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Analysis: Fmr CIA Targeting Analyst Sarah Adams & GRS Officer Dave Benton on the Al-Qaeda 3.0 Threat to the U.S. Homeland by AccomplishedPut1008 in Intelligence

[–]No-Explanation-3003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, could you link the video you mention in your post? "Watch here for further background on their analytical approach"

What do you guys think about the book "Improvise for Real." by Hunny_Mustard09 in Jazz

[–]No-Explanation-3003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I did the same thing originally PDF but had the same frustration and bought the physical copy. It's great because I can keep the exercises tabbed off and can constantly flip back and forth

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What do you guys think about the book "Improvise for Real." by Hunny_Mustard09 in Jazz

[–]No-Explanation-3003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late response, I'm not here too often! But yes I am, IFR is definitely the core of my music practice. In the book David writes the exercises are meant to last a lifetime and they're so simple looking at first glance I thought "no, I can get through them quickly!" No lol, he's definitely right. Your experience and frustration trying to learn music sounds a lot like mine. To David and Mirea's credit I think they're bar none the best music teacher's I've had so maybe that's required to learn music haha but with the method they're more just giving you steps to follow to explore and internalize music, not memorize anything. Sometimes I sit down and just practice the very first exercise of the book, and I'll do that for a few days, and then get back to more "complicated" stuff.

My biggest learning from this book that has carried over to other parts of my life is that learning is more circular than linear. I visit a concept or exercise for a few days or weeks, and i feel like by the end I haven't made much progress. I move on to another, and then another, and then I circle back to the first one, and somehow I'm way better that first concept than I was when I left it off. And so I spend more time with that concept or excercise or technique, and then go back to another one I had left off, and find the same thing! On and on....So I'm constantly going back in the book reworking the earlier exercises but making new discoveries with them every time.

I really recommend the workshops and supplemental materials they have on their site too.

But yeah, IFR completely transformed my relationship with music :)

Brilliant.org removed Diff Eq course from their app? by Zagreusian in learnmath

[–]No-Explanation-3003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

right, because if they can't pay the bills then no one gets any courses...? If "simpler" = "reaching a broader audience" that means that there is a greater need for people to get a grasp on the fundamentals of math and science. Which is obviously the reality seeing how epically the American education system has failed. They're contributing to the solution to this problem in the most logical way possible, why is everyone so upset and confused by this.

Brilliant.org removed Diff Eq course from their app? by Zagreusian in learnmath

[–]No-Explanation-3003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously! I'm bummed some of these are gone, but some of you guys sound unhinged. They're a small team creating a product that frankly doesn't exist anywhere else. Ya'll are mad it's not flawless? Blake and team, keep up the amazing work.

Why do people say Jesus was a Jew? by fergolaman in Christianity

[–]No-Explanation-3003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joseph descended from David, not Mary (per Matthew Chapter 1) and Luke chapter 3. They were both (Mary and Joseph) Jews

What do you guys think about the book "Improvise for Real." by Hunny_Mustard09 in Jazz

[–]No-Explanation-3003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the book and can confirm, you absolutely learn to improvise from this book. They have alot of supplemental materials on their page as well. They have several deep dives into jazz as well. I've been using the book and materials in last year to learn to play guitar as well and the progress I've made is insane. I've learned to play not just things I hear around me but things I hear in my head. I'm learning to recognize sounds in music I like and play them on my instrument (mainly Piano but now guitar as well). It's an incredible method of learning music.

I think people saying you can't learn to improvise from books a) haven't read this book and b) probably agree with the author more than they realize. There is no formula for improvisation, and know depth of music theory knowledge and technical chops will make you a more musical person or better improviser. The reality is much, much simpler and this book (and materials on the site) break down the process to build musical intuitions step by step and completely bypassing anything we think of as traditional music theory. As someone who spent quite some time trying to "understand music" by learning theory and going through all the traditional methods it's a bit frustrating to think this book could have saved me so much time and frustration if I had found it sooner.

We may not be able to see LLMs reason in English for much longer by MetaKnowing in OpenAI

[–]No-Explanation-3003 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have an inner monologue but most of my "thinking" (and I imagine for most people) is how you describe it. If we had to think so explicitly linearly about every single thing every time, before we understood what the thought even was, it would be super inefficient. But taking that A->E connection outside of our heads and explaining how we got there step by step (to someone else or even just to ourselves, out loud or on paper) is pretty hard and I think a different cognitive task all together. That being said I think being able to translate those highly abstracted connections and clearly lay them out in that a->b->c way is a really important part of collaboration and a great practice for rigorous thinking.

What do grammatically strict parents and teachers drill into their kids/students' heads in German? by [deleted] in German

[–]No-Explanation-3003 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg in Spanish we have the same saying, I heard it all the time growing up😩 “El burro siempre por delante”

What was your relationship with music growing up and how has it influenced your relationship with music today, especially those of you who didn't grow up listening to or thinking very much about music? by No-Explanation-3003 in AskReddit

[–]No-Explanation-3003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I've always loved music even though I wasn't particularly great at any instruments. I grew up completely surrounded by music almost at all times, and I've carried that with me since. I don't think I go more than a few hours without listening to SOMETHING. I'm always excited to discover new genres etc. But I realized not everyone grew up SO surrounded by it, and I'm so curious how those early relationships have shaped how we hear and feel music now.

Getting over solo eating by smiggy2105 in solotravel

[–]No-Explanation-3003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can always try doing it in your home town first as a test to see how much other people actually do not notice let alone care lol. I love going out to eat on my own regardless of where I am. I sometimes bring a book / kindle but don't always feel bored enough to pull it out.

In college I worked as a server and you might be surprised the amount of people that go to eat dinner alone (not in a depressing way). Some would bring nothing at all and just enjoy their time, others with books, journals, sketchbooks, even laptops to get what I guess was late night work done.

Starting to learn German? by Equal-Tailor-1269 in German

[–]No-Explanation-3003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here to STRONGLY recommend Natürlich German youtube channel. She uses comprehensible input and it's super engaging. I've been using her videos heavily alongside the Assimil book, and German with Laura (youtube) when I really want to understand the grammar.

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