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    Thread: Freenet
Post: Freenet

The way people using TOR get caught by the FBI is not through weaknesses in TOR. It's because the FBI use profiling techniques combined with surveillance to track people down. One example I read about...
Blahah Off topic 8 2,515 2012-09-17, 5:50 am
    Thread: sorry, but I really need your help.
Post: sorry, but I really need your help.

If you want to send me your exported progress (rtk_flashcards.csv) using the email link on the left, I'll import it to an RTK deck for you.
Blahah Learning resources 9 2,706 2012-08-24, 6:59 am
    Thread: Using Linux/Unix as my development environment
Post: Using Linux/Unix as my development environment

cb4960 Wrote:Virtual Box + distro of your choice is the best option for experimenting. Agree with this - I use an iMac for development and Virtualbox for any time I need to run a different OS. It's ea...
Blahah Off topic 100 23,954 2012-08-24, 5:38 am
    Thread: sorry, but I really need your help.
Post: sorry, but I really need your help.

Are you using Anki 1.2 or Anki 2 beta? In either case, the basic procedure is to go to the RevTK export page and use the 'Export Flashcards button to download a .csv file with all your card data. Th...
Blahah Learning resources 9 2,706 2012-08-24, 5:30 am
    Thread: recs for sitting in a zashiki room...
Post: recs for sitting in a zashiki room...

dtcamero Wrote:...females do that mermaid thing a lot. Perch on a rock and comb their hair with a fork?
Blahah Off topic 11 1,615 2012-08-20, 1:07 pm
    Thread: do you consider SRS a secret?
Post: do you consider SRS a secret?

That being said, I'm not a businessman or a military officer, though I am in competition with my cohort for jobs and funding. If I started a business I would probably still use open technologies and t...
Blahah Learning resources 79 14,591 2012-08-03, 12:33 pm
    Thread: do you consider SRS a secret?
Post: do you consider SRS a secret?

financialwar Wrote:lol, a lot of you here would not make very good businessman or military officer. Your demise will be your lose lips. One shouldn't tell people their method regardless whether you th...
Blahah Learning resources 79 14,591 2012-08-03, 12:27 pm
    Thread: do you consider SRS a secret?
Post: do you consider SRS a secret?

I have the opposite view of SRS. I introduce it to anyone I think might benefit from it, including running training groups at my university during my undergrad. I'm helping some school teachers I know...
Blahah Learning resources 79 14,591 2012-08-03, 11:41 am
    Thread: I am not digging Mountain Lion
Post: I am not digging Mountain Lion

I started using it yesterday - upgraded just so I can stay up to date with everything - and honestly none of the new features are annoying at all. Mostly there are just small improvements to the alrea...
Blahah Off topic 17 3,825 2012-07-28, 12:06 pm
    Thread: Where can I purchase this book used?
Post: Where can I purchase this book used?

And why would it ever cost $200??
Blahah Remembering the Kanji 12 2,120 2012-07-09, 7:23 pm
    Thread: one key for one language→ mac
Post: one key for one language→ mac

This should be a fairly simple program to write if it's only for OS X. Attempting it now...
Blahah Off topic 27 6,721 2012-07-09, 6:28 am
    Thread: How could I finance my studies as a full-time student
Post: How could I finance my studies as a full-time stud...

I funded my undergrad at first by doing bar work every night. Although I got paid illegally low wages (£5/hour) it paid for me and my gf to live (she worked too). Living is cheaper if you share all yo...
Blahah Off topic 7 1,785 2012-07-08, 7:11 pm
    Thread: Ways to rip internet-data into a spreadsheet?
Post: Ways to rip internet-data into a spreadsheet?

Personally I use ActiveState python, and I have the 2.7 distribution installed. Then, to install beautifulsoup, you type: Code: pypm install beautifulsoup Then when you load a python shell, you type...
Blahah Off topic 6 1,483 2012-05-22, 11:46 am
    Thread: Ip address
Post: Ip address

jordan3311 Wrote:I noticed that a lot of sites do not block you if you do not have a Japanese Ip address have you guys had this problem? if so who did u get around it? Do you mean sites do block you? ...
Blahah Off topic 2 950 2012-05-14, 3:04 pm
    Thread: [Beta] SanjigenJiten Japanese learning game
Post: [Beta] SanjigenJiten Japanese learning game

ファブリス Wrote:There's one type of 2D games on iOS with very nice art (usually) that would be very interesting, I don't know what they're called: you have a "bric à brac" and you look into the picture to...
Blahah Learning resources 10 3,640 2012-05-13, 4:43 pm
    Thread: copyright issues: wordlists/dictionaries/google translate
Post: copyright issues: wordlists/dictionaries/google tr...

