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Thread: Where does you nickname come from? Post: Where does you nickname come from? I've used mine since I was in 7th grade (about 13 years ago now) and read "The Magic of Recluce" by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Lerris is the main character of the book, and I decided I liked the name. |
lerris | Off topic | 66 | 10,381 | 2010-05-22, 8:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Kubuntu Post: Kubuntu What do you mean switch between english and japanese? You want your programs to run in japanese sometimes and english other times? You could try changing the locale, maybe creating shortcuts to run th... |
lerris | General discussion | 4 | 735 | 2009-11-03, 1:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Windows 7 Post: Windows 7 Ars Technica had a pretty thorough review of Windows 7 -- http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/reviews...review.ars It covers the majority of the changes from Vista as well as pointing out some of the sh... |
lerris | Off topic | 53 | 12,053 | 2009-10-31, 6:07 pm | ||
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Thread: What kind of headphones do you use? Post: What kind of headphones do you use? No point creating a new thread for a slightly different word -- does anyone have a recommendation for a good wireless headset? (headphones+mic combo) I've just gone through my 3rd wired one for the y... |
lerris | General discussion | 51 | 15,748 | 2009-10-26, 6:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Where to buy manga... Post: Where to buy manga... wccrawford Wrote:lerris Wrote:Check out ebay if you don't mind it used. I grabbed a few volumes over the summer for about $1-2 apiece. Try searching for "japanese manga lot" to find where people a... |
lerris | General discussion | 61 | 20,818 | 2009-10-24, 10:39 am | ||
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Thread: Where to buy manga... Post: Where to buy manga... Check out ebay if you don't mind it used. I grabbed a few volumes over the summer for about $1-2 apiece. Try searching for "japanese manga lot" to find where people are putting it up in bulk, usua... |
lerris | General discussion | 61 | 20,818 | 2009-10-23, 5:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Windows 7 Post: Windows 7 Jarvik7 Wrote:That said, Windows is still godawful in terms of interface design. It might have more eye-candy now, but it's still incredibly inconsistent and obviously designed by committee. There are... |
lerris | Off topic | 53 | 12,053 | 2009-10-23, 6:31 am | ||
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Thread: Windows 7 Post: Windows 7 Just another recommendation here to do a clean install. Doing an upgrade just has too much potential to create issues. I've been running Windows 7 Professional for about 3 weeks now (free copy via MS... |
lerris | Off topic | 53 | 12,053 | 2009-10-23, 3:41 am | ||
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Thread: slow.... arghhhH!! Post: slow.... arghhhH!! I still use the site's SRS myself, just because that's what I started with and it's what I'm used to. Anki has the benefit that a failure later on isn't going to drop the card to the equivalent of Box... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,005 | 2009-10-21, 1:34 pm | ||
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Thread: slow.... arghhhH!! Post: slow.... arghhhH!! mastermx Wrote:is there a way to constantly switch from anki to koohii? with the same stats? Constantly.. no. There is an Anki plugin that will import your data from koohii though, "Import progress fr... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,005 | 2009-10-21, 11:02 am | ||
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Thread: slow.... arghhhH!! Post: slow.... arghhhH!! Umm... are you having problems with your internet connection? Maybe capping out your upstream? I just checked and it's as fast as ever for me. =/ |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,005 | 2009-10-21, 9:30 am | ||
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Thread: Understand what I read but forget as I go along the sentence? Post: Understand what I read but forget as I go along th... I assume it happens with more than just numbers? I only ask since your example was about a date, and dates just aren't interesting to remember. There was discussion recently in another thread about ho... |
lerris | The Japanese language | 15 | 3,590 | 2009-10-17, 9:14 am | ||
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Thread: Typographic town logos in kana Post: Typographic town logos in kana Oh yeah, not denying it's fun :D Most of them are so well hidden that I'd have never guessed there was anything there besides a cool looking symbol. |
lerris | General discussion | 4 | 857 | 2009-09-23, 10:51 am | ||
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Thread: Typographic town logos in kana Post: Typographic town logos in kana Those are pretty cool... and hurt my head as I try to decipher them. >_< |
lerris | General discussion | 4 | 857 | 2009-09-23, 9:40 am | ||
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Thread: Handwriting research Post: Handwriting research We were made to learn it in 3rd grade, with the explanation "Once you enter High School, all of your papers will have to be in cursive". Maybe true for the teacher's generation (which would be the sam... |
lerris | General discussion | 26 | 8,038 | 2009-09-23, 9:26 am | ||
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Thread: Anyone else got this problem with anki? Post: Anyone else got this problem with anki? I haven't messed with python for years, but iirc pickling refers to converting a python object into binary data so that it can be wrote to a file. Perhaps your application data\.anki\config.db file is... |
