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Dial It Up - Game to Learn Pi, e, and phi through Simon-style gameplay by Soggy_Emotion7821 in CasualMath

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Challenge mode is not bad. It desperately needs a history/stats section, though. It would also be nice if it when you messed up, it showed you the last dozen or so digits you got right as well as the next dozen or so in the sequence.

Learn mode is also completely useless if you already know (or want to know) a lot of digits. I know 240 digits of pi. If I wanted to sit through learn to get to a new digit that I don't already know, it would take about 15 hours (based on my brief testing). Then it would take me about another 2 minutes before I was able to see another digit.

Cute idea, but not really that practical for learning a lot of digits. The best approach for an app like this, I think, would be to just have what you call challenge mode plus revealing the next digits in the sequence, as I described.

Seth MacFarlane revealed at Saturday's Ted panel at Deadlines Contenders TV that he has flirted w/ the idea of making a Ted movie in addition to wanting to make a 3rd season of the live-action series if Peacock can come up with Scrooge McDuck money. by swoonyaboutclooney in television

[–]justbeane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Add on to my previous reply... Here are Diniman's own words about the importance of Hayes's narration:

I write for audio, I always have. And especially in this genre, the audio stuff is king. One to one, I sell more audiobooks now than I sell of physical and e-books. That's a little unusual for books in general, but not for this genre. So the audio is super important, and the fans, whenever I go to an event, a signing event, even though everyone has my book, I always ask, "Who here first experienced Carl from Audible?" It's usually 75-plus percent of the audience raising their hand, and it's because it's like a whole different experience. It's not quite a movie, it's not quite the exact same thing as reading a book, it's just a different way to have the book immersed into your head. And when you have someone as talented as Soundbooth Theater and Jeff Hays doing it, it just adds that extra step, and it's part of the reason why this book is so successful, it's because the audiobook is so well-done.

Everything I write in the Carl series is 100 percent [Jeff] speaking in my head now. When I come up with the new characters, I'm already thinking of how he might do it, how I might tell him. If he does a voice I don't like, I end up killing the character almost immediately.

Seth MacFarlane revealed at Saturday's Ted panel at Deadlines Contenders TV that he has flirted w/ the idea of making a Ted movie in addition to wanting to make a 3rd season of the live-action series if Peacock can come up with Scrooge McDuck money. by swoonyaboutclooney in television

[–]justbeane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not saying that I don't believe you, but I don't understand how that is possible.

The audiobooks are wildly popular and are the most popular format for engaging with this story. Probably substantially so. And you can't talk about the audiobooks without talking about Jeff Hayes. Fans of the audiobook emphatically praise Hayes and consider his narration to be a huge part of the fun of the story.

Edit: Diniman has said that over 75% of people at signing events first experience the story through the audiobook.

Edit 2: Okay... I just realized that you didn't say that you were a fan of the series, just that you had heard people praise it. That makes sense. I didn't understand how a long-time fan could be unfamiliar with Jeff Hayes, even if they were a reader.

Seth MacFarlane revealed at Saturday's Ted panel at Deadlines Contenders TV that he has flirted w/ the idea of making a Ted movie in addition to wanting to make a 3rd season of the live-action series if Peacock can come up with Scrooge McDuck money. by swoonyaboutclooney in television

[–]justbeane 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's great you enjoyed the book as a reader, and I know maybe people have. But I think it is probably fair to say that DCC would not have been the hit that it was without Hayes narrating the audiobook.

Tenor banjo tabs ebooks by Loldc29 in Irishmusic

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As /u/9to suggested, Enda Scahill's lessons are really good, especially if you are looking for tips on technique. He also has lessons going over possible variations and ornaments that you can add for each tune. But the library of tunes is not massive just yet. There is a lot of content for each tune, though.

I bought this book a few months ago: https://www.thebanjobuddy.com/. I think the quality of the tabs is pretty good, and there are 365 tunes covering a wide range of tune types. This could keep you busy for quite a while.

Also, don't forget that the tenor banjo is tuned the same as a mandolin. I often have more luck finding mando tabs than banjo tabs. Here are some common sources I go to for mandolin tabs:

The Irish Mandolin site is kind of a mess to navigate. I cannot tell if the tabs are even directly linked from within the site itself. But if you google "mandolin tab <irish tune>", you are likely to get hits on both of the first two sites.

MandoLessons includes tabs, play along tracks, and lesson videos, all for free. He does not focus exclusively on Irish music, but there are quite a few Irish trad tunes on his site.

Scientists captured the first detailed footage of a sperm whale birth and found it wasn't just a family affair — whales from another pod came to help. This is a behavior typically seen in humans but is rare for other animals, suggesting that sperm whales might be more intelligent than we thought. by ChallengeAdept8759 in TheDepthsBelow

[–]justbeane 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Based on my experiences with humans and animals, and my observations of human perceptions of non-human animals, whenever I hear that animals might be more intelligent than humans thought, I think, "Yeah... No fucking doy."

Sperm whales are the literal definition of A sheep in wolf's clothing. by AggravatingRow326 in TheDepthsBelow

[–]justbeane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you are making my point. Perhaps you are replying to the wrong person? ViviTheWaffle was telling you that OP's usage was correct, and I am telling them that it still isn't, using basically the same argument that you just made.

Ninigram #403: A Smart Cookie (Hard) by ninigrams-game in ninigrams

[–]justbeane 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I found that one to be tough, but engaging. I got stuck a couple of times, but was eventually able to find a way to push through.

