WTF-Beta

@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:

automatic headlight hi-lo beam switching.

How does that work?

@Rontuner said in Tin foil wear?:

EMF blocking hats, clothing

AKA Brave New Wardrobe.

@Bernard said in What happens to a car when…:

but I don't want to be forced to give up what works for me, and that is more often than not, analog.

This is basically where I'm at as well. I don't want to all my appliances embedded with smart tech. I don't need to have all my data (what I buy at the grocery store, when I run the washing machine...) flowing out of my house and into companies wanting to profit by knowing more about me.

I dread the end of my car lease in a few years because I'm not sure I'll have any options.

This as well. Our car is from 2015, works great and has no annoying tech in it. I hate to think about what we'll be confronted with when it's time to get a new car...

@Mik OMG!!! What a ridiculous design flaw!

@Mik said in What happens to a car when…:

He was locked in for a while.

Wait, do you mean he was locked inside his car??

@wtg yeah, I don’t want a subscription for my car and I dont want something like this:

some models won’t unlock at all unless a phone running the manufacturer’s app is within range.

@Bernard Thank you!!
Re the LH -- yes! I actually played it for my teacher yesterday, probably the best I've ever played it. It's such a "simple" piece (i.e., not "notey") so it kind of lives or dies by the musicality.... Which is always hard to capture in recording or performance bc of nerves.

@Steve-Miller said in What do you think of this house?:

the toilet brush that looks like a hamburger.

I’m gonna need a photo for this one!

Eww. Gross.

@AndyD said in Mini piano:

Yes it was lower to the ground.

Ahh, then probably made for a child. How interesting. I wonder if it was a one-off? Or if at some point there were tons of them...

@AndyD said in Mini piano:

would this have been made for a child?

Ok, on the basis of absolutely nothing, I would guess that it was made for a small space, rather than for a child specifically. All though I'm not there to get a sense of its actual size. Is it significantly shorter/lower to the ground than a regular piano? If so, then maybe it was made for a child?

It's interesting to see either way though.

@Steve-Miller said in What do you think of this house?:

Grandson Jack, age 6, got to choose everything in it.

that's fun!!

Thanks for listening and for the lovely comments everyone!!!

I made another recording to share with the Piano Tell online recital, so I wanted to share it here. I'm supposed to play this (along with one other piece) at a retirement center next week. I'm mostly ready... kinda sorta....

@Axtremus yeah.. that's rather scary.

Full disclosure that I didn’t watch the whole thing, assuming those are real robots (which they appear to be) I’m surprised at how fast they’re moving. Maybe it’s been a while since I’ve seen robots, but I’m remember all the videos of humanoid style robots walking (and falling over) and they always move very slow.

Put AI in those guys and I feel like we’re in trouble.

@Steve-Miller I love the idea of a canvas tv for artwork!!

@Axtremus Thank you!!! Seeing that site, now I remember it!

I love your version! I just played your recording for my friend who teaches Chinese in my dept. He started singing!

Maybe I'll learn it and have him sing it with me.

He said they teach that to the first year Chinese students in the fall semester.

@big-john thanks for posting that! I love hearing that version! Although I want to hear even more of the 二胡 (two stringed instrument, I don’t know the English name). P.S. Big John - welcome back!

@axtremus i still have the score you gave me for this! I never got it to playability back then, but maybe now I can.

Do you have the link to your recording or video? I’d love to hear your version again!

@Steve-Miller said in What do you think of this house?:

Last project at Kim’s house

Yay!! Congratulations!