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    Thread: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japanese)
Post: RE: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of ...

It could be said that once you reach a certain threshold the number of words you know isn't as important as the relevance of media to your given level and that you'd be able to use your most preferred...
Aspiring Learning resources 204 74,903 2016-05-10, 1:11 am
    Thread: Linguistics versus Language Learning
Post: Linguistics versus Language Learning

Many focus on acquisition of language merely to meet personal goals or objectives, as mundane as anime or music. One might find himself within whimsical approaches of learning grammar for namesake or ...
Aspiring General discussion 1 548 2016-04-18, 12:25 am
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

Just thought of mentioning a probable reason we haven't met sophisticated life, aside from popular reasons We're alone / we're late and it happened a long time ago / we're in a rural area / governmen...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-02-03, 3:00 pm
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

One issue with creating a utopia at the moment is the differences in philosophies and preferences that make up the planet. Creating a universal model that everyone adheres to requires major advances i...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-24, 7:36 pm
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

There's a study* that actually suggests wealth reduces compassion. Correlation does not mean causation, but there is evidence of the possible connection between the two. Whether or not one believes ri...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-23, 8:35 pm
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

I suppose I was hopeful that as civilizations become more advanced they tend to become more benevolent through socioeconomic and scientific advancements. Since there's a negative correlation between ...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-23, 1:12 pm
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

(2016-01-20, 10:05 pm)s holum Wrote: @Aspiring A globally planned economy, huh... Sounds a bit too much like a new world order to me... Or, minor modifications which improve consistency throughout ...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-21, 8:13 am
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

Seems a bit misinformed but very well. If anything the world could benefit from improving the economy in ways which do not simply sidestep economic crashes. Maybe removing or reducing the cyclical nat...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-20, 9:23 pm
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

I try to focus on sources where data presented far outweighs predictions made (unlike my post lol) Alex Jones is one of the more entertaining figures who speaks on the topic. He recently posted a tho...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-16, 5:04 am
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

Usually this kind of talk is just speculation and this has been mostly from casually reading through reddit and watching youtube predictions for the past week or so. People say 2016 will be a 'histor...
Aspiring Off topic 42 4,972 2016-01-16, 3:26 am
    Thread: Success stories
Post: RE: Success stories

The linguistic meaning of fluent refers to the fluidity of any skill. Proficiency is the accurate term here. Of course, people will continue to confuse the term fluency for proficiency, or one's abili...
Aspiring General discussion 21 2,896 2015-12-28, 3:12 am
    Thread: How to remove the Chinese lines from Bilingual subs?
Post: RE: How to remove the Chinese lines from Bilingual...

You could download aegisub and manually delete the Chinese lines.
Aspiring Off topic 13 1,273 2015-11-17, 8:08 pm
    Thread: Vocab deck or just pure sentences?
Post: Vocab deck or just pure sentences?

Here's an alternative to highlighting the new, unknown word, as shown by Tetsueda. Front: Word (or Definition when mature, optional) Hint:Expression (Audio:Silence)(Audio:Silence)(Audio:SentenceAudi...
Aspiring General discussion 58 7,180 2015-10-26, 6:40 pm
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

To reset a deck it might be best to re-import the deck into Anki or reschedule it by selecting the given cards in 'Browse' and Edit>Reschedule selected cards to the end of the new card queue.
Aspiring Learning resources 448 98,402 2015-09-01, 12:53 am
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Dudeist Go to card edit and select note type. Select 'Cards' and select 'Add New Card'. Customize with html primarily for editing context and css for overall styling.
Aspiring Learning resources 448 98,402 2015-09-01, 12:47 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Competing for the best method - looking for new tricks merely to top fellow peers - burns out your desire to intrinsically learn the language. He's nearly 35 I think. Maybe he's grown out of competiti...
Aspiring Off topic 529 102,505 2015-08-31, 7:26 pm
    Thread: Make me fluent, Darling!
Post: Make me fluent, Darling!

