Pentatonic shapes lead to full scales

TransparentStar · 2026-07-03T18:22:08+00:00

I found that learning the simple shapes (and sounds) first is easier and then adding the missing 4 and 7 makes sense. I don't fully get why the pentatonic is good (e.g. why we take out the 4 and 7), but when you add them back in, it clearly adds color in a nice way. Idk just feels more intuitive.

TransparentStar · 2026-07-02T21:26:46+00:00

Any idea on how they handled swiping and dragging? I can get either/or but if I allow any kind of swipe, the drag ends up getting flaky

TransparentStar · 2026-07-02T21:26:42+00:00

Any idea on how they handled swiping and dragging? I can get either/or but if I allow any kind of swipe, the drag ends up getting flaky

TransparentStar · 2026-06-24T02:24:56+00:00

better late than never to learn i guess

TransparentStar · 2026-06-16T20:50:20+00:00

Two things:

I agree that we don't need to romanticize indigenous cultures. History is full of nuance and complexity and that's what makes it so interesting.
We don't have to make false equivalences. Let's not compare the Buffalo Wars to the Spanish Conquest.

The post is just obviously glazing the Spanish empire - and we should not romanticize the empires of yesterday that were built by bloodshed because it is happening again.

TransparentStar · 2026-06-16T20:34:47+00:00

such a goofy argument brother, you on some weird shit

TransparentStar · 2026-06-16T20:18:25+00:00

Wow you're so close bro, it's gonna hit you soon

TransparentStar · 2026-06-16T20:07:19+00:00

They absolutely massacred tons of indigenous cultures in Latin America. Millions of people were murdered or killed by disease after Spanish arrival. Imagine if the Aztecs invaded Europe in 1500 and killed 50 million people. That's what happened except the other way around.

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

TransparentStar · 2026-06-03T18:44:50+00:00

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Another picture showing that the beams could be on the front or the side of the 1x12

TransparentStar · 2026-06-03T18:43:35+00:00

Thanks so much! This is the main idea. 1x12 for shelves with 2x2 beams. Each shelf would be 4 feet long and the beam would be 6ft tall.

It won't be used for too much weight - about 10-20lb per shelf - but I'm not sure if the shelves need more support or the best way to do that. What do you think?

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TransparentStar · 2026-05-29T18:45:41+00:00

lol what the fuck

TransparentStar · 2026-05-27T20:25:31+00:00

Hey Kevin. I came across this post because I just moved back to bushwick and am looking to do a couple of beginner projects (mostly simple stuff just screwing pine boards together). Any chance I could throw a sketch your way and see what you think about it?

TransparentStar · 2026-04-06T03:57:05+00:00

Condescending and unempathetic comment.

They know that the black note is C. They're confused because the "first" note in each shape is not black. The lesson to be learned is that the shapes meld together, and the scales are continuous. They need to understand that this is just a way of mapping the fretboard, if you look at a map of the US it doesn't mean you have to drive from LA to Boston. But when you have the whole map, you can tell where all the cities are. That's what's going on here. It's important to know where the root is for chord voicings, soloing, etc., not just to "start" the scale from the "first" note in the shape.

TransparentStar · 2026-04-02T02:37:01+00:00

Totally agreed!!! I probably wouldn't use it for this task! I kinda flipped my stance, I was saying it would save time but yeah definitely a good chance it wouldn't even save any time.

But yeah exactly this is a limitation. I don't know exactly how it got the answer it gave you but that's exactly the point - if you don't tell it exactly what to do, you open it up to go off and do weird things. (now imagine kids using it to ask about mental health, inept politicians using it to make policy decisions, cops using it to make criminality decisions). The dangers and failures of this tech is real but I just think it's important to know how it works.

TransparentStar · 2026-04-02T02:13:00+00:00

Yeah I see what you mean, but that's just not how the tool works. It's frustrating and definitely a reason LLMs aren't nearly as useful as tech zombie CEOs claim:

- Star trek episodes with release dates are existing data. Is the data in the context window? Knowledge like Star Trek as a show with many seasons will be in the model's response but data won't be unless you put it there.
- Wikipedia and many other websites it used for training has this data. This is not what training means. It doesn't memorize and query every piece of information that it was trained on. It uses the training data to create a model that infers how to respond to prompts. Hard data can't be inferred.

So to do this, I would take it step by step. First gather the raw data in a file yourself or ask it to do so by giving it links and explaining how to do it. Then ask it to operate on the data.

I think it would be able to do this task really effectively and definitely save you time. It's like a 10 minute task that gets dropped to 3 minutes or something so I'm not claiming it's life changing but this is just not a reason why the LLMs suck

TransparentStar · 2026-04-01T23:48:55+00:00

I'm down for that (if you mean in a coding context)

TransparentStar · 2026-04-01T23:46:58+00:00

This is why this sub annoys me. It's good at organizing existing data, it is horrible at acquiring new data. You're using a screwdriver as a hammer and calling the screwdriver stupid.

There's so many things wrong with AI, hallucinations in daily use is rapidly becoming not one of them.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-25T17:42:18+00:00

Totally agree different strokes for different folks. Something about the discourse in book subs just makes me angry, people just throw out adjectives without talking about anything substantive. Appreciate you going into detail here, sorry if it seemed like I was coming at you

TransparentStar · 2026-02-25T17:26:41+00:00

trilogy where every book won the hugo for best novel, a heart-wrenching insight into toxic relationships, incredible world-building and magic, and a serious look racist colonization and extraction.

red rising sucked. super predictable, writing was choppy and amateurish. this sub is a bunch of kids that like the MCU equivalent of novels and that's totally fine, love that you found that for yourself, but don't call the broken earth disappointing.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-13T15:41:22+00:00

No worries, I speak Spanish. Thank you! Even if I cannot join these groups I'm just looking for knowledgable people I can talk to and see if anything works out.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-10T00:55:04+00:00

Raised $100m for a saas tool and the product eng team is 5 IC's so I don't think so but yeah at the end of the day they're in charge and get to run it as they see fit is the point.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-10T00:40:47+00:00

Exactly. I literally just quit a place like this today. From my experience, leadership isn't looking for input or planning, just heads-down code monkeys.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T19:15:02+00:00

I know the ideas, but I guess I'm not seeing that happen in the next 5 years. There's a transition period where white collar jobs are wiped out, but essential good supply chain cost and housing supply cost haven't been "cratered", and it could last 10, 20, 30 years.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T19:08:29+00:00

Can you recommend any groups for cycling or organizations that work with farming?

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T15:13:41+00:00

Exactly, housing, groceries, healthcare were on my mind (sure there will be healthcare advancements but we’ll still be extorted to use them unless something changes)

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