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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." by smoke_bird in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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? by smoke_bird 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

NBCUniversal to Be Fined $250 After Strike Tree-Trimming Controversy by smoke_bird in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It might be more expensive for them to pay whoever is going to send that money than the actual fine...

Why does it feel like we're at a point where every social media + other digital media are making shitty decisions and falling apart? by smoke_bird in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Higher interest rates means they have more pressure to start being profitable is my guess.

New Tutanota Plans: More email alias addresses, more features, more storage! by smoke_bird in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

[-] smoke_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, same. Wish it was possible to recover the data that was on there, but it's my fault for not reading about their policy on inactivity.