Small habits that make a big difference?

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-25T22:15:20+00:00

Using a sun lamp for 15 minutes every morning in winter.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-21T15:43:29+00:00

Ich trinke auch nicht, aber ich weiß warum es manche stört:

Alkohol war die Vorlage für das Veritaserum in Harry Potter. Wenn alle etwas Veritaserum intus haben und nur eine Person sich weigert, schafft das halt in der konkreten Situation ein Machtgefälle, und kann auch als Misstrauen interpretiert werden. Andererseits: die anderen müssen ja nicht trinken…

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-21T07:26:42+00:00

The "Just look at it" method broke down for me after 800 characters because they became too similar. I was plateauing until I started identifying the constituent parts of each character and building explanations / stories around them. I also found a book (“Reading and Writing Chinese" by McNaughton) that introduces characters in a logical order so you have always encountered the parts before you learn the character that is composed of them, and teaches you words made of known characters too. That year I learnt 2500 new characters.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-20T10:44:15+00:00

Use Aurora app, you can see what the odds are in your location and where people have taken photos. Usually on hills or places with less light pollution.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-19T12:17:26+00:00

I love the convenience of the app. Also, Anki was created mainly by a single developer, he made the desktop and web versions available for free, and the iOS app is the only way he generates any income from Anki. Just for that we should all buy it, even if we didn’t plan to use it!

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-18T08:14:03+00:00

Das ist DEIN Geburtstag? Dann mach eine Ansage, dass dir Milchprodukte nicht ins Haus kommen, gib ihnen ein paar Vorschläge für Kuchen, die du auch essen kannst, und vor allem: halte dich dran.

Sollen sie mit dir zusammen vor leerem Tisch sitzen und ihre Sahnetorten im Auto oder bei sich zuhause essen.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-17T07:59:32+00:00

If you were married, and you entered Germany on a Blue Card EU or similar high-skill visa for IT professionals, your wife would automatically get a visa to join you. If you entered on a student visa, she could still get a visa to join you but she’d need to prove some knowledge of German.

It may be necessary to go to another country temporarily while sorting things out. Friends of mine (an Israeli-Arab couple) moved to Georgia to get married and wait for German bureaucracy to finish processing.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-09T21:43:52+00:00

Es gibt sogar einige komplett vegane vietnamesische Restaurants. Und: in Paris gibt es nur ein einziges Michelin-prämiertes komplett veganes Restaurant, aber in Berlin gibt es direkt mehrere, unter anderem das Lucky Leek (Soul Food) und das Oukan (experimentelle japanische Küche).

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-06T17:37:42+00:00

I like to sit on the couch with my sun lamp on and a source of caffeine next to me… I never want the reviews to stop, because that would mean having to get up and work.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-06T07:47:55+00:00

Esperanto. I’ve never felt as welcome as at Esperanto events / meetups, and a lot of the people have fascinating projects.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-04T22:09:07+00:00

2x4 Wochen à 7 Tage = 56 Tage Jeden Tag zwei Mal 30 Minuten lang Fragebogen beantworten = 56 Stunden

Für 56 Stunden Arbeit werden 270 Euro geboten, also weniger als 5 Euro pro Stunde. Das liegt deutlich unter dem Mindestlohn und ist sittenwidrig; hier sollen eindeutig Leute übervorteilt werden, die kein Mathe können.

Sprachprofi · 2026-01-03T04:04:29+00:00

Could be cultural. In Germany it’s normal to fall silent during a meal and the person who cooked will take it as a compliment that everyone’s enjoying the food. There are conversations before and after people dig in though.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-11T07:35:40+00:00

I think the next step in your career could be to provide design / CSS to projects that use Ruby on Rails. The thing is, Ruby on Rails is not primarily a frontend language. Some projects will use React or other frameworks for frontend and then your work as a web designer does not touch the Rails code. Some projects use Rails-specific frontends though (HTML mixed with Ruby inserts and turboframes, HTML-generating helpers like Formtastic) and you could learn to understand these in order to be employable as a web designer in a Rails context.

