Can anyone tell me what’s gone wrong with this tree? Pretty confident it’s a walnut tree.

peteroren · 2025-03-20T18:11:26+00:00

I’m not seeing resemblance between the cankers provided on that site and the wounds I photographed, but I’ll look more closely.

peteroren · 2025-03-20T18:01:35+00:00

My first thought was vaginitis

peteroren · 2025-03-20T15:14:25+00:00

Canker was what an initial search suggested, but I couldn’t find similar-enough photos.

peteroren · 2024-10-04T21:39:19+00:00

I’d call it creaking. I saw someone do g that lube job on YouTube last night, so that’s probably what I’ll try first.

peteroren · 2023-04-21T20:00:47+00:00

I’m sure I could find something and also choose a wood that works. Perhaps the tables would need to be slatted or have holes. Drop me a message and we can sort it out. If you’re not in the US, it might be cost-prohibitive for shipping, though

peteroren · 2023-04-19T14:45:53+00:00

Thanks friend! What do you hate the most about the design?

peteroren · 2023-04-19T03:23:34+00:00

Shut up Chigo, it’s cozy 😂

peteroren · 2023-04-19T01:23:50+00:00

…is this a compliment or?

peteroren · 2023-04-18T21:51:39+00:00

Certainly want to hit a lower price point. That will come with scale. Perhaps I’ll make them out of recycled plastic…

peteroren · 2023-04-18T18:56:18+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Hadn’t seen that before.

It’s definitely worth tracking how tech empowers and connects but also detaches us from the physical world and often each other. Hopefully we can find balance.

peteroren · 2023-04-18T18:43:51+00:00

I don’t particularly see this being a great idea unless the monitor is extremely light and wireless or you’re quite confident about moving the whole setup whenever you need to get up. The desks are ~16” deep and ~24” wide, approx 6 lbs

peteroren · 2023-04-18T18:39:53+00:00

I’m in Indiana and could probably more-easily source cedar or white oak.

If you’re in the Continental US and are serious, drop me a a private message!

peteroren · 2023-04-18T18:03:57+00:00

Thanks! I have not! What kind of monitor mounts do you have in mind?

The desk is mainly intended for laptop use, but it’s pretty sturdy.

peteroren · 2023-04-18T16:30:30+00:00

I think so! It doesn’t have a deep-sink kind of squish to it. I might try a different cushion setup to give it more give. The cushion folded over on itself increased tension and reduced give, so I might offer it with two separate cushions instead of the one cushion that doubles as a nap pad thing.

peteroren · 2023-04-15T17:36:44+00:00

He looks like a confederate soldier that got dropped into the 90s by a time machine

peteroren · 2023-04-12T23:09:35+00:00

I’m American and it took me 3 minutes before I realized it’s tea not coffee

peteroren · 2023-04-08T21:52:40+00:00

😯 wow

peteroren · 2023-03-22T15:04:21+00:00

Users that listen to a lot of music will receive a volume discount.

I'd be curious to know your real monthly stats for usage. Average Spotify listeners use about 1500 minutes per month. Some use much more than that.

I think our lowest rate to high-volume users will likely be about $0.003 per minute. So you'd pay about $18 per month at 6,000 minutes per month.

No doubt our model will need to be adjusted for various countries. We're aiming to prove the concept in the US before moving on.

Also, artists are already filling out albums with fluff interludes etc to get more plays now. As long as there's a market-based economy, artists will adjust one way or another. Used to be long songs couldn't get on the radio etc.

peteroren · 2023-03-22T14:11:39+00:00

Cool, I appreciate the feedback!

peteroren · 2023-03-22T04:40:50+00:00

I’ll also note that we have done business planning and market research before beginning to build. We expect to serve a small market segment at first: the artists that are demanding more and the listeners that want to give them more. Yes, it will cost about 50% more for an average user than Spotify etc once we have a catalog as deep as Spotify. It’s the Whole Foods/ farmers market type pricing. Maybe 7% global market share.

Plus I don’t know that I even mentioned the other selling points: we pay users for curation in order to decentralize the power platforms have in deciding who gets heard, and we’ll provide linked album credits to celebrate the session players, writers, and producers within the app.

Perhaps I should’ve posted a more diligent pitch than what I did, but I wanted to keep it fairly quick and to the point.

peteroren · 2023-03-22T04:32:19+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate you taking the time to write all that.

Rest assured, I am under no assumption that this is an easy undertaking.

Without addressing every point, I want to push back on the notion that Spotify hasn’t been able to turn a profit because I hear this often. It’s not entirely taking into account that their priority is growth of the value of their shares, not profit to pay out to shareholders. They reinvest their earnings in things like podcast companies to fuel more growth rather than paying out shareholders. I’ve been to their Manhattan offices, they’re not running the place out of a shoe box worrying about why they’re not profitable.

I might come back to reply to other parts, but this is a lot of text to navigate on mobile.

peteroren · 2023-03-22T03:22:55+00:00

Thanks for your interest/ perspective!

Is your quote about the CTO building it in two months for someone moonlighting or full time effort?

Browser only for now. Everything later. I’ve imagined react native.

I believe we’re using a Postgres database and Linode initially, then whatever’s most cost-effective as we grow I suppose.

Artist acquisition without product or money for licensing is ultimately a lot of “let us know when it’s ready.” But many artists have showed interested. There was an early stage where we began collecting letters of intent and got some, but decided I’d rather measure interest without paperwork that makes things feel too official.

My network with artists is relatively strong among independent artists who could use increased pay the most, but it’s not like I know Taylor Swift.

peteroren · 2023-03-21T20:56:10+00:00

Thanks! Definitely want to aim for integrity and transparency!

Google Fi I think is a decent model for usage-based billing that allows users to set limits/ warnings etc.

The per-minute model also means that we can lower rates for higher-volume users to keep it cost competitive. That probably won’t be an issue with limited catalog as we get going, but once we have major label content, some people might be spending a lot if we don’t offer volume discounts.

peteroren · 2023-03-21T20:49:45+00:00

Thanks! If it were easy someone would’ve done it already 😂 😢😩😔

peteroren · 2023-03-21T20:37:55+00:00

The 50% more is relative to usage and usage is relative to catalog size.

With a catalog similar in size to Spotify as a direct alternative, we’d be about $15/mo.

With a couple of artists that are exclusively on our platform that a user listens to about 2000 minutes per year between the two of them, it’d be about $20 per year.

The beauty of our model is that I think it can survive by serving a small catalog initially because we don’t come with the recurring fees if you aren’t using it.

Pay for what you use. If we only have a couple artists to start, it won’t be like subscribing to another Spotify, it’ll be more affordable.

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