Typically at this level the scales will be performed in more difficult variations, e.g. the right hand plays starting on the third or 6th note of the scale.
There are also cases of concert pianists who notoriously refused to practice scales for these kinds of exams.
Maybe I’m just bad at Vim (though I use Vim keys anywhere possible), bit I’m starting to wonder if Vim combos crowd mental space that would be better used for programming. It does take a certain amount of mental energy to constantly be computing effecient key combos. And the half seconds of moving the hand to the mouse are mindless, allowing for the brain to remain focused on next steps.
On another note, the productivity I’ve gained from using an actual IDE, particularly for things like moving files, renaming symbols, and other refactoring tasks, has probably saved me far more time and headache than avoiding to use the mouse.
> It does take a certain amount of mental energy to constantly be computing effecient key combos.
I disagree, the only time I'm actually thinking about key combos is if I'm vim-golfing something or trying to create a macro to reformat a large amount of text.
In day-to-day coding I just think about what I want the result to be and it just happens.
> On another note, the productivity I’ve gained from using an actual IDE
Yeah, IDEs with semantic understanding of the underlying language are great. The stuff JetBrains releases is top notch in that regard. I used IntelliJ whilst working on a Kotlin project despite constantly getting pissed off that it didn't work like I wanted it too.
Knowing how to manipulate text for languages that don't have great IDE support is still worth it if you're ever forced to work in such languages. At my previous gig I had to maintain scripts/programs written in csh/bash/TCL/perl/SKILL/python/ruby, knowing vim well made refactoring significantly quicker/easier.
Now days I just write typescript all day so I do get the IDE to do most of the work.
> It does take a certain amount of mental energy to constantly be computing efficient key combos.
Yes but no one is actually computing efficient key combos. Most people just use the movement they are used to (w, e, f, t) and the most common text objects (s, p, ‘, “, ), ], }) when doing operation. That plus repeat will do 95% of what you want. Add markings used with ed ranges and the occasional macro replayed line by line on a visual selection and you can do everything without ever having to think.
It’s definitely unsavory, but absolutely nothing compared to the conflicts of interest under Trump, ironically even in Ukraine. Remember the withheld US money used to blackmail for political dirt?
> It’s definitely unsavory, but absolutely nothing compared to the conflicts of interest under Trump, ironically even in Ukraine. Remember the withheld US money used to blackmail for political dirt?
Trump was asking the Ukrainian President to investigate whether Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire their top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, because he was actively investigating Hunter Biden's involvement in Burisma. Here's Joe Biden bragging about getting the prosecutor fired. Ironically in this video Biden openly admits to threatening to withhold aid if the prosecutor isn't fired. [0]
Calling it the "mother of all conflicts of interest" is inviting a direct comparison to other conflicts of interest, unless words have no meaning. I'm suggesting they do, and what OP said was absurd given the surrounding context, which I brought up.
Pressuring a foreign leader to investigate potential corruption is not the same as pressuring a foreign leader to fire a prosecutor who is investigating corruption of which your family is directly involved.
> Pressuring a foreign leader to investigate potential corruption
Right, anti-corruption Trump. Just stealing classified documents, installing his kids (and fucking son-in-law) in the white house, spending a third of his presidency hosting events and bookings on his properties, blackmailing Ukraine for political dirt, Trump University, refusing to accept a peaceful transition of power...Ok. My time is being unfairly wasted here.
And AR-15s hurt no one. Yet they are purposed to have massive killing power against humans, and massively amplify the damage a single ill person can do. Hypothetically there could be some type of weapon that once discovered could end all life on this planet. If that weapon was trivial to build, it would take 1 person with that knowledge to end eveything. Human knowledge is a human construct, and shouldn’t be thought about in absolutes.
Why is your tone so angry and condescending? In context, the GP is just saying that cardio and reading is not really equivalent to mediation. He's not wrong.
When someone issues a correction and that correction is absolutely wrong, they are actively causing harm. They went out of their way to be wrong.
Even the word "meditation" comes from a phrase that can mean either quiet reflection on a topic, such as reading, or a deep intense self focus (how we tend to use it).
Exercise absolutely can be a form of meditative practice and there are still monks who do this practice today!
Reading a text and meditating on it, especially in a religious context, is thousands of years old and goes back to the earliest books and book like things we have (eg clay tablets).
This idea that meditation is where you sit and listen to an app and have self awareness is a very modern interpretation. It's not wrong - if that is useful for you, then do it - but to pretend anything that isn't vibing in a darkened room isn't meditation is plain wrong.
> GP is just saying that cardio and reading is not really equivalent to mediation
Both you and GP are incorrect on the most basic of levels. If you insist on correcting others at the very least read the rather good wikipedia page on the topic.
If I say, “EXERCISE is a physical activity” in the context of a discussion about physical exercise, and you say “No, EXERCISE can also be a mental exercise” you are being 100% asinine.
As someone who enjoys all of those activities I will say that meditation offers something that those activities do not offer. There is an inner clarity that can be found in a much more profound way from meditation, in my experience.
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