Conductor
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Lubershain: Grid equipment and gas plant costs have doubled or tripled
“Conductor is, like, twice as expensive. So, like, basic aluminum, steel-reinforced conductor. Transformers are two-plus times more expensive. Switchgear is two times more expensive. Gas power plants are two to three times more expensive.”
Tan: Submitted 13 pull requests in 48 hours via AI workflow
“So I dropped like 13 PRs in the last 48 hours.”
Headlee: Ensemble musicians must continuously listen to peers, not just conductors
“If you're playing in an orchestra You can't just watch the conductor, right, who's keeping the beat. You have to actually listen to everyone around you. For tuning, you have to be very careful about shifts in tuning, because both choirs and instrumental groups…”
Conductors must maintain inherited standards while expanding an orchestra's repertoire
“One of the jobs of a conductor is, you know, it's like being presented with a beautiful garden. You need to make sure that what you're given remains beautifully trimmed and everything's very healthy, as well as then developing new areas and in that context, I …”