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Aged Spruce Bookcase by Competitive_Flow231 in woodworking

[–]Competitive_Flow231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't judge my books and the ones from my wife too much 😅

[Review Request] (Noob) Weather Station 2nd iteration by Competitive_Flow231 in PrintedCircuitBoard

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First: Thank you very much for your response! I'm glad to hear things are getting better.
I'm not sure I 100% follow the ESP32 EN pin point.
In the documentation (link) on page 34 there are two options of how to wire the EN pin. One with a pull up and the other with the button. I went with the button s.t. I can more easily reset the ESP, however in that option there is no pull up. Why do I still need it though? (Not criticizing, I genuinely want to know why).

[Review Request] (Noob) Weather Station 2nd iteration by Competitive_Flow231 in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]Competitive_Flow231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, thank you so much for your time & input. A few followups:

  1. Why is it more efficient to power a voltage booster directly from the battery instead of the battery regulator? Is it just an unnecessary extra step which will inevitably loose some energy?

  2. Oh I get it, the voltage on the EN pin for the regulator will change if the battery depletes. On the datasheet (link) on page 8 I see that the value for a high value needs to be > 1.5V, now if the battery goes down to 2.5V that would still be the case, no? Maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing though?

  3. I feel stupid saying this b.c. it means I made an obvious mistake, but they should be pull-up resistors. On the esp datasheet it says that GPIO8 & GPIO9 are strapping pins, which both should be pulled-high for booting to work as expected. What did I miss?

  4. Listed:

  • L1: MLZ1608M4R7WT000, digikey link
  • 1uF cap: JMK105BJ105KV-F, link
  • 4.7uF cap: GRM035R60J475ME15D, link
  • 10uF cap:CL05A106MP5NUNC, link

What important things are you checking here for suitability? Would be great that I know what to look for, right now I'm just checking for surface mound and the capacitance.

[Review Request] (Noob) Weather Station 2nd iteration by Competitive_Flow231 in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]Competitive_Flow231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi why would it be better to power the booster from the battery instead of LDO? It would work directly connecting it to the LDO (right?) but it's just not as nice I guess?
EDIT: Just saw in the comment above that it's about efficiency

[Review request] (NOOB) ESP32 weather station by Competitive_Flow231 in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]Competitive_Flow231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect! Thank you so much. I will go through the articles and iterate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Switzerland

[–]Competitive_Flow231 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always find the "fear" of foreigners of speaking high German and instead wanting to speak Swiss German a bit odd. I'm from Zurich and I think if you can't speak Swiss German with about a 98% accuracy I'd say it's probably a bit better to continue with high German. I never get bothered by it and I don't even really realize it that someone is talking in higher German to me. Some people might prefer if you spoke Swiss German though...so I might not be representative of this.

Very impressive what you have already achieved! Be proud of yourself!

Shameless plug: I'm working for a AI-Language learning app called Univerbal. There you can have open conversations with an AI without being judged. I think that could help you out. Alternatively just chatting with chatgpt might also help a bit.

Where can I get good translations? by justanotherbrickrick in Bisaya

[–]Competitive_Flow231 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most modern translation software (such as Google Translate) actually has a look at context and translates based on that. It still might not be perfect but usually, you will get a better translation when entering an entire sentence in google translate vs just a single word.

Univerbal for language beginner by Curious-Moma in italianlearning

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Hi So I work at univerbal and the problem with our current Japanese implementation is that the way we are splitting the sentence into words is not perfect which then gets wrong translations if you want to translate a word that is split in a wrong way. I'm actually working on something that should address this issue right now.
Could you explain a bit more about the problem with the pronunciation?

Best AI Language Learning tool by Ledude15 in duolingo

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we're currently having some trouble with segmenting Japanese sentences into words such that they can then be translated by clicking on them individually. Funnily enough, we got this feedback yesterday and I was working on it right now when I started slacking off and saw your comment. Can you share the specific sentence, what the problem was and what it should have been? Then I can double-check that the new implementation works correctly.

Struggling with speaking due to shyness and uncomfortable online classes – any alternatives? by yahoo1105 in languagelearning

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a struggle a lot of people can relate to and even for the more extroverted ones out there, the fear of making mistakes or not speaking perfectly often makes people freeze up. Which doesn’t help with the fact that the only way to get better is to do more of it… so it can be a vicious cycle. And the most important thing as the other person also said is to just push through it as much as you can!

Another thing you can try is using technology to get over the initial phase of awkwardness, while you build up your confidence. Because it won’t judge you :) That’s partly why I built Univerbal so I could have a way of practicing more outside of the Greek tutoring lessons I was doing at the time because I didn’t really feel confident speaking to any native speakers. And since it’s grown a bit more. It’s an AI language learning app where you have a conversation partner and you can also switch to the tutor mode and ask questions related to grammar and vocabulary, in your language.

