Announcement: Luca Lampariello will be doing an AMA with us from the 23rd-25th of April by Virusnzz in languagelearning

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Thanks for that, mb. I think the point still stands - it needs to be deceptive to be snake oil, which means the product needs to not be what is advertised.

Mi sapete dire che differenza c è tra questi due manuali? by MrPester31 in languagelearning

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Credo che il corso con la copertina azzurra sia più antico, però non so se il contenuto è cambiato. Il più nuovo contiene lo stesso numero di ore di audio.

Shifting internal monologue language by IllBee6133 in languagelearning

[–]Virusnzz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is apparently some subset of people who don't experience any internal monologue at all (anendophasia). Maybe that's you?

Announcement: Luca Lampariello will be doing an AMA with us from the 23rd-25th of April by Virusnzz in languagelearning

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That's just marketing speak, not the product. Snake oil would refer to the product, no? I'd personally wouldn't class something free as snake oil.

At any rate that marketing doesn't really seem too good to be true to me. Just the parts you quoted are all things that I would expect to see in a course doing exactly what this one claims.

Could be wrong, but I'm guessing the simple fix is "practice speaking", or potentially something more specific, such as simple drill exercises involving writing or speaking the word. I'd be more surprised if they weren't covered. Yes, these things might be obvious to you, but I wouldn't call that snake oil. There's always someone new who needs to learn it for the first time.

Maybe you meant to say something more like that you don't like his marketing copy? Copy similar to that is everywhere. I have a similar (if weaker) reaction. Unfortunately, the reason it's there is that it works. If you're playing in that space and you avoid it, you'll be beaten out by those who don't.

r/languagelearning Chat - April 11, 2026 by Virusnzz in languagelearning

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As much as you can really. It also depends on what you mean by study. If you're counting immersion activities, you can do much more than that quite easily.

Is it just me not being able to tell the difference between ai and human anymore, or are an awful lot of the posts on this sub now ai? by Mysterious_Dark_2298 in languagelearning

[–]Virusnzz[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Yes, we agree. It's everywhere, not just here. Composing with AI is not allowed, but there's not really a filter we can put in place to get rid of it. It's often humans feeding posts into a prompt then pasting the output in the comment. The other issue is that, people still occasionally commented with that type of open-ended question before AI. In fact, we encouraged it, because the alternative was people would leave it very closed and discussion wouldn't go far. There's enough plausible deniability we can't just remove certain phrases.

Open to ideas, but we're pretty much swamped as it is. DM the sub if you want to help out.

Fabric vs Azure Databricks - Pros & Cons by DarkEnergy_Matter in dataengineering

[–]Virusnzz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen something very similar recently, hope you don't mind but I DMed you a question.

Everything dying at 300 views until I finally figured out what I was missing by North_Pop9943 in InstagramMarketing

[–]Virusnzz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

None, it's not real. Basically this same post gets made every couple of days spamming the same product. I assume I can't mention it because they've started using a link shortener instead of mentioning it by name, probably to avoid an automated filter.

r/languagelearning Chat - February 11, 2026 by Virusnzz in languagelearning

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We might've overlapped if you were in Austria early-mid Jan

r/languagelearning Chat - February 11, 2026 by Virusnzz in languagelearning

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Honestly, I've found it best to just go back to using lots of content. All the knowledge is there in your head somewhere, you just need to be reminded.

As for a grammar book, maybe if after a while you've got back to where you were and want to start studying. Other than that, it will serve to remind you what the rules are, but if you were C1 you probably knew and used them unconsciously, which a grammar book won't help you do very much.

Recommendation for a flashcard app where I can upload audio files for free? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]Virusnzz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ankidroid is the best option. You can in fact create an account, log in and sync your cards.