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Jelello OP wrote

Reply to comment by Wahaha in I've always had a mental block about understanding music. What's the best way to learn music theory for someone who is intimidated by it? by Jelello

Notes and octaves just seem like magic, or maybe colors and I'm colorblind.

I can't play any musical intsruments which is funny because my brother and my daughter are each good guitar players. My mother played piano. I've tried and I have manual dexterity but I've never had any luck.

Weird mental block of some sort.

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yeezymademe wrote

Reply to Is Dogecoin a good way to get your feet wet with cryptocurrencies without risking any real money? by Jelello

Sure! Though I'd say just about any currency is fine to get started with. Keep in mind that you don't have to purchase an entire unit of a given currency - one Bitcoin may be $40k, but you can still just buy $10 worth (just be cautious of transfer fees, both withdrawing from exchanges and sending from your own wallet).

I'd recommend also looking at ETH (using MetaMask as an in-browser wallet to interact directly with websites is pretty cool) and XMR (dirt cheap transfers and your financial privacy is safe).

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Wahaha wrote

Reply to I've always had a mental block about understanding music. What's the best way to learn music theory for someone who is intimidated by it? by Jelello

Learn an instrument. Don't pick based on your preference of what you'd think be cool to play. Pick something easy you can play melodies with. Drums don't work, no melody. Guitar doesn't work, it's really, really hard to play melodies with a guitar. Pretty much all string instruments are out because of this. The recorder is more or less as basic as it gets. And it's cheap. Which is why I recommend it. There ain't too many notes you can play with it, either, which helps with the theory part.

The reason music theory is intimidating to folks usually is because it's a foreign concept with little use. If you play an instrument you'll have use for it. It's like with a language, the simplest way to learn a foreign language is by using it to communicate. Not by reading books.

What do you want to understand, anyway?

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dandrews wrote

Reply to It's 2026: How do you realistically picture the internet now? by Rambler

Imo "normies" will be even more unaware of their privacy than they are now, whilst us and maybe more tech-savvy people will use alternative platforms and networks. btw I never understood the "surveillance=safe" equation, even irl. I mean, having cameras everywhere didn't make us safer...

P.S. why Mozilla can't shut up and harden firefox?

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