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    Thread: 面白い動画を集めましょう!!
Post: 面白い動画を集めましょう!!

GOLDEN BOMBER 「チャレンジシリーズ-人間ローションカーリング-」Part2 [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yxlGYtymGA]
radical_tyro General discussion 20 6,179 2013-03-21, 10:29 am
    Thread: Learning kanji while high
Post: Learning kanji while high

also, i believe that marijuana increases your foreign language listening comprehension. this isn't surprising since it allows you to focus on it and hear it more clearly. such training should carry ov...
radical_tyro Off topic 34 9,010 2013-03-11, 10:35 pm
    Thread: Learning kanji while high
Post: Learning kanji while high

this is interesting. if anyone has more references on the effect of altered states to learning or performance, etc, please share. OP: how does that 97% figure compare to normal? maybe we can all coll...
radical_tyro Off topic 34 9,010 2013-03-11, 9:06 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2012 Results!
Post: JLPT 2012 Results!

i can't stop checking the website. are you guys sure they're gonna be posted the 31st?
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 96 25,528 2013-01-30, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Found a good site to chat in 日本語
Post: Found a good site to chat in 日本語

thanks. i was just looking for something like this the other night. i had one particularly exciting chat.
radical_tyro General discussion 15 3,265 2013-01-27, 1:17 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy

i just watched the video for the "福男選び" article. it looked like those guys were running for their lives and a number of them took a good faceplant at the end. wow... O_O wait, now i noticed at least ...
radical_tyro Learning resources 68 14,932 2013-01-11, 2:32 am
    Thread: And the award for Slowest Japanese Language Learner goes to...
Post: And the award for Slowest Japanese Language Learne...

it's taken me 10 years to get to around the threshold for passing N1. i studied on the side while getting my ph.d. in science. i've suffered many setbacks in japanese but just kept pushing on and here...
radical_tyro The Japanese language 24 5,159 2013-01-10, 11:34 pm
    Thread: Need some career advice
Post: Need some career advice

first of all, i would like you to reconsider. if you're smart enough to become a quant, there really are more useful and rewarding things you can do for yourself, your community, and the world instead...
radical_tyro Off topic 5 1,171 2012-12-26, 3:13 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy

i just picked out three articles from the main NHK news site and marked it with a different color in the spreadsheet.
radical_tyro Learning resources 68 14,932 2012-12-22, 3:07 pm
    Thread: disturbances during the jlpt
Post: disturbances during the jlpt

erlog Wrote:I should treat it like a concert, and bring earplugs next time to see if it helps. Plugging one ear with a finger helped me understand what was being said better. i was also plugging my ea...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 13 5,236 2012-12-20, 10:03 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy

Btw, here's how to turn off the furigana: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid169917
radical_tyro Learning resources 68 14,932 2012-12-17, 10:58 am
    Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread
Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread

deanmaka Wrote:I took N1 in New York over the weekend and my gameplan kinda fell apart. I was expecting the listening section to kinda carry my score since that's how it always worked on practice exa...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 297 78,478 2012-12-03, 3:05 pm
    Thread: Multitasking: Exercise and studying
Post: Multitasking: Exercise and studying

i do anki reps while resting between sets of my bodyweight strength training routine
radical_tyro Learning resources 17 4,500 2012-10-25, 6:30 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

shinsen Wrote:radical_tyro Wrote:if a stream as running in the sop client, you can view it in VLC by file > open network, and paste http://127.0.0.1:8902 Yay! radical_tyro Wrote:It seems you need ...
radical_tyro General discussion 278 155,921 2012-09-17, 10:58 am
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

shinsen Wrote:radical_tyro Wrote:you can drag the html file into the sop client's channel list, and it will display there. here's an example of that xml converted to html for you: http://pastebin.com/...
radical_tyro General discussion 278 155,921 2012-09-15, 1:35 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

Bokusenou Wrote:Has anyone gotten the Sopcast Japanese channels to work on a Mac? i looked into this. as far as i can tell, there's no equivalent to favorites.xml on the mac. however, the latest mac c...
radical_tyro General discussion 278 155,921 2012-09-14, 1:26 pm
    Thread: Street Beatz 2.0!
Post: Street Beatz 2.0!

