Practice. And then practice more And more And even more. Unlike all the shame people give it, I still think that Duolingo is a good tool. But, Duolingo on its own is not enough. Without using the language you won’t get it.

I used Duolingo for Italian French czehc and Greek. It is enough for me to allow me know what an article is about in these language. If you want to get to conversation level, be ready to embrasse yourself. Without willing to make these mistakes, no matter what you do, you won’t manage the language.

For context, my experience: Italian: started with Duolingo, eventually hired a teacher to improve my speaking level. I’m not perfect, but I manage to joke with the casual Italians I meet. French: used almost only Duolingo. There are however plenty of books and films and shows in french. I was in Paris a year ago, communicated almost solely in french and managed to do everything I need (including taking a friend to a clinic after he hit his head) Greek: started with Duolingo and hired a teacher for a while. It is hard to find communication partners and material so my level is not as high as I would like. To manage reading an article I need to concentrate very hard. Czech: still basic. I’m only half way through the Duolingo tree. I’m searching for other rmaterials, but I’m mostly lacking the time to dedicate myself to the task.

I’m listening to the podcast “the history of rock in 500 songs.” He sais there that plenty of people in rock’n’roll were shit. Half the posts should be downvoted based on that.

Highly recommend the podcast, though.

Op explained: money -> capitalism

Not really. I have a Google drive, but I gradually reduce my use of it. I don’t upload personal stuff there.

I have two hard drive at home that I use to sync all my information from my phone/computer to for backup (using syncthing). One day I’ll pay for a fixed IP/VPN service for remote access to these drives. The two drives are in two different locations in the house.

I would like to have a drive in an additional location for backup. But I don’t want it online.

Example: if we are willing to walk around with smartphones that are 5mm thicker and 50g heavier, and a bit less slick in design, we can fix them instead of buying new ones. This kind of things. And we are not even willing to give that up.

This guy speaks about this (I’m not sure if this is the right video)

https://youtu.be/nrv45bvP8qo

Came here to say that, thank you.

Add to everything that people said here the fact that most movies are basically shit

I’m speaking from my own experience of learning four languages using Duolingo and other sources: Hearing, reading, and typing don’t cover the full process of learning a language. Speaking it adds another valuable layer of skill which is not only about speaking it, but also about extracting the words from your memory in a fluent way. That’s the value is see in speaking exercises.

That being said, both in french and Italian, the speaking exercises are the foundation for my ability. In both cases it provided me with speaking skills that are good enough for me to be understood by (willing) native speakers.

Yes! This is it. Thank you!

I don’t like skipping them. In my eyes, even if I’m wrong, it’s still a good practice. But repeating the same phrase every day and getting the negative feedback is annoying

Important questions, I’ve added this to my original post:

• The files are mp4
• I’m using kubuntu 24.10
• I’m using Dolphine file browser

Great! Thanks!

I’ll figure out how to do this tomorrow.

Hi, sorry for my silence. A lot is happening in my personal life.

I like it. Thank you. Should I use this version for the background, or do you have a higher resolution one.

Also, is it possible to make the records a bit blurry? Or just the edges of the entire image a bit blurry. Do you think it would look better?

Yes, that’s clear, but I didn’t spot any reference (beyond the name) to Crosby Still Nash & Young’s song. But maybe it is my lack of imagination.

Right? I’m surprised mysefl :-)

But, I have to say that I upvote as a way to say “yes, I approve the connection” even if I don’t like the song.

Hi,

Thanks so much! This is a cool idea. Two thoughts about the images:

1. I prefer man-made than AI-generated. So if you can recreate this, after having the final design, I’d prefer that. Of course, our time is limited, and you are doing this for free, so I’m not going to demand anything from you.
2. I think it’s a bit two happy-smiling-kissing-bees. I would like to see some representation of the various musical styles. Like, showing in the background some factories (industrial), sea (surf music), etc. The last one, with the street lights, shows that to some level. (Other members, feel free to suggest ideas)

Actually, three things,

If you have the time and energy, maybe you can add more style to the community logo? If @[email protected] agrees.

I suspect I’m missing something here

Mod here: That’s cool, but please try to avoid linking songs that are performed by the same person/group. Occasionally it’s fine. But, if we do this too often it is getting boring.

Thanks dude(tte). I’ve added you as a moderator!

Crocheting granny squares. My daughter got into crochet and I wanted to knit for a while so I asked her to teach me. After learning the basics I picked up what I need so I can make myself a blanket while commuting to work.