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    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

Does anyone know if there's a way to run a simple conditional test on the contents of a field? I want something like If(tags field has a 'leech' tag in it) {display the word 'leech' on front of card}...
Haych Learning resources 448 98,881 2014-04-23, 1:35 pm
    Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice.
Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor...

I'm going to assume we have collective forum amnesia or people just didn't see the thread, but not so long ago there was a similar thread on here and this image popped up. It shows the probability tha...
Haych The Japanese language 79 17,214 2014-02-10, 7:45 pm
    Thread: Why does it all sound the same?!
Post: Why does it all sound the same?!

It's funny how you wedged all these strawmen into a discussion that started on the topic of phonetics, just to prove that you aren't one of those people. Funny, or maybe just really really insecure. ...
Haych The Japanese language 42 6,963 2014-02-03, 9:46 pm
    Thread: Amount of vocabulary
Post: Amount of vocabulary

lauri_ranta Wrote:http://19a5b0.s3-website-us-west-2.amazo...lative.png That's a good graph, and it would seem to agree with the 10,000 number that people are often quoting, since that's about where t...
Haych The Japanese language 85 18,799 2014-01-25, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Wearing off RTK...
Post: Wearing off RTK...

80 a day does sound a bit high and that could be a retention problem. You should add more information to the front of your cards that is relevant to what you're learning now. Like vocab readings, on y...
Haych The Japanese language 15 3,807 2014-01-19, 7:56 pm
    Thread: Inappropriate stories
Post: Inappropriate stories

ファブリス Wrote:The next part which I'm not very good at, is figuring the proper formula to compute a ratio of helpful/unhelpful votes and sort stories so that unvoted stories are in the middle, helpful o...
Haych Off topic 121 18,936 2014-01-18, 1:56 pm
    Thread: Inappropriate stories
Post: Inappropriate stories

Flamerokz Wrote:Maybe just default to a forum "spoiler"-behavior sort of thing for any stories which surpass a certain report threshold (i.e. default to having them hidden, but allow a user to reveal ...
Haych Off topic 121 18,936 2014-01-16, 2:24 pm
    Thread: Inappropriate stories
Post: Inappropriate stories

yudantaiteki Wrote:Last time we had a discussion about that magnet story, it brought a bunch of single-digit-post-count people out to cry about fascism, book-burning, etc. (And now we have someone wh...
Haych Off topic 121 18,936 2014-01-15, 6:22 pm
    Thread: Inappropriate stories
Post: Inappropriate stories

ktcgx Wrote:gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:Well...yes and no. I doubt there are many Puritans on this site. Some of us, however, are concerned with ensuring that this site remains open and friendly to people of...
Haych Off topic 121 18,936 2014-01-15, 5:04 pm
    Thread: RTK (3) for Mortals
Post: RTK (3) for Mortals

Hopefully you actually enjoyed this process, and didn't just take it like a bitter pill. After doing RTK3 and a whole bunch of vocab, I'm still now going through the process of finding out how lots o...
Haych Remembering the Kanji 15 5,735 2014-01-14, 2:51 pm
    Thread: RTK 1 Anki card times
Post: RTK 1 Anki card times

If you're able to write it out after only 10 seconds that's pretty decent. If you only recall and start writing by that point, that's not that great. You should probably only write things out once. A...
Haych Remembering the Kanji 7 1,828 2014-01-11, 4:49 pm
    Thread: Beer in Japan
Post: Beer in Japan

Out of curiosity, what actually are the mainstream beer brands there that you just find everywhere around Japan in general? If I were to guess they are all some bland variety of lager... would I be c...
Haych Off topic 8 3,787 2014-01-07, 1:48 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation issues (chi, ji, zi-sounds)
Post: Pronunciation issues (chi, ji, zi-sounds)

Helltrixz Wrote:It had happened to me in multiple languages before, just stick to it! :D And it can be confusing. As a matter of fact, as you could see a few posts earlier I just realised there are ac...
Haych The Japanese language 22 6,408 2014-01-05, 12:52 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation issues (chi, ji, zi-sounds)
Post: Pronunciation issues (chi, ji, zi-sounds)

Vempele Wrote:Haych Wrote:Since the consonant above seems to be in your native language, it seems unlikely that you'll use the wrong sound. On the other hand, english doesn't have it, so there's alway...
Haych The Japanese language 22 6,408 2014-01-05, 12:42 pm
    Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions
Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions

