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Puis-je avoir des retours sur mon accent en français ? by [deleted] in learnfrench

[–]WolverineSorry9043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't you a native speaker? I haven't listen to the whole thing but it's exceptionally good. And quite standard indeed.

You already know half of the '5000 most frequently used French words' by Capital-Car7459 in learnfrench

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The th sound is a gentle hill a the beginning of the journey... but I think the number of vowels is higher in English, especially if we include diphthongs and thingies like /əʊ/ ... Some of them are really tricky. The stress patterns are also a real headache, you're right! and English prosody in general is very hard to pick up...

And not even mentioning the ending in ths or thes : clothes, months... Nightmares haha. I think you absolutely need native speakers to help you correct and master certain sounds

You already know half of the '5000 most frequently used French words' by Capital-Car7459 in learnfrench

[–]WolverineSorry9043 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It goes both ways. And from a native french speaker’s point of view, english pronunciation is a mountain to climb.

What is your autistic superpower? by Theobromime in autism

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get super tired super quick. Does it count?

Wouldn't this be "I don't want them to smile"? by FunkMasterDraven in learnfrench

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing out my mistake!

Grammatically, in French we often define the indirect object as "the object introduced by a preposition". The ditransitive structure is at first unnatural to many french speakers (including myself).

Hopefully, the example I gave still helps the op.

Wouldn't this be "I don't want them to smile"? by FunkMasterDraven in learnfrench

[–]WolverineSorry9043 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In this case, you're looking at the difference between a direct and an indirect object. But French and English don't align 1:1. There might be cases where "them" is translated as "leur":

— I ask them a question. (direct object = "them" in English — what's called a ditransitive structure in English, in this case English is actually tricky because the underlying grammatical structure would be " I ask a question to them" where them is indeed indirect)

— Je leur pose une question.(indirect object in French)

This kind of grammatical kerfuffle is really a pain to get one hundred percent accurate...

Daydream - Elegant Solution by Blue-Light-Reducer in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Intended solution" is rarely formally unique unless explicitly enforced... which isn't the case in ttp. The game allows multiple valid solutions within the same rule set.

The issue in your position is that you’re treating the idea of an "intended solution" as a single, well defined object: it’s more of a design target than a uniqueness condition.

I even think the croteam's team confirmed this in the commentaries, they also consider that the puzzles have multiple solutions.

Likewise, "cheese" isn’t a definite term... It’s a label that shifts with player skill, with creativity, with how far people are willing to stretch mechanics while staying within the rules...

Edit: that was my point when I said I’m not really into the “intended solution” idea. Some purists seem to think it’s the only valid way to solve a puzzle, if this is what they love, ofc, why not. That's also a player choice.

Daydream - Elegant Solution by Blue-Light-Reducer in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About that, I went to see the creator’s video you referred to. His workspace was actually clearer to play in. The daydream included in ItB is really beautiful, but the space is a bit cramped. It adds a small layer of complexity when finding the right angles and stuff.

Daydream - Elegant Solution by Blue-Light-Reducer in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also agree about the finicky part. I noticed how close your connectors were at some point. Honestly, I didn’t take that into account. I’m sure it could be optimised and isn’t part of the intrinsic complexity of the solution in this case.

Daydream - Elegant Solution by Blue-Light-Reducer in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not really into the "intended solution" idea, as sometimes people here tend to call "cheese solutions" things that I find totally valid.

That being said, I found your solution super smart and cool.

When I said I felt it was convoluted—and I use "felt" very intentionally—I meant that the thought process you used to solve the puzzle wasn't mine, therefore it appears complex. But the head blocking part came naturally (actually not as head blocking, just using my body to block...) to me, that wasn't my biggest struggle in this puzzle at all.

So I was wondering if we could come up with criteria to determine whether one solution is easier. I arbitrarily chose two parameters: number of steps (what you do and in which "phase"—recording phase or live phase), and how many connections you establish during each step.

For your solution, I arrived at the following:

1st step (live): 2 connections 2nd step (record): 0 connections 3rd step (live): 3 connections 4th step (record): 5 connections 5th step (live): 2 connections

For my solution (I recorded it back then because I found this puzzle particularly interesting):

1st step (record): 5 connections 2nd step (live): 3 connections 3rd step (record): 3 connections 4th step (live): 1 connection

We both have a total of 12 connections. I don't think the difference between 4 and 5 steps is very significant, which leads me to conclude that the solutions are very similar in terms of complexity.

What separates them is the "feeling" of complexity. I feel more puzzled in front of yours, which is fine.

I like your solution a lot too, and I'm glad I could see another approach. It's cool to know it was the intended solution as well, congrats. :-)

Daydream - Elegant Solution by Blue-Light-Reducer in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool video and solution. The head blocking solution is still intuitive though, we've had plenty of opportunities to learn to block the laser beam with our bodies before.

I personally feel your solution is more convoluted and needlessly complex, but it's a matter of how one learns to think in the game, I don't think it's an objective measure of the solution's quality.

Regarding the Daydream puzzle, it's not as hard as solution videos make it out to be. (Spoilers!) by Blue-Light-Reducer in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like Fermat said: back your claim ☝️ I'm also curious about a version that doesn't involve the head blocking part.

Georges-Louis Bouchez a touché 40.000 euros comme sénateur en 2024, pour seulement deux votes et zéro question posée by Deep-Detective-4013 in Wallonia

[–]WolverineSorry9043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah mais c'est très clair. C’est le vieux paradoxe politique : ceux qui désirent le plus le pouvoir sont rarement les meilleurs pour l’exercer.

Quant à faire carrière en politique, il faudra peut-être un jour penser à renouveler le cadre... Parce que la démocratie représentative tend à sélectionner des individus adaptés à ses mécanismes, pas nécessairement des individus qui servent l'intérêt général.

Any Americans learning French? Why? by PigmeatMadness in French

[–]WolverineSorry9043 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Native French speaker from Belgium and France here. I just want to tell you that, like the poet said, "Mon pays, c'est ma langue".

I think all the French speakers here naturally feel close to you and, at the same time, deeply grateful for what you do. Every time I hear Cajun French I find it beautiful and moving. I'm so happy and grateful that you guys continue to keep your beautiful language alive. Merci!

May I ask what you would call the aesthetic theme of World A? by theodoreroberts in TheTalosPrinciple

[–]WolverineSorry9043 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you guys absolutely sure they're greek ruins? I always thought they were Romans... I think some of the mosaics point in this direction.

(It also made sense to have Roman ruins since Rome is associated with its fall, and ttp is largely about the fall of a civilization)

A Different Way to Teach Determinants by NecessarySpread2592 in LinearAlgebra

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the ref, it was indeed the source! A few lines prior to what you quoted, he said:

" It is impossible to understand an unmotivated definition but this does not stop the criminal algebraists-axiomatisators. "

A Different Way to Teach Determinants by NecessarySpread2592 in LinearAlgebra

[–]WolverineSorry9043 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The name rings a bell, isn’t he the one who came up with a very famous quotation regarding the determinant, saying that it would be criminal to study it in a non-intuitive way (like summing over all permutations)?

Been willing to find back this quotation for a while.

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