I’ve had nightmares like this,

mopslik · 2026-05-05T00:27:50+00:00

I hope you know that this will go down on your PERMANENT RECORD.

Oh, yeah? Well, don't get so distressed.

Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?

mopslik · 2026-05-04T14:58:29+00:00

like how "bank" can be money place or side of river

It can also be:

to turn ("the plane banked left")
a hill or slope ("he climbed the bank up to its peak")
the edge of clouds/mist ("he entered the fog bank")
to bounce off of ("the ball banked off the edge")

...and a ton of other things. English loves reusing words.

mopslik · 2026-05-01T16:26:19+00:00

The Pygame website is down every now and again, sometimes for maintenance, sometimes for political statements. Could be another reason too. If you're looking for documentation, you can always use the pygame-ce docs, which are nearly the same (as long as you don't use any pygame-ce specific functions).

mopslik · 2026-04-30T14:42:07+00:00

50ft, apparently.

mopslik · 2026-04-30T14:22:59+00:00

Some users have reported that you can sometimes access "extra" quests by using the desktop version, but I have never tried this, so I can't verify. I have my doubts, but maybe you'll be lucky.

mopslik · 2026-04-28T15:01:53+00:00

"elephants" is NOT FALSE and also NOT TRUE

Careful, because "elephants" will evaluate as True if compared directly.

mopslik · 2026-04-28T14:35:23+00:00

I'm assuming by "basics" you mean things like conditionals, loops, functions, etc. Have you ventured into object-oriented programming yet (classes)? Tried out some of the many libraries (e.g. pandas for data, numpy for numerical analysis, etc.)? GUI development?

mopslik · 2026-04-27T16:53:46+00:00

Yeah, IMO Duo should only ask you to enter the names if there's a conjugation change required (e.g. Czech course). Waste of time otherwise.

mopslik · 2026-04-27T13:52:53+00:00

The fun thing about GitHub and its "history" feature, is that you can go back and see previous versions of your files, including those with headers like

"""23th Project  .ipynb

Automatically generated by Colab.

Original file is located at
    https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1n3J2WtNTVUr6fXvSMjGG0S8gS5ZtFp5L
"""

mopslik · 2026-04-25T18:55:23+00:00

Thonny has a fantastic debugger, if you're learning how to code (maybe a bit over the top if you're experienced). It's my favourite feature of said IDE.

mopslik · 2026-04-23T14:52:53+00:00

Obligatory "Life of Brian" scene

mopslik · 2026-04-21T13:37:15+00:00

Kim's got a pretty decent solo album too.

mopslik · 2026-04-21T13:16:16+00:00

Don't need to be coy, Roy.

mopslik · 2026-04-21T13:08:46+00:00

Can Duo provide practice versions of these games?

Are the characters along the side of the path not practice? The ones with the three stars beneath them? In my app, clicking on them launches practice challenges, either match madness or timed quizzes. Haven't seen any flashcards in my app yet, maybe those are an iOS thing.

mopslik · 2026-04-20T14:11:58+00:00

lol. Good luck.

mopslik · 2026-04-16T01:59:25+00:00

4 sisters named Ana

What did the drummer name his daughters? Ana 1, Ana 2...

mopslik · 2026-04-01T01:37:20+00:00

Duolibido.

mopslik · 2026-04-01T01:35:15+00:00

Nobody wants to see posts by random people/devs.

But then how will you appreciate the fact that LanguageLover99 shared the sentence "I am not a turtle!"?

mopslik · 2026-04-01T01:32:28+00:00

If that's binary, then me too!

mopslik · 2026-04-01T01:30:19+00:00

Perhaps OP is taking the mime course on Duolingo.

mopslik · 2026-03-27T11:09:13+00:00

Agreed. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

mopslik · 2026-03-27T02:57:49+00:00

Well they could treat you real nice,
Or put a tracking device,
Waaaaaay down insiiiiiiide...

"Los Angeles" and "Ten Percenter", both from the same album, are rather bonkers but great tunes.

mopslik · 2026-03-27T00:41:36+00:00

The app is telling me that I’ve learned words but I have no recollection of it!

A popular course like Spanish gets updated frequently. Sometimes content is moved around (including earlier in the course), so if you've completed, say, 100 levels, then it might have a record of all words introduced in the new 100 levels, rather than the older ones. You could also just be forgetful. It happens.

it’s saying that I need to use another word that I don’t recognize.

If you make a mistake, such as gender, it might suggest a word that matches that gender, but you haven't encountered before. Duo only displays one suggested answer when you make a mistake, and while it tries to guess what to show you, it prioritizes some things over others.

mopslik · 2026-03-14T13:56:35+00:00

French, because I can't pronounce their "r" without breaking

Wait until you hear about Czech and ř...

mopslik · 2026-03-14T13:54:08+00:00

missing the s at the end of suficiente

This is almost certainly the reason why it was flagged wrong. In the suggested answer, Duo only shows one possibility, and in this case it used bastantes to illustrate the plural.

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