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Thread: Translate to Tattoo (Integrity, Humility, Respect) Post: Translate to Tattoo (Integrity, Humility, Respect) I don't understand this fascination on getting tattoos in a language you don't understand. But at least some good has come out this fetish for asian characters: Hanzi Smatter |
oefirouz | Group study | 7 | 3,066 | 2013-03-15, 1:41 pm | ||
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Thread: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k Post: What can I expect? When did it click? Core 2k/6k I agree there are diminishing returns in the very long run, but there are accelerating returns beforehand. I imagine usefulness goes something like this: Logistic Curve |
oefirouz | The Japanese language | 66 | 13,894 | 2013-03-10, 1:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Question about visual memorization Post: Question about visual memorization stratzvyda Wrote:Not at all, that is far and away the most important aspect and the rest will come over time naturally as you drill more and definitely once you start learning the language. Being abl... |
oefirouz | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 1,740 | 2013-03-07, 7:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Output neglected Post: Output neglected I agree with the post. I think someone once mentioned: 'Output is difficult of course. There are multiple ways to translate a single word/sentence. But doing output-based flashcards is making the be... |
oefirouz | Learning resources | 55 | 8,174 | 2013-03-05, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. matsu Wrote:The main point in this entire discussion is not the question of SRSing or not, but rather whether the usual spacing is optimal or not. Somewhere in this threat someone said he'd increase t... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 249 | 67,240 | 2013-03-03, 1:00 am | ||
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Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Aspiring Wrote:In support of your argument, I'll say that it is always best to learn and understand something the first time you encounter it. That's also true, but he erroneously dismisses the import... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 249 | 67,240 | 2013-03-01, 5:57 pm | ||
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Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. amtrack Wrote:Learning is not overly complicated. If you do it enough, you'll eventually learn it. It is really that simple. How much you need to do it largely depends on how hard a concept it is f... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 249 | 67,240 | 2013-03-01, 5:48 pm | ||
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Thread: programming background Post: programming background chamcham Wrote:vix86 Wrote:dizmox Wrote:I think C++ is a good language to learn first precisely because of it's complexity - it introduces most of the important concepts. I think an understanding of h... |
oefirouz | Off topic | 43 | 6,423 | 2013-02-16, 4:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Trying to remember: the merit of effort Post: Trying to remember: the merit of effort I think it's pretty obvious that if you are willing to spend more time thinking of an answer, that your retention will improve (assuming the same number of repetitions as someone else). But, this is a... |
oefirouz | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,526 | 2013-02-16, 2:15 pm | ||
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Thread: I came from vacations and tried to use anki Post: I came from vacations and tried to use anki I don't understand this hatred of Anki 2. It's better in almost every way. Yes the user interface isn't great, but Anki 1 wasn't great either. If you want an easy UI use Mnemosyne. And if you want to ... |
oefirouz | Learning resources | 14 | 3,249 | 2013-02-09, 4:17 pm | ||
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Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. overture2112 Wrote:More accurately: By "retention" I assume you mean "forgetting index", which are different, as generally retention is considered to be your average ability to recall at any given ti... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 249 | 67,240 | 2013-02-08, 12:18 pm | ||
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Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. I believe Wozniak said that your learning efficiency is maximized at ~80% retention. Any lower, and the cost of failing outweighs the higher ease factors. Any higher, and you are paying for retention... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 249 | 67,240 | 2013-02-07, 11:25 pm | ||
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Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year. nadiatims Wrote:corry Wrote:nadiatims Wrote:Initially after doing RTK I figured the next step should be similarly organized I and searched around and found different word lists and tried various syste... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 249 | 67,240 | 2013-02-06, 2:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Four hours of concentration/day is the human limit? Post: Four hours of concentration/day is the human limit... Just because you can only do 4 hours of extremely difficult work doesn't mean that only the difficult work is necessary. Outside of his 4 ours of work, I bet Poincare spent the rest of his day thinki... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 57 | 9,021 | 2013-02-06, 12:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki? Post: Good Alternatives to Anki? SendaiDan Wrote:I held out until yesterday to upgrade but had to because I wanted to be able to sync to my phone. It took me a good couples of hours to work everything out and get the format of my car... |
oefirouz | Learning resources | 47 | 19,441 | 2013-02-01, 12:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Anki Reviews Simulator Post: Anki Reviews Simulator Here's a quick hack. Let's say on average, a card takes 10-20 reviews before it reaches the point where you will die before it comes again. That's a pretty fair estimate I think. Then let's say on a... |
oefirouz | Learning resources | 5 | 2,228 | 2013-01-21, 2:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese people and the Chinese language Post: Japanese people and the Chinese language I'm learning Chinese and flirting with Japanese, so this movie was perfect. About a Japanese girl who goes to learn Chinese in Taiwan. Love You Ten Thousand Years (我爱你一万年). Light, romantic comedy. [... |
oefirouz | Off topic | 14 | 2,949 | 2012-10-01, 12:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Using Linux/Unix as my development environment Post: Using Linux/Unix as my development environment shinsen Wrote:oefirouz Wrote:It is important to note that Ubuntu has a lot of support, which benefits Mint, because it is built on top of Ubuntu. As an LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) user I feel obl... |
oefirouz | Off topic | 100 | 23,961 | 2012-08-26, 6:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Using Linux/Unix as my development environment Post: Using Linux/Unix as my development environment Sorry if you have already reached a decision... Maybe I can help: if you don't have much time to test, I would recommend Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop. It is built on top of ubuntu, so it will do e... |
oefirouz | Off topic | 100 | 23,961 | 2012-08-26, 2:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Is Chinese basically Hanzi Post: Is Chinese basically Hanzi HonyakuJoshua Wrote:... Said person told me this about Japanese and I told him he was wrong but is it true with Chinese... He got Japanese completely wrong, why do you even listen to what he has to sa... |
oefirouz | General discussion | 33 | 9,370 | 2012-08-18, 3:44 pm | ||
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Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links Post: buonaparte's audio and text links buonaparte, I first heard about you on learn-any-language forums, now I see you here. I have been won over. I'm going to try LR for spanish and french. Thanks for your endless posting of resources. I... |
oefirouz | Learning resources | 497 | 279,066 | 2012-08-07, 5:42 pm | ||