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Thread: how long did you continue daily review after finishing rtk ? Post: RE: how long did you continue daily review after f... I think I stopped reviewing RTK after passing JLPT1 around 4 years ago. I don't live in Asia, and even if I did I suspect that I would almost never need to write things on paper. If I do, I can just p... |
astendra | General discussion | 16 | 1,653 | 2016-03-24, 7:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Calcium X Japan Height Enhancer Post: RE: Calcium X Japan Height Enhancer Supplements aren't necessarily safe, either. I have no idea about Japan, but in many places, the supplement industry lacks regulation and quality control to the point where many products do not contai... |
astendra | Off topic | 6 | 920 | 2016-03-24, 6:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Post: RE: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Hi there, another old timer, haven't been active here for a while. Currently planning to do some exchange studies in HK, so am looking for some stuff in Cantonese. if anyone can help with an invite I ... |
astendra | Off topic | 199 | 73,042 | 2016-03-24, 5:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Where is uisukii? Post: Where is uisukii? tashippy Wrote:Huh. I haven't come across any blank posts by IceCream. Are all her former posts (or posts from before a certain date) blank? edit: my last memory of her posting is complaining that th... |
astendra | Off topic | 27 | 4,948 | 2013-12-20, 4:53 am | ||
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Thread: DotA2 Post: DotA2 I wouldn't mind having someone to play with every now and then. Frankly, I think solo queuing is pretty boring; I really prefer to play over voip or something. Either way, I emailed TheVinster my stea... |
astendra | Off topic | 8 | 2,540 | 2013-05-27, 2:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Accessing interesting AND challenging reading material easier! Post: Accessing interesting AND challenging reading mate... Why start a web server when you can just do: file:///path/episode01.txt |
astendra | Learning resources | 13 | 4,619 | 2013-04-30, 4:57 am | ||
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Thread: Torchlight 2 - Japanese version Post: Torchlight 2 - Japanese version If you want to know how one may hypothetically acquire such a thing, should one be so inclined, you might want to look for "japanese p2p". Purely out of academic interest, of course. |
astendra | Learning resources | 4 | 1,511 | 2013-04-27, 9:57 am | ||
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Thread: What to do in a situation like this? Post: What to do in a situation like this? I don't really care what Heisig says, but I think the end goal is about remembering the kanji and not the story itself. I don't do stories anymore, I just remember whole kanji by phonetic association... |
astendra | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,950 | 2013-04-15, 5:49 am | ||
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Thread: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread Post: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread I just read them out in my head while typing. |
astendra | General discussion | 135 | 48,917 | 2013-04-10, 9:52 am | ||
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Thread: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread Post: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread I type my vocab review answers in kana (unless I do them on the phone) and they're still at 2-4 sec/review for me. Helps me focus a bit better and doesn't slow me down anyway, since I type pretty fast... |
astendra | General discussion | 135 | 48,917 | 2013-04-10, 8:13 am | ||
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Thread: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread Post: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread Yeah, I never really got that either. But I guess that's why Damien added the daily cap thing. |
astendra | General discussion | 135 | 48,917 | 2013-04-08, 9:00 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Francesca2207 Wrote:Just to connect this sex topic back into food, did you see the new study by Harvard that said a diet high in dairy results in low sperm quality? Okay, this is one of my pet peeves,... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-05, 9:17 am | ||
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Thread: NSTF plans for the future Post: NSTF plans for the future Combining resistance training with HIIT can be problematic due to recovery though. Kind of why it's also hard to improve both strength and endurance at the same time. As for taurine, I tried to read ... |
astendra | Off topic | 11 | 2,742 | 2012-12-02, 2:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Yeah, but we aren't carnivores, we're omnivores. We've also adapted to using tools and strategy for hunting and to digest cooked food. Hence we don't need sharper claws, vision or smell and we also ha... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-02, 8:49 am | ||
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Thread: NSTF plans for the future Post: NSTF plans for the future If you're interested in goal vs process orientation, this is a great read. (2 parts) It sums up the issue pretty neatly. Of course, this doesn't only pertain to training either. http://www.bodyrecompo... |
