Player6225
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I saw it mentioned elsewhere in these comments, but plaintextsports.com is my goto for live sportsball stats
Comment · 2 years ago
AFAIK, I think the most popular version of this idea is https://readlang.com
Comment · 2 years ago
Oh great timing! I was just starting to play with building a toy project (https://github.com/bpevs/multireader) for practicing Spanish while reading books with my e-reader, but frankly, I'm just building it because I haven't found an app that works for me, and I'd rather spend time actually actually learning language...
Just playing with your app for a bit, and it's pretty cool! had a few questions though:
1. Wondering about the decision of using English books and translating pieces into other languages vs starting with (for example) a Spanish book, and translating the other way? Also, would something like this be a future thought of plan? Because currently I'm trying to read more popular books in my target language, rather than English books (right now, my toy app is just highlight arbitrary text -> send to azure translate). I tried to upload my book into your app in Spanish, but I guess it only works rn if the source is in English? Basically, a mode for even more immersion would be killer (Ala either full-target-languge mode or upload target language books).
2. The practice mode is pretty cool! I like this format of "complete the sentence". It looks like it's not based on book content at all, right? Would be cool to practice based on what I'm reading.
3. I'm reading on an e-reader, so I'd reeeeally like a no-animation/no-scroll mode. On an e-reader, the paginated page refreshing can help to reduce ghosting. Even better if there could be an e-reader mode that can flash the screen to further reduce ghosting issues on those devices.
Comment · 2 years ago
This reminds me of the article comparing the computing power of the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs USB-C Chargers
https://forrestheller.com/Apollo-11-Computer-vs-USB-C-charge...
Comment · 2 years ago
There it is! I've been looking for something like this!
I've been using my own homebrewed toml spec, but since I am more experienced with code than training, I was concerned if it would still work well as I become more experienced. Not sure if I'll use this, but good to see another interpretation of this kind of data!
Comment · 2 years ago
For me, $12/month
Comment · 2 years ago
fwiw I turned off history and all the recommendations settings, and now they hide the shorts and frontpage recs
Comment · 2 years ago
And then there was that time some people used jsfuck to do xss on Ebay:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/ebay-...
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks! Yaya... selecting what emojis to show has been challenging, trying to balance clarity with word usefullness. Also cuz sometimes I miss how different some specific emojis look on different OS; it can muddy the intended meaning for some platforms.
Comment · 2 years ago
I've been using Anki a bit to supplement my language learning. I built an Anki deck generator that makes emoji/tts/word flashcards! It's worked pretty well for me to get some better word recognition.
Comment · 2 years ago
This is very strange to me, because I have always used Sublime Text for super-giant corporate repos, and always found it snappy compared to vscode. Wonder if it was a specific usecase or something...
Every little while, I try to make vscode my main editor, because I enjoy all the features. I always switch back to Sublime just because VSCode's slowness bugs me.
Haven't really tried Zed in earnest yet, though, because of no custom LSP support.
Comment · 2 years ago
Seems like a really great way to play more passive longer-running kinds of study music/sounds like coffeeshop noise or lofi-hiphop!
https://bpev.me/notes/how-i-travel-packing
It changes your relationship to objects for sure. I see something cool in a store and my first thought is "ooof but that looks heavy".