fluentbyfire

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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
Upvote for the pictures of cats :)
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
Zip drives malfunctioned too much. The "click of death" they used to call it.
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Learning a Language? Why It's Better to Blitz(buttondown.email)
6 points by fluentbyfire 2y ago|0 comments
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Building Blocks of the Bimodal Blitz Language Learning Method(buttondown.email)
7 points by fluentbyfire 2y ago|1 comments
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I "Blitzed" 50 Books in 50 Days – My Experiment in Language Learning(buttondown.email)
51 points by fluentbyfire 2y ago|14 comments
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
If ninnyhammer.com isn't taken yet, I'm grabbing it.
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Review exposes deceptive tactics among medical orgs that push youth transition(twitter.com)
3 points by fluentbyfire 2y ago|0 comments
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
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.
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
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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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
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.
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
I use Readlang for translating on the fly.
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
You are welcome and all the best to you!
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
I don't know much about my biological mother or her side of the family, but they are Polish.
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by fluentbyfire 2y ago
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
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by fluentbyfire 3y ago
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.
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Scientists Film Plant 'Talking' to Its Neighbor, and the Footage Is Incredible(sciencealert.com)
2 points by fluentbyfire 3y ago|0 comments
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by fluentbyfire 3y ago
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 eve
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Ask HN: Why do so many YouTube videos have exactly 54 upvotes?
9 points by fluentbyfire 3y ago|6 comments