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This is exactly why duolingo owl has so much power over me. Can't lose my 235 day streak and can't drop out of to a lower league after working so hard to get to

This is exactly why duolingo owl has so much power over me. Can't lose my 235 day streak and can't drop out of to a lower league after working so hard to get to that league.

ptm 7y ago
> duolingo owl has so much power over me. I use duolingo as well - and one of the saddest days was when I lost a 100+ day streak. It's funny how a meaningless number can have so much power.
- roylez 7y ago
  My experience is different here. Every time when I am about to lose a streak, I would try hard not to be influenced emotionally, and would regard an opportunity to keep my ego in check. I have lost streaks many times, 50+ maybe three times, 100+ one time, and I still feel fine with myself. Normally I would practice Duolingo in the morning before coffee everyday, like a ritual.
- appleiigs 7y ago
  I don't remember perfectly, but the creator of Lodash (javascript library) had something like a 365 day streak of coding everyday. But it was broken because he committed late a night and the cutoff was on a different timezone. He was so bothered by it, he contacted GitHub to fix it for him.
  - cj 7y ago
    Couldn't he have simply back dated a commit (or edited the time of an existing commit)? Ex. https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti
choward 7y ago
I've used Duolingo a few times and each time I quit it was because a steak ended.
organsnyder 7y ago
I've maintained my 758-day streak freeze for basically the entire summer using streak freezes from accrued lingots. Not sure I still deserve the streak, but it's definitely kept Duolingo in the front of my mind even as I've taken a break (and I'm getting low on lingots, so I'll be getting back on the horse soon).
harrisonjackson 7y ago
Was/is Duolingo effective for you? How much have you improved since starting it and what was your skill level when you started? Asking because I've had a couple of false starts with it, but I'm feeling motivated again!
- dominotw 7y ago
  I am not sure how much it helped me since I haven't really used my spanish in real world yet. I only knew 2 words in spanish. I go to cross english-spanish meetups and I can form basic sentences and ask questions ect and I can understand some if they speak very slowly and give me a pause to interpret it.

This is exactly why duolingo owl has so much power over me. Can't lose my 235 day streak and can't drop out of to a lower league after working so hard to get to that league.

ptm 7y ago

> duolingo owl has so much power over me. I use duolingo as well - and one of the saddest days was when I lost a 100+ day streak. It's funny how a meaningless number can have so much power.

roylez 7y ago
My experience is different here. Every time when I am about to lose a streak, I would try hard not to be influenced emotionally, and would regard an opportunity to keep my ego in check. I have lost streaks many times, 50+ maybe three times, 100+ one time, and I still feel fine with myself. Normally I would practice Duolingo in the morning before coffee everyday, like a ritual.
appleiigs 7y ago
I don't remember perfectly, but the creator of Lodash (javascript library) had something like a 365 day streak of coding everyday. But it was broken because he committed late a night and the cutoff was on a different timezone. He was so bothered by it, he contacted GitHub to fix it for him.
- cj 7y ago
  Couldn't he have simply back dated a commit (or edited the time of an existing commit)? Ex. https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti

choward 7y ago

I've used Duolingo a few times and each time I quit it was because a steak ended.

organsnyder 7y ago

I've maintained my 758-day streak freeze for basically the entire summer using streak freezes from accrued lingots. Not sure I still deserve the streak, but it's definitely kept Duolingo in the front of my mind even as I've taken a break (and I'm getting low on lingots, so I'll be getting back on the horse soon).

harrisonjackson 7y ago

Was/is Duolingo effective for you? How much have you improved since starting it and what was your skill level when you started? Asking because I've had a couple of false starts with it, but I'm feeling motivated again!

dominotw 7y ago
I am not sure how much it helped me since I haven't really used my spanish in real world yet. I only knew 2 words in spanish. I go to cross english-spanish meetups and I can form basic sentences and ask questions ect and I can understand some if they speak very slowly and give me a pause to interpret it.