philthi

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philthi,

I’m almost certain this is pine, the grain lines are very spaced apart, suggesting it was grown very rapidly too, so probably not a very old table.

philthi,

“You ARE the droid I’ve been looking for”

philthi,

Everything that brain of yours can think of can be found

philthi,

Or to quote Terry Pratchett:

Give a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a day; set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

philthi,

20 years is extremely optimistic.

philthi,

This feels to me like one of those optical illusions where the “wall” is in reality the floor.

philthi,

Yeah, it did suck. It is much much better now though. I genuinely enjoy it at the moment.

philthi,

I’m sorry to correct you, but it’s actually nipped in the bud. I’d hate for you to use that in public and get egg on your plate.

philthi,

I know this is completely unrelated, but I think I’d actually find it impossible to get to 11:50 in the day with only 7 steps. That’s a one way trip to the toilet…

philthi,

Haha, if someone remembers something that everyone else has forgotten is it really embarrassing… No one would believe him anyway!

philthi,

“no, car go road” would be better in my opinion.

philthi,

This is a great quote, I also like to say (especially in places like airports or government buildings):

It’s not a rat race, it’s a rat queue.

philthi,

This is reductive to the point of absurdity, if this were true no one would ever die from any problem (i.e. drowning, falling, etc.) They’d simply activate ingenuity.

Some problems do not have a solution in a given circumstance.

E.g. I’m locked in a prison on a sinking ship that’s already 1km underwater, and my cell is completely full of water and I’ve held my breath for 2 minutes now.

philthi,

Ok, I can agree with this logic “it’s better to try than to give in” much more than “there’s always a solution”.

That to me still leaves some people starving of hunger due to a lack of money and an excess of bills. But I agree that even in that horrible situation it’s better to keep trying than give in.

I was worried the argument here was closer to “you’re in this terrible situation because you didn’t try enough” which I wholeheartedly disagree with.

I feel now that we’re in agreement though?

philthi,

I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing

philthi,

Not trying to suggest that this makes an ebike your answer, but an ebike typically moves at ~25kmph (and can be cheaply jigged to go up to 50kmph), so the trip should be 2 hours or less, depending on terrain and all that fun stuff.

Even so, 4 hours of commuting is still too much, and as I said, I’m not trying to argue with you - or tell you how you should be moving yourself around - just looking to correct what appears to be a bad estimate of travel time in your comment.

philthi,

This is my favourite comment of all my experience with Lemmy so far.

philthi,

I also aim for a minimum of 2 hours a day. Occasionally I’ll do much more, but often my mind is pretty wiped on that language after 2 hours. It’s been one year (or a little over 750 hours) and I can read teen fiction (e.g. harry potter) and listen to some native content (e.g. kids cartoons like Pokémon). I think 2 years (or 1500 hours) I’d expect to understand most content and people without needing them to speak slowly or carefully.

My reading goal is counted in words though, I’ve only just started reading in my target language but want to read 1,000,000 words in that language over the next year on top of completing the 2 hours a day listening.

It’s also worth mentioning that listening has become far less tiring towards the end of this year, compared to the start.

philthi,

To add to this, I thought I might also mention that my ability to speak is still not particularly good yet, it’s very rough and slow. I’m hoping between 1000-1200 hours of listening to see that improve as my mental model of the language fills out more completely.

philthi,

Can you elaborate on this? With some sources?

philthi,

There are no noodles in this picture

philthi,

I suppose in reality it’s the average of people who post pictures online and are willing to display it publicly, and probably weighted slightly by how many pictures of a person are uploaded (e.g. if someone has uploaded tens of thousands of pics of themselves - a celebrity or whatever - they will throw the average slightly towards their own face). Assuming the sample set is something like: all of social media photos of a person’s face.

philthi,

I’ve had this game since ea with 4 hours played time. I decided to give this update a go, and I’m so impressed. Performance is much better and I’m actually having tons of fun.

The missions to slowly grow the challenge and reward science work so well. I highly recommend giving it a go, if you already own it

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