Do we have some trumpet players on this social
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@ethan256 I got a BS in computer engineering but wound up doing mostly web maintenance professionally. I've never really spent time to really learn JS, even though I've used it on occasion. Lately, I've been building a little compiler for a really simple and trimmed down python-like syntax just for fun and to keep skills sharp.
@TommyTorty10 this is really cool.
I am self taught web dev, trying to understand systems from #freeCodeCamp , but JS is a very hard nut to crack, but hopefull I will be there soon.
I am curious how you are using JS yet you never learnt it
Greetings from Uganda, East Africa
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@Matjoe I am based in Uganda, East Africa.
Happy to connect
@ethan256 yeah! Literally next door.
Practice session in 2 hours . Let's go!
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@poetaster
Sure happy to meet you.I tried a trombone, but it was booring, since I love leads.
I play conets as well, since they share the fingerings
@ethan256 yeah, I love that speedy bebop and balkan lead thing on a trumpet. I think the first musician to really leave a mark on me was Dizzy Gellespie.
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@poetaster@mastodon.gamedev.place hahah never apologize for saxophone
@julian course not
I sometimes prefer the clarinet or es horn, but if I'm playing with a drummer which is most of the time, sax it is. If I practiced trumpet more, it could hold up, but I'm just better and louder on sax -
@philleu
Sorrry if I sounded arrogant, I like leads and they are very difficult for me on a troumbone... is it called tenor? idk either -
@TommyTorty10 this is really cool.
I am self taught web dev, trying to understand systems from #freeCodeCamp , but JS is a very hard nut to crack, but hopefull I will be there soon.
I am curious how you are using JS yet you never learnt it
Greetings from Uganda, East Africa
@ethan256
Greetings from California!I think my first more serious use of JS was in my university senior project. We had a robot autonomously mapping and navigating through a room and using a camera to recognize objects as it went. The idea was that it was a proof-of-concept for an accessibilty aid to help blind people locate and retrieve dropped objects.
I used JS to do final filtering to select good object identifications before listing out every object the robot saw in the UI. In the end, the JS was short and simple, but the learning curve of getting it to play nice with the robotics software was steep. At that point in my education, I was near the end of university, so learning another language on top of the many I had already dabbled in wasn't bad, but was certainly more stressful on a deadline.
Nowadays I only use it when occasionally updating or making browser extensions.
JS is hard for reasons that can be subtle and difficult to descibe. Many aspects of it are unforgiving. If you have the luxury of time to learn an object oriented language after JS, I would recommend giving it a go. It gets easier to pick up new languages as you grow more familiar with popular design patterns. Imo, many other OOP languages are better at communicating with the dev than JS and make troubleshooting easier.
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@ethan256
Greetings from California!I think my first more serious use of JS was in my university senior project. We had a robot autonomously mapping and navigating through a room and using a camera to recognize objects as it went. The idea was that it was a proof-of-concept for an accessibilty aid to help blind people locate and retrieve dropped objects.
I used JS to do final filtering to select good object identifications before listing out every object the robot saw in the UI. In the end, the JS was short and simple, but the learning curve of getting it to play nice with the robotics software was steep. At that point in my education, I was near the end of university, so learning another language on top of the many I had already dabbled in wasn't bad, but was certainly more stressful on a deadline.
Nowadays I only use it when occasionally updating or making browser extensions.
JS is hard for reasons that can be subtle and difficult to descibe. Many aspects of it are unforgiving. If you have the luxury of time to learn an object oriented language after JS, I would recommend giving it a go. It gets easier to pick up new languages as you grow more familiar with popular design patterns. Imo, many other OOP languages are better at communicating with the dev than JS and make troubleshooting easier.
@TommyTorty10
What other language used for web dev could you recommend me after JS and a few its frameworks is/are mastered. Python? -
@TommyTorty10
What other language used for web dev could you recommend me after JS and a few its frameworks is/are mastered. Python?@ethan256 Most OOP languages aren't used much in webdev. JS is definitely the tool to know there. I would recommend Python, because it is handy both for quickly spinning up prototypical back-end stuff and also for building some more serious infrastructure. It also has a very forgiving error system that makes quickly learning more abstract concepts easier. You can pivot into a lot of other niches and just quickly solve small, one-off problems with Python.
I haven't used Typescript enough to speak on it with expertise, but I hear it's good.
It's getting late here, so I'm gonna log off. I hope you have a good night and good luck with JS!
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Do we have some trumpet players on this social?
I havenโt found one other than @gijslevelt@ethan256 @gijslevelt Yes I do play Trumpet in Czech Republic! Especialy on carneval actions in winter time
I am not that good as happy to play 
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@philleu
Sorrry if I sounded arrogant, I like leads and they are very difficult for me on a troumbone... is it called tenor? idk eitherSure it was arrogance, but aren't we all when it comes to something we love? With music, passion is what matters.
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@teacher_rick
What happened mate? retirement? or shifted career, am super curious tbh -
@ethan256 @gijslevelt Yes I do play Trumpet in Czech Republic! Especialy on carneval actions in winter time
I am not that good as happy to play @cobic beautiful pic!
Are you the guy crossing legs or the one with black gloves or one near the camera? -
@ethan256 @shauna I've started learning at the age of 6, stopped at 21. That was the point where I moved town, into an apartment instead of my parents' house, and I didn't know anyone around to play with.
Lots of excuses, but before that, going to orchestra practice once a week was what kept me playing. -
@teacher_rick
What happened mate? retirement? or shifted career, am super curious tbh@ethan256 Various reasons. But the most important one is that it needs a complete revision before I can play again. New polsters, a dent etc.
I watch my daughter play drums
now 
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Do we have some trumpet players on this social?
I havenโt found one other than @gijslevelt@ethan256 With Trump in power ... who wants to play a trumpet?@gijslevelt
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I thought @arod did, but turns out he plays the trombone. Close, right?
@tuckerm @ethan256 @gijslevelt I started out on trumpet but switched when I got braces
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Do we have some trumpet players on this social?
I havenโt found one other than @gijslevelt@ethan256 @gijslevelt
So many musicians still on FB -
There's an activist street band near me, I want to play with them. They say all skill levels welcome but I've been shy because I can barely even do a scale at this point. (Fingering is fine but my embrochure is pretty bad)
also i forgot how annoying it is to carry trumpets places, do you know if there's a safe way to carry them that leaves your hands free?
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@ethan256 @gijslevelt
So many musicians still on FB@Christo_459 maybe
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@tuckerm @ethan256 @gijslevelt I started out on trumpet but switched when I got braces
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