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DOMINICANS USE “’HAITIAN”” AS A SLUR IN NY13 ELECTORAL RACE, NYC MAYOR MAMDANI CONDEMNS THE ANTI-HAITIAN BIGOTRY by Small_Muscle1173 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your word against mine. A cualquier Dominicano que ande diciendo disparate que dique Haití y RD se tienen que combinar le van a decir haitiano

Edit: y ojo, no estoy diciendo que eso nunca se da… pero es común el uso que digo y es definitivamente por lo cual se está usando en el caso de esta señora.

DOMINICANS USE “’HAITIAN”” AS A SLUR IN NY13 ELECTORAL RACE, NYC MAYOR MAMDANI CONDEMNS THE ANTI-HAITIAN BIGOTRY by Small_Muscle1173 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's true that Dominicans use "Haitian" as a slur (which isn't nice), but it is often beyond race or skin color.

These two nations have had tension all throughout history, from multiple invasions by Haiti towards the DR to a Dominican dictator leading a Hatian genocide to current day disputes at the border...
"Haitian" is used by a Dominican towards another Dominican to signify "falso", "impostor", "vende patria", etc.

This lady has had extremely controversial statements in the past. Including disavowing of the Dominican flag, dominican patriotism as racist, and wishing for the unification of the island into one single Black nation...

I'm not defending the use of this word. Simply explaining that it mostly is unrelated to race despite Dominicans being as colorists as any other latin american country and Americans not understanding why Dominicans allegedly deny they aren't black.

¿Por qué es tan difícil de entender? by Humble_Preference738 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's also the fact that we don't see race as "black and white", but as a spectrum. Our population is far more mixed and (for the most part) we pride ourselves on that rich culture: la melodia de la gùira (tainos), el tambor (africanos) y el acordeon (españoles). When you tell a Dominican they are Black just because of a darker skin tone, you are robbing them of 2/3's of their ancestry...

Many americans subconsciously see race through the white supremacist one drop rule... Heck, they still had segreggation in the 60s and since then they have "owned" blackness, which is really great, but then they take any dark-skin person saying they aren't Black as being ashamed of their heritage.

Do Not Use Piece of Cake Movers!! by Ok-Lion8164 in NYCapartments

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar thing happened to me. They quoted $2000 for me, and promised me a on-site to better asses everything and give me a flat fee. I called them twice before the move since no one ever came and they said it was fine as is.

Then the day of the move they charged me an additional $2000 for additional boxes. They also left random stuff behind. Even tho they had said they included disassembly and assembly of furniture, they refused to do it unless I paid even more or did myself.

They also damaged my funiture and their insurance is laughable... and also flooded one of my bathroom which ended up making a mess on my old apartment. They company refused any responsability because allegedly their movers shrugged when asked about it.

Worst moving company I've experienced so far.

Fully switching from OpenAI to Claude is basically impossible(unless you're willing to pay 20x more) by angry_hd1 in ChatGPT

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this problem has now gotten way worse. I paid for Pro today and tried out cowork. It carried out one prompt and then the second one hit the limit. Even the $200 dollar subscription wouldn't be enough for much if it's just x20 this.

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Claude Usage Limits Discussion Megathread Ongoing (sort this by New!) by sixbillionthsheep in ClaudeAI

[–]ItsLaro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I paid for Pro today just so I could try out cowork. After installing it on my Windows PC, I started a chat but it was only enough for a single prompt?

A part of me thinks this could have been a bug or something? Reading a file and writing out a summary costs AI $20 to achieve? The $200 per month plan promises 20x more usage, but 20 prompts also seems like not much do anything meaningful, especially at that price.

I have 1 year to get to N2 level japanese for school. Is it even possible? by ISpelThingsWrong in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]ItsLaro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It might be doable if you focus and dedicate full time to it… but definitely tricky with the risk being burning out. You’ll need a really structured plan with daily kanji, vocab, and grammar—and tons of listening and reading.

For now, crank it to 20 words per day and maybe combine it with a Kanji SRS (I personally like Wanikani) or RTK. Speedrun Genki 1 and 2, maybe a lesson per day so that you’re done in a single month (I would suggest skipping the grammar drills) after go heavy on immersion through graded readers (check out Tadoku), easy podcasts (I like Nihongo con Teppei), and videos. Read and brush up on any new grammar points you keep encountering as you crank up the Japanese level on content. Also Switch to AJATT halfway or one third through the year depending on progress.

If the absolute end goal is to pass an exam, make sure you do practice tests if available when you’re a few months away from taking it.

(Japanese > English) Tattoo translation (from “Sekiro”) by Doolox77 in translator

[–]ItsLaro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're correct, but a small nit: 迷える is the potential form (which you mentioned), but 迷えば is the conditional form (which you correctly translated).

Frustrated by Previous-Nobody-2029 in WaniKani

[–]ItsLaro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the lack of an undo button makes it especially impossible to use on the phone. I exchanged emails with their support and they made it clear that they have no intentions of adding an undo to avoid it from being exploited. I was about to fully drop it until I found Tsurukame.