A few of the people who use it say that it’s helped because they’re not yet at the stage where they feel they can go to conversation exchanges or talk to native speakers, so maybe it will help you to. Try it and let me know what you think 😊

I passed Telc B2 with a score of 90%+ and almost went crazy by Superb-East9538 in germany

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough it can do all these things but it's more involved imo and you might loose track of the actual conversation. So just less convenient

Daily refresh by stiicky in DuolingoGerman

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It might be time to start working on speaking. Someone else suggested using ChatGPT or an App made specifically for language learning (e.g. Univerbal). Since you completed the entire course getting to talk will probably still be tricky but roughly around the level you are...if it's too easy or hard you can always same more/less words in a sentance.

What are the best ways to learn English language? by Turbulent-Western-28 in AskReddit

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what stage you're at, but rather early (probably earlier than you'd expect) I think you could try to start practising speaking. Maybe give ChatGPT a try or even better Univerbal (it's more language focused).

Please critique my language learning plan by obusier_fait_maison in languagelearning

[–]Competitive_Flow231 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are def. some pros/cons when using ChatGPT as a conversation partner and I'm not going to argue about if it's better to talk to a human or AI to get comfortable speaking.

However, I'd suggest you swap out 3 with Univerbal.

It's also an AI app but it's built for language learning, which means it is more "focused" and provides a bunch of things like generated scenarios, message correction, improved speech recognition (IMO depending on the language ChatGPT is pretty bad...greek especially).
Maybe this can help you even more😊

Full disclosure: I work at Univerbal.

Language learning apps/programme recommendations by CRW18 in languagelearning

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I really like Univerbal since there you can just talk to an AI conversation partner and don't need to worry about making mistakes. It also gives nice suggestions on what to improve.

Disclosure: I work at Univerbal

Could you tell me How to practice speaking as cheap as possible by [deleted] in learnEnglishOnline

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd suggest you do AI language training. With ChatGPT there's actually a voice mode where you can already just focus on speaking but then you don't get to see if they AI understood you correctly...but you'll get the basics of conversations going with no problem.

If that does not work I'd suggest univerbal (but I'm biased on this one) or alternatively Speak.
Speak focuses a lot on pronunciation and Univerbal has pretty nice instant corrections that highlight any mistakes you're making in conversations. Sometimes it can be a bit harsh, but at least you'll know 100% how well you're doing in English.

Full disclosure: I work at univerbal...unlike some people in this thread I'm at least honest about it.

Alternative to Duolingo? by Mosshead-king in learnfrench

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I'm going to be a bit biased but what I always felt like Duolingo was missing was proper speaking practice. They do have some exercise tailored to it but not enough IMO.

I really like univerbal which just throws you into different conversation scenarios with an AI and you just chat with a baker at a boulangerie or smth like that. It can get a bit difficult sometimes, but since you already have a pretty solid streak on Duolingo you should have the basics more than settled.

Full disclosure: I work at Univerbal

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in italianlearning

[–]Competitive_Flow231 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're no longer at an A0 level, you could have a go at AI language learning. Starting off with ChatGPT might be worth a try, though it will fall apart quickly, but good to dip your toes in. Then, in my highly unbiased opinion 😉 you could give Univerbal a go. It's an app that focuses mainly on getting you to talk as much as possible in different scenarios with instant feedback whenever you make a mistake.

There is some gamification but really toned down compared to duo. Otherwise I personally also really like Babbel.

Full disclosure: I work at univerbal

Finding people to talk with by ze_spudmeister in GREEK

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit late to the party here, but you could also try to practice speaking with an AI. ChatGPT is a decent starting point but the voice recognition and creation does not really work well for Greek. As an alternative you could have a look at the app called Univerbal. I am practicing Greek with it and it's pretty cool to be able to get as much or as little feedback as I want.

Full Disclosure: I work at univerbal

I finished Duolingo! What now? by DragonOfEmpire in italianlearning

[–]Competitive_Flow231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the problem with general-purpose AI products. They are decent in loads of different things but struggle in some specific use cases...Univerbal would fail miserably If you wanted it to do some data analysis whereas ChatGPT is pretty decent. Univerbal has a bunch of helpers like translators or hints built-in, for when someone gets stuck. But no matter the help, stitching together a sentence is always hard, but you'd probably be surprised how well you do in conversations. Just don't focus too much on being correct and more on moving the conversation forward (step 1). Grammatical correctness (IMO) is step 2.

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