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The New Yorker rolls out metered paywall | Capital New York

The New Yorker rolls out metered paywall | Capital New York

So, why did the magazine decide to set the meter at six articles per month?

“Well, it’s based on a number of factors. One is our sort of intense data analysis of our readers. Another is the economics, and the third is gut. It feels like a good number,” NewYorker.com editor Nicholas Thomson told Capital in an interview. “You’ll be able to get a lot of stories, you’ll be able to get a lot of the magazine every month, but it also feels like a number where people will feel like they should subscribe.”

Data + gut. I like that. And I’m happy to pay.

therumpus:

It’s all internal in a way, but what I have come to realize is that everything that happens to you is part of a subconscious brain force that comes out of the music. I don’t sit there feeling like, Look, right now, I am quite melancholy or sad. Even if my music might feel that way to someone, I don’t sit around feeling like that. I don’t have a harrowing life story that caused my music to be a certain way. Like anyone’s life, things have happened but I don’t feel like it’s in my control. It just sort of happens, really.
The Rumpus Interview With Jon Hopkins
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Pushing Freestyle Skateboarding Boundaries with @kilianmartinsk8

To see more of Kilian’s masterful skateboard maneuvers, follow @kilianmartinsk8 on Instagram.

“My philosophy is that if you land a trick right away, it’s not your personal best,” explains Kilian Martin (@kilianmartinsk8), a freestyle skateboarder who lives in Carlsbad, California. “There’s something else you can do with that trick to make it harder. A new variation, an extra flip, a spin.”

Innovation is central in Kilian’s approach to skateboarding. “I am really trying to develop and evolve the tricks I have done in the past,” he says.

Kilian moved to the United States from Madrid, Spain when he went professional. His unique blend of freestyle and street skating, which requires extraordinary strength and coordination, is made possible by years of gymnastics training. What looks effortless on video is actually the result of endless practice. “A lot of my new tricks take me hundreds of tries,” he says. “Often I am ready to give in to physical exhaustion before I end up landing it.”

Which online services will stick up for you when the copyright bullies knock?

mostlysignssomeportents:

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s annual “Who Has Your Back?” scorecard tells you which services will resist spurious attempts to censor your communications through baseless copyright accusations.

The report tells you which services require a legal DMCA notice to act, which allow you to file a counter-notice, which have similar trademark procedures and which post transparency reports documenting the process.

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brycedotvc:

My 4yo has been dealing with a bit of a cold the last few days.

This morning, shortly after we shuffled her older siblings out the door for school, she found me in the kitchen and asked me if I could give her some medicine.

This resonates in a big way.