lerris | Learning resources | 4 | 1,871 | 2009-09-18, 7:22 am | ||
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Thread: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. (read first post) Post: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. ... ***Top J-Drama*** GTO Densha Otoko Tiger & Dragon Nobuta wo Produce Trick ***Top Manga*** Hikaru no Go One Piece Full Metal Alchemist ***Top Anime*** Cowboy Bebop Gundam Seed Full Metal Alchemis... |
lerris | General discussion | 60 | 24,318 | 2009-09-14, 3:03 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK without the mnemonics Post: RTK without the mnemonics Koos83 Wrote:dizmox Wrote:but any rate, we all learnt the 26 letters of the alphabet visually (I assume). The good part of RTK is that it allows you to study as an adult, not as a child. What I remem... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 72 | 17,546 | 2009-09-02, 2:29 am | ||
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Thread: What type of image are the flashcards on Kanjikoohii Post: What type of image are the flashcards on Kanjikooh... Nope, they're text. Try selecting one sometime. I think at one point in time there were websites you could use as proxies that turned kanji into images for those systems lacking the fonts. I don't kno... |
lerris | Off topic | 3 | 2,308 | 2009-09-01, 9:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novels Post: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novel... bombpersons Wrote:I use this on windows, http://hirvine.com/blog/1548/manga-meeya...ding-tool/ Oh wow, that's pretty nice... love the magnifying glass without having to zoom the entire image. |
lerris | General discussion | 34 | 8,112 | 2009-08-29, 2:15 pm | ||
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Thread: 1) one-reading kanji? 2) necessity of rtk3? Post: 1) one-reading kanji? 2) necessity of rtk3? I can't answer the first question, but as to the second, I think most people agree that after RTK1, you have enough of a basis between existing primitives, or the ability to create new ones yourself, ... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 6,640 | 2009-08-10, 9:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Anybody working on RtK full-time, hoping to finish in 4 or 5 weeks? Post: Anybody working on RtK full-time, hoping to finish... avparker Wrote:lerris Wrote:Like zoletype said though, you can't slack off on reviews. Pushing them through that fast results in 120-150 cards due/day near the end I'm really surprised it's not even m... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,720 | 2009-08-05, 12:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Lion King JPN dub on YouTube Post: Lion King JPN dub on YouTube bladethecoder Wrote:Maybe I'm thinking too much about this, but does it explain what the lions eat?... I noticed Simba seemed dubious about eating bugs. Haha... I think it's implied that the lions eat... |
lerris | Learning resources | 57 | 22,410 | 2009-08-04, 9:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Anybody working on RtK full-time, hoping to finish in 4 or 5 weeks? Post: Anybody working on RtK full-time, hoping to finish... I'd done some of RtK previously and had the first ~500 down by heart, so when i picked it up again this summer I started around frame 500 (whatever frame 'Part 3' of the book began) and did ~50/day fo... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 3,720 | 2009-08-04, 9:04 pm | ||
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Thread: What kind of headphones do you use? Post: What kind of headphones do you use? Inland USB/Battery Powered Bass Vibration 6000 Headset: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...=B451-3008 They're cheap, comfortable and work great. The only issue I have with them is there's no ... |
lerris | General discussion | 51 | 15,748 | 2009-08-03, 6:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Lined Paper Post: Japanese Lined Paper mezbup Wrote:I use a maths book like I used In high school... you know the one with the small squares? I figure If I do one character per square it helps me to size everything evenly... i've gotta say... |
lerris | General discussion | 22 | 10,702 | 2009-07-25, 1:14 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Woo, just finished my last review of 'new' cards. This was probably my 3rd time trying to go through the book, one of which died out at around 1000, the 2nd at 1900ish (school starting back + a bit of... |
lerris | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,691 | 2009-06-28, 5:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Buying Japanese Novels in US Post: Buying Japanese Novels in US BooBooQ88 Wrote:One place I have found that may be of use is http://www.sasugabooks.com. Haven't ordered anything yet cuz I'm still working on rtk1 so I can't say much about them. But it may be worth... |
lerris | Learning resources | 31 | 9,618 | 2009-06-05, 6:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Downloading Japanese subtitles (subs only) Post: Downloading Japanese subtitles (subs only) Unfortunately kloofy seems to specialize in english subs ("NOPE! Non-english subs for asian movies can ONLY be uploaded to the FORUM and ONLY if NO ENGLISH SUBTITLE EXISTS!" -- from their FAQ) :( Migh... |
lerris | Learning resources | 8 | 17,387 | 2009-05-22, 8:18 pm | ||
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Thread: In need of Japanese books/cds/movies? Post: In need of Japanese books/cds/movies? Florida Oriental Trading on Colonial has some stuff I believe.. imported copies of NewType come to mind, but there's probably a couple other things too. I haven't been there since around the beginning... |
lerris | Learning resources | 6 | 1,271 | 2008-10-14, 2:12 pm | ||
