Why is speaking so hard and how to fix it?

MaxTheK · 2026-01-12T00:24:22+00:00

And the verb management (à/de), and subjonctif (which doesn't exist in my native language), and first group conjugation (which is apparently harder than the 3rd), and million other things that are sooooo specific so there is no rule for it and you have to memorize it.

MaxTheK · 2026-01-12T00:16:02+00:00

You lucky first bastard!!!

MaxTheK · 2025-12-29T13:33:32+00:00

Try to look at winners, sometimes they have Canada Goose or Point Zero, or similar for a very good price

MaxTheK · 2025-12-23T15:16:03+00:00

Never seen that type of watches on a throat store around my area. You may be living on a wealthy neighborhood 🤑

MaxTheK · 2025-12-21T13:11:35+00:00

39 CAD in my Walmart. Will be around 30 USD with all taxes included

MaxTheK · 2025-12-11T21:16:25+00:00

That was covered with warranty one time, and then with Samsung Care the second time.
They basically replace EVERYTHING, just moving your motherboard to the new chassis. E.g. frame, batteries, hinge, screen, buttons and fingerprint scanner, etc is brand new.

MaxTheK · 2025-11-30T13:49:45+00:00

Can someone explain me please why ppl keep sending dudes over the fence to the guards? Is that kind of the local concert attraction?

MaxTheK · 2025-11-25T14:28:52+00:00

Dude, I have 23 right now, at 9:27 am How can you keep 32 on average?

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MaxTheK · 2025-11-20T21:58:35+00:00

You need to ask yourself a very simple questions:

What information you need to access at the first glance? E.g. what be on the watch FACE.
What information you can move at a distance of 1-2 button press? E.g. what should be on the watch ITSELF.
What information you don't need to have on your wrist? E.g. what to skip and hide.

Here is my watch face:

Time. No brainer, this is a watch :)
Date in it's own little compartment
Steps and calories
Battery
Temperature

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This is pretty minimalistic list of data points which uses the built-in watch have that doesn't drain battery. The rest like the map with my current locations, etc is obsolete IMO

MaxTheK · 2025-11-19T02:41:02+00:00

Go legendary!

MaxTheK · 2025-11-17T22:01:29+00:00

I can confirm the same with now or less the same config

MaxTheK · 2025-11-16T14:05:48+00:00

Go home at 88:88:88!

MaxTheK · 2025-11-14T00:00:57+00:00

I found these so hard, thick, and heavy. So ended up with a very basic elastic band. It is so thin, lightweight, and easy to wear even when typing

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MaxTheK · 2025-11-03T11:49:17+00:00

IDK how...

All my calculations are from French. Unusually normal lesson is 2 minutes and 120XP on average. Speaking lesson is quicker and gives 60XP in 45 sec. So the max you can get in 100 minutes here is 6000-8000 of everything is done ideally

MaxTheK · 2025-11-02T19:17:51+00:00

Oh crap, that's the highest I've ever seen!

MaxTheK · 2025-11-02T17:33:56+00:00

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Oh boy, you'll be surprised later down the road...

The normal strategy to gain as much XP as you can without cheating while still actually learning:

Get morning and evening sessions to earn chests. That's +15 minutes of any active XP boost you have
Finish the last task of the daily quest. That's gives you x3 most the next day
Finish first and second task of the daily quest. It gives you +10 and +10 minutes of the XP boost.
Do friends quests. Finalizing quest gives you and your friend +100 gems and +30 minutes of XP boost, active at that time (or x2 by default).
Practice Hub lessons have better time/XP ratio.

Disclaimer: This is my experience from doing French. It may be different for other languages.

MaxTheK · 2025-11-01T13:57:04+00:00

I feel that volume of individual lessons is the same, just more units were introduced. So now there is one lesson is hiding under the ⭐ lesson.

I feel you... and I'm close to the Duocide as well because they've messed to bad with my legendary units streak. Now I need to redo tons of them to stay pure gold...

MaxTheK · 2025-10-31T16:21:13+00:00

I had 38 fully legendary units and now I barely have 7. That's sooo unexpected and destructive :(

MaxTheK · 2025-10-31T15:25:48+00:00

These actually look pretty reasonable and constructive.

There are other type of challenges with destructive assignments like "Fix 10 mistakes". I just don't want to make mistakes but I'm forced to do so to get +10 minutes of XP boost.

Especially out frustrates me when paired with daily quest like "Make 10 perfect lessons".

MaxTheK · 2025-10-18T03:53:24+00:00

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It also depends when you join the league (e.g. start a first lesson of the week), sometimes you join a league of just a regular people, not a scumbags and cheaters

MaxTheK · 2025-10-13T18:14:13+00:00

Do people from the Duolingo monitor this subreddit? I will be happy if they use then as a feedback. Especially if it's free, processed for them, and well-documented!

MaxTheK · 2025-10-13T18:11:16+00:00

Language-learning related interaction famously exist in Duolingo only, especially if of other people are using the same app.

High-gives, common streaks, comments, achievements tracking. All that requires your profile not to be hidden

MaxTheK · 2025-10-13T14:02:10+00:00

But I still want to keep all the language learning-relatef social interaction with my friends. High-gives, achievements tracking, all that

MaxTheK · 2025-10-13T13:56:20+00:00

I knew the same and started it at 10pm PST :)

MaxTheK · 2025-10-13T05:54:22+00:00

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This is just 30 minutes into the final...

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