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How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by eieio »

johnchristopher wrote: post #10
dredmorbius wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't recall having hit the site before. But I've got a Stylebot CSS that fixes just that issue.

I have a dotjs extension (firefox) which sole purpose is to prevent those pesky huged fixed headers.

Can you provide a link? This is probably my hugest pet peeve when it comes to browsing the internet. I have no idea how fixed headers became so trendy and I find them absurdly painful. I tend to read at the top of the page and scroll down to keep my current line near the top, and (large) fixed headers really mess with that. Small ones can still be annoying, but some like Facebook's aren't that bad.

I even asked a question on the superuser stack exchange about blocking them, but it never got very useful results.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by StevenOtto »

nitrogen wrote: post #2

Edit: I expected an analysis of the neurological effects of music, but was not disappointed to find a critique of a String Quintet instead. In 2004, the Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring deemed Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyrie the most dangerous music to listen to while driving. Clearly they've never experienced dubstep.

I highly recommend reading 'This is your brain on music' by Daniel J. Levitin if you're interested in learning more about the neuroscience side of music.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by pygy_ »

eieio wrote: post #11
johnchristopher wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a dotjs extension (firefox) which sole purpose is to prevent those pesky huged fixed headers.

Can you provide a link? This is probably my hugest pet peeve when it comes to browsing the internet. I have no idea how fixed headers became so trendy and I find them absurdly painful. I tend to read at the top of the page and scroll down to keep my current line near the top, and (large) fixed headers really mess with that. Small ones can still be annoying, but some like Facebook's aren't that bad. I even asked a que…

I'm not on my main box, so I can't give you links, but there are extensions for both Chrome and Firefox to add a "remove this element" entry in the right click menu.

Sometimes, it takes a bit of perseverance to get rid of nested elements; sometimes you accidentally nuke the ...

Most of the time it works fine.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by Tycho »

Mainstream music is impoverished by its adhesion to danceable tempos and rhythms. With classical the music 'breathes' more.

Listening to the top charts on Spotify, the defining trend of today's pop music seems to be a driving bass drum through all 4 beats of the bar, and getting louder for the chorus.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by [deleted] »

Tycho wrote: post #14

Mainstream music is impoverished by its adhesion to danceable tempos and rhythms. With classical the music 'breathes' more. Listening to the top charts on Spotify, the defining trend of today's pop music seems to be a driving bass drum through all 4 beats of the bar, and getting louder for the chorus.

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Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by nacs »

moeffju wrote: post #7

The page ends for me after the byline. I just don’t see any content. Same effect in Chrome and Firefox. Edit: Ghostery was overzealous in blocking DISQUS.

Had the same issue but it was Soundcloud that was being blocked by Ghostery that prevented content from showing.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by dredmorbius »

eieio wrote: post #11
johnchristopher wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a dotjs extension (firefox) which sole purpose is to prevent those pesky huged fixed headers.

Can you provide a link? This is probably my hugest pet peeve when it comes to browsing the internet. I have no idea how fixed headers became so trendy and I find them absurdly painful. I tend to read at the top of the page and scroll down to keep my current line near the top, and (large) fixed headers really mess with that. Small ones can still be annoying, but some like Facebook's aren't that bad. I even asked a que…

I just kill them one-at-a-time via Stylebot myself. If I don't feel like fixing a site, I'll just close the tab or hit it in Readability.

Totally agree with you, however.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by dredmorbius »

pygy_ wrote: post #13
eieio wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you provide a link? This is probably my hugest pet peeve when it comes to browsing the internet. I have no idea how fixed headers became so trendy and I find them absurdly painful. I tend to read at the top of the page and scroll down to keep my current line near the top, and (large) fixed headers really mess with that. Small ones can still be annoying, but some like Facebook's aren't that bad. I even asked a que…

I'm not on my main box, so I can't give you links, but there are extensions for both Chrome and Firefox to add a "remove this element" entry in the right click menu. Sometimes, it takes a bit of perseverance to get rid of nested elements; sometimes you accidentally nuke the ... Most of the time it works fine.

The Element Inspector (in Chrome) and Firebug (in Firefox) will let you interactively modify the DOM.

If you want to make changes permanent, Stylebot or Stylish are useful. Stylebot is Chrome-only, Stylish exists for both browsers.

Re: How Music Hijacks Our Perception of Time

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Post by seandougall »

eieio wrote: post #11
johnchristopher wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a dotjs extension (firefox) which sole purpose is to prevent those pesky huged fixed headers.

Can you provide a link? This is probably my hugest pet peeve when it comes to browsing the internet. I have no idea how fixed headers became so trendy and I find them absurdly painful. I tend to read at the top of the page and scroll down to keep my current line near the top, and (large) fixed headers really mess with that. Small ones can still be annoying, but some like Facebook's aren't that bad. I even asked a que…

I don't tend to read right at the top of the page, but I do scroll with the spacebar. It's infuriating when what's supposed to be a one-page scroll skips over three lines because they're blocked by navigation I'll never use.
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