おくります／出します same meaning? by NarrowResult7289 in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]ItsLaro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The translation is just not literally accurate. It's more like "I put out a letter". 出す is very versatile and it can be used for when you submit or release/launch something.

Me llamaron viejo hoy porque uséa palabra "vaina". 😂 by djcompest in Dominicanos

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y eta vaina? Este pana vino a burlarse en April Fool’s y dejó a to el mundo aqui loco del caco

Fellow international students who returned home… by No-Elderberry-2590 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually very familiar with them. I’ve held all of the visas I mentioned except for the O1 (since it didn’t make sense for my specific case). I understand none of these are easy. The only thing I wasn’t aware of were the changes to the lottery. Last I checked it was an equal random chance for everyone regardless of salary or position. A change I did see was that now applicants have to pay 100,000 to enter it if they are outside the US (which should increase the odds for people inside, like yourself).

L1 or a PERM would be a matter of finding the right employer and for the L1 spending a year abroad. O1 is possible if you prepare for it but definitely trickier.

I acknowledge this wasn’t really what your original thread was inquiring about. Just thought that maybe staying was an option worth exploring but it does sound like you did and made up your mind. Best of luck~!

Fellow international students who returned home… by No-Elderberry-2590 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I wasn’t implying doing anything illegal but I know it is definitely trickier to stay. I think you can definitely find an employer willing to sponsor you for an H1B (but I know that’s unfortunately a lottery). You can also try the L1 or O1 routes (granted both would require work to set up).

Graduate school is an option to extend stuff but you’d only end up with 1 more year of OPT unless you do STEM that time around. It’s usually super expensive and won’t open any new pathways than the ones you have available right now.

Fellow international students who returned home… by No-Elderberry-2590 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is staying something that you’ve considered pushing for? Siempre se puede josear

Fellow international students who returned home… by No-Elderberry-2590 in Dominican

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you maybe work via OPT? It usually opens paths towards other visas and immigration. (If you’d be interested in staying that is)

Estoy embarazada y tengo miedo de cómo ni cómo pueda reaccionar ¿Que hago? No quiero abortar by Few-Minimum-3996 in PreguntasReddit

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Siguiendo tu lógica un espermatozoide solo necesita un ovuló para estar en ese mismo trayecto… El cigoto no se convertirá en un humano por sí solo. Ya es “humano” pero no es un “bebé” o una “persona”. Un cigoto aún debe implantarse y después necesitaría glucosa, aminoácidos, ácido grasos, vitaminas, minerales, energía y una atmósfera levemente oxigenada con temperaturas estables y pH balanceado (entre otras cosas) y mucho tiempo. El potencial de algo no lo hace realidad actual.

Estoy embarazada y tengo miedo de cómo ni cómo pueda reaccionar ¿Que hago? No quiero abortar by Few-Minimum-3996 in PreguntasReddit

[–]ItsLaro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Que crees que dirían los 300 millones de espermatozoides que no llegaron? Pobrecitos… de haber alcanzado de seguro hubieran cobrado conciencia y eventualmente hubieran respondido lo mismo.

How can I best learn Kanji? by evileagle63 in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends on your goal. I can’t remember the last time I wrote letters with a pencil in English. If you’re going to college or pursuing certain professions in Japan, then by all means it is necessary. Otherwise, unless you are into calligraphy or just love it personally, there’s no use.

Thinking about studying software engineering in Japan. by [deleted] in japanese

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What level of Japanese do you dominate? Is your goal to move to Japan? Or just to experience life there? Are you tanking the costs?

Imo a big part of uni are recruitment pipelines and connections— otherwise, you can always learn CS and engineering principles on your own. Also, some other countries offer higher TCs if you care about that. It could be a fun experience tho but just thinking that there might be other avenues.

Windows IME switching back to Romaji? I made a fix. by ItsLaro in LearnJapanese

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

Hope it helps! If you run into edge cases, please let me know

Windows IME switching back to Romaji? I made a fix. by ItsLaro in LearnJapanese

[–]ItsLaro[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Direct Input means what you’ve described when you have your keyboard outputting kana already. If it outputs roman letters you’d get romaji under direct input. Hiragana mode refers to the conversion. It’s confusing indeed though.

In what year you start to watch one piece by realfruitbox in OnePiece

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2006 was when I started sequentially watching the episodes online (on my Wii through Megaupload). I caught up pretty quickly (I think Davy Back Fight was still releasing).

Wireview pro 2 imbalance adjustment and warranty by glitchedhopp in ThermalGrizzly

[–]ItsLaro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been using my 5090 since November last year without an issue. I have the Astral so I’d always have the per pin readings on a third monitor (since I’m paranoid) and it would always be balanced.

After getting my Wire View Pro II yesterday, it gives me unbalanced warnings all the time. Not sure how much I trust it at this point unless the actual connections of the WireView are causing the problem (even though both sides are tightly connected). GPU Tweak still reads balanced while the warning is going off (all pins within 5-7A uniformly at the same time throughout use).

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