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Re:What's the best way to learn a new language? on Sunday February 22, 2026 @09:24AM (#47111245)
I'm in progress learning Vietnamese this way. To me, whether it works or not is no longer a question :)

Were you trying to learn a language or did it just happen to you?

In emacs, Ctr-x 8 <return> is how i type it. Pretty easy.
Can it be made to work with magit in emacs?
Re:What Plants Are Saying About Us on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:26AM (#37801529)
Hahaha
I think most people here assume that social isolation is the result of things like social media or smart phones. I think it has much more to do with urban planning. The street used to be a place where children play, people "loitered", and people met new people and made memories. Now it is just a place where we sit in traffic because everything is so spread out that we can't walk anywhere. We don't meet our neighbors because we all leave through the garage, surrounded by 2 tons of metal.
Re:A Little Calculus on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:16PM (#35824209)
I was told by my Calc 2 instructor that in the past, people treated dx like a variable, but in modern times, mathematicians have identified some edge cases which make that kind of thing problematic if mathematical rigor is your thing.
Hey I've been playing with your app, I'm very excited about it! But, it seems like the site is pretty buggy, having just tried it on a few different browsers. Specifically, the test review doesn't show relevant information that was available while taking the exam, (i.e. the constants are missing, not even whitespace where they should be). I could share screenshots of what I'm seeing with you if you like. Also, it keeps saying I have 20 tasks for today- I click and it has me take another exam, and afterward, I still have 20 tasks to do.

That said I'm getting a lot out of taking these exams and I'm very excited about this project!