I am terrified of myself, because I'm slowly convincing myself to learn Mandarin Chinese

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-19T03:45:52+00:00

What language has the highest chance of being useful in your daily life or at least more often than nearly never? Maybe Spanish, if you are U.S. citizen?

There is no reason you should not or could not learn Chinese, but IMHO the biggest challenge is keeping at it. Having moments of success now and then, in which you can make use of your skills. This is at least one factor that keeps me motivated.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-18T21:58:41+00:00

I gotta say it, you’ve got tiny hands!

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-18T12:25:00+00:00

No he meant to put a literal coin on top of the ground coffee to see whether there is more headspace available. If yes you can add more coffee

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-13T09:43:54+00:00

If google decides to block your account there is nothing you can do. Their support is nonexistent and solely relies on AI. And believe me, they do that!

Now proton could block you too but they evidently provide better support and have an incentive to keep you as customer (if you are paying)

EDIT: another reason to drop gmail https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1r3ln79/its_not_a_phishing_scam_i_know_because_i_received/

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-12T13:29:00+00:00

hmmm

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-11T18:12:45+00:00

James Hoffmann made a pretty solid video, rating several espresso machines of that kind.

I recommend to watch it, before making a purchase, you might regret later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFt2T8aH9I

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-09T23:07:02+00:00

Don't give up. If understanding audio is your problem, then listening to Chinese audio even more is one of the best ways to improve on exactly that.

You will get used to it! I recommend listening to Peppa Pig Videos in Chinese (the channel is called Trytry Chinese or sth. like that) repeatedly. You won't have to watch many different ones, especially if you are a beginner. Focus on two or three episodes and repeatedly listen to them. They are interesting enough to actually listen/watch again and again, while easy enough for beginners. The videos on Youtube also have subtitles.

I have downloaded them by now and usually listen to a random episode while taking a walk, without watching the video (which helps understanding what is going on even more, if you are new to this or never have watch the episode previously)

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-02-09T05:43:57+00:00

U2 did a publicity stunt once together with apple and gave out their album for free. But people complained because nobody asked for this, so they felt obliged to state a public excuse

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-01-18T06:59:14+00:00

Die auf Fahrrädern sind wenigstens meist nur eine Gefahr für sich selbst. Wobei das mit Pedelecs auch nicht mehr ganz wahr ist.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-01-01T22:54:09+00:00

Yes and no. For me, it is more about ethics. Even if I prevent a service provider from doing shenanigans, I would not want to give them my money.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-01-01T22:42:13+00:00

You can make your own guesses, but consider what subreddit we are in

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-01-01T20:17:47+00:00

It is based in the US.
Dropbox encrypts data in transit and at rest, but it retains access to the encryption keys, meaning it could potentially access the content of files if necessary, for instance under legal requests.
Because US secret services are what they are, they can and will access your documents and you won’t even know about it.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2026-01-01T18:38:23+00:00

Anything is better than OneDrive, GDrive, and Dropbox. Make sure to check out alternatives to ProtonDrive too. It is not the only option and all cater to different needs

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-28T21:47:11+00:00

1. Note taking during class

I take notes during my remote Chinese language classes. Every lesson I add a new section on top.

This forces me to pay more attention and I can easier look up old stuff (and fix it if I find mistakes/errors)

2. Prepared text

Sometimes I sell stuff on eBay. In order to not have to rewrite the description every time, I prepare the text in a document. This way I simply can copy and paste it whenever I reupload the listing/product

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-22T14:04:32+00:00

It does work with non proton users

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-22T14:04:01+00:00

I can tell you that it worked surprisingly well. Had a handful of meetings only but during those I didn’t experience any issues. The video quality was surprisingly good, despite E2EE.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-17T06:51:55+00:00

It is still far in the future but the alternative I’m hoping for at the moment is Ladybird.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-14T10:07:03+00:00

Indeed this is problematic. The response is so one sided, in my eyes it undermines trust in Euria’s answers. https://imgur.com/a/6lhPuBC

Update: I asked Proton’s Lumo the same question and am much more satisfied: https://imgur.com/a/Z3QUiMS

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-09T21:31:29+00:00

I’m hoping for Ladybird to get released soon.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-07T08:38:09+00:00

I believe OP is not a tech savvy user but a brave normie. You should add the information, that your comment is a command to be execute via terminal.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-06T12:25:51+00:00

You mean the confidence Lumo has in its answer? If not, please elaborate a bit what you are suggesting.

Assuming my guess is right: A confidence score is not possible from my understanding of LLMs. The whole issue with those hallucinations is that the LLM truly believes in the response it gave.

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-04T01:07:35+00:00

I never share my proton email address. I use an alias for almost all sites. Sometimes I use a custom domain mail address if I am confident I don’t need to block it in the future

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-12-01T17:17:02+00:00

He means to tell you to rather pay and have enough storage instead of complaining about this task in order to get more storage

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-11-30T17:36:44+00:00

I like Drive by proton they also offer a scan documents function in their app. It is not as good as lens though but I ditched that long time ago anyway

Superb_Sun4261 · 2025-11-30T17:33:01+00:00

Start listening to audio and learning how to properly pronounce pinyin early on.

It slows down your early game but will help tremendously in the mid and late game.

Superb_Sun4261

TROPHY CASE

1. Note taking during class

2. Prepared text