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    Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?
Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?

So just quickly reading through this thread it seems like there is currently an issue with syncing large decks? Mine is 67 MB because I use it as a sort of media-database; I keep all of my subs2srs ca...
blackmacros Learning resources 401 86,877 2010-05-28, 3:23 am
    Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?
Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying?

Just like to say that I've been hoping for a native iPhone Anki app for ages, and will definitely buy it as soon as it is released. Thanks a bunch for all your hard work resolve, and I hope working o...
blackmacros Learning resources 401 86,877 2010-05-24, 4:41 am
    Thread: all Thai all the time
Post: all Thai all the time

Jarvik7 Wrote:I have decided to ditch Thailand in favour of somewhere sunnier ^_^. For instance... The sun's corona Or Australia.
blackmacros General discussion 72 13,113 2010-03-20, 5:11 am
    Thread: kanji and kana stylistics
Post: kanji and kana stylistics

pm215 Wrote:ruiner Wrote:I've never heard of a commercial poem. Try looking in a mother's day card :-) Also, didn't Shakespeare (and a lot/most of poets from that sort of time period) basically have p...
blackmacros The Japanese language 29 4,258 2010-03-19, 6:19 am
    Thread: Basic English that I learned today.
Post: Basic English that I learned today.

captal Wrote:In Australia they say "unpack the dishwasher" instead of unload. Creepy. Where abouts? Not where I'm from (Perth and Melbourne). I always unload my dishwasher.
blackmacros Off topic 45 7,036 2010-03-15, 7:11 am
    Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat
Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat

thegeelonghellswan Wrote:Caivano - thanks, has that ever happened to anyone? I cant think of anyone claiming that... It's actually a fairly common topic on this forum. We concentrate a lot on input, a...
blackmacros General discussion 54 11,365 2010-03-15, 4:43 am
    Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat
Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat

ruiner Wrote:blackmacros Wrote:ruiner Wrote:I just tried to write a Japanese college textbook and failed badly. I started learning Japanese last week. What am I doing wrong?? Hmm depends. Were you try...
blackmacros General discussion 54 11,365 2010-03-14, 11:32 pm
    Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat
Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat

ruiner Wrote:I just tried to write a Japanese college textbook and failed badly. I started learning Japanese last week. What am I doing wrong?? Hmm depends. Were you trying to write it by hand or on c...
blackmacros General discussion 54 11,365 2010-03-14, 11:08 pm
    Thread: Dismayed after Skype Chat
Post: Dismayed after Skype Chat

Sounds like you're on the right track if you're already making an effort to practice your listening and speaking in a real conversation. It's pretty common on this forum (myself included) to disregard...
blackmacros General discussion 54 11,365 2010-03-14, 9:43 pm
    Thread: Any thoughts on this...?
Post: Any thoughts on this...?

I have basically the same settings as from that first link. Except I review cards in random order because it made it more interesting when I was working through my backlog of 4000+ due cards. It was m...
blackmacros Learning resources 8 2,564 2010-03-14, 9:25 pm
    Thread: all Thai all the time
Post: all Thai all the time

thurd Wrote:Guess now its just ta12121 left, assuming he is the real deal of course. Blackmacros returned but for he now seems to be out of shape (no 100 words/day thread yet) ;) Haha I've already acc...
blackmacros General discussion 72 13,113 2010-03-14, 9:00 pm
    Thread: all Thai all the time
Post: all Thai all the time

Delina Wrote:Indonesian, by contrast, is incredibly easy to learn. I lived in Indonesia off and on in elementary school and in middle/high school. I learned functional, but not quite conversational, I...
blackmacros General discussion 72 13,113 2010-03-13, 11:46 pm
    Thread: save clipboard to txt?
Post: save clipboard to txt?

Asriel Wrote:So I was interested in that Evernote thing, but it seems like Google Notebook would be just as good, except free and...well, it's google, so a lot of people probably already have accounts...
blackmacros Learning resources 13 3,100 2010-03-13, 2:14 am
    Thread: Nintendo DS Games (japanese immersion environment)
Post: Nintendo DS Games (japanese immersion environment)

kazelee Wrote:vix86 Wrote:Anyone know how rough the Kanji in Chrono Trigger (J) is? If you're asking about difficulty, I was able to get most of it while studying the smartfm core 2000. Some kanji are...
blackmacros General discussion 33 14,754 2010-03-13, 1:58 am
    Thread: saiga-jp.com?
Post: saiga-jp.com?