In Japan, I believe language learning is perceived differently. Or they're bad at it. Maybe it depends on the person and their life purpose.
Aspiring General discussion 39 5,590 2015-08-08, 9:18 am
    Thread: Almost beginning with learning
Post: Almost beginning with learning

You got that yogert? Adapt your plan to the end goal but focus on finishing today's planned activities.
Aspiring Remembering the Kanji 63 9,395 2015-07-28, 12:20 am
    Thread: Almost beginning with learning
Post: Almost beginning with learning

Don't even worry about the end goal just meet the quota you set for today. Every day is a brand new day, a fresh start.
Aspiring Remembering the Kanji 63 9,395 2015-07-27, 6:59 pm
    Thread: Almost beginning with learning
Post: Almost beginning with learning

You got that Kruzer? Create as many associations as possible. Being awake increases ability to retain memory.
Aspiring Remembering the Kanji 63 9,395 2015-07-27, 12:46 pm
    Thread: Can Anyone Confirm If My Way of Studying is Right?
Post: Can Anyone Confirm If My Way of Studying is Right?

Regarding the concepts of active or passive listening used by immersion proponents, active listening is comprehension, passive listening is something you use to convince yourself you're studying Japan...
Aspiring The Japanese language 16 3,150 2015-02-28, 1:07 pm
    Thread: Configuring Anki in regards to steps and reviews
Post: Configuring Anki in regards to steps and reviews

Sorry for the double-post Putting "ease" into perspective using a seed analogy: When raising a particular seed or plant becomes difficult, you water or fix up its surroundings until it catches up with...
Aspiring Learning resources 4 999 2015-01-19, 5:38 pm
    Thread: Configuring Anki in regards to steps and reviews
Post: Configuring Anki in regards to steps and reviews

Just for reference and comparison, Supermemo reserves an ease of 2.5 or 250% for the easiest cards. Damien, founder of Anki, set the program to have a default starting ease of 2.5 or 250%, assuming ea...
Aspiring Learning resources 4 999 2015-01-19, 4:18 pm
    Thread: 2014 Reflections and 2015 Resolutions
Post: 2014 Reflections and 2015 Resolutions

2014 Focused mostly on my classes and learning general knowledge. Not much focused Japanese study but I learned a decent amount of vocabulary. 2015 A's in my classes Japanese: a few subgoals (subs de...
Aspiring General discussion 51 10,053 2015-01-04, 6:33 pm
    Thread: Does this kind of program exist?
Post: Does this kind of program exist?

Weaving a random set of words into a single idea or argument would certainly deepen your understanding of the chosen words. After a certain point in a language (having learned all Greek and Latin roo...
Aspiring Learning resources 4 1,701 2015-01-04, 12:16 am
    Thread: How long does core2/6/10k take to finish?
Post: How long does core2/6/10k take to finish?

Core isn't that important ! It's just a convenient set of frequent words from newspapers and books (?) with lovely sentence examples, translations, and audio to go along with it. Its up to you whether...
Aspiring General discussion 36 11,401 2015-01-03, 11:47 pm
    Thread: How to Better Focus When Studying?
Post: How to Better Focus When Studying?

While watching the video I imagined a class full of madmen raising their voices with vindictive power poses. Political cartoons also come to mind. Power for power's sake isn't pretty, but for the inte...
Aspiring General discussion 20 5,810 2015-01-01, 4:25 am
    Thread: Tools for learning vocabulary concurrently with RTK1.
Post: Tools for learning vocabulary concurrently with RT...

The following links might be of help~ cb's Kanji Word Association Tool Suggestions for applying cb's program
Aspiring Learning resources 2 692 2014-12-27, 9:44 pm
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Maybe place <body style="background-color:#FFFFFF">...</body>in the card's front or back template to modify its background color. If that doesn't work, css is your best bet. But there coul...
Aspiring Learning resources 448 98,402 2014-12-26, 6:27 pm
    Thread: Anybody here use memrise?
Post: Anybody here use memrise?

A little bit of structure and goal-setting never hurt. As mentioned, Memrise is already set up for you, so in that sense it's pretty convenient. The site is methodical and organized, and the language ...
Aspiring Learning resources 11 4,644 2014-12-24, 7:03 pm