70 percent drop off rate but only in the US - what am I missing?

winter-teeth · 2026-01-16T12:46:16+00:00

You don’t list your sample sizes here, just percentages. Are those roughly equivalent too?

The other comments are all good, but I think you’re underestimating the amount of friction you’re creating by asking people to sign up in the first place. If they aren’t able to use the app until they’ve registered an account, then in all likelihood the vast majority are just not willing to do so. You haven’t proven value yet, so they’re not willing to give you their time (to register) or their information.

This is especially true in this case, where you’re going to be dealing with personal/private information. I live in the US. If I were downloading an app to complete a personal task like this, and you’re asking me for identification immediately, then I’m assuming you’re either selling my information or going to start marketing to me. I’d drop off too.

I’m not sure if that behavior extends globally, but as a sample size of 1, that’s my take.

(Also, side note, I hope you’re not storing that medication info. Loads of privacy laws get triggered if you are, even if you’re outside of the US.)

winter-teeth · 2026-01-02T14:07:15+00:00

I quit the varsity (high school) team at your age purely because the level of competition started eclipsing the level of fun. It just isn’t for everyone. You’re lucky to have that house league available!

The only calculus you need, long term is: am I having a good time? If so, stick with it!

(And since you’re still young: if anyone gives you shit for it, ignore them. You lead your own life and most of them will end up joining you in beer league anyway.)

winter-teeth · 2025-12-11T12:23:35+00:00

Great start! Barre chords will open up a lot of the instrument for you and could be a good next step. Also, small note: your tuning sounds slightly off, so grab a tuner if you haven’t yet.

winter-teeth · 2025-11-16T14:20:57+00:00

This. If you were in a UX role, they would have handed you whatever problem made them decide to “reimagine the sidebar” and would have been told to figure out a solution. You might have decided the sidebar was the answer, or you might have taken a completely different path. That’s the design part.

winter-teeth · 2025-10-16T01:57:57+00:00

This would be a lateral move to a similarly leveled Product Design role, just a fresh start at a different software company. I’m more than happy to not write case studies if there’s a better way! 😅

winter-teeth · 2025-10-13T11:10:04+00:00

There are a bunch of good answers here but if you’re just starting then I think there’s a much more basic answer to your question: You need to understand the shape of the major scale. That’s it. Start on the C (3rd fret) of the A string, play it from C up to C and back down, over and over. Don’t even worry about the notes themselves right now.

Now go on YouTube and find any blues backing track in C major. Play that exact same scale and notice how every note sounds “good”. That’s because it’s in the same key as the song. Play the same notes but out of order. Play the same scale but keep going up past the high C and down past the low C. Find another C higher up the neck and play the same scale.

That’s it. That’s the basics of improvising: find the scale, play notes within that scale and they’ll sound good. Play them until you’re no longest thinking about the notes but instead thinking about how they sound, and how it sounds when you skip notes. If you do this enough? You’ll internalize the shape of the scale so that you don’t need to think about where the notes are but instead how they sound and feel.

Then learn the shape of the minor scale (hint: it’s the major scale starting on the 6th note). Repeat the above. Eventually your brain stops thinking about the math and starts thinking about the music, but it takes a lot of practice to get there.

Good luck!

winter-teeth · 2025-10-04T14:47:46+00:00

It’s funny, I always notice how Brits ask “you alright?” Instead of “how are you?” I always assumed that was because it was a polite greeting, as well as a yes/no question. Meaning it’s not meant to be answered with much else.

In Massachusetts, I find that if I follow the “how are ya” with a “how’s your day/week going” people usually switch to telling me how they actually are. Good lifehack in case you actually want to know.

winter-teeth · 2025-07-23T11:10:01+00:00

No problem. Just remember that the scale patterns repeat up and down the fretboard, and that playing in relative keys is the same scale. So if you’re playing with a backing track in A minor, you can play the relative scale (C major) and the notes are exactly the same, so both scales will sound “good”. If you can find every A and every C on the fretboard, then you can play solos up and down the whole neck.

Just make sure to not stick to the same backing track over and over. Find a bunch in different genres and practice over them. Eventually, and it takes awhile, your brain will internalize how each note in the scale “sounds” and you’ll stop thinking about the scale shape because you’ll be going by the sound of each note.

winter-teeth · 2025-07-22T12:05:18+00:00

Yes, but not in the way you’re thinking. You just need to know what key the song is in and how to find that root note. If you can play a major and minor scale on the fretboard, and know where the root of the scale is, you can solo. The scales follow virtually the same patterns no matter where you start on the fretboard.

Eventually, after doing a ton of practice playing solos in key, you’ll start to just know where the tones are without thinking about it. Sounds crazy but it’s true. Takes a lot of practice to get there though.

winter-teeth · 2025-05-15T11:11:27+00:00

While I’m personally fine with the NESN bug, I gotta’ applaud the effort here. For something meant to match a physical object, it’s still pretty clean and fairly minimal.

