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cpeteon Ask HN: What are your favorite YouTube channels to learn stuff?

Out of necessity, lately it's been Grayfurnaceman (https://www.youtube.com/user/grayfurnaceman) for home HVAC/appliance repair and Scotty Kilmer (https://www.youtube.com/user/scottykilmer) for auto repair.

For fun: Amarguitar for Phish guitar solo analysis and lessons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP31spBZuvhmXf2gz9ugO8w

cpeteon Tree of Forty Fruit

You just jogged my memory about a "tomato transplant mystery" in Berton Roueche's Medical Detectives.

Link to a summary of the original 1965 New Yorker essay: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1965/05/15/something-a-li...

cpeteon Keeping the Art of Silent Film Music Alive

Awesome recommendations, thanks! Was able to find the Valerie Project soundtrack album on YouTube in its entirety. The first track or two is reminiscent of The Mars Volta without the frenzy. Enjoying the heck out of all the tracks though.

cpeteon Keeping the Art of Silent Film Music Alive

In 2008 or so The Hot Club of San Franscisco[0] (gypsy jazz/hot jazz a la Django Reinhardt) played a live accompaniment to some work by the silent film actor/comedian Charley Bowers[1]. It was definitely one of the better performances I've ever seen/heard. What a perfect juxtaposition, not even taking into account the obvious caliber of the musicianship.

Ever since I've been on the lookout for similar "soundtrack" concerts, improvised or composed. A live rendition of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" orchestrated by a Denver jazz guitarist is another favorite.

[0]HCoSF Sample Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZlPBYVOXXg

[1]http://brightlightsfilm.com/forgotten-charleys-i-charley-bow...

cpeteon I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

Really sorry to read that. Hope things improve for you. My wife attempted suicide a few times last year. Thankfully things have stabilized since, but I had been contingency planning for life afterwards just to stay sane. I don't think there's a good way to deal with the crap...

cpeteon Selection bias is the most powerful force in education

Same here. I didn't even know it was an option (obviously didn't go to an Ivy League university)...

cpeteon The Lost Art of Stealing Fruit

Nice to hear somebody mention pawpaws! Here's a short intro video/article: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2011/09/29/140894570/the...

cpeteon Big Companies and the Military Are Paying Novelists to Write Sci-Fi for Them

Out of curiosity, did you have any published writing prior to working with/for SciFutures? I'm quite interested in contributing...

cpeteon Big Companies and the Military Are Paying Novelists to Write Sci-Fi for Them

I posted something similar on HN nearly a year ago: https://www.fastcompany.com/3063187/scifutures-probes-your-c...

It's a nice complement to this New Yorker article :-)

cpeteon The Lethality of Loneliness

That sounds wonderful. Do you have any photos or writing about these experiences (or others)?

cpeteon Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences

cpeteon Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

https://longform.org/

Curated collections of long-form journalism.

Edit: Forgot to add Codex 99, '...an occasionally updated website about art, design and history, except when it’s about something else altogether." http://www.codex99.com

cpeteon Big oil will die when it becomes cheaper to hail an electric self-driving car

Your comment reminded me of the idea that "...crude oil is much too valuable to be burned as a fuel."

http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7121.html

cpeteon Engineers Investigate a Simple, No-Bake Recipe to Make Bricks from Martian Soil

Here's what The Onion, ahem, American voices have to say about it: http://www.theonion.com/americanvoices/scientists-constructi...

cpeteon The Mind in the Whirlwind

It doesn't look like a review. Found at the bottom of the page: "This is the sixth in a series of conversations on consciousness between Riccardo Manzotti and Tim Parks."

cpeteon Since Devs change jobs every few years now: 401k or Roth?

Yes, thanks for sharing. "If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly" is a great primer. The author also provides the names of several other books to read and the order in which to read them. I've learned a lot following his plan.

cpeteon Ask HN: Best place to look for remote jobs?

Totally agree with the last sentence. I had to relocate due to some family health issues and was able to renegotiate my existing position into a remote one.

cpeteon Ask HN: Great nontech book that you read recently?

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.

Gorgeous, funny writing. The story spans roughly half a century and moves between Europe and the United States.

cpeteon Ask HN: What are some podcasts you listen to?

Typically listen to comedy podcasts:

Earwolf and Wolfpop Podcast Networks - http://earwolf.com/ & http://wolfpop.com/

Probably Science, where "four professional comedians/incompetent scientists take you through this week in science. Incompetently." -http://www.probablyscience.com/

General:

http://longform.org/podcast