bdonvr

@bdonvr@thelemmy.club

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Nerd, truck driver, and kinda creeped that you’re reading this.

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bdonvr,

Huh? How’s this an example of web apps being bad?

bdonvr,

I started self hosting a SearxNG instance. It’s pretty cool, it combines several engines while not spying on you.

bdonvr,

It’s not so bad when your secondary monitor is vertical lmao

bdonvr, (edited )

Huh, I didn’t know chili had such an incredibly strict definition. Does this strict definition mean that adding anything extra no longer makes it chili? If so is chocolate, cocoa, or cinnamon also included in this super strict definition? If not then isn’t adding these things make it some kind of “stew” not chili? Or is it just beans that make this dish magically transform into something else?

I’d love to see this definition. Specifically where it says “unless it has beans, then it becomes something else”

bdonvr,

Oooh sorry that’s incorrect. No I think you’ve confused “Chili” and “Chili con carne”. Chili doesn’t have meat, and if you add it then you have “Chill con carne” (con carne = with meat)

We have to be ridiculously gatekeepy and precise in our words, of course.

bdonvr,

I don’t think they make SMR drives that big

bdonvr,

Perhaps the DPRK wouldn’t be as poor and reclusive if they hadn’t had almost all the cities in the north bombed until there was nothing left by Americans. And South Korea’s situation was really not that great either for a long time. It was led by brutal US installed leaders like Singman Rhee. The north was much better off by most metrics until later on.

bdonvr,

I dunno know the Mozart think I suppose. IATA is that international aviation organization? I think the acronym is French.

bdonvr,

It’s a little bougie but I think we can solve this with some high powered springs

bdonvr,

What language are you learning?

bdonvr, (edited )

I mean yes a ton of it has to do with motivation, but the “gamification” is hugely overstated. It is incredibly, unbearably, repetitive and bland. Most people start with a lot of desire and determination, see little result for the time they put in, get bored of the same three formats of questions, then quit or just do the absolute bare minimum to keep their streak for a while before eventually missing that. The way they present the questions makes it so easy to guess that you hardly have to think a lot of times. The larger courses are so dauntingly long that once you realize how much time you’re going to have to spend selecting words from a bank, clicking the corresponding icon, or typing what you hear, you become severely unmotivated.

I’ve tried many times. Many people I’ve known have been through the same cycle. I don’t think I’ve seen it work.

This time around I wanted to learn Spanish, and tried the Comprehensible Input method. Man, for me at least, it has worked so so much better that it’s not even comparable. In terms of progress, fun, and motivation it’s been great for me. It basically boils down to listening to a ton of the language, but at a level you can at least follow along even if you don’t know every word. You start with really simple stuff with lots of visual aids, hand gestures, repetition. After a while you move on to content with a little less aids, and shows for young children, etc. No translation or teaching of grammar.

I’ve been at it for about four months and have listened to over 300 hours of content in Spanish. The beginning is absolutely a slog still because at that level you can’t understand much that’s actually interesting, but the moment you get to the point that you can follow some simpler dubbed content and easier stuff like travel/lifestyle vlogs on YouTube it becomes ridiculously easy. You become more focused on the CONTENT than the language. Reading comes later when you’ve really got the sounds of the language ingrained in your brain, so you don’t practice/reinforce bad pronunciation as you read.

Admittedly though, in most languages you will find it incredibly hard to find content for the very beginner level like this. Spanish has Dreaming Spanish which is a godsend, English has plenty of resources. Perhaps for most languages you’ll have to use more traditional methods to work your way up to the point that you can understand. Or have a patient one on one teacher (friend) that can do what’s called “crosstalk” in which you speak your language to them, and they respond to you in the language you’re learning. (With as much visual aid as necessary for your level). There’s been effort to create more beginner content for languages other than Spanish, but I don’t think anything has touched the library of content Dreaming Spanish has yet.

At this point, I can follow most day to day conversations if they don’t stray into odd topics. I can watch dubbed shows for kids/young adults (just finished Avatar: The Last Airbender) and follow enough to be more than enjoyable. News and simpler unscripted content is no issue as well. Native media, especially scripted media, is still too hard. I notice I struggle far less with abstract things other learners seem to have problems with like “ser vs estar”, “por vs para”, etc. One just feels more right in whatever situation but I couldn’t tell you why. For only four months self-directed learning for a few hours a day I think that’s pretty incredible. I can tell week by week that I’m improving.

For a more thorough explanation check out this playlist (turn on subtitles it’s in Spanish.) youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpPf-YgbU7GrtxQ9yde-J…

bdonvr,

See my other comment: thelemmy.club/comment/6489647

For Turkish unfortunately there isn’t a lot of beginner resources. But some are trying to build some currently. comprehensibleinputwiki.org/wiki/Turkish

But if it’s just for fun, and you don’t seriously expect to reach fluidity, I think Duo is probably not bad for that. And that’s not a bad thing, learning a language is a huge commitment. If you want more, you’d need someone willing to go one on one with you or you could continue with more traditional methods until you reach the point of being able to follow at least shows for small children like Peppa Pig and eventually onto actually interesting stuff.

bdonvr,

With that fucking coke nail and all

bdonvr,

1924 apparently

bdonvr,

Link for alt text

bdonvr, (edited )

I sense you are walking down a path into a very deep rabbit hole.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/flashlights.png

Seriously, it’s a whole thing.

bdonvr,

It is possible to analyze the traffic leaving these devices, and AFAIK it hasn’t been shown that they are doing this.

bdonvr,

Pffft who’s not using passwordless sudo anyway

bdonvr,

I do have a password. Sudo is just setup not to ask for it.

On servers of course I use a password for sudo - but on a home machine there’s not much of a point I don’t think. It’s off when I’m not actively using it, and if some attacker or malware has access to my user they already have access to all my important files, or have physical access.

bdonvr,

It’s a joke comic about the copyright system.

bdonvr,

That looks like it at least might have one or two spices on it

bdonvr,

Not necessarily gay

bdonvr, (edited )

She’s 31. Which isn’t that old but older than the “young and crazy” phase I suppose

bdonvr,

Shit if I think I got my point across I’m pretty happy

Actually really I think more often we think “I SHOULD have said that!”. It’s like we know so so many words until a native comes to talk to us and then all our words go hiding somewhere.

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