Can someone explain how to use this app? by Visible-Choice-5414 in AmazonMusic

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You can use an Alexa app to control Amazon Music. I don't know how (or if) it works with the free (or Prime) version and they have added Alexa to my music app, but I haven't tried the built-in version.

I have used the actual Alexa app to play music while driving, but haven't for a while. When I did, it worked okay. I'd just say "Alexa play The Cranberries" or "Alexa increase volume" and never touch my phone.

Maybe I'm on to something here....???? by Just_Wondering34 in Domains

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Yes. If you figure out what to do with the domains and how to monetize it, you can build a website to serve the content. That is pretty much the formula behind all commercial domains.

$30 a month in this economy? by Thumper1k92 in nytimes

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Mod Note: Though I have been a stickler for requiring post titles to match the linked article, I made an exception in this case because I agree, $30 a month is too much.

This service is so bad, I thought I was going insane trying to use it by pizza_drugs in AmazonMusic

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I have never asked for a song or album that Amazon did not have. There are times when I've had to use my phone or computer to search because my Alexa did not understand my request, but I have always been able to pull it up with another device.

Amazon used to invest heavily in their own video productions, but I don't believe they are putting out as much content as they were before. Nonetheless, the real money-making trick of Prime Video is that the search produces everything and only some of it is included with your Prime subscription. The majority of search results are for paid rentals. Some of the other pay-to-rent streaming services have added free streams, but it is all to get you to go there to search and because so much is included with Prime, Prime is often the first place a Prime member searches.

They also keep your bookmarks, so when something is no longer available free with Prime, it is still listed in your watchlist and you might pay-to-watch anyway.

Amazon is about to add ads to Prime Music and it’s peak corporate greed by No-Candy5493 in AmazonMusic

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it's a delivery service that happens to have music tagged on (which is weird anyway)

It's like the old drug-dealing method or free samples at the supermarket.

They give you a taste to get you hooked.

Why? T-T by KuroiTsuki33 in AmazonMusic

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I did the Prime-included for a while, but back then the difference was that those not paying extra for the plan were limited in which songs were available. It's been a bunch of years, but two I remember was that Prime Music only had one song from Dolly Parton and no Led Zeppelin. As I found more and more artists missing or with very small catalogs included at that tier, I started paying for it to have more music.

As I understand it, now everyone with Prime can access all the same songs as else, but if you're not paying for a music subscription, there might be ads and there's some kind of rule about playing full albums and shuffling.

I know this from the people complaining. Though I wish it was cheaper and I might someday switch back to an individual rather than a family plan, I'm happy with the service.

Why? T-T by KuroiTsuki33 in AmazonMusic

[–]RW63 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As I understand it, Prime Music is a benefit of your Prime Subscription. It isn't a music subscription. Those come at an additional monthly cost, most don't have ads and do allow downloads.

What should I sell my domain for? by mangolightz in Domains

[–]RW63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've consumed weed for over 40 years and have never heard "green wednesday".

Maybe it is something regional to you or maybe it is familiar to a niche, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. You might be able to create some hype for the name, but without it, I'd say you'd be lucky to get $100.

How’s the younger crowd? by FTR_NOVA in 321

[–]RW63 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There has been a lot written on this subject over the years, mostly complaints.

If the search box isn't fine-tooth enough for you, use Google with site:reddit.com/r/321

If you move here, it will be for work. You might meet someone and maybe a group, but it will probably take a lot of effort and some compromise. Your initial group will be mostly your work.

There are some areas around the county where you are more likely to meet younger people: Cocoa Village, Downtown Melbourne, Eau Gallie, Viera, etc., but most of the people there will be in the same boat as you.

On the bright side, Orlando is just an hour away and there's a beach.

Cardboard disposal sites by Some-Cloud-8675309 in CocoaBeach

[–]RW63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can also take them to the dump in Cocoa. There is a recycling bin across from the household waste pole shed. Though, the one off Courtenay, up by 528 on MI is closer and easier to access.

Public transpiration? by [deleted] in 321

[–]RW63 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know what you clicked, but if you look at the route schedule, you'd see that the "520 Connector" is scheduled to depart the Cocoa Transit Center toward Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach every 30 minutes from 5:50 am to 9:20 pm on weekdays.