Well 2013 was a pretty good year but I wouldn't want to stay there, personally. Looking back.. I just did flashcards.. Lots and lots of flashcards. It was a bit dull. Anki may be good for helping you...
Haych General discussion 55 13,394 2014-01-04, 10:17 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation issues (chi, ji, zi-sounds)
Post: Pronunciation issues (chi, ji, zi-sounds)

It might be time to learn some phonetics. Linguistic stuff can be a bit difficult to break into, but it is often worth it for a bit of a deeper understanding. The consonant for 'shi' is /ɕ/. The voice...
Haych The Japanese language 22 6,408 2014-01-04, 8:00 pm
    Thread: Where is uisukii?
Post: Where is uisukii?

tashippy Wrote:Haych Wrote:I haven't made a post for a few days.. Was anyone wondering about what happened to me? Don't worry. I'm still here. Don't you EVER do that again! Scared me half to death. S...
Haych Off topic 27 4,948 2013-12-21, 12:47 am
    Thread: Where is uisukii?
Post: Where is uisukii?

I haven't made a post for a few days.. Was anyone wondering about what happened to me? Don't worry. I'm still here.
Haych Off topic 27 4,948 2013-12-20, 2:25 am
    Thread: I'm back, and this time hopefully for good!
Post: I'm back, and this time hopefully for good!

Relevant.
Haych General discussion 20 4,577 2013-12-11, 11:20 pm
    Thread: Japanese kana have hebrew origin?
Post: Japanese kana have hebrew origin?

Did anyone besides the Chinese even have contact with Japan in the middle of the 1st millennium AD when the katakana started popping up?
Haych The Japanese language 136 29,620 2013-12-07, 4:04 pm
    Thread: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON!
Post: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON!

This thread's been an interesting read, even though I didn't take any test this time around, myself. At the beginning of the year I kept telling myself "N1 by December", even though I had no sense of ...
Haych JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 156 35,090 2013-12-04, 5:27 pm
    Thread: Blast from the past!
Post: Blast from the past!

Hey hey, I recognise that name! I expect anyone who has gone through RTK in any recent time will as well.. You learn pretty quickly that this guy has basically got a monopoly on the top-stories count....
Haych General discussion 2 789 2013-12-04, 5:09 pm
    Thread: 戔 What's the character that has this primitive in it?
Post: 戔 What's the character that has this primitive in...

Yeah, 戔 is a radical in traditional hanzi that simplifies to 戋. From there, you can add the extra stroke to make it "float". So probably any kanji that uses "float" could have an old form with 戔.
Haych The Japanese language 7 984 2013-12-04, 4:08 pm
    Thread: What this means in kanji?
Post: What this means in kanji?

羊ーひつじーhitsuji - sheep 夫ーおっとーotto - husband sheep husband. first result on google: http://news.xinhuanet.com/lianzheng/2012...91_21n.jpg glorious
Haych The Japanese language 2 471 2013-11-23, 2:22 pm
    Thread: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside from Japanese?
Post: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside...

Bokusenou Wrote:@Haych You might want to start out with going through the tutorials at http://www.codecademy.com. They are very interactive, and they have you building projects soon after starting out...
Haych Off topic 56 10,089 2013-11-20, 9:14 pm
    Thread: Tolerance
Post: Tolerance

NightSky Wrote:Haych Wrote:Like Reddit's creepy fixation over the issue of hitting women. They seriously love that one. Its strange. They're always just coming up with these fantasy scenarios where it...
Haych Off topic 38 7,230 2013-11-20, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside from Japanese?
Post: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside...

To all the people who learn programming: What sort of things can one work on as a beginner? I can recognize the benefit of that stuff, since even though I'm more of a hardware guy, jobs still seem to...
Haych Off topic 56 10,089 2013-11-20, 2:10 am
    Thread: Tolerance
Post: Tolerance

I tend to tolerate a lot of stuff because its the internet. You're going to hear a lot of people's opinions whether you like it or not. I am also gifted the internet super-power of being able to tell...
Haych Off topic 38 7,230 2013-11-20, 12:49 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

lmanes Wrote:they seem like a common expression but the best I can come up with for the もいいところではないか part is "isn't it a good place?" and that doesn't make any sense to me. Is anyone familiar with thi...
Haych The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,021 2013-11-14, 12:58 am
    Thread: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 東京
Post: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 東京

Ah I dunno what all the fuss is about. I watched the video and liked it. It was kinda fun, and reminded me of Gordon's Great Escape, which is another good series, or something by Vice. Watching high-d...
Haych General discussion 73 17,917 2013-11-06, 6:25 pm