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Re:Say goodbye to hold music on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:16PM (#24645751)
From the corporation with the worst customer support ever. Oh, the irony.
Re:Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it? on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @07:08AM (#22802140)
Poseur to Composer: https://poseurtocomposer.postach.io/

I learn how to play piano and music theory from scratch. Before I played bass guitar in a nu metal band but didn't know how to read music. I essentially "faked it".

There's also musings on what musicianship, music and art is. Oh, and I'm creating a brand new music genre: hymns + djent metal = Dhymn.

Re:Using Anki to remember what you read on Thursday March 05, 2020 @08:04PM (#22500167)
Readwise.io user here, and I love it. Readwise helps me remember what I read (not just books, but articles too). I get sent a daily email with three excerpts/highlights and it quickly refreshes my memory. Books seem like a better investment for me now because I'm not just forgetting them.

BTW, you can choose as many or few excerpts as you want, and what books / articles as well.

If the good folks at Readwise are reading this comment: I'd love to see an Android app with OCR capability. I read "dead tree" versions of books from time-to-time and want to save those highlights.

Re:Ask HN: Do you use G Keep and Evernote together in your note taking... on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:24PM (#22454919)
I use both daily. I use G Keep for temporary notes of any kind, and Evernote for posting on my blog (via Postach.io) and anything I'll want to keep long-term.

So G Keep for short term, Evernote for long term.

Re:Show HN: Lessons Learned from Writing Every Day for a Year on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:08AM (#21471895)
You articulate yourself well, especially considering English is not your mother language.

I'm halfway through a similar project I call Poseur to Composer: http://poseurtocomposer.com. I've dedicated what limited spare time I have to learning how to play the piano (and music theory in general) and report what I learn every day.

It's been a great experience so far and worth the lost hours of sleep!

Re:Start before you think you’re ready on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:19PM (#21469798)
Perfectionism and analysis paralysis are common obstacles to progress. Also fear of failure. In June of this year I decided to learn music theory and to play piano, almost on a whim, and write a blog post daily about what I learned that day[1]. I've named this year-long project "Poseur to Composer".

I'm almost halfway through and realise I have no innate abilities in music. Fortunately the application of music is very broad and there are many kinds of composers, so I can still achieve my goal. Also taking a lot of personal analytics with DailyDiary.com that I can learn from once the project is over.

[1] http://poseurtocomposer.com/

Re:Ask HN: What have the past 12 months taught you? on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:25AM (#20478002)
Charity never fails. If you resolve to love and accept people above all else, then the rest will take care of itself.

This is not easy to do some days, but it is failproof. Try it and see for yourself.

For more information, research "charity, pure love of Christ" and Lojong, which is Buddhist mind training for compassion. Effectiviology also has an excellent article on how charity can be used in arguments: https://effectiviology.com/principle-of-charity/

Re:YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @06:06AM (#20448752)
I recently put forward the idea there's enough music in the world already[1] because millions of songs on Spotify have never been heard[2]. And of those millions of unheard songs, many are probably not by musicians but by "poseurs" who don't care about the craft of songwriting.

Perhaps we need something like Astronaut for Spotify?

[1] https://write.as/poseur-to-composer/poseur-approach-to-makin...

[2] https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/spotify-turns-5-reveals-theres-...

Re:In Japan, a growing number of car-sharing users don’t rent cars for... on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:35AM (#20361128)
and even do facial stretches said to reduce the size of their face

Can someone explain this one to me? Is this a weird translation or do people in Japan actually do this?

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:41PM (#20357611)
Going from zero musical ability and knowledge of music theory to composing and playing jazz, classical and hymn. I've given myself a year to do it and documenting my progress every day: https://write.as/poseur-to-composer/about
Re:Ask HN: With a single site per comment, which sites do you visit re... on Friday May 03, 2019 @07:19PM (#19823125)
NewsBlur: https://newsblur.com/
Re:Show HN: A Tax Calculator for India on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:30AM (#19452053)
Correct. In Canada, you only see the retail price. The Canadian consumer still needs to know if the item is taxable and what tax(es) that might be. It's an issue for people on a tight budget.

I edited my first comment from "every" to "other". Thank you.

Re:Show HN: A Tax Calculator for India on Thursday March 21, 2019 @09:01AM (#19451774)
In a similar vein, I developed a search engine for sales taxes in Canada (works for all provinces and territories). It was a much, much bigger undertaking than I initially thought, but here it is: http://isittaxed.ca/

I am considering open sourcing this project so that there could be a search engine like this for other countries.

Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:23PM (#19098773)
I read 100 books last year and there were five books that changed my outlook of life in some significant aspect. The list here: https://mailchi.mp/8ff9bef428e2/want-to-know-someone-better-...

Of those five books, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction" by Gabor Mate changed me the most. I actually re-read portions of the book last night.

Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:07PM (#18934632)
For anyone interested in useful, tested !bangs, I made a dedicated website of my favorites: https://duckgobang.com/
Re:Chinese Crankshafts (2012) on Monday December 31, 2018 @04:01AM (#18793734)
Reminds me of the "shaft passer": https://medium.com/@jasoncomely/the-perplexing-shaft-passer-...

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