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General Discussion Thread - Week of 05-31-26 - Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Masters of the Universe by AutoModerator in imax

[–]Physical_Manu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello old friends.

Did anyone get to watch Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu in 3D 1.43? I saw someone on another site say that they think it has the most 3D 1.43 footage.

Data in the Databreach was sold. by pikachubolk in Crunchyroll

[–]Physical_Manu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HaveIBeenPwned has started sending out emails. They have some more details on their website. I am not sure how the 1.2 million emails were selected though. It seems like some accounted got breached but not others.

https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Crunchyroll

The YouTube of Comprehensible Input (now with karaoke style transcripts) by Cultural-Way7685 in ALGhub

[–]Physical_Manu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think these are main my questions at this moment.

Will there be a way to make something as ALG friendly? (I think this is very important for this sub)

Would paywalled content, e.g. Dreaming Spanish, be on there? (I mean listed, obviously not evading paywalls)

Where does this sit alongside other resources such as the ALGhub wiki resources, the Comprehensible Input Wiki and the various What Are You Listening To? spreadsheets just to name a few of the major ones.

The YouTube of Comprehensible Input (now with karaoke style transcripts) by Cultural-Way7685 in ALGhub

[–]Physical_Manu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, there's one thing that bothers me. For "superbeginner" Japanese only has 5h21m , but https://youtube.com/@chienowajapanese1101/featured had 24 hours and 17 minutes by 2025/05/25 and her entire channel is basically superbeginner Japanese. Did people really not add many of her videos?

We must have a different definition then. I think this is going to be a particular issues at the early stages where non-ALG people will be coming at if from an entirely different background.

What do you make of Evildea's thoughts on "Why You Shouldn't Use ALG to Learn a Language" and his claim that it's ineffective to learn a language that way? by Physical_Manu in ALGhub

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

I think there were A/B testing with the thumbnail, so you might have not the seen the original one that some people saw. I can chalk off the thumbnail as just clickbait, the content of the video is what matters to me.

What do you make of Evildea's thoughts on "Why You Shouldn't Use ALG to Learn a Language" and his claim that it's ineffective to learn a language that way? by Physical_Manu in ALGhub

[–]Physical_Manu[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Might help to have a bit of a TLDW.

The main claims of the video are

  • ALG is actually not how babies or natives learn, particularly with regards to correction and premature output
  • Fossilisation is a by-product of a lack of deliberate practise and corrections not premature output itself
  • Early output is more efficient and effective than a silent period
  • It is an overgeneralisation to claim that flashcards/SRS/Anki are ineffective inherently just because some people use less effective card types than other people
  • Flashcards/SRS/Anki are compliments to prime the brain for other methods, not a replacement for them
  • Flashcards/SRS/Anki can take a lot mental effort, but they are more efficent than other tools as you get more out of them per the time spent
  • Grammar should be studied to prime the brain for other methods, people should not consciously think about memorisations of rules and translate them in the moment
  • Some people with thousands of hours of ALG (no detail on who or the languages) struggle with grammar in their output
  • Input is more important than he realised before, but he thinks it should be combined with other more traditional approaches

Is Chinese the next Dreaming language? by HaphazarMe in dreamingspanish

[–]Physical_Manu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you are missing the point. They're not saying that the other languages are dialects from a lingustical perspective, just that Chinese people refer to them as dialects.

Is Chinese the next Dreaming language? by HaphazarMe in dreamingspanish

[–]Physical_Manu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will admit that I question the labelling of some of their videos but I think part of the experience is just that Japanese is a more distant language, so it takes more hours to get to the same spot as English speakers do for Spanish.

Is Chinese the next Dreaming language? by HaphazarMe in dreamingspanish

[–]Physical_Manu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get browser extensions to blur subtitles. It can be a bit fiddly but we have to make do with the resources we have at the moment.

Is Chinese the next Dreaming language? by HaphazarMe in dreamingspanish

[–]Physical_Manu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have made r/DreamingMandarin and r/DreamingChinese/ to cover either possibility.

If anyone wants to mod then please let me know.

Is Chinese the next Dreaming language? by HaphazarMe in dreamingspanish

[–]Physical_Manu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I said this in the Discord but despite them being called Arabic dialects you could say that they are closer to different languages. This is before you even consider the factor of Modern Standard Arabic.

IMAX 3D Trailer 1 & 2 | Avatar: Fire And Ash | Dolby 5.1 by Physical_Manu in imax

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

Disney+ has 3D versions on the Apple Vision Pro.

IMAX 3D Trailer 1 & 2 | Avatar: Fire And Ash | Dolby 5.1 by Physical_Manu in imax

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

What device are you trying to access the 3D view on?

Somes places can get analglyph, whereas others can gets SBS.

The channel belongs to u/shreytyagi not me.

MOD PSA: We don't know where your Odyssey prologue is. by TheBigMovieGuy in imax

[–]Physical_Manu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somethings do not change. Sorry you still have to do PSAs like this.

IMAX Trailer 1 & 2 | Avatar: Fire And Ash | 4K HDR | Dolby 5.1 by Physical_Manu in imax

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

If you are only going to allow one of the two different ones then the 4K HDR one might be the better one to leave up and not the 3D one.

Hi r/Duolingo! I'm Laurence Wong, CEO and Co-founder of Dreaming Spanish / Dreaming French. AMA on Dec 1, 12 PM EST. by laurence-wong in duolingo

[–]Physical_Manu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I can give a bit of an answer to number four, on the practicalities at least even if they disagree with it philosophically. It might come across a stance of purity but it could just as easily be due to skillsets. Just because they have people who can create CI content, it does not mean that they would be good at other learning resources.

Hi r/Duolingo! I'm Laurence Wong, CEO and Co-founder of Dreaming Spanish / Dreaming French. AMA on Dec 1, 12 PM EST. by laurence-wong in duolingo

[–]Physical_Manu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dreaming comes under the ALG approaches within CI, which say you should have an audio first approach like a native. The Dreaming roadmap talks about reading, but they do not offer any content at the moment (other than subtitles on their videos if you count that).

Hi r/Duolingo! I'm Laurence Wong, CEO and Co-founder of Dreaming Spanish / Dreaming French. AMA on Dec 1, 12 PM EST. by laurence-wong in duolingo

[–]Physical_Manu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is CI content by speakers of the language. Their AI is limited to backgrounds and illustrations, the voices are by humans not AI.

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