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by ess 18y ago
The definitions are human translated for now. We're still working on improving the translations to match the words - as in running = run and so on.
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by ess 18y ago
I wrote my app in Python/Django. My reasons were short: 1. I wanted to learn python, but was not really interested in ruby 2. Rails is too hyped. The problem here is that people pigeonhole you when they hear that you are a rails developer.
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by ess 18y ago
I believe the problem here is just microfocus. When people focus too much on one thing, they tend not to take a step back every now and then to see if things are still the same as when you started. Let's say I want to start a business in ch
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by ess 18y ago
The characters only display if you have eastern languages enabled on your PC. This is microsofts fault, not mine!
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by ess 18y ago
Hit the same button again to get more pictures.
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by ess 18y ago
Well, try this. Click on the chinese course and spend 1 hour on it. You should be able to do 2 lessons in that time. Write down all 30 words you learnt on a piece of paper. Sleep on it, wake up the next morning and read the paper and see ho
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by ess 18y ago
I remember your site. It looked very plain, now it looks pretty good! Nice choices there!
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by ess 18y ago
It's different. Ingolingo concentrates on words, Rosetta teaches you how to use sentences in situations. They complement each other.
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by ess 18y ago
Well, we don't have any italian guy to help us!
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by ess 18y ago
You're right, I do need to do design work. But it's tough to be good at programming and at design too!
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by ess 18y ago
Thanks for the criticism. Well, just try it out. 30 words is just two lessons a day - I think people underestimate the power of repetition in learning. 30 words is easy if you do two lessons a day. Yes, the text stuff is not completely done
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by ess 18y ago
Yes, I probably should preload all the answers for the questions. However, we store the mistakes the user does, so the server has to be contacted each time anyways. And sending back to the server will be useful for later when we mix in sent
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by ess 18y ago
Well, the idea now is just to describe it. Later we'll make it more imagey, with a video tour and all that on the front page
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by ess 18y ago
You're right. I'll do this as soon as I figure out how to!
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by ess 18y ago
This is the first stress test, and looks like Django on webfaction is not holding up too well! Or maybe just my poor coding :)
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Request for some critique on our startup
13 points by ess 18y ago|40 comments
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by ess 19y ago
Freenet is a project killed by attitude problems of the creators.
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by ess 19y ago
Inglingo is a simple web based foreign language vocabulary trainer. I'd also appreciate some criticsm on the site itself. It's available here: http://www.ingolingo.com
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by ess 19y ago
The web version is under development. The web version is more complex because it also uses the unique features that the web has to offer. So it will be out in a few weeks. However, we are planning on selling the desktop version traditionall
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by ess 19y ago
Yes, we're launching in China in a few months. Our focus is on the non U.S market, particularly Asia, but also Europe on some specific things.
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by ess 19y ago
Nice. Well made and straightforward.
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by ess 19y ago
Hi guys, this is my new application, finally released to the world. It's a word trainer with a few unique things thrown into it. I'd appreciate some honest criticism - what you like and what you don't like. This is the first draft, and I re
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What's your honest opinion on Ingolingo?(ingolingo.com)
13 points by ess 19y ago|26 comments