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Gerard0

99 karma · joined July 5, 2022

meet.hn/city/de-Leipzig

psychoanalysis, coffee, cycling, writing.

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Gerard0··on Efficient German Language Learning: Is Anki the Answer?
Talk, talk, talk.

I did a mix of talking together with some basic grammar.

Right now I am super fluent in German but still make mistakes. Just the damn articles are a pain.

When I hear someone speaking Spanish, my native language, and says a 10 word sentence, everything correct except of an article, I immediately think "oh shit, that's how I sound in German!", haha. Because even if almost everything was perfect, it sounds off.

I could have written these words in German but it would have been much harder. As I said, I am much more fluent in German than in English although my English is waaay better. I can read a book and write things down; in German? Hard :o

Motivation is really important. I work at Lieferando/Takeaway (courier with the bigass ugly backpack) and I am in charge of showing the workflow to the new hires.

It doesn't stop to amaze me how many Syrians who fled the war can speak soooo good. There's all kind of cases.

Half of the people hate the country, complain about it and hate the language. So many of them have been here for 5-10 years and their German sucks or just basically doesn't exist.

No easy answer but you really have to like the thing and try to talk. Retrieval, retrieval!

Gerard0··on I replaced my son's school timetable app with an e-paper
This! Posting so that they might read it and reconsider that choice :)
Gerard0··on I replaced my son's school timetable app with an e-paper
Nice! Thanks for this. I'll try to replicate it.

I'm in the same situation as you and this is what my daughter's school uses.

Edit: ahh, I see you are also in Leipzig! :)

Gerard0··on Ask HN: What would you preserve if the internet were to go down tomorrow?
yandex (search engine) is pretty good to find stuff. Just search for "band/film + torrent" and it almost always works for me. It's my way to go for lesser known works.
Gerard0··on Western Music Isn't What You Think
Any album recommendations from Medina Azahara? There's way too many! :)
Gerard0··on How photos were transmitted by wire in the 1930s
Wow, thanks for sharing!
Gerard0··on How to be a good listener
Thank you! Will check it out!
Gerard0··on How to be a good listener
Does anyone know who is the author? Apart from "Molly Brodak".

Is it this[1] person, perhaps?

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Brodak

Gerard0··on Attention deficits linked with proclivity to explore while foraging
Thanks!
Gerard0··on Attention deficits linked with proclivity to explore while foraging
Total noob here. Is there a reference book about ADHD I could read? What are the things "most people" agree ADHD "is"?
Gerard0··on Show HN: Airdraw
Edit. My bad. It works on Firefox on Android for me. Not on Vanadium.
Gerard0··on Show HN: I made a silly personal landing page
This is great! Haha
Gerard0··on NewPipe – Lightweight YouTube experience for Android
Awesome app. I send them money from time to time when possible!
Gerard0··on Skyvew – View and share Bluesky threads without needing a Bluesky account
Hi! Care to send one to hnb cupipo com ? Would be appreciated!
Gerard0··on Ads in the OS
I am amazed how far ahead Telegram always is in terms of UI/UX and features.
Gerard0··on Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools
This. I own one and it's sooo slow and hard to go back and forth.

To read a novel or to write some things it is nice but still so slow to find something.

Gerard0··on ‘Psychonauts’ by Mike Jay review
I like this! Thanks!
Gerard0··on Searching for “notepad” on DuckDuckGo yields zero results
Hello! Why has DDG gotten so worse lately? I thought it was just me but I keep reading the same experience on HN. There is no way you don't know about this?

Asking as a long time user and at a time even DDG evangelist.

Cheers!

Gerard0··on ‘Psychonauts’ by Mike Jay review
As someone who almost always tries to "use" substances in this way, I think it's also perfectly fine to do it just "to have fun", party or whatever.

The experience itself is not to be disdained and not every trip has to be like this.

Gerard0··on Why did people in the past look so much older?
There is a Vsauce video[1] about this.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqt8T3tJIE

Gerard0··on DIY Espresso (2020)
Can't wait for it. It is looking good! Would be surprised if it doesn't work.
Gerard0··on Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis
Of course we told (many times) our 3 yr old son not to put his hand on the stove.

And one day he just had to try it and feel what all these stories were about. He started crying immediately. We went to the hospital and came back rather quick. It wasn't so bad, just had to have a bandage for a couple of days.

Some weeks later he does it again. On purpuse.

!!??

I tell my brother and he answers: "I kind of understand him. Sometimes I want to do it too."

Gerard0··on Tony Bennett has died
By Ted Gioia:

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/a-tribute-to-tony-bennett-19...

Gerard0··on Debris found came from missing Titan sub, says friend of passengers
Thanks for this. I had no idea.
Gerard0··on Travel across Germany with the 49 Euro ticket
Try buying it through a local service. My brother just visited me here and he bought it through https://www.rheinbahn.de/ and it worked with his Mexican CC.
Gerard0··on Everything you always wanted to know about mathematics (2013) [pdf]
Looks great and was ready to sign up but I surely wasn't expecting that price! I am not saying it is not worth that, but as someone who has tried to start learning math on my own only to quit afterwards for whatever reason, it's a big risk to take.
Gerard0··on Launch HN: Clearspace (YC W23) – Cut back on screen time
Serious question: are we sure we get a dopamine reward/thing when we do this? Has this been proven?

Not saying this "addiction" does not exist. I like some "drugs" and smoke and my phone is by far the worst and hardest to manage/quit.

Gerard0··on Freud as Talmudist
Surprised to read this quote here! This means nothing/no one can guarantee you being a psychoanalyst. Just like either you can code and be good at it or not. That's all this phrase means. Of course it gets tricky. A programmer can show the result and it either works or it doesn't. An analyst can't show anything, really. Even if the analysand claims his/her life has changed because of an analysis (people also claim Jesus changed them, for example).

About the floating attention thing, that's a very strange generalization ("analysts don't pay attention"). It is about treating all the "material" equally (ie without preconceptions).

Gerard0··on Dyson hair dryer becomes jet engine
Wow, thanks a lot for your throughout reply!! Really apprentice it!
Gerard0··on Dyson hair dryer becomes jet engine
Could you please elaborate what it does "better"? I just bought one for my partner since she wanted it but I don't understand what the advantage is!?
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