alinajaf

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by alinajaf 16y ago
> No. The Chinese realize their language is a pain in the butt to learn and that the writing system is terrible in comparison to any alphabet system... I used to think this, but you can learn to recognize thousands in less than a year w
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by alinajaf 16y ago
I think I'm in the minority but I've never really seen the appeal. I've always much preferred chromes developer tools. Right click on anything and choose 'inspect element' to see what I mean.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
What you're describing is called Spaced Repitition. There is software out there that capitalizes on this phenomenon, i.e. Anki and (shameless plug) http://www.cardmonkeyhq.com/ that I develop.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
>> If there are any worldly Arabs who enjoy al-Mutanabi with MJ and the occasional line of coke, and who love reading scripture to ladies of ill repute: hola at me, dog. I'm not Arab, but dude we should so get a drink.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Agreed, I'm not taking the bait on this one. Personally I use (django|rails) but I haven't tried anything but $1 and don't want to.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
I think you mean subconscious.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
RTK has quite literally changed the course of my life. I more or less gave up on kanji before I found that book.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
I've been learning Japanese for about five years, but was a fluent speaker after about two. I have only a little bit of advice. - Try all the methods, see what sticks. Your learning style, basic knowledge/ability up until now will be differ
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by alinajaf 16y ago
I'm a hipster rubyist and I've only ever used vim as a serious text editor. I'm sure there are other hipster rubyists who feel the same way.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Thanks, the landing page was a little rushed. I've added a little more text that should help make things clearer.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Clickable URL: http://www.cardmonkeyhq.com/ Heavily inspired by http://kanji.koohii.com/ and Anki, I've spent the past few months putting together a web-based flashcard review app. It's still very much a work in progress. If there's eno
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Show HN: Another Spaced Repetition Flashcard App(cardmonkeyhq.com)
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by alinajaf 16y ago
What would be awesome is if they put a camera on the bottom that somehow read symbols on the track that for example gave the car a boost or activated weapons like in the game.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
I don't know about the OP, but organising your posts is a task for when you have reams and reams of content that is too diverse for one website. If it's a personal blog and no one is reading it and you have multiple interests, blog about th
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by alinajaf 16y ago
I would suggest building and launching one of those web app ideas. It doesn't have to be brilliant. Doing so will a) give you the experience of completing a product from start to finish and b) probably give you a bunch of different ideas fo
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by alinajaf 16y ago
My favourite variation: Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I'll use regular expressions.” Now they have three problems, the original problem, the regular expression, and dealing with the annoying developer who isn't
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Both tools are as good as the amount of effort you put into learning them.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
+1 on the plans for perpetual motion machines, I actually get these once every few years from otherwise smart people who don't understand the basics of physics.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
When I first read that title I thought that the post was making fun of that wording, and that there would be poorly-thought out examples from non-technical people.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Whenever I see comparisons like this they're usually written by someone who prefers one over the other rather than 'a logical comparison of features'. This is evident in language like 'schizophrenic tableau of function names'. I prefer Ruby
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Yes but not in this case. It says it's made up at the bottom of the interview.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1. It has been a personal demon of mine for the past five years and I've only recently got the confidence to say that I may one day be able to pass it. Required for post-grad study in a Japanese unive
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Yeah, this is a deliberate stab at the Daily Mail, not an actual sorting of factual information.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
£18,000 for a development position is absolutely horrendous. You can get 21k for a non university educated PHP developer position. With 8 years you could easily crack £35k if you spin your CV the right way.
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by alinajaf 16y ago
Kendo. Its quite expensive and more of a sport than a martial art but keeps me fit and gives me an excuse to go to Japan every so often. Video for the curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XRZF7IqakI
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by alinajaf 17y ago
It looks like Sinatra for PHP.