u/Dear-Permit-3033

I'm originally a tanguero who took up salsa over a year ago. I have attended several local socials and dance mainly with people I know. In tango we never ask verbally. It is always through an eye-contact (cabeceo-mirada). It has been an adjustment to ask verbally lol! But I have a question to those who are more experienced, both leaders and followers. Does/should an eye contact play a role in salsa dance invite? Does it help to establish an eye contact and make a "wanna dance?" gesture before the words come out of your mouth or you extend your hand? Both leader and follower perspective appreciated.

Something simple, like back ochos or molinete or ocho cortado - these are led very differently. What do leaders do that will result in these feeling very different from one another? This connects to the age old question of, do leaders need to know a lot of different steps/sequences or can they do something to make the same motions feel different.

What is your experience taking privates from visiting maestros during tango festivals? How do you decide what to ask from them or what to aim for? How do you compare that with taking privates from someone local and someone you meet regularly? ¡gracias!

What are some qualities that make a good salsa DJ, as opposed to a bad or so-so DJ? Do you attend or not attend a social based on who is DJing?

During my time in social tango I have danced with some world-renowned mastras, after doing normal cabeceos with them. On the other hand, I have also seen some who sit segregated from common people and will only dance with others in their own league. So what gives? Do those elite dancers actually enjoy social dancing at all or do some do it just as a part of public relations? And some won't be seen dancing with random strangers at all?

My dad started showing dementia symptoms about a year ago. He was always gullible when it came to technology. But since his symptoms started, things have gone a lot worse. He is practically glued to his phone most of his waking hours. Any time I try to reason with him or try to distract him to some other activity, he ends up getting angry. Sometimes he says there is something really important he needs to do right now or just ignores me. If he does manage to put his phone away, it lasts for may be 5 minutes. His phone is his own and I have no way of taking it away.

He has been incessantly watching AI-slop and fake medical advice videos. He truly believes stuff like "such as such treatment is invented by Harvard doctor and pharma is trying to ban it". He then forwards those links to the rest of the family on group chat. Every week I clean up his phone because he ends up clicking on random links and downloading random apps and pictures.

My mom is relatively healthy and and uses her smartphone in moderation (contacting friends, listening to music). She says she wants nothing to do with my dad's habit. She has kind of given up on my dad's phone addiction at this point.

I have no idea how to deal with my dad's behavior or if there are any resources to help caregivers. If anyone wants to share personal experience or give advice, I'm happy to hear.

Edit - As someone rightly pointed out, I'm very much worried about him falling victim to financial scams. I know so far he has not, but the he is literally a sitting duck. I keep an eye on his accounts periodically and with the help of my mom, and so far I haven't found anything.

Has anyone else experienced this? The majority of the Argentine tango community in the US appear to be supporting Argentina. And everyone assumes that others should also root for Argentina. Come on, just because I dance "Argentine" tango (which has roots in many other countries and cultures, not just Argentina) doesn't mean I somehow must support their soccer team.

Quantum annealing, provided by companies like D-Wave, have been around for many years now. D-Wave has yet to convince the industry that q annealing will ever be relevant at all. Their past attempts have always been with lots of holes and criticism. So my question is, where is quantum annealing heading in general? Is there any hope for it to be relevant enough, where it is solving commercially meaningful problems either faster or cheaper than the alternatives?

https://www.quera.com/press-releases/quera-announces-2028-fault-tolerant-quantum-computer-and-expanded-multi-year-strategic-collaboration-with-aws

256 logical qubits with 10^-6 error rate (99.9999% 2q fidelity??) in two years. QuEra offers analog Hamiltonian quantum computers, not digital gate-based - what does that mean for their statement?

While I believe that women can be great leads or follows, I'm beginning to wonder if men (in general, not as exception) can become good followers. Nature doesn't make male bodies as flexible as women's. Our hip rotation and disassociation is nowhere near as much as women's. So men's ochos typically feel very different. Even our walking isn't the same due to the differences in pelvic motion. Our muscle development is very different from women's muscles. On average can tangueros become as good followers as tangueras, or is there just a nature-imposed ceiling?

Do older or middle-aged people dance bachata, especially in North America or is it mostly people in 20's and 30's? What is the oldest age you have seen anyone dance at socials, as a leader or a follower?