astendra | Off topic | 11 | 2,742 | 2012-12-02, 6:20 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work nadiatims Wrote:I think part of it is the body responding to the increased calories. For evolutionary reasons, people crave high calorie foods. Meat is high calorie presumedly because of the fat conte... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-02, 4:59 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Quote:The very particular diets phenomenon seems to have appeared as a result of nutritionists trying to patent their advice (can't ask people to pay for telling them to eat in moderation, that's just... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-02, 4:52 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Aijin Wrote:For nutrition alone, I don't really think any single diet is better than another, it's just a matter of balance. A well balanced omnivore diet that includes a lot of healthy plant foods, a... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-02, 4:37 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work nadiatims Wrote:About the only thing meat has going for it is high calorie density. Vegans generally have to eat a larger volume of food to get the same calories. Only fatty meats are high in calories... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-01, 11:31 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work Yeah, vegetarianism isn't "the healthy choice". As I tried to point out earlier in this thread, people become healther/drop weight when they start improving upon the standard diet and adding exercise,... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-12-01, 5:28 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I think the speaker is the one recieving the favor. He asked Tanaka to see the man (per the translation), and Tanaka complied. |
astendra | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,159 | 2012-11-28, 11:27 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Post: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Yeah, but we weren't talking about native speakers. Imagine you're applying for a job in a foreign country, and a requirement is being able to speak the local language. There is a standardized test f... |
astendra | General discussion | 29 | 6,047 | 2012-11-04, 6:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan and negativity Post: Japan and negativity comeauch Wrote:Thanks for the suggestions! Also, anything written by Urobuchi Gen. (eg Fate/Zero, Madoka) |
astendra | General discussion | 33 | 6,793 | 2012-11-04, 2:59 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) Post: JLPT exam rules (kanji shirt) uisukii Wrote:Is there any point in spending money and time to take tests to "judge" how "fluent" you are, when there are hundreds of cheaper and more interesting alternatives which require a reasonab... |
astendra | General discussion | 29 | 6,047 | 2012-11-04, 1:08 pm | ||
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Thread: ~Pimsleur-ish Intervals in Anki - HELP PLEASE Post: ~Pimsleur-ish Intervals in Anki - HELP PLEASE Yes, it's too much. This is easy to do in Anki 2 with filter decks; try making one with intervals 0.5, 9, and 90 minutes. That should be enough IME. Of course, you can alter that at your own discretio... |
astendra | Learning resources | 9 | 3,306 | 2012-11-04, 11:09 am | ||
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Thread: Moving on, but how? Post: Moving on, but how? Not sure what no masturbating is supposed to do for anything; that's psychological at best, and for that, everyone has their own triggers. Anyway. I'm genetically predisposed to anxiety, and the best... |
astendra | Off topic | 20 | 3,804 | 2012-11-01, 5:53 am | ||
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Thread: Eroge / adult visual novels Post: Eroge / adult visual novels You can buy digital copies of some VNs nowadays, but you usually need - you guessed it - a Japanese credit card. I tried buying Steins;Gate since it was good, but failed miserably. It exists on the Ap... |
astendra | Learning resources | 31 | 32,064 | 2012-11-01, 5:19 am | ||
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Thread: Your Tax Dollars At Work Post: Your Tax Dollars At Work I disagree with the health argument. There is nothing inherently healthy (or unhealthy) about vegetarianism, or with eating meat for that matter. It's more that the standard diet is so awfully bad tha... |
astendra | Off topic | 316 | 42,830 | 2012-10-30, 3:50 am | ||
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Thread: Which 炊飯器 / rice-cooker? Post: Which 炊飯器 / rice-cooker? http://www.yumasia.co.uk/ is the only place I've found that sells them online in Europe. Don't know about retail stores; importing is expensive so I think it'll be hard to find an actual reseller, but... |
astendra | General discussion | 22 | 11,083 | 2012-10-27, 11:54 am | ||
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Thread: Multitasking: Exercise and studying Post: Multitasking: Exercise and studying chamcham Wrote:Exercise FIRST Thing in the morning. By that, I mean as soon as you wake up, roll out of bed and exercise IMMEDIATELY. Eh, I wouldn't obsess about it. It's mostly a preference issue. It... |
astendra | Learning resources | 17 | 4,500 | 2012-10-26, 4:25 pm | ||
