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[winxmac]

Australia plans sweeping social media ban for children under 16

This should be done for everyone below 18 and not just 16 and below or below 16...

 

[BotchQue]

By being "right on the quarter note," I mean keeping a STRONG internal pulse and/or foot-tapping of beats 2 and 4, and playing your walking bass line to the T. Perfectly on nearly every note. Rather than using "1 2 3 4" as a reference point, use "_2_4" (_ representing beats 1 and 3 not tapped). Then the next step is doing this so much that you're almost early.

Then there's the whole piano comping thing in jazz where the chords should represent triplets and be on with the snare drum, yadda yadda...

No tutorials on YouTube ever mention these things, yet it's like the most important part! Distinguishes a professional from an amateur, to be totally honest. God, I really should start a music channel on YouTube talking about this stuff... feels like no one outside of my small circle of people knows this.

This may be the exact opposite of what you're talking about, but the guys on the Dead Wax channel often discuss feel and timing with different musical guests, here with Wendy Melvoin (Prince). Funk verbalized. Highly recommended.

 

[rm5]

This may be the exact opposite of what you're talking about, but the guys on the Dead Wax channel often discuss feel and timing with different musical guests, here with Wendy Melvoin (Prince). Funk verbalized. Highly recommended.

This is amazing! I'll need to watch more videos from them. And I appreciate how accessible it is - they explain all the concepts clearly and provide the definitions on-screen. That makes it very useful for non-musicians.

I'd say that's pretty close to what I'm talking about—though not in the context of funk. Though when she mentions the snare drum - it's pretty much the same thing in swing. Though I think in funk (and rock, too), the guitars and drums carry the groove more. In swing, the bass does. Regular swing is indeed different from funk like what you're showing—in my opinion.

Perhaps me demonstrating in a recording is a better way to show you, not sure. Does this help?

 

[Herdfan]

Australia plans sweeping social media ban for children under 16

This should be done for everyone below 18 and not just 16 and below or below 16...

But you are going to have parents that make accounts for their kids and then other kids will be jealous and it will cause a whole new set of other problems.

Our neighbors went what I think was too far in that they took their son's phone every night and looked through it. But he was one, or more steps ahead of them in that he was using the messaging function of a game to communicate with his GF. He deleted it every evening and reinstalled it in the morning.

 

[The Clark]

Feeling slightly overwhelmed in my new position. Just lots to learn, and I'm sure it will come in time. Historically I'm not a strong learner which is why I'm a little anxious.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Feeling slightly overwhelmed in my new position. Just lots to learn, and I'm sure it will come in time. Historically I'm not a strong learner which is why I'm a little anxious.

Stick with it. Make lots of notes and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Remember they might not be good teachers rather than you not being a strong learner.

 

[The Clark]

Stick with it. Make lots of notes and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Remember they might not be good teachers rather than you not being a strong learner.

Thanks and I agree. The trick is to avoid asking questions that have seemingly obvious answers which is always my downfall. I end up sounded braindead.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Thanks and I agree. The trick is to avoid asking questions that have seemingly obvious answers which is always my downfall. I end up sounded braindead.

As someone who has managed people for decades I’d rather an employee who asked questions rather than guessed at what they think they should do.

 

[jedimasterkyle]

As someone who has managed people for decades I’d rather an employee who asked questions rather than guessed at what they think they should do.

+1 on this.

For a number of years, I was part of the QC/Training team at my job and one of the first things I would tell our new hires is to ask ALL the questions, even if the answers are obvious or right in front of you. Being new, you dont know what you dont know and starting from scratch, it's only natural to ask questions, regardless of how obvious the answers are.

The flip side to that is if you had been at your job for say 5 years and you still didn't know the answers or know how to find the answers (as I'm finding with my job these days), that means that either

• A, you didn't pay attention in training
• B, you had a terrible teacher
• C, common sense is not your strong suit

 

[Chuckeee]

The trick is to avoid asking questions that have seemingly obvious answers which is always my downfall. I end up sounded braindead.

That has never been a problem in my experience in answering questions. I cannot remember receiving truly a “dumb” question. The only irritation is when someone ask the exact same question three or four times in a row, expecting a different answer.

 

[MNWildFan]

With regard to weather, today has been another in a succession of lovely sunshiny days with temperatures far exceeding the normal, expected temperatures on the East Coast of the US in early November. This is like it must feel living in Southern California, with sunshine every day and moderate temperatures all the time. Nice!

We really DO need some rain, though....and soon!

Yeah, wish I could have said the same here in the Twin Cities in MN

Earlier this week we had some dull, gray, cloudy days which made the intial days of the change over to standard time so hard because of that combined with the earlier sunsets

Thankfully now it's been a lot more sunny as of late, which is nice after the cloudy and also quite rainy days we got earlier this week

 

[Macky-Mac]

This may be the exact opposite of what you're talking about, but the guys on the Dead Wax channel often discuss feel and timing with different musical guests, here with Wendy Melvoin (Prince). Funk verbalized. Highly recommended.

what an interesting video!

 

[Apple fanboy]

Yeah, wish I could have said the same here in the Twin Cities in MN

Earlier this week we had some dull, gray, cloudy days which made the intial days of the change over to standard time so hard because of that combined with the earlier sunsets

Thankfully now it's been a lot more sunny as of late, which is nice after the cloudy and also quite rainy days we got earlier this week

It’s been at least a week if not two since we’ve had any sunshine at all. Just grey skies. Very depressing.

