I bought a hand made squirrel shaped water pitcher at a ren fest. It was like $200. Pretty sure it’s one of a kind and you won’t be able to Google what it looks like.

I see you didn’t refute my primary argument.

Mainstream musical success is not a metric of musical skill. However if you look at any violin soloist, they have to be talented.

Also I’d also argue many of those band members do have talent.

It’s more of a multiplier. Regardless of practice someone without talent will never catch a talented and dedicated person.

Have you read Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain? Could help you think about art differently.

Eh you can’t ignore the effect talent has on skill development. Their brain can literally be wired in a way that something like rhythm can be difficult to master whereas someone else can pick it up easily. Some of these things you’re just born with and can never change.

The same applies to high level math and art

That’s the whole conservative narrative: The success of the sex worker, the minority, the queer, is at the expense of the moral white man. All to distract that the actual reason things are worse is because of the rich man.

I don’t think it even needs to be smart in the sense of being networked (although all network equipment uses it too). Probably any type of fancy interface will just run Linux.

Android, cars, toasters, etc.

At my company (US) it depends on expected response time, I think up to your salary for the fastest response tiers. And some roles can exchange for time off.

Wood naturally absorbs and releases humidity, especially seasonally. This would sound different in summer compared to winter.