Same here. I don't really play games often but when I do they are usually quite old. For example the latest game I finished is Half-Life: Opposing Force.
Duolingo is fine to get a hold of the basics but if you truly want to learn a language you have to consume as much content in the given language as possible. Read books, watch movies etc. in the given language. After a while the whole thing will click in your head and you will have no problem communicating in the given language. Think about how you learned your native language. Did you learn it by memorizing a bunch of words and grammar rules or solving grammar excercizes? No, you learned it by being surrounded by it 24/7 and after a while you picked up how to communicate in it.
I kinda agree with you, but I would like to point out that acquiring a native language as a child is not the same thing as trying to learn a language later on in life. A child's ability to learn is much greater. Read: Child language acquisition.
Fair point.
Also, I would like to add that communicating in a language is a key step in learning it. You can consume as much content as you can, but unless you actually practice, there won't be much progress. This is where I always fail. I don't like talking to people.
What about communicating online? Even just via text? I feel like my English has improved tremendously after just chatting with people online on various forums and message boards.
I studied computer science in college but my grades were too low to pass because instead of studying I spent all of my time scrolling on Reddit and Youtube. Now I work a low-paying, dead-end job that will most likely be automated by AI soon. Every damn morning after I wake up I curse myself for being such a fucking moron. Please put in the work so you don't end up being such a loser like me.
The self hatred is real and it just makes everything worse.
That's true. I remember how I simply couldn't focus while studying so I would take a "short" break. Minutes would then stretch into hours and I remember hating myself every minute of it but no matter how hard I tried to convince myself to actually study I couldn't do it. I still don't know what was up with that.
I hope you will be successful in your studies and I wish you all the best.
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Do you use this PC as a workstation or did you simply want the best gaming PC you can buy?
Same here. I don't really play games often but when I do they are usually quite old. For example the latest game I finished is Half-Life: Opposing Force.
What do you mean?
I see. Thanks for your insights.
I see. Thanks.
Me too.
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I see no problem with that.
Duolingo is fine to get a hold of the basics but if you truly want to learn a language you have to consume as much content in the given language as possible. Read books, watch movies etc. in the given language. After a while the whole thing will click in your head and you will have no problem communicating in the given language. Think about how you learned your native language. Did you learn it by memorizing a bunch of words and grammar rules or solving grammar excercizes? No, you learned it by being surrounded by it 24/7 and after a while you picked up how to communicate in it.
Of course you are single if you have such a shitty attitude.
Fair point.
What about communicating online? Even just via text? I feel like my English has improved tremendously after just chatting with people online on various forums and message boards.
True.
Nice work Cicero!
It will be interesting to see what technological advancements will happen thanks to AI in the upcoming decades.
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Your replies are always top-tier.
At least you will have a good paying job in the end.
I studied computer science in college but my grades were too low to pass because instead of studying I spent all of my time scrolling on Reddit and Youtube. Now I work a low-paying, dead-end job that will most likely be automated by AI soon. Every damn morning after I wake up I curse myself for being such a fucking moron. Please put in the work so you don't end up being such a loser like me.
That's true. I remember how I simply couldn't focus while studying so I would take a "short" break. Minutes would then stretch into hours and I remember hating myself every minute of it but no matter how hard I tried to convince myself to actually study I couldn't do it. I still don't know what was up with that.
I hope you will be successful in your studies and I wish you all the best.
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Thanks for your response.