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Subject: Re: Patching TPU innertube
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:17:06 -0500
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On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:52:37 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 12/31/2024 1:22 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 12/31/2024 6:25 AM, Catrike Rider wrote:
>>> Then, each of them donned dark
>>> goggles so they couldn't distinguish the instruments by sight and tested
>>> out these top fiddles in two 75-minute sessions, one in a small room and
>>> one in a 300-seat auditorium.
>> (...)
>>> If you read that before, you should have taken notes when reading "75
>>> minute sessions" and "300-seat auditorium."
>> 
>> Note that there were TWO 75 minute sessions.  I know little about
>> string instruments, but I assume that they are much like playing a
>> piano, with which I'm more familiar.  I need about 5 minutes to become
>> accustomed to the keyboard and 10 additional minutes to "warm up"
>> which is mostly loosening the finger muscles.  However, playing the
>> remaining 60 minutes, in one sitting, seems rather excessive,
>> especially without intermission:
>> <https://www.hellosimply.com/blog/piano-culture/piano-recital/>
>> Besides an intermission, some time should be allocated for the
>> musician to tune his violin and apply the necessary rosin.
>> 
>> Do you have a link to the source of this test?  This seems to be your
>> source:
>> <https://www.science.org/content/article/elite-violinists-fail-distinguish-legendary-violins-modern-fiddles>
>> It's behind a paywall but is easily bypassed.  There doesn't seem to
>> be any new information on the testing details.  So, I go to the
>> source:
>> "Soloist evaluations of six Old Italian and six new violins"
>> <https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1323367111>
>> Same except in PDF format:
>> <https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1323367111?download=true>
>> It will take me a while to find time to dig through that article. Also
>> see the Supporting Info at:
>> <https://www.pnas.org/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1073%2Fpnas.1323367111&file=pnas.201323367si.pdf>
>> Offhand and from skimming, it looks like they did the best that would
>> be done with the time and instrument limitations.
>> 
>> One interesting comment from the article:
>> "I played the Avery Fisher Stradivarius for 6 years," she says, "and
>> it took me 3 years just to get accustomed to it."
>> 
>> 
>
>Well, it's important to consider that The Experts are never 
>wrong about cycling lane position or about separated paths 
>but they know nothing about musical instruments.

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