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upvetoon Ask HN: What's the biggest problem you face as a parent?

Is childcare stigmatized, or is the price floor higher than you're willing to pay? Maybe both and they're related? This is interesting.

upvetoon Ask HN: What does it feel like to master playing an instrument by ear?

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

upvetoon Let Teenagers Sleep In

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.