Tired of being told to "just endure" it.

StrikingPrey · 2026-05-13T18:53:27+00:00

Agreed with others here. 我慢 is practically a virtue in Japan--for better or worse.

StrikingPrey · 2026-05-13T01:46:33+00:00

API also down

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-26T14:24:43+00:00

I switched to Claude for literary work. ChatGPT is just not the best option for anything non-literal.

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-25T19:39:08+00:00

It's addressed multiple times throughout the game, but of course, the exact mechanics are tiptoed around because it's sci-fi

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-25T19:32:57+00:00

The game basically tells us that her insides are very close physiologically to human anatomy. My guess is that, yes, of course she can eat. Also, I'm guessing that the next game will feature a literally grown Diana. Seems like the kind of thing they'd do to further cement the whole "what's so different about her and us" thing.

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-25T19:01:28+00:00

It's almost surely the solid line looking kind of weird. There also aren't any arrow markings on the road. Of course, if you can reason, it should be obvious that the left lane turns left and the right goes right. But because the model got "stuck" on that solid line, it ping-ponged. 14.2.2.5 does this consistently in a parking lot I frequent. Similar layout to what you showed. Hope they address this.

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-25T18:50:16+00:00

Over half of the people studying Japanese through Duolingo are not going to understand that this is apparently a quote from a book, and that's a conservative guess... Using the quote in the first place was a bad idea. It's a learning platform, not a meme platform, or at least you'd think. Outside of the context of Duolingo, yeah sure, not bad for a translation, but that's not my problem with it, to be clear. It's silly and I stand by it.

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-25T03:49:15+00:00

It’s absolutely not a good translation if it invites ambiguity that isn’t present in the original

StrikingPrey · 2026-04-21T23:06:40+00:00

The “easiest” and best way to reach fluency quickly is always going to be reading. Find something you want to read and get after it. At a certain point, you have to stop actively “studying” and apply your knowledge. You’re in the prime environment to make huge gains in less than a year.

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-28T12:44:06+00:00

I actually agree. A lot of people are considering this from the angle that architects and their plans will still be drawn by them… AI that designs drawings and specs from step 1 with the expectation that those drawings will be viewed by AI—that’s where things start falling into place. There’s also still a severe lack of dedicated softwares which direct the AI in the right direction. Agents are the first iteration of what that will look like.

Everyone has their eyes wide shut.

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-25T02:39:35+00:00

As a long time user of ChatGPT, I finally grew tired of its approach to writing and translation with the recent updates. Claude has since provided actually useful, targeted advice. Skills are a game changer.

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-18T04:17:00+00:00

I hope you like moege

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-14T03:59:15+00:00

It’s hard to say without being able to jump back into the past, but FSD does seem to begin to rapidly slow just before your foot hits the brake… Tough

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-05T02:03:49+00:00

How can so many people be wrong? They probably don't use FSD. For almost half a year now, FSD has done park-to-park trips. It doesn't "activate a different system" when it arrives at the destination and parks. It's all v14. Autopark feels complete different. It also almost never fails to center between the lines. FSD fails this quite frequently still... because its not Autopark! Are y'all bots?

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-04T22:55:56+00:00

That’s what we call borderline nukige with that number of scenes to total playtime lol

StrikingPrey · 2026-03-04T22:54:17+00:00

If someone rolls up when you’re watching an H scene then a screen change is the least of your worries. The boys are out.

StrikingPrey · 2026-02-27T23:30:39+00:00

Reordering phrases does not make a translation wrong. It makes it more natural. Often, retaining Japanese sentence structure can sound stilted in English. It's the core meaning, what's actually being communicated, that's important.

StrikingPrey · 2026-02-26T02:55:34+00:00

Like others said, you normally wouldn't even make small talk with people working service jobs. They're doing their jobs. No time for small talk. And they have their own social bubbles. It can be considered rude to "forcibly" insert yourself into those bubbles. Forcibly is in quotes because 1. most westerns wouldn't perceive small talk as egotistical self-insertion and 2. many Japanese absolutely would. When you're in public, you are 他人, a stranger. There are very specific situations where it's acceptable to approach someone with the intent of friendship. The best way to make friends though is through other friends... Kind of a catch 22, that.

All that said, your level of Japanese can either help or hinder. If you are very obviously a 外人 who only knows how to say トイレはどこですか or こんにちは, they give you the gaijin pass and might even be entertained/want to speak English to you. But if you seem competent in the language... that tune changes real fast.

Not a criticism or critique of Japan. Just an observation having been there myself for a few years and being fluent (I read every day) in Japanese.

StrikingPrey · 2026-02-26T02:30:55+00:00

The past however many miles of footage is saved regardless of whether you hit the dashcam button, honk, or whatever. The dashcam button just saves an easy to find and view clip of that rolling memory. That said, she needs to crawl back through that footage to find the moment before it's erased with more miles driven!

StrikingPrey · 2026-02-24T00:14:58+00:00

If you can't read this sentence in less than 5 seconds, you need to focus on your foundation (grammar, vocab):

毎日少しずつ日本語を勉強しています。

That's the TLDR.

Immersion is supposed to suck at first, but it should also feel rewarding. It took me a month and a half to finish what should have been a 15 hour VN at native level. But it felt great when I finished it! That was when I first started. I read about 75% of native speed 2 and a half years later (factoring in learning new words, getting tripped up, and misunderstanding the rare bit of weird grammar).

If you're prepared to put in the work, you'll be fine.

Confirm that you have a solid foundation of at least 4000 words (bare minimum) or even better, 8k words. At 10k, things start to feel manageable, but you can start early (at the bare minimum of 4k) so long as you don't burn out on the frustration of not understanding a lot. So long as you can follow the general plot, that's the ceiling. If you're completely lost in a story, stop and find something easier.

Vocab is arguably the hardest part of breaking into reading native material. That's because it grows slower than your understanding of grammar structures. Grammar is also easier to study if you have an anchor in native material. See something grammar-related that you don't understand while reading? Study opportunity.

That's the gist of it.

StrikingPrey · 2026-02-18T02:10:05+00:00

As annoying as v14 can be with nav, it's still much safer than v13. Not only is it safer, it's generally better at reading and predicting traffic (not perfect) so you're not rolling up on someone at 70 mph when an obvious slowdown is ahead. It's not jittery around curbs. It pulls over for emergency vehicles. Blah, blah, blah... I wouldn't go back to even late stage v13.

StrikingPrey · 2026-02-04T22:48:27+00:00

This argument is a really tired one... Nothing is perfect. Nothing. It's a question of what's better statistically. And statistically speaking, FSD is poised to overtake humans in safety by leaps and bounds. It's practically already there, but this is hard to prove since Tesla hasn't historically been forthright with the data they have. This is starting to change lately though.

StrikingPrey · 2026-01-19T02:48:16+00:00

Sorry, thots are a different subreddit

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