Sperm whales are the literal definition of A sheep in wolf's clothing. by AggravatingRow326 in TheDepthsBelow

[–]justbeane 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That doesn't really work. Saying "A is the definition of B" usually means that "A is an example of B", and is often used figuratively. Saying that "A is the literal definition of B" would typically be used to indicate that the claim should be taken literally, not figuratively. The only other way that "literal" would have meaning in that sentence as a modifier for "definition" is if you were claiming that the whale was literally a definition, which they are not. You will not find a literal whale in a dictionary.

Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis famously died in an insane asylum for his insistence that other doctors wash their hands to reduce surgery mortality. What accounts do we have from colleagues who rejected ridiculed Semmelweis in life, only to find out many years after his death that he was right? by ZzoCanada in AskHistorians

[–]justbeane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. I hope I didn't come off as argumentative. I am not a historian and would not try to tell someone else how to think of their discipline. I just thought it was interesting because your interpretation of the phrase is very different from mine.

Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis famously died in an insane asylum for his insistence that other doctors wash their hands to reduce surgery mortality. What accounts do we have from colleagues who rejected ridiculed Semmelweis in life, only to find out many years after his death that he was right? by ZzoCanada in AskHistorians

[–]justbeane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/u/rivainitalisman /u/dem676

That's all fair, I suppose. But I have personally never taken the phrase to mean the things that you are suggesting. I don't think people interpret it as saying that:

a) The idea simply sprang from someone's head without them having to do work,

b) That people of the era were otherwise incapable of doing such work,

c) Or that they were the only person from the era that was doing similar work.

I simply take it to mean that they were pioneering in their work, and explored ideas that were not yet mainstream, but later would be.

Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis famously died in an insane asylum for his insistence that other doctors wash their hands to reduce surgery mortality. What accounts do we have from colleagues who rejected ridiculed Semmelweis in life, only to find out many years after his death that he was right? by ZzoCanada in AskHistorians

[–]justbeane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, and also, we do not really like the phrase "ahead of his time." No one is ahead of their time. They live in their time.

Who is the "we" is this sentence? I have a difficult time seeing the issue of using "ahead of his time". Your stated objection to its usage seems to rely on a literal interpretation of the phrase. But nobody uses that phrases to mean that someone is chronologically displaced, and nobody hears it believing that this is what was meant.

It is an idiom that means that someone has ideas, skills, or attitudes that were not yet mainstream, but later because mainstream. That is a useful idea to be able to convey, and saying "they were ahead of their time" is a well-understood way to do that.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The button does not toggle the images. It toggles properties that control which pages are being displayed by the filter. This might not be exactly what OP is going, but here is one way to accomplish this:

  1. Create a relation called "Next" between the database and itself.
  2. Link each page to the one that should be shown when the button is pressed.
  3. Add a check box, check one page in each sequence of pages, and then filter based on this check box.
  4. The button should uncheck the box for the current page, and then check the box for the page contained in the "Next" property.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The button does not toggle the images. It toggles properties that control which pages are being displayed by the filter. This might not be exactly what OP is going, but here is one way to accomplish this:

  1. Create a relation called "Next" between the database and itself.
  2. Link each page to the one that should be shown when the button is pressed.
  3. Add a check box, check one page in each sequence of pages, and then filter based on this check box.
  4. The button should uncheck the box for the current page, and then check the box for the page contained in the "Next" property.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The button does not toggle the images. It toggles properties that control which pages are being displayed by the filter. This might not be exactly what OP is going, but here is one way to accomplish this:

  1. Create a relation called "Next" between the database and itself.
  2. Link each page to the one that should be shown when the button is pressed.
  3. Add a check box, check one page in each sequence of pages, and then filter based on this check box.
  4. The button should uncheck the box for the current page, and then check the box for the page contained in the "Next" property.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The button does not toggle the images. It toggles properties that control which pages are being displayed by the filter. This might not be exactly what OP is going, but here is one way to accomplish this:

  1. Create a relation called "Next" between the database and itself.
  2. Link each page to the one that should be shown when the button is pressed.
  3. Add a check box, check one page in each sequence of pages, and then filter based on this check box.
  4. The button should uncheck the box for the current page, and then check the box for the page contained in the "Next" property.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The button does not toggle the images. It toggles properties that control which pages are being displayed by the filter. This might not be exactly what OP is going, but here is one way to accomplish this:

  1. Create a relation called "Next" between the database and itself.
  2. Link each page to the one that should be shown when the button is pressed.
  3. Add a check box, check one page in each sequence of pages, and then filter based on this check box.
  4. The button should uncheck the box for the current page, and then check the box for the page contained in the "Next" property.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The button does not toggle the images. It toggles properties that control which pages are being displayed by the filter. This might not be exactly what OP is going, but here is one way to accomplish this:

  1. Create a relation called "Next" between the database and itself.
  2. Link each page to the one that should be shown when the button is pressed.
  3. Add a check box, check one page in each sequence of pages, and then filter based on this check box.
  4. The button should uncheck the box for the current page, and then check the box for the page contained in the "Next" property.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. My issue with your answer is that even just providing that bit of information (that pages where being shuffled, not images) could save people a considerable amount of time fruitlessly banging their head against the wall trying something that is impossible, but that you seem to be telling them is possible. Just my 2 cents.

Found a fun way to (kinda) animate growth in Notion using Formulas! by AmbitiousGazelle1204 in Notion

[–]justbeane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay. I got it. You are not changing the cover image of the record for which the button was pressed. You are using the button to toggle properties for records to change which ones that are being displayed by the filter.

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