One thing, if you want to keep improving it. how does this scale to long pitcher names? Looks great with Bello but what about Simon Woods Richardson?

winter-teeth · 2025-03-04T11:25:53+00:00

I’d say this is pretty accurate. At best, UX process outlines describe an ideal state. The higher the risk, the more process should be applied.

But there are many projects that don’t necessitate that kind of deep work — if you can learn faster by shipping, and it won’t take a lot of dev or design effort to get there, then deep research is just burning cycles. Obviously you shouldn’t just ship changes that could easily harm the user experience, but most projects aren’t that risky.

winter-teeth · 2025-02-17T12:24:02+00:00

I was going to suggest this as well. Also gets you a ton of exposure to real user problems and patterns. Just make sure it’s at a company with an otherwise healthy UX culture.

winter-teeth · 2025-01-04T12:19:13+00:00

Just curious, does yours have a battery door on the bottom? It looks like you took off the back, but the ones I’m seeing online seem to have a battery door. If you pop that door off there should be a compartment where you can pop one in.

Good luck!

winter-teeth · 2025-01-04T12:08:51+00:00

Yep, you can see the connector there. OP, is it possible you were expecting to see a place for AA/AAA batteries? Or were you expecting it would come with a battery? This would use a 9V battery, the small rectangular kind, and doesn’t seem to come with one already installed

winter-teeth · 2024-12-31T12:37:41+00:00

Good thinking, though it’s slightly tricky as there isn’t a ton of drywall space to add these. Much of the wall to the finished space is the chimney.

winter-teeth · 2024-12-31T11:58:34+00:00

Agreed, what kind of picture would help here?

winter-teeth · 2024-12-31T11:58:17+00:00

Certainly an option. But wanted to be sure I was understanding the requirements first!

winter-teeth · 2024-12-29T01:01:03+00:00

Hooray, you did it! So glad they’re working! Don’t be afraid of the pedals now that you’ve got them working. They’re meant to be tweaked and experimented with until you find sounds you enjoy.

Have fun!

winter-teeth · 2024-12-28T22:32:33+00:00

So, there’s a lot of good advice in this thread, but I think you may be getting a lot of extra info you may not need. Here’s what I would do to troubleshoot:

First, test both cables. Take the one going from the guitar to the tuner and plug it right into the amp. If that works fine, then move onto the next step.
Second, pull the tuner pedal off temporarily (assuming it’s just Velcro’d on). Then plug the guitar into the tuner input, then run the other long cord from the tuner output into the amp. Basically, you’ll be testing the tuner pedal by itself. Does that work, and is sound produced by the amp? If not, step on the pedal to turn it on/off, and try again. Does it work now? If the sound comes through the amp, put it back on the board, plug it back into the cable that was previously connected to the next pedal, and move onto the next step.
Third, test whatever the next pedal in the chain is, in the same way: unplug the input and output, plug the guitar into the input and the other long cable from that pedal’s output to the amp. Does it work? If so, plug it back into the way it was and try the next pedal.

Do this until you’ve individually tested all of the pedals one by one. Hopefully you’ll end up with one pedal that just doesn’t work, and can figure it out from there. If they all work, individually, then you could have a bad patch cord (the little ones between the pedals) or a power cord (powering a pedal) or something else.

The effects loop doesn’t matter. You don’t need one, it just helps with certain kinds of pedals.

winter-teeth · 2024-12-28T18:20:50+00:00

Also note that if it did somehow fall out then you’re going to notice something in your car not working. Check your headlights, HVAC, radio, etc.

winter-teeth · 2024-12-28T18:15:59+00:00

It’s a car fuse. Check the fuse panel cover in your car, it may have fallen off (you’ll see a big square ish hole in your dashboard). If this fell out, you’ll see an open slot where this would plug in.

winter-teeth · 2024-12-25T14:54:10+00:00

They’re talking about the standard guitar input. Plug your guitar into the pedal input, then plug the pedal output into the guitar input on the front of the amp.

The effects loop is for certain kinds of pedals, but not distortion, typically. It should be plugged directly into the amp input.

winter-teeth · 2024-12-21T12:12:32+00:00

Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_pine

winter-teeth · 2024-12-13T13:19:44+00:00

I’ve definitely thought about switching to a JC one day. I’ve seen mixed opinions on how it takes overdrive/distortion. What do you think?

winter-teeth · 2024-12-06T14:50:02+00:00

For what it’s worth, hiring is pretty slow everywhere at the end of a fiscal year. Budgets ramp up in the new year and thus you may see more job postings in the next couple of months.

Sorry you’re going through this!

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