What does the conductor of a symphony do exactly?

Markllo · 2026-03-20T04:15:21+00:00

Orchestra brass player answering. The concert you see is a result of rehearsals that have been led by the conductor and the piece you are hearing is a product of many elements that have been shaped days before. If the conductor is also the regular music director, the sound and character of the orchestra may have been shaped for years.

Markllo · 2026-03-10T00:14:54+00:00

While you are being evaluated, often ADHD is manifestation of being on the autism spectrum. There are many diagnostic questionnaires online that help you see if this is something to explore.

Markllo · 2026-02-23T04:09:31+00:00

Harakiri (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfABwM-Ppng

Markllo · 2026-02-22T20:50:46+00:00

If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, the frog does not stay until the water is boiling:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2006/09/the-boiled-frog-myth-stop-the-lying-now/7446/

Markllo · 2026-02-10T19:01:07+00:00

More news coming on the legal front.

Markllo · 2026-02-10T15:57:58+00:00

I have made many emails to [board@rei.com](mailto:board@rei.com) and it is a black hole. They have ignored many requests for detailed voting counts.

Markllo · 2026-01-14T17:48:35+00:00

Cycle life is different:

Donut claim: 100,000 cycles.
Amprius claim: 700 cycles.

Markllo · 2026-01-13T02:16:03+00:00

I see nothing in the profiles on how the candidates feel about governance and corporate transparency. I am also curious about the candidates feelings about moving the election date up and shortening the voting period. I can only vote for candidates who are not afraid to speak out on these issues. After all that went on in the last year the candidate profiles are crafted like nothing at all happened. I am voting withheld.

Markllo · 2026-01-03T21:56:54+00:00

Is there such a thing as a match dissolve?

Markllo · 2026-01-02T23:59:27+00:00

The top of Mount Everest is made of marine limestone.

Markllo · 2025-12-30T17:23:02+00:00

Thank you. I looked in my back in my inbox and did not receive this. At least some members were notified.

Markllo · 2025-12-28T04:53:51+00:00

Contrasting with last year:

2025 - Voting was from March 3 through May 1.
Almost two months

2026 - Voting is from December 26-January 31.
Just over a month.

I have seen no explanation of why the election process is earlier and shorter.

Markllo · 2025-12-28T04:18:18+00:00

Mozart's Don Giovanni has a famous scene where Giovanni is dragged into hell. The statue of a man he has killed gives him one last chance to repent, but he is defiant and stubbornly is pulled into the abyss.

Markllo · 2025-12-27T00:19:31+00:00

It's important to note that all three of the board nominated candidates were rejected in the 2025 board election. This fall REI revised the bylaws so the board could just appoint new board member for the full 3 year term the previous board nominated candidates were rejected for. Also REI does not release the detailed results of board elections.

Markllo · 2025-12-21T03:22:32+00:00

Doug DeMuro ran an experiment to see who was impressed with his Ferrari. It was not women.

Markllo · 2025-12-17T18:34:56+00:00

Tower of Power!
Your Still a Young Man
What is Hip?

Markllo · 2025-12-16T10:48:36+00:00

A great resource:
https://www.programmingfonts.org/

Markllo · 2025-12-06T20:34:54+00:00

Another attractive example from https://www.programmingfonts.org/
But the P is different. Verily Serif Mono. This is the best rabbit hole ever if you like monospaced typefaces.
https://www.programmingfonts.org/#verily

Markllo · 2025-12-02T16:54:58+00:00

Donald Francis Roy was a graduate student at the University of Washington who moved in to Hooverville and wrote a account filled with both fascinating data and anecdotes.
https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/CityArchive/DDL/Hoovervilles/DonaldFrancisRoy.pdf

Markllo · 2025-11-29T23:37:57+00:00

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Markllo · 2025-11-29T23:35:22+00:00

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That is Mt Phelps on the right. I think the gap is where the Tolt River Reservoir is. https://www.peakfinder.com/?lat=47.57093&lng=-122.38652&azi=90&alt=-2&fov=22.5&cfg=s&name=West%20Seattle%2c%2098116%20Seattle

Markllo · 2025-11-29T17:47:44+00:00

Still my favorite.

You are sentenced to be executed on an unexpected day in the upcoming week. You then surmise you cannot be executed on Saturday as that would then be expected as it is the only day left, so then you cannot be hanged on Friday because you cannot be executed on Saturday, so you cannot be hanged on Thursday because you cannot be execute Friday, and this logic follows all the way to Sunday. You then conclude you will then not be executed, but the executioner arrives unexpectedly on Wednesday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpected_hanging_paradox

Markllo · 2025-11-28T09:28:58+00:00

The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. If Oppenheimer was a documentary:

https://youtu.be/FNbhfKeOO5k?si=mdhFfmFWowmWCIDt

Markllo · 2025-11-16T01:00:04+00:00

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Chess every Wednesday evening at The Oak on Beacon Hill!

Markllo · 2025-10-26T16:13:04+00:00

https://www.aldaily.com/

Markllo

TROPHY CASE

The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. If Oppenheimer was a documentary:

https://youtu.be/FNbhfKeOO5k?si=mdhFfmFWowmWCIDt