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by jamager 3y ago
This is a valuable argument (learn in context, vary the context), but the mention of "people learn their MT without Anki / grammar / study" always bugs me. First and Second Language Acquisition is just apples to bacon. T
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by jamager 3y ago
That is a legitimate problem of SRS (recognition vs knowing), I use a few ways to avoid it: -Don't do many repetitions of the same card. Eg. if i want to learn 5 new specific words, maybe I use 6-8 sentences that each use 2 new words,
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by jamager 3y ago
No, but you can subscribe to https://thehardway.guide and I'll let you know when it comes... in addition, you get a free book :)
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by jamager 3y ago
> sometimes it's just not useful to blindly memorize things Specially for language: https://thehardway.guide/srs (own content)
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by jamager 3y ago
I'm working on that, wish me luck :) I guess I am of the few that would pay for a good tool aimed at serious learners, but as I could not find any (in language space almost everything is a Duolingo clone), I am building myself. So far
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by jamager 3y ago
> I don't think that biggest improvements will come from better spaced repetition algorithms Exactly that, specially for language learning. The stated goal of hitting a target probability is pointless IMO. Language acquisition is no
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by jamager 3y ago
leap backwards?
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The planet's got 99 problems, but exponential growth isn't one(ft.com)
27 points by jamager 3y ago|78 comments
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by jamager 3y ago
I like it less than I wanted to. The overwhelming majority of posts get 0 votes and 0 comments, even if it is not a site with that much traffic. It feels quite desolated, tbh.
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by jamager 3y ago
Congrats on the project, but do I hate domain hoarding. It does not contribute any value to the society, it just makes finding a decent domain name a royal PITA.
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by jamager 3y ago
I made a terrific discount on https://thehardway.guide : Before it was free, and now it is still free
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by jamager 3y ago
CEFR or not CERF, Duolingo is clearly designed to be addictive but not effective, because if it were effective people would stop using it. Duolingo's goals are not the same as mine, and the best thing it does by far is to pretend (an
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by jamager 3y ago
and $$$$$ on marketing
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by jamager 3y ago
If you need games to motivate yourself, something is off. Don't take this the wrong way, but that is not a very sustainable way to keep going forward. You'll get tired of games way way earlier than learning a language
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by jamager 3y ago
It is not entirely useless, but it is an extremely inefficient way to learn.
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The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf] (1978)(standupeconomist.com)
3 points by jamager 3y ago|0 comments
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by jamager 3y ago
Exactly, agreed. Antoine de Saint-exupéry had a similar way to put it: "It's the time you wasted on your rose that makes your rose so important" I don't know why he chose that word, but I love that choice "waste&quo
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by jamager 3y ago
Isn't a technical challenge, too? T hose languages have barely any presence online, so there isn't remotely enough data to make a good translator... just look at Whisper accuracy for less institutional languages, for a reference
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by jamager 3y ago
That's awesome! I hope you enjoy the experience, i'd love so much to do something like that when my kids reach that age!
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by jamager 3y ago
Yeah... I think there is a very fine and blurred line between using AI to augment / enhance something, and to completely replace it. And generative AI, kind of leans more in the later... at least, in the way it is being used now: Machi
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by jamager 3y ago
Thanks!
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The downside of AI language translation(theatlantic.com)
31 points by jamager 3y ago|45 comments
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by jamager 3y ago
With no effort no, that's why the domain name ;) The great inside (for me) of the comprehensive input theory is the idea of trying extensive reading first: focus on the message, don't look up words, avoid interruptions, be ok not
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by jamager 3y ago
yw, I hope you like it... any feedback is of course welcome
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by jamager 3y ago
btw, if you like, I'd appreciate if you help me share it, just for the sake of seeing one's work being useful!
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Show HN: I wrote a book on language learning and released it free
29 points by jamager 3y ago|9 comments
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by jamager 3y ago
I am not a lawyer, but it isn't "fair use" an US thing? Haven't they been sued from other countries where they had released their products?
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Prepare for the Textpocalypse(theatlantic.com)
22 points by jamager 3y ago|2 comments
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by jamager 3y ago
Danish is a nightmare. It takes the worst bits of French, the worst of German, and adds its own devil twists. But like the authors say, there is a point to be made for education systems too. Eg. Japanese multiplication method is brilliant,
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How genetics determine our life choices(bbc.com)
1 points by jamager 3y ago|0 comments

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