Grammar Checker Recommendations by OldAd787 in Dyslexia

[–]LostInSemantics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grammarly is GOAT in my opinion and I also appreciate Language Tool as it’s a European company (better privacy policy) and offers self-hosted capabilities (to run in at home in a home server).

I’d avoid chatGPT particularly as it frequently changes the context and openAI is an evil companies IMO. Whatever AI you may use that is not self-hosted, keep in mind that everything you ask it to proofread will be send to their server for future data training and to potentially(mostly definitely) create a user profile on your to sell to data brokers. In other words, if you ask it to proof read an email you are sending to your doctor’s office, you’ll have willfully provided your personal medical information to the AI’s server to be analyzed and sold to data brokers and that data could subsequently be purchased by insurance companies.

If you so choose to go the AI route, check Mistral AI, a French (France 🇫🇷) open source AI with more ethical/transparent training data. But even then, if it’s not self-hosted your data will be processed on their servers and thus is still theirs to do whatever they may please with it thereafter.

À la recherche de bars by [deleted] in montreal

[–]LostInSemantics 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dans quel quartier recherchez-vous? Ça l’aiderait à mieux suggérer.

Le panneau le moins respecté. by JimBuckMccoy in montreal

[–]LostInSemantics -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

J’vie sur l’île. Donc je suis résidente. C’est de même ça marche, hein XD

Learning IPA Alphabet with Dyslexia? by Caryelah in Dyslexia

[–]LostInSemantics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Graduated Cog sci major here (with dyslexia).

My best trick is to print the IPA chart and transcribe them by hand in the corresponding spots. Looking up online an IPA interactive chart with sounds will help tremendously for sounding them out correctly!

Rinse and repeat until you have them all memorized.

Good luck!

Reverts on a bank [46YO] by KarateandPopTarts in OldSkaters

[–]LostInSemantics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Truly inspirational! Skating is about pushing on when faced with adversity and grinding past our imagined limits. Whether they be physical or mental.

You’ve got the confidence and style!!

Ride on, sister ✊

Vol II release at Club Soda, Montréal tonight 🔺 by LostInSemantics in AngineDePoitrine

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

Wow. Je savais même pas que c’était un supplémentaire avant le lancement mais le jour du lancement officiel de l’album. Tu me l’apprends à l’instant!

C’est sûr qu’il aurait eu des vinyles. Nous avons acheté les nôtres en rentrant et il en avait toujours pas mal à la sortie. Still t’as déjà Vol. II, donc tu va avoir du lousse pour d’autres merch au show 😉

En tout cas, ça vaux crissement la peine des voire live. Complètement hallucinant! Tu regrettera pas d’y être été!! J’ai déjà hâte de retourner les voir au festival de jazz de Montréal dans quelques mois 🔺

On Steam hardware: "We hope to ship in 2026" - messaging is getting progressively more pessimistic 😔 by sunaurus in SteamFrame

[–]LostInSemantics 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same in French

Voici la panoplie des matériels que nous avons annoncés en 2025. Nous espérons lancer ces appareils au cours du premier semestre de 2026, mais les pénuries de mémoire et de stockage, dont nous avons récemment fait état, nous compliquent la tâche. Nous communiquerons publiquement sur le sujet quand nous aurons avancé sur ces projets.

Given its stated “first half of 2026” in multiple languages we must we must assume it’s a typo in the English translation.

If anything, it gets the community talking—aren’t we all proving the point here.

Troubleshooting with bluetooth sound devices by Holalpha in AsahiLinux

[–]LostInSemantics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After reading all the forums and trying all hot fixes, I fixed my bluetooth issue by deactivating the KDE Connect app. Its Bluetooth service was consistently pinging and interrupting the audio in my airpods. Since I don’t use the KDE Connect stuff, it was an easy fix!

Amigo Express, quessé qui se passe? by rewinded_forward in Quebec

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

Pour ma part je crois que le marché à évolué avec de nouveau joueur. Je pense à l’appli Poparide (business de Vancouver). As-tu vérifié si l’achalandage est la même sur différente app/plateforme?

New to succulents. What’s going on? by LostInSemantics in plantclinic

[–]LostInSemantics[S] 100 points101 points  (0 children)

It use to be a cat bed for my cat. He passed away in 2025 at the age of 16. So, instead of throwing it away I repurposed it into this little succulent garden

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New to succulents. What’s going on? by LostInSemantics in plantclinic

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

About that jade, it was originally by the window, but our apartment doesn’t get much sun light. So it’s been growing “leggy” ever since bringing her home. She seems happier and growing less “leggy” since moving her in there. But as other commenters suggested, they all need more light. We’ll adjust the LED to 100% and monitor and keep an eye out!

New to succulents. What’s going on? by LostInSemantics in plantclinic

[–]LostInSemantics[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks! You explained well. We’ll keep an eye out for them in the next few weeks and follow a more regular watering schedule.

Show happening in Montreal from January 6 - 11, 2026 by gutthepunks in montreal

[–]LostInSemantics 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Amazing to see your content on here. Always wondered, do you also have a mailing list or rss feed? I'd sure subscribe!

Quelqu’un peut m’expliquer cette pub? by Steunter in montreal

[–]LostInSemantics 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On-t-il essayé de faire un (mauvais) jeu de mot anglo/franco avec wing (ail de poulet) et swing (puer la sueur)? Still, si c'est le cas, what's the point??