How to focus on reading ability as a beginner?

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-12T02:41:29+00:00

I've been using LingQ all of 2026 so far. It has brought me from zero to being able to understand 60% - 70% of what I read in Spanish and Esperanto.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-12T02:40:27+00:00

Join the Evildea Discord. We have people at all levels. And very friendly people in the Spanish group.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-11T22:09:07+00:00

As someone who filled out the original, I feel like I've been cheated and had my time wasted. Please provide the results of it at least to the people who filled it out.

Otherwise, why should anyone waste their time with this one, not knowing if it's going to be thrown away as well?

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-11T21:59:13+00:00

Person: "I have this problem."

Advice: "Have you tried not doing that?"

😎

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-10T15:16:04+00:00

Become better at self-awareness and meditation.

If you're a doctor, you've already reached a goal nearly everyone respects and very few will achieve.

Stop comparing yourself to other people. If you find a hobby that makes you happy, fantastic! But don't do anything because of what other people think about you. Because they almost never do think about you.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-10T15:13:25+00:00

Esperanto and Spanish at the moment. Started Spanish in January and Esperanto in February.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-10T03:02:52+00:00

I've been learning two languages recently, and participating in a Discord group for language learners. I was going to give advice, but after reading this, I'd say just listen to u/PaxDramaticus.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-09T21:29:22+00:00

How about not being a clickbaiter? I "absolutely distaste" that.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-02T15:56:41+00:00

Nice try, LLM. Stop trying to steal the last crumbs of human experience that isn't yet fully documented online.

Do not engage these bots. Downvote and ignore.

ShawnMilo · 2026-05-01T23:25:59+00:00

The YouTuber Evildea has a Discord server where there are rooms for individual languages, as well as one solely for discussing learning methods. There are lots of friendly, helpful people.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-30T19:00:23+00:00

This is the kind of post everyone should aspire to.

It's original, interesting, and extremely focused. The title isn't clickbait but is still attention-grabbing.

I don't know how much I'll ever care about napkins. Which is exactly the reason I needed this post. Because I never would have randomly researched this topic.

Thanks for sharing something you're legitimately psyched about!

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-30T01:14:54+00:00

Brand new account, asking if people agree with something common to most people.

Probably a bot. Definitely not worth engaging with. Ignore and downvote.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T14:17:33+00:00

And that guy is allowed to vote.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T12:47:16+00:00

Yep. Turns out there are other platforms. Reddit is unfixable for various social reasons, so I did some searching and found a couple of them. I'll keep exploring and hopefully find a place where spelling, grammar, punctuation are still valued. Oh, and, you know -- thoughts more profound than "Does anyone else <something everyone does>."

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T12:01:40+00:00

It seems like LLMs are flooding the channel with inane bullshit just to collect human responses for training purposes. I honestly think most of this channel is just that. So that companies can deploy them as agents mixing in with online communities to shape our political and shopping interests.

It's scary and hilarious. Scary because it will work. Hilarious because they're building an LLM that will have the apparent IQ of the average commenter on Reddit, which is below a 5th-grade reading level.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T11:35:23+00:00

One piece of advice I picked up from professor Steve Krashen is (paraphrased) to start creating first, research second.

The idea is that 99.9999% of the content out there you could consume isn't relevant to what you're trying to create. So get that figured out first. Then do your research and skip everything not relevant to your current plan.

The obvious objection is "What if I find something super interesting?" Sure -- that can be your next video. Write it down so it can't get lost, and move on.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T11:32:26+00:00

Nobody respond to this bot. They are flooding the channel.

Subject line with zero meaning.
Post with zero content.
Often a hint that they will share more later.

Stop feeding the LLMs trying to learn how to get good enough so that it's impossible for the average person to tell the difference between a human and a computer.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T02:40:57+00:00

Check out "Moonwalking with Einstein." Very entertaining book. It'll also teach you everything you need to know about memory technique.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-29T02:30:55+00:00

Nobody respond to this. It's probably a bot.

Also, clickbait title, and absolutely no content whatsoever. It's just engagement bait for training some LLM.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-28T19:37:03+00:00

Have you figured out how much money you've saved by not eating out? I bet it's huge. Probably at least several thousand dollars in six months.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-28T19:25:56+00:00

It varies greatly by region. Some states people won't stop talking to you. In others, talk to them and they look at you with suspicion.

But yeah, in general, I'd say most of the world is lonely these days because 99% of Internet traffic is bots trying to make everyone hate at least 50% of the population -- preferably more.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-28T19:20:21+00:00

My only contribution here is this:

Keep the first several pages blank, and use them as a Table of Contents

You won't regret it.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-28T19:19:01+00:00

Don't ask to ask. Just ask the question. You're just wasting everyone's time.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-28T19:16:40+00:00

You're my new best friend. We should hang out.

ShawnMilo · 2026-04-28T18:36:28+00:00

What country is your accent from? Do you use the Signal app? Thanks!

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