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I was having a lot of trouble with stray ads on Chrome.
I used to be a firefox user back in 2006-7 before chrome was launched.

Yes, I've been a wanderer of these lands since before 'tabs' in web browsers existed.
I switched to chrome when it launched and never looked back. Back then, it just made sense.

I am happy to see that firefox has come so far from where it was. A few points

1. It does vertical tabs way better than chrome. This was such a pleasant surprise.
2. It's just as responsive as chrome, if not better
3. Adblockers still work just fine.
4. I prefer the developer tools on firefox. This is also a reason why I have occasionally used firefox during development

I'm just making this post to push a few other people to make the switch

I'm no expert on Indian classical music but I'm starting to realize that Indians get a head start for ear training

We have our own version of solfege called SaReGaMa. It is so common that everyone knows it. So unless you are terribly tone deaf to the point of it being a musical disability, almost everyone can sing the major scale in some key

Most people will also be able to sing it in a particular key given the root note as reference after practicing for maybe like 1 day

Many pop songs sing SaReGaMa in the middle like a "singer solo" akin to a "guitar solo". So if you have been singing along to those pop songs, you get those parts etched into your memory.

This is how proper Indian classical music training also works. It has ragas which very loosely correspond to scales but are much more vast. Take everything with a grain of salt here. I have never formally learnt ICM theory. I only know western theory. When you learn a raga, you sing along with it and that's essentially drilled into every student.

I noticed that I've never really had problems with interval training. Whether it be those gamified apps or in songs. It has almost never occurred to me that people train for it. All my friends who are musicians or singers, even ones that barely practice (I might fall in that category), can all play whatever melody you play once. Not accurately on the first try but in the right key and then with a lil trial and error without needing a relisten as long as they can hum the tune.

I personally only struggle with chords. That too with a lil theory and this and that I can sus it out for pop songs at least. I have never tried jazz.

All this to say, I'm gonna try doing ear training by learning ICM. I'll let you know how it goes. Could be a good case study since I've been trying everything within the framework of western theory since I was 14 (I'm 32 now).

I'm on my first read through the books. Currently on book 6.

I have been noticing little inconsistencies in described mannerisms in the books. Which made me ponder about the differences between on screen characters and book characters. An actor can imbibe a characer quite completely and have consistent mannerisms in a way that books can struggle with, becaue only a single person (or in this case, two) has to keep them consistent.

Some mannerisms I noticed that are implied to be long running habits. Somethings that cannot just change willy nilly but still do across books. E.g.

1. In the very first book Holden is very fidgety. Taps fingers, foot. That completely vanishes book two onwards.
2. I don't recall Naomi pulling down her hair on her face like some shy teen girls do before book 5. And no, it's not only when she's kidnapped. (Very lil spoiler for book 6) >!She does it again in book 6 a couple times!<
3. Alex suddenly starts calling Holden "Hoss" in book 6

Some mannerisms that don't change and stay consistent:

1. Holden likes coffee
2. Avasarla like pistachios and tea
3. Broad strokes characters and their core remains very consistent throughout. Which is amazing.

It isn't some very deep thing. Just wanted to discuss with other people who may agree or disagree

I've so thoroughly enjoyed the series so far. So dense, so expertly written. I also really love the multiple perspective way of writing. I suspect they learnt it from Game of Thrones. I've never read that series but that's how the TV show works.

I think the multiple perspective way of writing makes the world feel so much bigger and I also think it was used most effectively in the book just before this one, Nemesis Games. What an absolute banger of a read.

Book 6, Babylon's Ashes is making me just not want to read. I'm only half way through the book. It's juggling too many perspectives and I find myself not being able to invest in any of them. Holden parts seem like a brief reprieve before we again switch to some other random character. I hate the fact so far Medina has had perspectives from two different characters. I feel like I'm missing all the moments where the writers intended a certain kind of impact because I don't even remember where we left one character because we've jumped to 4 completely different ones before we get back to them.

Anyone else in the same boat?

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I am a long time Adobe user and got tired of their predatory subscription model
While I haven't found a suitable replacement for all of their suite:
E.g. nothing for After Effects and Premiere in the open source world. I'll live with it.

But Inkscape is amazing. Almost everything I want, it has it. Of course the UI will take a lil getting used to but it's mind boggling that this is available for free

I just got done with Nemesis Games and I'm trying to understand what was the deal with Pau Kant. Please no spoilers beyond book 5.

The facts as I understand them:

1. Holden, while looking for ships that vanished, starts looking for ships that just appeared.

2. He finds Pau Kant that pings Martian command from near the Hungaria cluster.

3. Alex goes to look and finds the Free Navy fleet in that location.

So what was Pau Kant? My best guess is it was a fake transponder code thrown by some Free Navy ship maybe. But why would they do that? Why would they have transponders on at all?

Edit: I tried asking ChatGPT and it threw such godawful gibberish at me.

I'm planning to buy Hiby R1.
My requirements are very simple

1. Small size
2. Bluetooth support (I only intend to use bluetooth headphones)
3. Dynamic playlist (that is "play next" and "add to queue" feature)

I think Hiby R1 with Rockbox installed could be a possible candidate for me but I need someone who already has tried it to tell me if the above 3 requirements are satisfied.

If you have any other suggestions, they are also more than welcome.

I've just started Nemesis games and Alex has just landed on Mars. No spoilers after that please.

This book is the reason I started reading the books after watching the series. Around season 4 and season 5 Alex became my favorite character. Maybe partly because we're both ethnically Indian.

Season 5 they all split up. I watched the entire season just waiting for Alex to climb back behind the joystick of Rocinante.

Every episode that did not happen, it only made the obvious homecoming so much more sweeter with anticipation.

Andddddd...... Suddenly, Alex dead. It soured the entire show for me. Because of how obviously stupid his death was, I know he does not die in the books.

The ending is going to be so sweet for me after having committed to the books.