ruiner Wrote:I never watched Torchwood, That is a crime, sir. I watched Torchwood season 1 and 2 (which I thought were moderately good) *just* because I wanted to watch Torchwood: Children of Earth. ...
blackmacros Learning resources 12 5,123 2010-03-10, 12:27 am
    Thread: saiga-jp.com?
Post: saiga-jp.com?

ruiner Wrote:IceCream Wrote:i think he's more implicitly stating his sexual preference than being sexist...;) I believe I've made it clear, if you have an implicit or explicit sexual preference that i...
blackmacros Learning resources 12 5,123 2010-03-09, 9:22 pm
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

Jarvik7 Wrote:Having stickers on something you buy from a konbini > getting killed for your shoes/cellphone Especially since I really like my shoes.
blackmacros General discussion 131 24,146 2010-03-09, 3:40 am
    Thread: Thread for cool people who do 100+ a day. 30 kanji people stay out.
Post: Thread for cool people who do 100+ a day. 30 kanj...

Jarvik7 Wrote:Learning all 2042 kanji in 2 weeks or even less is easily doable if you have the free time. Retention comes with review and will always take longer though. People making those claims jus...
blackmacros Remembering the Kanji 72 18,403 2010-03-08, 4:30 pm
    Thread: げんき, college advice
Post: げんき, college advice

Aijin Wrote:Both textbooks in a month? :\ hiragana, katakana, 300 or so kanji, 100 grammar concepts, and more than 1,000 words? In 31 days? No. As kazelee said, if you've already done RtK (and theref...
blackmacros General discussion 35 4,509 2010-03-06, 8:27 pm
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

I understand all of that, and I'm sure a lot of this really is just him expressing his frustration with life in Japan...but I still get the overwhelming impression that a lot of it is caused by the fa...
blackmacros General discussion 131 24,146 2010-03-06, 8:05 am
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

I don't know FutureBlues...I'm not disputing the accuracy of his descriptions but I do think he comes across as someone who has real trouble interacting properly with (any) society. Quote:". . . You k...
blackmacros General discussion 131 24,146 2010-03-06, 6:41 am
    Thread: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software)
Post: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software...

I'm on a Mac and typed this into the terminal: python /Users/David/Downloads/text2srs.py -i /U/David/Desktop/zero_no_tsukaima.txt and it output the results to a file called output.txt which I the...
blackmacros Learning resources 14 8,681 2010-03-06, 5:30 am
    Thread: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software)
Post: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software...

I managed to get text2srs working (I had to resave my text file as UTF8 and then it worked fine). Its pretty cool actually, it basically turns a raw txt file into an anki importable output file. Is th...
blackmacros Learning resources 14 8,681 2010-03-06, 1:21 am
    Thread: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software)
Post: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software...

I checked out text2srs but I couldn't get it to work with Zero no Tsukaima :( I kept getting an error related to Unicode and UTF8 whenever I tried to execute the program
blackmacros Learning resources 14 8,681 2010-03-05, 7:49 pm
    Thread: subs2srs - How are you using it? What are you using with it?
Post: subs2srs - How are you using it? What are you usin...

nest0r Wrote:I'm still working on developing a similar strategy for raw novels... I have some ideas for that, but, busy busy.... (but not too busy to comment here ;p) Regarding that, take a look at my...
blackmacros Learning resources 62 31,681 2010-03-05, 7:33 pm
    Thread: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software)
Post: Cut a text into sentences (python code or software...

Sounds like that sort of functionality could create a sort of text2srs program similar to subs2srs. If it could pull off filtering like subs2srs can (only sentences with kanji, or above a certain leng...
blackmacros Learning resources 14 8,681 2010-03-05, 7:31 pm
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

Jarvik7 Wrote:If you snub everyone when you show up for work and when you leave, if you never partake in any of the social gatherings, if you don't talk politely/show respect where it's due, then even...
blackmacros General discussion 131 24,146 2010-03-05, 6:14 am
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

I'm about halfway through, but it just seems like he just doesn't like people.
blackmacros General discussion 131 24,146 2010-03-04, 7:41 am
    Thread: Zero overhead learning, thoughts on Core6k and vocab acquisition
Post: Zero overhead learning, thoughts on Core6k and voc...

kodorakun Wrote:Hi All, I am an avid fan of the Core6K series. I decided to go all-kanji prompt, and then an answer with furigana, english translation, and the fancy professional audio (core6k import...
blackmacros General discussion 2 905 2010-03-03, 3:52 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I seduc...errr conversed with a Japanese girl all day (in Japanese of course). My speaking is tonnes better than I thought. LegionOfDeicide Wrote:And I noticed that my friend never once complimented ...
blackmacros General discussion 1,389 294,345 2010-03-03, 3:19 am