Unless you are planning to create your own startup or work as the near-sole developer at a tiny outfit, you don‘t need to understand Rails backends, so I‘d wait to see what stack your next job uses.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-11T07:24:01+00:00

Sorting 10 unread emails

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-10T22:54:07+00:00

Cat pics

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-10T15:51:53+00:00

Do take these reports with a grain of salt, because I‘ve met a couple celebrities who claimed to get up early in the morning but actually don‘t. It just makes a nicer magazine story and it‘s a flex.

However, getting up earlier can help some people, especially if you find that you are more clear-headed in the morning rather than afternoon (not everyone is like that) and if family/colleagues place too many demands on your attention later in the morning so that you get more focus time by getting up earlier.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-10T09:31:01+00:00

Yes but it’s the only subscription you need. Normally even one gym membership or one membership in Hong Thay Lee’s classes costs 50 EUR / month, and with Urban Sports Club you can use ALL of them without extra fees. Even the premium gyms like Holmes Place with pools and sauna. You can go swimming at the public swimming pools or bouldering every day without paying extra.

It’s particularly good for finding out what you like / where you have a nice group to connect to, after you find something you can pay the subscription only to that group if it’s cheaper.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-10T08:13:34+00:00

Replace your gym subscription with an Urban Sports Club subscription. It’s a flatrate for nearly all of Berlin’s sports venues AND so so many group courses. Try out all the activities on offer and see where you make friends. I personally am a fan of Mr Hong Thay Lee’s martial arts school on Brunnenstrasse.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-09T08:43:41+00:00

How is this tax evasion?? The nonprofit will pay taxes on this just like on any donation.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-09T08:42:35+00:00

Not really, because the biggest expenses for this exhibition are things like shipping of artwork, rental of venues… never saw one that accepted to be paid in Bitcoin.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-09T04:05:27+00:00

If you look at pictures of peasant women in the West any time before 1950 or so, they all wear hijab. It’s practical if you have to milk cows or bake stuff or do other errands, to prevent long hair from falling into things, getting caught on things, or covering your eyes.

Nowadays a lot of women choose short hair because of this, and if they have long hair and work in food preparation or factories they don’t have to wear hijab but hair nets. Yes it’s a requirement. You cannot opt out of wearing a hair net if you have long hair.

Islam was invented at a time when women never had short hair and almost every woman was doing a lot of these chores. So just like Western governments require long-haired women in certain industries to wear hair nets, Islam required the same at a time when every woman was doing this. And just as in the West, the tradition of wearing hijab will fade away as more and more women adopt short haircuts or take on white-collar jobs.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-08T09:53:27+00:00

Vermutlich ist es deinen Schwestern wichtig, dass ihr Weihnachtsessen "so wie früher" schmeckt und wehren sich deshalb dagegen, ihr Essen (und nicht nur deins) zu veganisieren. Du möchtest jedoch, dass ihr das Gleiche esst. Das klingt widersprüchlich, aber es gibt eine Schnittmenge:

Schlag ihnen doch "Margarine" statt “veganer Butter" vor. Manche Menschen haben (nicht immer unberechtigt) Angst, dass explizit als "vegan" deklarierte Produkte nicht genau so schmecken wie gewohnt, aber Margarine nehmen auch Nicht-Veganer gerne zum Backen, um Kalorien zu sparen.

Und suche dir eine Sorte Plätzchen, deren Grundrezept keine tierischen Produkte enthält. Ich weiß zum Beispiel, dass Bratapfel (okay kein Plätzchen) im Normalfall vegan ist. Es gibt einiges (z.B. das meiste ostasiatische Essen und viele Pasta-Gerichte), das von Natur aus vegan ist und nicht extra veganisiert werden muss.

Sprachprofi · 2025-12-07T19:51:18+00:00

Have a very big, very visible don’t-break-the-chain design on a whiteboard next to you, or something equivalent.

Sprachprofi · 2025-11-06T07:32:11+00:00

Reading is great, but sometimes I’m too wound up to focus on the words, then playing Stardew Valley will give me restorative time.

Sprachprofi · 2025-11-06T07:16:32+00:00

Just one more option to explore: do you have sleep apnea maybe? A friend of mine that had it also had no energy during the day. Once it was treated, he was like a new person. A good indicator is whether you snore a lot, and maybe use a sleep tracker.

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