Some Basics

Keyboard Issues

Use polytonic keyboard to get the stress diacritic. Not needed with Duolingo but it’s helpful for reinforcing pronunciation.

In both Windows 10 and Gnome, the input toggle is [Super-Space].

The final-form sigma “ς” used at the end of letter-case words is normally where the US-EN “W” key is.

Intro Verbs

gr	en
είναι	to be
πίνω	to drink
τρώω	to eat

“Regular” Verb Conjugation

conjugation	ending	meaning
πίνω	ω	I drink
πίνεις	εις	you drink
πίνει	ει	he drinks
πίνουμε	ουμε	we drink
πίνετε	ετε	you drink
πίνουν(ε)	oυν(ε)	they drink

Pronouns

gr	en
εγω	I
εσύ	you
αυτός/αυτή/αυτό	he/she/it
εμείς	we
εσείς	you (pl)
αυτοί/αυτές	they (masc+neut)/they (fem)

Indefinite Article

These are the singular, nominative case versions:

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Hardware

A condenser mic is pretty key here, but you might as well try with whatever you have. FWIW my condenser runs through an M-Audio M-Track 2x2 (USB-C), which provides 48VDC phantom power to the mic, as well as driving the input used by ProTools.

It’s also essential to have headphones so the accompaniment does not leak back into the vocal track during recording. I use a cheap pair of earbuds, but over-the-ear headphones might be better for attenuating any potential leaks.

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Adding Math Support

Like all bad tech blogs, I’ve detoured into a customization yakshave. My problem: I want to support markdown-side input of TeX math with some level of accessibility on the reader side, i.e., I don’t want to render the math as images, I want to retain the semantics. So I went a googlin’. [^1]

MathML: Great, there’s a representational standard (1). Now the bad news: it’s not very concise – it is only ideal as an intermediate format – it is unsupported in Chrome, and it’s poorly supported in some other browsers. The upshot is you need to use js to do last-mile part of the render.

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Switching Gears

Since this is my first foray into self-customized nonlinear periodization, I want to state some assumptions/reductions from my previous survey before diving deep on the specifics.

Method

Block periodization. Since my goals involve multiple seasons (bigwall, late-season alpine) with different energy systems and skills, it makes sense to leverage the flexibility of block periodization while minimally maintaining gains made in non-focus energy systems. I have several seasons of linear periodization and base built, as well as some recent experience doing custom blocks designed by coaches, so this seems like an OK time to make the leap to self-customization. Also, given that the pandemic has effectively lengthened my training period by delaying objective windows, this is a good time to switch things up.

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Premise

This is just my note-taking from reading/listening to Steve Bechtel on the topic.

Classical periodization: macro cycles of endurance, strength, power, etc. This doesn’t apply to climbing b/c it’s largely a skill sport. There are too many skills and energy systems at play to spend a whole year converging on one system and/or one point of performance. Most climbers have several opportunities per season or multiple seasons per year (rock, ice/mixed). This applies even moreso to climbers whose objectives span sub-disciplines that require a different mix (e.g. a bigwaller who has sport RP goals).

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