Some programming languages have really powerful type systems, so we're really leaving money on the table if we don't take full advantage of them. In the case of Rust, I believe the type system has been shown to even be Turing-complete! (That's not an injunction to implement everything at compile-time.)...
Eh, I've been around the block at this point. Fedora ftw. Simple, easy, GUI installer, "just works"™️, sane package manager, normie default DEs, stable, corporate backing. Maybe not for a purist or enthusiast, but I don't have time for that stuff anymore anyways. My days of pouring hours into getting my Arch install just right are long past me. That was for when I still had free time.
I just switched to Android after being a very long time iOS user and I’m somewhat at a loss at the best apps and must-haves of Japanese content, dictionaries and similar stuff....
I could go completely with Kanji Study but for the fact that it doesn't do deconjugation and minor error correction like Takoboto, which is a lifesaver when trying to look up words that I only heard. For example, if you type in けいしき, it will still show 景色, and if you type in こべ, it will still show 神戸, and if you type in れんこう, it will still show 連合.
It seems like it’s every day that I get advice that is aimed at beginner learners, like how to learn kana, or to pick up Genki or Minna no Nihongo, or use an app like Duolingo or Lingodeer. However, I’m closer to intermediate level (approximately N3, maybe N2), and I’m kind of stumped when it comes to studying....
I swear I could have written this post. Here's my 0.02:
I totally understand where you're coming from. That feeling of not being able to understand even a single sentence without having to look up a word or two is just... the worst. Basically, I've just had to come to terms with the fact that I'm not going to 100% understand everything. Heck, man, I live in Japan, and I doubt I truly understand 100% of any given (nontrivial) conversation. So, my advice is to give up. Give up on trying to 完全に understand every sentence, every word. Be okay with ambiguity. And I know, it feels like "I know every word in the sentence except the most important ones!" Sucks, but you'll enjoy Japanese a lot more if you release yourself from the need to grok every tittle.
Tobira was the very next textbook I studied after Genki II. If you've finished Genki II and retain most of it, it shouldn't be too advanced for you. I know the Internet romanticizes the idea of learning languages quickly, but really nothing beats time in the language stretching your skills. If it's not too frustrating for you, try studying the textbook a little more contemplatively rather than speedrunning it.
Believe it or not, you actually have an advantage over me, despite the fact that I live in Japan. Japanese people aren't exactly warm and forthcoming in casual conversation with foreigners, so I wouldn't describe living in Japan as a constant state of immersion, especially because I work remotely for an English-speaking software company. Your advantage is in the consumption of Japanese media: I'm not a huge fan of anime/manga, and I don't have time for video games. I've noticed that my friends who do like anime in particular have much better listening skills than I do. Simple exposure will get you used to speaking styles, etc. and you'll be able to pick out the difficult words in time.
Key insight: if a character says a complicated word once, and it's never used again for the rest of the show, don't worry about learning it. Media consumption is a natural SRS. If they don't use the word again, chances are it won't be worth learning (at this stage in your learning). We're not targeting 100% comprehension, after all.
I just graduated college, so I'm in my very early twenties.
When I went to the first of my friends' weddings, one or two years ago, they announced the start of the dance, and no-one participated for the first two or three songs. I was kind of disappointed, because I was looking forward to dancing the night away. Luckily, some of my friends from swing dancing night were there and we helped get people comfortable on the floor. At one point we even organized a line dance! But at first, it was like pulling teeth.
The next wedding I went to didn't have a dance at all.
I guess I'm just sad at the perceived loss of culture I never got to experience, which is a negative emotion, correct.
I'm so sorry that other people have been so willingly cruel to you so as to make you hesitant to experience whole class of expression.
To me, dancing is a way to relax and experience music. One of the things my teacher taught me is to smile, "and when you make a mistake, smile bigger."
I don't live in the United States anymore, so no, it was merely to establish why I had some mild expectation that there would be dancing at matrimonial events.
Don't worry, there's no blame or judgment or anger. There is simply a misalignment of expectations, and I am trying to derive the source of that discontinuity.
I have been to two weddings. The first one, nobody danced for the first two to three songs, and then only a few of my swing dance friends started encouraging people to give it a try, which people seemed to enjoy. After my friends got tired, people reverted to standing around uncomfortably.
Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...
Working on it! Right now, with this huge influx of new users, is a great time to create content that is very search engine friendly. In an effort to promote such content, I started the dance community here on kbin. Please join!
Personally, I had never so much as imagined that I would ever dance before I entered university as an undergraduate student. However, my second semester in my American university, one of my friends invited me to join a waltz class at the university-affiliated ballroom dance club....
Ballroom is the only style I've ever practiced, but I have been recommended to take jazz and ballet classes to supplement it. I haven't taken the plunge yet, but if I have the time, I'd love to at some point.
I'm a decently active person - I go jogging weekly, I'm a competitive ballroom dancer (about 7-8 hours/week), and I go bouldering a few times a month. However, I'd like to start a little more regular routine, and one of my coworkers highly recommended getting started at a traditional gym....
Japan has a mascot of ballroom dancing: "Steppy" (www.weldance.jp) Japanese
OC Make invalid states unrepresentable (geeklaunch.io)
Some programming languages have really powerful type systems, so we're really leaving money on the table if we don't take full advantage of them. In the case of Rust, I believe the type system has been shown to even be Turing-complete! (That's not an injunction to implement everything at compile-time.)...
Bell curve of Linux distributions (lemmy.world)
I use Windows btw
OC New romanization just dropped Japanese
Best dictionaries and Japanese-related APKs for Android?
I just switched to Android after being a very long time iOS user and I’m somewhat at a loss at the best apps and must-haves of Japanese content, dictionaries and similar stuff....
Lemmy supports ruby annotations (furigana) in markdown as of 0.18.1: {学校|がっこう}
You can now use furigana in your posts via the DenDen Markdown syntax for furigana. If you write the following...
I need some help on how to study INTERMEDIATE Japanese...
It seems like it’s every day that I get advice that is aimed at beginner learners, like how to learn kana, or to pick up Genki or Minna no Nihongo, or use an app like Duolingo or Lingodeer. However, I’m closer to intermediate level (approximately N3, maybe N2), and I’m kind of stumped when it comes to studying....
Amazing swing dance round! (www.youtube.com)
What happened to dancing at weddings?
I was born and raised in America, and for some reason I have this classic notion in my head that people should be dancing at weddings....
While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities
Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...
How did you get started with dancing?
Personally, I had never so much as imagined that I would ever dance before I entered university as an undergraduate student. However, my second semester in my American university, one of my friends invited me to join a waltz class at the university-affiliated ballroom dance club....
How to get started in a traditional gym?
I'm a decently active person - I go jogging weekly, I'm a competitive ballroom dancer (about 7-8 hours/week), and I go bouldering a few times a month. However, I'd like to start a little more regular routine, and one of my coworkers highly recommended getting started at a traditional gym....