At least it’s Friday. WFH so that’s good as well. Just need to get through until 4:30 then it’s the weekend.

Now if we could only get some decent light I might even get out with the camera.

 

[winxmac]

I really don't get Yahoo Mail these days... One day you log in using your username and password on a desktop browser and you immediately see your inbox but a few days later [after entering the correct username and password combination] you will need to either have a code send to a WhatsApp account or your mobile number... It's like they are detecting you as spam or DDoS-like...

I just tried again a few minutes ago and no drama... I'm back at my inbox... So unreliable...

Earliest email account was with Yahoo then followed by either Hotmail or Gmail [not sure between the two where I created an account first]

 

[MNWildFan]

It’s been at least a week if not two since we’ve had any sunshine at all. Just grey skies. Very depressing.

At least it’s Friday. WFH so that’s good as well. Just need to get through until 4:30 then it’s the weekend.

Now if we could only get some decent light I might even get out with the camera.

Oh gosh, that would drive me insane to have a week or 2 of no sun

And yes, at least we've made it to Friday though

I too work from home at least for half the day on Friday; go into the office for the 1st bit of the morning and if nothing's really on fire so to speak (no big tech problems) then I'll hit the gym and finish off the rest of the day from home as our office is quite the ghost town on Fridays

 

[Apple fanboy]

Oh gosh, that would drive me insane to have a week or 2 of no sun

And yes, at least we've made it to Friday though

I too work from home at least for half the day on Friday; go into the office for the 1st bit of the morning and if nothing's really on fire so to speak (no big tech problems) then I'll hit the gym and finish off the rest of the day from home as our office is quite the ghost town on Fridays

Our office is a ghost town most of the time. We have to do two days a week. I usually do Thursday as I have a weekly meeting with the owner and whatever other day suits. Very rarely a Friday though!

 

[xJustxMegx]

Why is the mailman so slow?

 

[Expos of 1969]

I really don't get Yahoo Mail these days... One day you log in using your username and password on a desktop browser and you immediately see your inbox but a few days later [after entering the correct username and password combination] you will need to either have a code send to a WhatsApp account or your mobile number... It's like they are detecting you as spam or DDoS-like...

I just tried again a few minutes ago and no drama... I'm back at my inbox... So unreliable...

Earliest email account was with Yahoo then followed by either Hotmail or Gmail [not sure between the two where I created an account first]

Why are people still using Yahoo Mail? A terrible service with security lapses etc. Go with Proton or even Gmail if you do not want to pay for a good service.

 

[winxmac]

Why are people still using Yahoo Mail? A terrible service with security lapses etc. Go with Proton or even Gmail if you do not want to pay for a good service.

I think you overlooked the last part but I already mentioned I have a Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail account... All created on different dates and of course, transferring content/messages is not easy for me...

Now that I am able to log back in to Yahoo Mail, I'm having trouble logging in to Reddit even after typing the correct password and several password resets...

My Reddit account created on 1st of November 2024 got suspended I think on the 6th or 7th but I am still able to log in... Now, it's still suspended and I'm also having trouble logging in...

I've read on a website somewhere that I need to wait about 5 business days or so before my appeal gets looked into... I guess if I can no longer access the account before the 30th then I'll create a new one on the 1st...

 

[Scepticalscribe]

It’s been at least a week if not two since we’ve had any sunshine at all. Just grey skies. Very depressing.

I couldn't agree more.

Charcoal grey, days when that dismal, dreary, grey never seems to lift, and the only question is how dark the grey gets.

The only redeeming feature is that it has been dry, which means one can get out and about to a certain extent.

At least it’s Friday. WFH so that’s good as well. Just need to get through until 4:30 then it’s the weekend.

Indeed.

Now if we could only get some decent light I might even get out with the camera.

Decent light is a dream, alas.

 

[winxmac]

It's been about a week now since I stopped checking my Facebook, Instagram, Twitter accounts and I think it has somehow affected me positively... However, Reddit is what's keeping me busy these days reading content while logged out... I just wish that the suspension of my Reddit account is lifted already or as I said earlier, I may have to start a new account to use it...

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Saw an academic friend for coffee - well, brunch - and a chat in a lovely Regency building earlier today.

Then, I treated myself to another coffee in my favourite French café when I dropped in to see whether they had fresh French bread (they did), and collected my organic milk in the cheesemonger's.

 

[Apple fanboy]

It's been about a week now since I stopped checking my Facebook, Instagram, Twitter accounts and I think it has somehow affected me positively... However, Reddit is what's keeping me busy these days reading content while logged out... I just wish that the suspension of my Reddit account is lifted already or as I said earlier, I may have to start a new account to use it...

Never joined any of those. This is the only site I check on daily.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Saw an academic friend for coffee - well, brunch - and a chat in a lovely Regency building earlier today.

Then, I treated myself to another coffee in my favourite French café when I dropped in to see whether they had fresh French bread (they did), and collected my organic milk in the cheesemonger's.

Sounds like a pleasant day. Better than working all day in excel. Finished now though.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Sounds like a pleasant day. Better than working all day in excel. Finished now though.

Dark and dismal and dreary and overcast, though.

At least it was dry, and I did enjoy getting out and about, meeting a good academic friend whom I hadn't seen since the summer, and savouring my coffees.