smoke_bird

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"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Around when I was getting started with Japanese, I studied around 1k of core vocab with Anki. Not that it wasn't repetitive. The thing with learning language (IMO) is that it's a lot more fun and easy to stick with if you find something enjoyable to practice with. Maybe in your case that's reading really simple stories or something like that. BTW, I'd also recommend Cure Dolly for grammar.

How does everyone feel about Samsung phones? in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I don't have much to add to the conversation, but I watched this video and I thought it was a pretty good summary of the history of Samsung and SK.

https://youtu.be/oL0umpPPe-8

Pact testing vs end-to-end testing in c/programming@beehaw.org
[–] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Contract testing and end to end testing should both be different factors that comprise a successful testing strategy. A

Thoughts on Lemmy sorting options? in c/programming@beehaw.org
[–] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sorting by new comments gives posts with no comments! Pretty big annoyance for me tbh.

What search engine do you use? (and why?) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using Kagi for a few months now and I love it. When I think about how much of my life revolves around accurate information, the price is negligible.