InabaResident

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[–] InabaResident@feddit.org -2 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Our tool use and application of our intelligence is still quite unique. Special is a loaded term, but humans are very different from all other life forms on this planet - and of course, in many ways, still very much the same.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Hier sieht man aber auch schön das Problem dieser Klagen: Niemand ist verantwortlich, weil man Politiker nicht individuell verantwortlich machen kann und weil die Regierung eben schon gewechselt hat. Also klar, die Regierung muss jetzt was schaffen. Aber wenn nicht, passiert halt trotzdem nichts.

Die Konsequenzen solcher Urteile müssten sich bei Wahlen zeigen, aber das tun sie ja selten.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 26 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Ich wusste nicht viel über Connemann, also las ich mal ihren Wikipedia-Artikel.

Im Jahr 2009 gab Connemann ein Gutachten beim Wissenschaftlichen Dienst des Deutschen Bundestages in Auftrag, das klären sollte, ob außerirdisches Leben existiert.

???

Mitte 2014 war sie eine von insgesamt fünf Bundestagsabgeordneten, die gegen die Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns stimmten.

Oh Gott ...

Sie machte sich für eine Ausweitung der Werbebeschränkungen für Zigaretten stark.

Hey, immerhin etwas.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago

Well, with such a glowing endorsement I'll have to give it a try. I checked yesterday, though, and they don't have Japanese, which I want to learn, and Korean, which I am almost "done" learning. So I guess it'll have to wait until I start learning a different language.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow, that is very impressive! I've got a long way to go ... Only 2 at C2 and one at around B2. Also a bit of French, I'd say A1+. Did you use Babbel for all of them? I'm really curious what it does that makes it work so much better than the other apps I've come in contact with. I might have to try it. :D

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Fair enough. I'm happy that it works for you. I suppose maybe Babbel is the exception. My friends mostly use Duolingo and Lingoda and those are awful, judging by their progress.

Do you speak those 8 languages to a high level? C1 or C2? It's not that I don't believe you and I don't mean to sound condescending, but I've met a lot of people who say they speak 4+ languages and then really only speak them at a A2-B1 level. That's not nothing, but that's not what I'm aiming for and I think not what most people are aiming for.

I want to start learning Japanese this year and I might give Babbel a try, but I'll probably end up sticking to textbooks for grammar + Anki for vocab + podcasts/tv/games and later on books for immersion. But I think part of that is also that I don't really want to study on my phone. Even doing Anki on it is annoying.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Is he really going to get traded with his current injury and his contract? He's 31 and his entire playstyle is built around intense athletic superiority. Once that diminishes, what kind of player will he realistically be? What team would want him?

I think he won't get traded before the deadline. Maybe in summer.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I know a lot of people love language learning apps, but I'd argue for a different approach: Don't use them at all. I like learning languages a lot, and focus on fluency in one language at a time over learning just the basics in many (nothing wrong with that, just not my approach). And what really works for me has always been a mixture of textbooks, dedicated vocab studying and tons of immersion. Language learning apps are fun, but they don't make you do the boring, hard work that actually sees results.

From my own experience: I know many people who have years-long streaks on DuoLingo and others, but actually speak very little of their target language. Meanwhile I've never used a language for learning Korean (Self-taught. I've been at it for nearly 5 years now) and I can speak to my Korean friends for hours while only having to look up words very occasionally or having them explained to me in Korean.

By all means, use Babbel or another European alternative if you are going to use them. But maybe also consider changing your approach, you might see much better results.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Really interesting approach, but I must agree with the critics that this needs much better testing. The bureaucracy may be annoying, but we do rigorous testing for a reason. The harm that could be done by unsafe, untested vaccines is not just problematic because of the people that it could harm directly, but because of the already growing number of people who are unwilling to vaccinate themselves and their children out of (unfounded) concerns over safety.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago (3 children)

While I would agree, many people really do hate the idea of electric cars for no other reason than nostalgia for combustion engines. But it's changing.

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

As a German, you're not wrong :D

[–] InabaResident@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

War genau mein Gedankenverlauf. Deprimierend.

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