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Re:Ask HN: What's the biggest problem you face as a parent?
on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:50PM (#31915530)
Is childcare stigmatized, or is the price floor higher than you're willing to pay? Maybe both and they're related? This is interesting.
Re:Ask HN: What does it feel like to master playing an instrument by ear?
on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:15PM (#18144709)
It feels like being able to hear someone say something and repeat it back to them :)
Fluency comes from learning theory implicitly. Implicit theory knowledge comes from spending a lot of time listening to music you want to emulate, and then painstakingly emulating it on your instrument.
Your mistakes will elucidate the nature of the music.
- Jazz Pianist
Re:Let Teenagers Sleep In
on Sunday September 23, 2018 @03:24PM (#18052678)
This rings so true to me.
Throughout high school I had the worst attendance record in the entire grade. For a few days after having stayed home, though, I was much sharper than the other sleepy kids. Then I started to feel tired again.
Come on.