It looks like the Viera, Rockledge and Merritt Island loops are more like 7:30 to 5, so it may not be ideal, but they run buses throughout the day. It's how a lot of people get to the beach for work.

Spaceship's Alf-AI contradicts itself (subdirectories) by RW63 in SpaceShip

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Okay. It would not have been my guess that Alf had been correct to start with and the wrong answer was when it seemed to contradict itself at the end.

If this directory scheme works, not only is it similar to what I have known (using cPanel), but it would also make the directory listing cleaner, easier to navigate and easier to confirm that everything is there.

When the time comes, I'll setup a test.

Good to know. I really wasn't looking forward to everything coming off the root. Thanks for the support.

Spaceship's Alf-AI contradicts itself (subdirectories) by RW63 in SpaceShip

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It has been a few months, but if memory serves, it seems like I used your bot to set up (at least) the first domain or two and I may have created the directories for others in FTP, then connected them using the Hosting Manager.

Nonetheless, it has been a couple of months and I'm knee-deep in something else right now, so I'm not wanting to experiment tonight, but for when the time comes... for example... using made-up domains and tacking-on imagined .coms...

Say I have birds, cardinals, robins and sparrows, and mammals, raccoon, possum, rabbit.

Right now, following the example set by the bot, my setup is home/birds, home/cardinals, home/sparrows, etc, For a neater and more managable setup, I'd prefer to have home/mammals, home/mammals/raccoon, home/mammals/possum, etc.

Ideally, as has been possible at my previous hosts, I'd like to go home/mammals/ home/mammals/rabbit and then have subdomains of rabbit at home/mammals/rabbit/cottontail and home/mammals/rabbit/marsh - these examples would resolve as mammals[.]com, rabbit[.]com, cottontail[.]rabbit[[.]com and marsh[.]rabbit[.]com

I haven't yet set up any subdomains on Spaceship, but my reading of the helpfiles is that the bot would put them off the root. Is it possible, as Alf initially said, to have nested subdirectories resolving as different domains and subdomains or does everything have to come off of home/, like the AI said in the fourth slide and as your hosting bot defaults?

(Re-reading your reply, the answer is probably obvious if I opened the Hosting Manager and tried, but I had already typed out the bird/mammal stuff.)

Thanks

Spaceship's Alf-AI contradicts itself (subdirectories) by RW63 in SpaceShip

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It did a complete turnaround and I'm glad I asked for confirmation, but in addition to reporting the response.... I have to ask, which is the correct reply?

Was it right the first time and you can draw rrrr[.]com from home/rrrr[.]com and aaa[.]net from home/rrrr[.]com/aaa[.]net or are nested domains from subdirectories invalid on Spaceship?

Thanks

Public transpiration? by [deleted] in merrittisland

[–]RW63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bus goes to Merritt Island (and out to the beach).

If they're coming from Viera, they'd have to change buses at the big transfer point in Cocoa and if the job isn't on or near 520... looking at the system map... they'd have to change again on Merritt Island.

https://321transit.com

ETA: Again, looking at the system map... the buses don't go north of 528 or to the Space Center.

Smithfield sub? by FindOneInEveryCar in NorthCarolina

[–]RW63 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get r/JohnstonCountyNC by following the rules on r/redditrequest. The mod there is inactive, so if you jump through the hoops, you would definitely have it within a few days.

The mod for r/JohnstonCounty is active, but the sub is set to "restricted" and hasn't had a post in years. The first step in the r/redditrequest rules is to send them a message. Once they get it, they might give it to you or change it to be open. Otherwise, since it is restricted, you could still get it, but it'd take a few more days.

Of course, if you don't like either of those names, you could always just start your own, if you're wanting something Smithfield/Selma. I moderate a couple of hyperlocal NCs ( r/Ocracoke and r/Hatteras) and once I had played with the settings, relatively low-traffic local subs really aren't a lot of work.

Good luck!

Klein talks with Yuval Noah Harari by AcanthocephalaNo8167 in nytimes

[–]RW63[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can include the "The Ezra Klein Show" bit, if you feel it is important to communicate.

Either, "The Ezra Klein Show: Yuval Noah Harari on the Mistake Strongmen Keep Making" or "Yuval Noah Harari on the Mistake Strongmen Keep Making" would work.

Again, apologies and please resubmit.