My understanding is that under UK law, if you were to create your own word-lists based on examination of JLPT (or whatever) tests, then you own the copyright to that. I know that in the USA there is p...
Blahah Off topic 3 1,400 2012-05-10, 7:24 am
    Thread: The new iMacs
Post: The new iMacs

ファブリス Wrote:Hehe, are you referring to Blahah's comment about a 30 inch screen? That made me chuckle as well :) In my defence, I have to work with very detailed visual models of data like protein stru...
Blahah Off topic 20 4,243 2012-05-08, 2:09 pm
    Thread: The new iMacs
Post: The new iMacs

turvy Wrote:I guess I am too self-centered sometimes. But boy, you guys are really demanding people. Guilty as charged :D. I'm sorry to admit that I spend about 15 hours a day on my computer most days...
Blahah Off topic 20 4,243 2012-05-08, 8:23 am
    Thread: The new iMacs
Post: The new iMacs

turvy Wrote:Sorry but if they are coming out in 1 month it was obviously worth waiting regardless of what you are going to use them for. Unless, of course, you are rich. Just saying. Not at all, and I...
Blahah Off topic 20 4,243 2012-05-08, 4:25 am
    Thread: The new iMacs
Post: The new iMacs

I just bought the 27" quad 3.1Ghz i5 4GB iMac a few weeks ago and stuck in an extra 8GB ram. I considered waiting for the new ones, but decided it wasn't worth waiting given that the current range mee...
Blahah Off topic 20 4,243 2012-05-07, 3:16 pm
    Thread: Mice with no rubber coating recommendations
Post: Mice with no rubber coating recommendations

Before moving to Mac I used the Logitech MX 518 optical gaming mouse. I don't do any gaming, but it's an excellent general use mouse - I now use it on my PC at work. In the three years I've had it it ...
Blahah Off topic 8 4,494 2012-05-05, 5:39 am
    Thread: Pencil lead hardness for writing Kanji (2B, B, etc.)
Post: Pencil lead hardness for writing Kanji (2B, B, etc...

I use the OHTO super promecha - for me the weighting of the thing (quite heavy around the grip, light at both ends) is more important than the lead hardness. With the right balance it's much easier to...
Blahah The Japanese language 17 6,303 2012-04-18, 4:15 pm
    Thread: Don't know what to do....
Post: Don't know what to do....

Raschaverak Wrote:Just got a new job, startig 2 weeks from now on. It's a big IT company so we'll see... On the other hand I need to get regular exercise :D That's awesome, well done Raschaverak :) Wh...
Blahah Off topic 108 19,481 2012-04-18, 4:12 pm
    Thread: Using a Japanese iPhone 4 in the UK
Post: Using a Japanese iPhone 4 in the UK

Yeah you can untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.1, and the latest gevey sim doesn't require you to call 112 (which actually isn't an emergency number in the UK, only in mainland Europe). However, it's sti...
Blahah General discussion 19 10,840 2012-04-18, 11:12 am
    Thread: What's the test like for MyGengo.com?
Post: What's the test like for MyGengo.com?

If you read the website it tells you most of that information. There's a guide to the tests which says, among other things, that the test is split into a multiple choice pre-test and a ~300 word piec...
Blahah General discussion 4 3,652 2012-04-15, 1:57 pm
    Thread: How to review Green cards ?
Post: How to review Green cards ?

pineappuru Wrote:Hmm? Isn't this sites sole purpose to help with reviewing your kanji? Why wouldn't you take advantage of the awesome functionality koohii provides? There are several different ways ...
Blahah General discussion 7 1,406 2012-04-10, 4:45 pm
    Thread: The Future of Food - Hope
Post: The Future of Food - Hope

stehr Wrote:Hasn't anyone here ever heard of the man who saved a billion lives? :) Norman Borlaug?
Blahah Off topic 10 1,520 2012-04-10, 11:08 am
    Thread: The Future of Food - Hope
Post: The Future of Food - Hope

nadiatims Wrote:not to start a flamewar or anything, but one of the best things we could all do for the environment is just going vegetarian. It's way more efficient. That's true, but completely unrea...
Blahah Off topic 10 1,520 2012-04-10, 6:59 am
    Thread: P90X, Insanity, etc.
Post: P90X, Insanity, etc.

Looking around at the 'transformation' videos, I can't find any that aren't by someone selling something. Is there any real evidence that they work? And can you do it free, or do you have to sign up t...
Blahah Off topic 20 4,779 2012-04-09, 4:06 pm
    Thread: Kadokawa signs on with Amazon Kindle in Japan
Post: Kadokawa signs on with Amazon Kindle in Japan

@rich_f I have a Witopia VPN which lets me switch nodes between a list of about 30 cities worldwide. I mostly use it for security, plus listening to Pandora and watching Hulu from the UK, but I've als...
Blahah Off topic 49 9,150 2012-04-09, 12:26 pm