest Too

This is a little frustrating. Don’t get me wrong, the site should definitely exist and serves a useful purpose. My criticism comes when I read that they have ~300 employees. They are ranked 1,269 globally on Alexa. Craigslist is ranked 99 globally with only 30 employees. Even more so, on Glassdoor their benefits include “Fully stocked kitchen with everything you can imagine, catered dinners, massages, game room, nap room, open and comfortable work space.” [1]

“The world is kind of in the shitter and Change.org could be the world’s greatest plunger.” Not if it continues being a bloated company focused on recouping their massive expenses.

[1] https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Change-org-US-Benefits-EI...

woollysammoth | 9 years ago | on: Hello from Orkut

"We are living in a strange time. We hide behind our devices, ignoring the people around us."

So... a mobile app is the solution?

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