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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by simonw on Monday January 08, 2024 @11:58PM (#38922514)
If I had the discipline to do it I'm sure I could get further with other techniques, but for me the biggest feature of Duolingo is the way you don't need very much discipline at all to make progress with it.
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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by dayjaby on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @12:55PM (#38929374)
"You don't need very much discipline" and "5 year streak". Sorry, but is my definition of discipline that off? You managed to have 5 years of discipline. That's the reason you managed to learn a language, not because the duolingo gamishittification does miracles.
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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by simonw on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:08PM (#38932116)
The gamification is what helped me make it this far. Remembering to pop open an app for a few minutes on your phone takes so much less discipline than any other form of language learning I've tried in the past.
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