wow, i'm impressed! i really dig the first tune. would love to hear that fleshed out into a full song.
radical_tyro Off topic 6 1,276 2012-09-11, 11:53 am
    Thread: one key for one language→ mac
Post: one key for one language→ mac

i was able to get this working thanks to the page jmignot posted. the end result meets all my desires. here's how: - go to http://tinyurl.com/switch-osx-keyboard and save the objective C code. the ap...
radical_tyro Off topic 27 6,721 2012-06-26, 8:22 am
    Thread: one key for one language→ mac
Post: one key for one language→ mac

i also regularly have to cycle through 4 different keyboard layouts and it's a pain to not have have a single shortcut for each one. it might be possible using a keyboard shortcut program together wit...
radical_tyro Off topic 27 6,721 2012-06-22, 10:14 am
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

juniperpansy Wrote:Thanks for this program cb. It is awesome. You are a good part of the reason my japanese level is what it is :) One feature I think would make subs2srs even better is if there is a...
radical_tyro Learning resources 1,039 387,098 2012-05-15, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo Anki Deck
Post: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo Anki Deck

IceCream Wrote:you don't need to review every single sentence from a drama... just delete anything except those ones you feel like learning... :) this, and the fact that as you improve there's less an...
radical_tyro Learning resources 6 3,063 2012-04-27, 10:08 am
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

Zorlee Wrote:radical_tyro Wrote:congrats... that's damn impressive! how have you been studying? I actually made a thread about my study-method (nothing fancy) a while ago. Check it out if you're inter...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,868 2012-02-29, 8:52 pm
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

i received my scores saturday... N1 Language knowledge: 46/60 Reading: 21/60 Listening: 27/60 Total: 94/100 Vocabulary: B Grammar: A close but no cigar! my brain stopped working on the reading sec...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,868 2012-02-29, 12:20 am
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

Zorlee Wrote:N1 PASSED! YAY!!!!! :D Language Knowledge: 60/60 (!) Reading: 47/60 Listening: 48/60 Total Score: 155/180 When I took the test I'd been studying Japanese for 2,5 years, so I'm really ha...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,868 2012-02-29, 12:11 am
    Thread: This guy = the man
Post: This guy = the man

HonyakuJoshua Wrote:so what? ... I am not impressed. and how many / which do you know? anyway, the related article points it out: Quote:"If the languages are English, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Hind...
radical_tyro Off topic 112 19,918 2012-02-21, 5:13 pm
    Thread: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage
Post: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage

arnaldosfjunior Wrote:core10k + ko2001 + kic unique words=? using the shared anki deck with 1725 sentences, that totals to: unique words: 11532.
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 37 26,691 2012-02-20, 9:56 pm
    Thread: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage
Post: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage

arnaldosfjunior Wrote:core10k + ko2001 unique words=? core10k + ko2001 sentences: 13091 unique words: 10570 word repeats: 26559 cumulative: 1級: 82.5% (6798/8243) 2級: 91.4% (4188/4580) 3級: 94.4% (1091/...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 37 26,691 2012-02-19, 1:03 pm
    Thread: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage
Post: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage

I have calculated them for JLPT Target (N1 and N2), and for Core 10K: JLPT Target sentences: 4000 unique words: 6264 word repeats: 15838 cumulative: 1級: 61.0% (5031/8243) 2級: 72.4% (3317/4580) 3級: 86...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 37 26,691 2012-02-16, 10:42 pm
    Thread: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage
Post: smart.fm core 2000/6000 and JLPT coverage

mezbup Wrote:Interested to know what figures come up if you run the KM2kyuu deck through this? which deck do you mean? if you mean the grammar deck, there are ~1500 unique words so that's not going to...
radical_tyro JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 37 26,691 2012-02-16, 10:30 pm
    Thread: 新完全マスター Series
Post: 新完全マスター Series

i'm also interested if someone can comment on the other books too, in particular the grammar and reading. thanks.
radical_tyro Learning resources 3 1,132 2011-08-05, 1:36 am