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Learning a Language? Why It's Better to Blitz

buttondown.email
6 points·by fluentbyfire·2 years ago·0 comments

Building Blocks of the Bimodal Blitz Language Learning Method

buttondown.email
7 points·by fluentbyfire·2 years ago·1 comments

I "Blitzed" 50 Books in 50 Days – My Experiment in Language Learning

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51 points·by fluentbyfire·2 years ago·14 comments

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1 points·by fluentbyfire·2 years ago·0 comments

Review exposes deceptive tactics among medical orgs that push youth transition

twitter.com
3 points·by fluentbyfire·2 years ago·0 comments

Scientists Film Plant 'Talking' to Its Neighbor, and the Footage Is Incredible

sciencealert.com
2 points·by fluentbyfire·2 years ago·0 comments

Ask HN: Why do so many YouTube videos have exactly 54 upvotes?

9 points·by fluentbyfire·3 years ago·6 comments

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fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
Upvote for the pictures of cats :)
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
Zip drives malfunctioned too much. The "click of death" they used to call it.
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
If ninnyhammer.com isn't taken yet, I'm grabbing it.
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
I've paid for both Kagi and Perplexity, and I get much more value with Perplexity. But hey, if people want to stay with Kagi, that's fine. I just don't see why anyone would when there is a better alternative.
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
On any query, you get a summary answer from the latest LLMs (Claude 3, ChatGPT 4 Turbo, Mistral Large) and the list of sources. Very thorough, highly efficient, and no ads.
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·2 years ago·discuss
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·2 years ago·discuss
Only on Hacker News could people find flaws with such an awesome idea and execution.

Not all songs have hooks or refrains. Only the most formulaic ones.
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
I use Readlang for translating on the fly.
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
You are welcome and all the best to you!
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
I don't know much about my biological mother or her side of the family, but they are Polish.
fluentbyfire
·2 years ago·discuss
When I "blitz", I'm looking for an immersive, memorable experience in my target language. Learning is merely a bi-product of that.

That said, as someone with an A1 ability according to CEFR (I started learning Polish 5 months ago), my ability to follow along with a native speaking narrator, even at 2x speed, has improved exponentially. My exposure to Polish vocabulary has also exploded, and I'm familiar with many Polish words in their various grammatical forms. However, I haven't committed to long term memory as many Polish words as I'd like to. Many meanings are still fuzzy, like a word at the tip of the tongue. I think I just need to see these familiar but fuzzy words in more diverse contexts before they are nailed down. That means more blitzing.
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·2 years ago·discuss
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·2 years ago·discuss
Becoming an entrepreneur because you want to make the decisions isn't enough of a reason. You also need an idea that's so good, you must see it through and make it a reality. If you don't have that idea, get a job.
fluentbyfire
·3 years ago·discuss
For me, it's a loud knocking on the door. It's as if impatient cops were knocking. It's not a pounding sound, it's knuckles to wood. I immediately awaken to check if someone is there, but no one ever is.

Happens once every few months. I've learned to check the response of my cat's. If they aren't looking at the door, it's in my head.
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·3 years ago·discuss
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