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I closed mine when it was apparent recruiters were illiterate and couldn't read "Contracts only".

Well if it's financial freedom, OP probably has better chances of being rich by working for other people/companies. Let other people take the risk and collect the pay.

> the need for freedom is so big I can't give up

If you really seek freedom, you're probably doing the wrong thing.

Pretty sure I read a while ago that Zynga's corporate HQ which they bought was now worth more than their business. Or maybe it was some other company with no long-term competitive advantage.

I think they're too trendy looking. They'll be fine for a season/uni semester, but after that will drop out of fashion. And they'll be too pricey for their core demographic to keep buying new ones.

I heard this anecdote a few years ago.

Someone met a world-class concert musician after a show and said "That was incredible. I'd give my whole life to play like you," and she replied "Well, I did."

I've just started playing piano and I've been really inspired by pianowithjonny.com. It's an excellent web site, well worth the $20 or so per month for monthly membership so you get access to all his courses (put in your email address and get a discount code).

I just started his Blues Bible course[1]. Maybe that could help speed you up. It's tons of riffs to help get you improvising. But yeah, he says riffs are basically just a bag of tricks you can dip into.

[1] https://pianowithjonny.com/products/bible-of-blues-riffs-vol...

"The squeaky wheel gets the oil." Sad but true.

I was waiting for this timeless - and useless - HN riposte.

What is it with making projects sound like STIs these days?

They should really just stop branding the apps as Google, and only come out from behind the curtain if there's traction so as to avoid damaging their brand like this.

They should stop beating about the bush and just work directly with the industry that drives this sort of adoption: pronogrpahers

You must be in your 20s or younger :-D

Satisfying a need.

This is great! I didn't know about Lenny :-D

The opinion, not the OP. I'm sure he/she is a fine individual.

The guy's running a business. He has a responsibility to his shareholders to make it as valuable as he can. Sticky apps/web sites lead to more ad impressions and higher prices. His business does not give people cancer or HIV.

You may find life more rewarding to assume people are good and try to see the best in people. As Dale Carnegie says in How to Win Friends and Influence People, if you assume the best in people and encourage them, they're more likely to want to live up to that image.

You're seriously equating looking at someone's photos with catching HIV, Ebola or developing cancer? Pathetic.

Sweet, thanks for the tips.

Thanks. It's something I've been thinking about doing :-)

Edit: Can those lighter bikes take panniers? I guess you're not going a long way with a rucksack?

What sort of bike did you take? A shitty 600CC that was knackered to start with, or did you go for a BMW tourer a la Long Way Round?

> In case anyone is searching for a really smart, modern method for learning music theory, this is it: https://www.hooktheory.com

I really want to buy the books but they're all DRM'd :-(.

Here's hoping someone from there reads this page and releases it as an epub...

I've been teaching myself piano after someone gave me one.

Here's a great set of online lessons [1] (not free, costs about $20 per month if you put in your email address). The guy is really talented, and teaches non-classical stuff like pop, boogie woogie, etc. I'm super inspired by it!

I also found this [2] which does have free lessons and also looks good.

[1] https://pianowithjonny.com/

[2] https://www.hoffmanacademy.com/

> like "odd meters like 5/8 and 7/8 generally evoke intensity and tension" or "brass chorale in a major key sounds triumphant" or "gong crescendo roll is scary"

Can you recommend any books that teach these sorts of general rules, or the emotive feeling generally associated with different keys and modes?

If you win the lottery and think it was because of something you did, well...

Empty homes is one thing. Taxing foreign investors would make a massive difference over night.

Really? From reading that guide I thought that Autowire made it easier by automatically doing the serialisation/deserialisation. How does stock scala.js do that?

The should ban leaseholds as well while they're at it.

They should do this in London, but unfortunately our officials rarely seem to give a shit in the face of foreign money.

Yeah I've been looking at this recently. I like autowire's ability to create typesafe APIs shared across the client and server. Very promising, but not simple to set up...

http://www.lihaoyi.com/hands-on-scala-js/#Autowire