I crossed the Gulfstream on my sailboat. Twice.
100 days of studying Japanese every day
Superb! I am planning to start studying Japanese. I always install duo lingo and then find it too basic and not worth it and I stop using it all together.
Can you share your study routine or resources?
Thanking you in advance!
My general approach is to use Anki as my primary resource with the addition of the Genki textbook, video lectures and grammar videos on YouTube (Toki ni Andy, Game Gengo, Livakivi, etc.), and immersion content (Manga, anime, YouTube). I use Anki because I believe it’s the most effective method for me having used it previously to learn Esperanto; although I believe that you should use whatever method is the most fun for you, whatever will keep you coming back for daily work is good. Don’t fall for the “Bro Science” language learning people who promise quick shortcuts, there are none, these people are usually trying to sell you something.
My daily study consists of about 40 minutes of Anki per day. I split my time between two decks, which is suboptimal in terms of occasionally containing duplicates, but I like it as it serves as a method of chunking my study out throughout the day and as a way to recognize the same Kanji in different contexts. These two decks are the KanjiTransistion and Core 2.3k decks. I do four new cards from the KanjiTransistion deck and three new cards from the 2.3k deck. Following that if I’m in the mood I’ll return to reviewing my Hiragana and Katakana decks (you should do this first if you haven’t already!). I also use the Review Heatmap plugin to see my streak, which helps me stay focused on goals and milestones.
You should form your own opinion about what method of learning works best for you, but don’t fall victim to spending time strategizing and figuring out the scientifically perfect way to learn the language, there isn’t one. If you’re spending time planning how you’re going to learn the language, you’re spending less time actually learning. The only way to get good at a language is to literally be exposed to it and learning it for 1000+ hours.
Superb. Thank you so much for taking time to write a detailed response.
I purchased a new (to me) car the other day. Despite my age, this is the first time I’ve done this all on my own and I’m geeked over my credit score. ☺️
Congrats!
You’ve accomplished something that I haven’t. I’ve been an adult for a while and haven’t made a purchase of this size without some assistance. Way to go!
I love it when they tell you your credit score.
I fixed my refrigerator. 2 months ago I was changing the filter, and I was too lazy to turn off the water first, so the pressure was too high and it didn’t seat properly. When I turned it, I broke the filter receptacle. I called Samsung, and they said they’ll fix it, but they can’t tell me how much it will cost until they make the work order, and at that point I can’t cancel it if it’s too expensive. I asked if they could ballpark, like $100 or $1000. They said they couldn’t. So I told them to go fuck themselves. I ordered the part on Amazon for $60. I had to disassemble a decent amount of the refrigerator to get to the part. But I did it! I swapped out the part and everything works perfectly. All in all, it took about 2 hours. There were multiple videos on the internet on how to do it.
Fuck Samsung.
I’m never buying a Samsung appliance again for other reasons but I’ll add this to the list. Great work, hope they go bankrupt since they certainly won’t quit being little shits.
I don’t recommend LG either. Mine is on at least its third compressor and it’s less than 8 years old. And I know two other people who have had the same experience… and I only know like five people.
I successfully line danced in 4 inch stilletos. Yes it was a Cowboy Carter launch party.
I both filed my taxes and got my insurance sorted today.
Holy shit!
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Funny thing I’ve been driving for 30+ years, and have never had a formal driving test:
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Permit at 15: No tests, only restriction was to have a licensed passenger in-vehicle
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License at 16: Had driver’s ed in school, state’s driving test waved, and license transferred to other states without any new driving test
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Motorcycle license: Took a safety course while in the military, state added endorsement without any test, which also transferred out-of-state
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Heavy vehicles: Trained on military 5-ton/deuce+0.5/Frontloaders/HMMWVs - all kinds of heavy equipment - no formal tests, only unit sign-off (even on civilian roads)
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The kicker: I now live in a US state where a driver license is good with no re-testing till age 64
Gonna suck when I actually do have to take a test. Hopefully there will be sane infra to go completely driverless by the time I get that old.
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These are all big things. I beat super mario wonder 100% the other day
It’s a public holiday today in South Africa. (Good Friday)
So I came up with a cheeky dad joke
“What holiday is it? Workers day? Freedom day?”
“Good Friday”
“Every Friday is a good Friday”
I got two chuckles
To whoever downvoted this: you suck.
Now you have three.
Lol Then there were four
Made another appointment for physical therapy. The last time I was in so much pain for the next couple of days I couldn’t function, but… I still can’t really move around like a normal person now anyways, so I gotta give it another shot.
Thanks for asking.
Stick with it. PT can be amazing, but you have to commit to following their instructions. I spend years of my life at a 5/10 pain level with a herniated disk because I thought doctors would either just prescribe me drugs or see me as a drug seeker. PT care got me to being able to pick up my kids again.
That sounds familiar, had surgery on my back a few years ago which helped immensely but ever since then I’ve degraded. Walking for more than an hour puts me in pain for the rest of the day, which… Thankfully I’ve made work with my life. But even things like cleaning the house requires days long rest.
I’m so happy for you and your kids, I’ll keep that in mind when it gets painful. I truly appreciate your response. ♥
I’ve done physical therapy once. I thought you should work through the pain because it’s exercise. Big mistake. Communicate with your therapist to find out if the level of discomfort is expected or too much so they can help you adjust.
This! Some discomfort is to be expected but it shouldn’t hurt. It should be a good “pain” like it feels good afterwards not a “I really regret all the things” pain.
Getting a gf and convincing her to have sex.
Congrats on the sex.
I just convinced her but we haven’t done anything yet. It’ll be on Saturday :(
Well just remember, she can still change her mind at any time.
I made a gourd fiddle.
Sounds cool; pictures please!
Thank you; looks like it turned out pretty good!
Not real loud, doesn’t stay in tune very well, but you can play a tune on it.
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I got a number of patches merged into Movim & after a new release is cut, I plan to ask for a review on my first NixOS module (currently complete, but no one has reviewed)
I signed up to run a half marathon. I have never ran that far in my life.
I’ve only ever run a half once and that was obviously the day of the race. Training I only got up to about 15k. I just thought of it as two 10k runs and it got me through.
Good luck with it!
I always liked Barney Stimson’s advice on running a marathon.
Step 1: start running
Step 2: there is no step two
You won’t be able to say that for much longer. Good luck with it!
