Hacker News: fluentbyfire

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Cat as a Service"

fluentbyfire — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 04:05:56 +0000

Upvote for the pictures of cats :)

New comment by fluentbyfire in "How to copy a file from a 30-year-old laptop"

fluentbyfire — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:08:52 +0000

Zip drives malfunctioned too much. The "click of death" they used to call it.

Learning a Language? Why It's Better to Blitz

fluentbyfire — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:58:38 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.email/bimodalblitz/archive/why-its-better-to-blitz/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40059621

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Building Blocks of the Bimodal Blitz Language Learning Method

fluentbyfire — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:08:40 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.email/bimodalblitz/archive/building-blocks-of-the-bimodal-blitz-language/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40051415

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

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

fluentbyfire — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 11:24:30 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.email/bimodalblitz/archive/i-blitzed-50-books-in-50-days-my-experiment-in/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40022333

Points: 51

# Comments: 14

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Green's Dictionary of Slang"

fluentbyfire — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 02:28:31 +0000

If ninnyhammer.com isn't taken yet, I'm grabbing it.

Review exposes deceptive tactics among medical orgs that push youth transition

fluentbyfire — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 02:17:30 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/buttonslives/status/1778491281305378884

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40019867

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by fluentbyfire in "I Lost Faith in Kagi"

fluentbyfire — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:17:49 +0000

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.

New comment by fluentbyfire in "I Lost Faith in Kagi"

fluentbyfire — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:14:29 +0000

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.

New comment by fluentbyfire in "AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License"

fluentbyfire — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:19:56 +0000

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.

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

fluentbyfire — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:55:39 +0000

I use Readlang for translating on the fly.

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

fluentbyfire — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:11:26 +0000

You are welcome and all the best to you!

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

fluentbyfire — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:50:53 +0000

I don't know much about my biological mother or her side of the family, but they are Polish.

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

fluentbyfire — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:24:09 +0000

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.

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: My company went bankrupt today and I have 2 options"

fluentbyfire — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:21:29 +0000

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.

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

fluentbyfire — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:58:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-film-plant-talking-to-its-neighbor-and-the-footage-is-incredible

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39054444

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Exploding head syndrome"

fluentbyfire — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:01:25 +0000

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.

Hacker News: fluentbyfire

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Cat as a Service"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "How to copy a file from a 30-year-old laptop"

Learning a Language? Why It's Better to Blitz

Building Blocks of the Bimodal Blitz Language Learning Method

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

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Green's Dictionary of Slang"

Review exposes deceptive tactics among medical orgs that push youth transition

New comment by fluentbyfire in "I Lost Faith in Kagi"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "I Lost Faith in Kagi"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Ask HN: My company went bankrupt today and I have 2 options"

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

New comment by fluentbyfire in "Exploding head syndrome"

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