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meggar

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iOS and Mac Developer. tonalapps.com
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meggar··on How to play the guitar by ear, for mathematicians and physicists (2000) [pdf]
I agree. Beatles songs are great for this. But I would say don't stop after learning a few simple songs, always keep learning more. one new song each week maybe. Keep in mind that most of the musicians whose music you are learning probably learned this way as well. of course, if you want to learn classical or play like Coltrane, you'll need to learn the theory.
meggar··on Heliogen, backed by Gates, says it has achieved a solar breakthrough
Cool, an Archimedes Death Ray with AI.
meggar··on Why are there no animals with three legs?
Technically a centipede does have 3 legs.
meggar··on Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?
This was made into an opera too.
meggar··on Tesla’s Touchscreen UI: A Case Study of Car-Dashboard User Interface
Clearly a giant Blackberry would be a better UI for a car.
meggar··on Tesla – Introducing V3 Supercharging
Interesting, so your house drops you off at work, and then picks you up later.
meggar··on Time Running Out for Beloved Mechanical Horse-Race Game in Vegas
Didn't the casino in Montreal have one of these?
meggar··on iOS Menu
3D Touch could be an alternative to the menu bar.
meggar··on A list of lists of interview questions
The very first Swift question has a partially incorrect answer. It says that "var array2 = array1" creates a copy of array1. But it's incorrect because a copy isn't actually created until one of them is mutated.
meggar··on Custom string delimiters in Swift 5
There's also split()

    let parts = l.split(separator: ",").map{ $0.split(separator: "=") },
        first = parts[0],
        second = parts[1]
meggar··on Stop Learning Frameworks
I just put them in a heap.
meggar··on Songcraft Beta – A songwriting tool and guitar tab builder
Sounds cool, open source by any chance?
meggar··on Songcraft Beta – A songwriting tool and guitar tab builder
How does the suggested chords feature work?
meggar··on Can We Grow More Food on Less Land?
I was thinking more like a 10 foot wide hole, 1 mile deep.
meggar··on Can We Grow More Food on Less Land?
Maybe Boring Co and Square Roots can do some underground vertical farming so we don't keep running out of romaine.
meggar··on Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
Solar has moving parts?
meggar··on Ask HN: Which plants can be planted indoors and easily maintained?
Cacti.
meggar··on Ask HN: What does it feel like to master playing an instrument by ear?
Try singing/whistling the melody while playing it at the same time.
meggar··on Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory explorer for guitarists
It's also Dorian and Phrygian without the 2 and 6. Plus you can use it in other keys, the A Pentatonic in the key of Bb is lydian, in G it's dorian, in C it's major, etc..
meggar··on I know why rejection emails suck – I write them
I'd try it again, what is the process to reapply?
meggar··on Is Pop Music Evolving, or Is It Just Getting Louder? (2012)
Clever.
meggar··on Ask HN: How can I prepare for a coding interview in a week?
Actually bands hire the musician who has the look, sound and personality that fits whatever they're going for. Most of them don't know any theory beyond blues and folk chords. They might test them by jamming with them, but the decision has nothing to do with musical skills. So it's actually very similar to hiring in tech.
meggar··on Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life
also Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from SNL
meggar··on We Should Teach Music History Backwards
Monks -> Bach -> Mozart -> Beethoven -> Tchaikovsky -> Stravinsky -> Black Sabbath -> Gangnam Style
meggar··on Three-sided Football
How would you decide if a player was offside?
meggar··on Show HN: How to Tune a Guitar
I usually just play this chord, and then adjust any notes that are off:

E--0--

B--0--

G--9--

D--9--

A--7--

E--0--

meggar··on Urban Dictionary: Hacker News
pro tip: search for your first name on urban dictionary.
meggar··on IBM Plex – A new typeface
I thought they turned my iPhone into a Zune for a second.
meggar··on Avoid getters and setters whenever possible
You can use the setter to make a property observable.
meggar··on Why is Pi² so close to 10?
Isn't that the gravitational acceleration of the earth?
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