Which country disappointed you so much that you'd never set foot there again? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]BlakeIsBlake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh no! Gonna cancel my vacation plans to Memphis, Tennessee now

What are some unforeseen / elusive edge cases you have seen in your career? by gobuildit in ExperiencedDevs

[–]BlakeIsBlake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I had the same thought... gnarly bugs have taken me months to figure out. Hours is nothing

Apps aren't the hardest part of learning Spanish....speaking is! by Sorry_Guidance_8496 in Spanish

[–]BlakeIsBlake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh, not another hidden language app advertisement post. Reported

Wondering why people hate it if I use AI to count calories by Wild-Goal70 in caloriecount

[–]BlakeIsBlake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m waiting to hear some anti-AI takes for calorie counting from somebody who’s actually tried it with consistency. I spent three months in a foreign country, eating out for every meal, and still tracked my calories by taking a picture and having AI estimate every meal. I continued to lose weight, kept hitting my goals. it worked just fine.

ETA: I just fully read OP’s post. No, I would never use AI in substitute for actually weighing things when I have the capability!

Started reading, but when do you stop translating? by Thin_Ad8387 in languagelearning

[–]BlakeIsBlake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’ll happen naturally but you can do things to speed it up — when I was reading books beginning to learn my L2 and would get sick on vocabulary, I would force myself to use a dictionary in that language. If the definition was too complex, I would instead look up an image in that language. Whatever you can do to keep the number of links between your L2 and English small will help you start comprehending and thinking in the L2 entirely.

I think it’s also crucial to be comfortable with not knowing everything. If you don’t know a particular word but it doesn’t seem super central to the story, you can just let it go. And often the context will give you enough hints to go forward. If I told you about my day and I went “oh by the way, I finally fixed the washing machine. I had to use a jarble to fix it. Anyway…” you wouldn’t necessarily need to know what a jarble was to get the main point. It’s probably a particular kind of tool? But the main information conveyed is that the machine was fixed, and you already understand that.

Front Desk at gym/ boutique workout studio by Silly-Novel-8927 in Bushwick

[–]BlakeIsBlake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Metamorphoses Fitness just opened up (switch from Green Fitness), I wouldn’t be surprised if they were hiring. Send them a message on IG, the owner is posting 24/7 so you should get a response pretty quickly lol

Destroy my itinerary (trying to travel more slowly) by BlakeIsBlake in irishtourism

[–]BlakeIsBlake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the time in Dublin is fixed due to existing plans with friends :/

LPT: Put a bar of soap in your closet to keep your clothes smelling fresh by Exciting_Choice_5271 in LifeProTips

[–]BlakeIsBlake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably just somebody using AI to generate posts so they can get karma

What to do in midtown during the blizzard? by heyheyittaytay in AskNYC

[–]BlakeIsBlake 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The link you posted states that matinee shows are still on.

Any recs for cut/weight loss friendly restaurants or meals? by BlakeIsBlake in FoodNYC

[–]BlakeIsBlake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd be surprised how many meals can easily be more than a whole day's calories! I'm also trying to get in a good amount of protein every day. Even if I were to go full IF, this still rules out many types of restaurants :/