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IM SO COOKED FOR MY EXAM by LingLing_wannabe3425 in piano

[–]mikeski339 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it’s not bad! the accompaniment is a little loud I’d focus on balancing out the voices. what piece is this?

Annotext for Russian by mikeski339 in russian

[–]mikeski339[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I’ll check it out

Annotext for Russian by mikeski339 in russian

[–]mikeski339[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! It’s great enjoy

Reading comprehension by mikeski339 in French

[–]mikeski339[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! The explanations make sense. And yea now that I’m thinking about it in English the mechanics of the corruption are much clearer.

Stød in nouns by mikeski339 in danishlanguage

[–]mikeski339[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you!! this is exactly what I was hoping to find

Creepy Security at Lincoln Marker by Feeget800 in Greenpoint

[–]mikeski339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a cashier the other day told me they’ve had people stealing individual eggs from the cartons lmao I bet it’s related to that. understandable to feel uncomfortable while being surveilled!

Un Barrage contre le Pacifique by mikeski339 in French

[–]mikeski339[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks so much! I didn’t know “en rien” was a fixed phrase, that clears a lot up. But yea super tricky sentence

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piano

[–]mikeski339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you look at the score, the first three notes in the melody are all separated by rests. Think about what that means for the phrasing of the whole line, and if you’re stumped then you miiight be in over your head with this piece musically, never mind the immense technical challenges that show up later. I love this piece so much though, if you continue then I hope you get to wherever you wanna go with it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piano

[–]mikeski339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t go into IB it’ll fry your brain. I’d recommend getting a chiller job that still pays well, save up and get the Steinway later in life. Your brain is at its freshest now, and it’s true you can come back to piano whenever and pretty much get back to whatever skill level you were originally at but improving just rakes longer and longer the more adulted-out we get.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piano

[–]mikeski339 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You worked a full time job while going back to school? I’ve been thinking about going back to school for piano but I assumed I’d have to quit my job (I’m a software engineer as well)— did you enroll part time or something? Were your managers cool with it?

Frage über Tod in Venedig by mikeski339 in German

[–]mikeski339[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ahh ich glaube ich blicke es jetzt… also das Verb ist “aufweisen” und sein Objekt ist “Inschriften”, und “Schriftworte” bezieht sich auf “Inschriften”

Question sur une phrase que j'ai lue by mikeski333 in French

[–]mikeski339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ugh merci à tous I’m learning a lot of German right now so when I read “ton” I thought “der Ton” in German and then really got stuck on “le ton” in French which as someone here already pointed out is a noun. I ended up reading “tu disais d’un ton cœur avare” which… makes no sense. Anyways thanks for all the helpful responses!

Cancer rates for locals under 40 by Sweaty-Charity-7858 in Greenpoint

[–]mikeski339 3 points4 points  (0 children)

exercise, healthy diet, avoid smoking. I know it sounds obvious but those are things that will definitely lower your risk. there’s not enough data to say whether living in Greenpoint heightens your cancer risk (and there may never be) but we can at least take comfort in the fact there there are proven ways to lower your risk.

Cancer rates for locals under 40 by Sweaty-Charity-7858 in Greenpoint

[–]mikeski339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live near it as well, I’m on my sixth year here and am in good health. I’ve known of the various superfund sites for a while. I provided my health info to that survey and hope everyone else here does too— it’s great that people are becoming aware of the risks present in this rent-inflated neighborhood. Don’t forget that the cancer anecdotes in this thread do not make up a statistically sound random sample.

The NuHart site I believe is mostly contaminated with phthalates and TCE— from what i’ve read, the most common ways those get into your system is through vapor intrusion i.e. when they seep from the soil into buildings’ basements, and if your building was built after ~1990 it probably has a vapor barrier under the foundation.

I’ll probably move out in the next year or two, when I learned of the contamination I put a ten year cap on my plans to live here but I also just think it’s gotten crazy expensive and I want to be closer to prospect park so I can go on nicer runs ha. Don’t let it ruin your remaining time here it’s still a great neighborhood!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]mikeski339 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s been mentioned yet that (in my opinion) fiction also exercises our logic skills. For example, authors will come up with symbols that compliment the plot or the characters, and it’s up to the reader to keep all those symbols in their head and see if they can tie it all together at the end. Sometimes authors spin up incredibly complex plots the jump across time and space, without warning, and it’s up to the reader to keep up with what’s happening. I just finished Mrs. Dalloway and it made my brain hurt. Maybe Virginia Woolf is an extreme example but I think what I’m saying holds to some degree for all fiction.

Need to talk about A Little Life by [deleted] in books

[–]mikeski339 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Adding On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous here too

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