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pards commented on Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself   jesperordrup.github.io/vo... · Posted by u/jesperordrup
aaarrm · 2 days ago
I see a lot of people in here posting success stories from lessons, which is great. But I tried lessons for about 2 months and go absolutely nowhere haha. It was just repeatedly practicing some song that I wasn't super into and I never even felt like I was "singing" just talking kind of louder / longer and felt very forced and odd. Terrible experience tbh, but I do love singing and still want to some day. (I generally just sing in falsetto to songs in my car because I'm too timid to really project my actual voice)
pards · 2 days ago
It sounds like you didn't have a very good coach. My first coach wasn't very helpful, my second was amazing. Keep looking!

Open mic nights at your local bar are a great source of data. Approach people after their performance, compliment them, and ask them if they have a coach they'd be willing recommend.

pards commented on Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself   jesperordrup.github.io/vo... · Posted by u/jesperordrup
kbrkbr · 2 days ago
I hear you. At 49 I also discovered an extra octave up there above the high e. Also baritone. The YouTube singiverse did it for me
pards · 2 days ago
Got any youtubers you'd recommend?
pards commented on Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself   jesperordrup.github.io/vo... · Posted by u/jesperordrup
SwiftyBug · 2 days ago
Singing is one of the few things that I suspect may not be just learned. Sure, you can improve a little, but not go from complete trash to someone you would actually tolerate hearing sing. I think our anatomies constrain us much more than for other things. How come some people can naturally sing and others produce a horrible screech? What I've been trying to find is a style that best suits my voice that will make it seem like I'm not horrible. Don't know what that is yet. Finding that is not so easy when you don't have a large vocal range nor a particularly interesting voice.
pards · 2 days ago
Ed Sheeran used to be bad at singing [0]. So was Jon Bon Jovi.

In-person vocal lessons and consistent practice have dramatically improved my voice from terrible to half-decent.

[0]: https://youtube.com/shorts/I05Ahr0tpAc

pards commented on I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams   kirkville.com/i-now-assum... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
pards · 3 days ago
I assume all social media ads are also scams.
pards commented on List animals until failure   rose.systems/animalist/... · Posted by u/l1n
jammaloo · 8 days ago
267, I was going pretty strong and had about 2 minutes racked up, until I hit a wall, and couldn't think of anything else. Thinking in groups helped the most, e.g. reptiles, flightless birds, african animals, etc.

Extinct animals also work, including the dinosaurs!

pards · 7 days ago
Yep - dodo worked for me
pards commented on A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks   twitter.com/karpathy/stat... · Posted by u/bigwheels
striking · 12 days ago
It's not just brain atrophy, I think. I think part of it is that we're actively making a tradeoff to focus on learning how to use the model rather than learning how to use our own brains and work with each other.

This would be fine if not for one thing: the meta-skill of learning to use the LLM depreciates too. Today's LLM is gonna go away someday, the way you have to use it will change. You will be on a forever treadmill, always learning the vagaries of using the new shiny model (and paying for the privilege!)

I'm not going to make myself dependent, let myself atrophy, run on a treadmill forever, for something I happen to rent and can't keep. If I wanted a cheap high that I didn't mind being dependent on, there's more fun ones out there.

pards · 12 days ago
> I happen to rent and can't keep

This is my fear - what happens if the AI companies can't find a path to profitability and shut down?

pards commented on A list of fun destinations for telnet   telnet.org/htm/places.htm... · Posted by u/tokyobreakfast
pards · 13 days ago
My first introduction to the internet was through the telnet-based EW-too talkers like Foothills (Boston U) and Forest (UTS). I have very fond memories of staying up late talking to people from all over the globe. It was truly amazing to me.

The best part was how the users moderated behaviour - bad actors were ejected swiftly but rarely permanently.

pards commented on I'm 34. Here's 34 things I wish I knew at 21   elliot.my/im-34-heres-34-... · Posted by u/clowes
fao_ · 18 days ago
> One day – probably somewhere between 28 and 38 – you'll wake up and just feel 'off'. A bit sore. A bit tired. That feeling will never leave you. Be grateful for your youth while you have it.

This happened when I was 20. I don't know what else to say other than, it fucking sucks.

pards · 18 days ago
This represents a fork in the road that becomes apparent by your mid-40s.

Those who ignore it will be overweight, unfit, and on daily meds. Those who change their lifestyle will not.

The fix is:

> Leading a healthy life is simple: sleep well, exercise three times a week, have an active social life, eat a variety of vegetables and whole foods, avoid sugar, processed foods, alcohol and drugs. That's 90%. Everything else is optimisation.

pards commented on Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15   eupolicy.social/@jmaris/1... · Posted by u/colinprince
pards · a month ago
A 1980s Toyota Hilux would give it a run for its money

https://youtu.be/Yl1FNX08HFc

pards commented on On Getting Hacked   ahmeto.com/post/on-gettin... · Posted by u/ahmetomer
embedding-shape · a month ago
I wish banks would get this memo. Not only is one of my banks enforcing a maximum password length of 6 NUMBERS (no letters/special characters allowed), but also that high-value transfers are only confirmed via SMS 2FA, even though their own banking app also have a separate 2FA thing that doesn't go through SMS, but it's only used for "low-value" actions...
pards · a month ago
Name and shame

Tangerine (formally ING Direct) in Canada only has 6-digit PINs and SMS 2FA

TD Canada Trust only supports SMS 2FA

PC Financial only supports SMS 2FA

u/pards

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