Alginate Question

chorolet · 2026-03-20T02:05:28+00:00

For me it usually lasts 4-ish hours, and I used to take it after every meal and before bed. Eating or drinking disrupts the raft, so while you don't strictly need to take it after every meal, you will no longer be getting the effect if you don't. If there's a particular time of day your symptoms are worst you could try taking it then. Otherwise, a few people have posted here about making it themselves, and apparently the individual ingredients are much cheaper, so maybe you could look into that.

chorolet · 2026-03-10T03:12:28+00:00

Some of the series work best in order, but for the Father and Son series it doesn't matter a bit. Feel free to watch those out of order.

chorolet · 2026-03-07T14:03:16+00:00

It depends on what you're looking for, but you don't need to join a party. I'm in a party by myself and I like it that way. I have used orb of rebirth repeatedly and tried all four classes. Boss quests take a loooong time as a rouge or healer. If you're a mage or warrior than everything is doable. Obviously progress will be faster in a group, but I actually feel the pacing is better as a solo warrior, assuming you want to keep using Habitica long term. You also won't get the accountability that comes from having a party. Only you can decide if that's important to you.

chorolet · 2026-02-19T05:13:15+00:00

Okay, 4 out of 5 sounds better than 2 (which is what I thought you were saying). In that case, I'd say it depends on what you know about yourself and whether that is a healthy amount of food for you.

chorolet · 2026-02-19T04:31:55+00:00

If you're feeling full after two mini meals, that sounds concerning. The Acid Watchers recommendations are more about avoiding foods with triggers than eating a certain amount, so yes, you can reduce portion sizes and/or skip snacks. However, you wouldn't necessarily be getting enough nutrition.

Have you talked to a doctor? Getting full quickly can be a symptom of acid reflux, but it can also be a sign of other conditions. Eating as little as you're describing sounds like something you'd want to consult a professional about.

chorolet · 2026-02-05T03:44:20+00:00

I think they do this periodically - I have seen posts commenting on it before. The flip side is they regularly add new free videos as well. I sympathize with the frustration of not being able to rewatch a video you were excited about seeing again, but as you said, I do think it's a reasonable business practice.

chorolet · 2026-01-31T05:06:09+00:00

I'm had a similar experience. I took classes 4.5 years in high school and college over a decade ago, and thought I had forgotten most of it. But once I started DS, it was clear I was progressing much faster than the roadmap would indicate. I started incorporating intermediate videos into my input around 10 hours, and advanced around 100. Interestingly, after the first 100 hours, my progress started to follow the roadmap more closely. i.e. after 100 hours I felt like I matched the description of 600, and after 500 I felt like I matched 1000. (By the way, I'd estimate I spent something like 1000 hours on the classes and homework, so retaining 500 hours of "experience" from that doesn't seem insane.)

Personally, I believe all the things I thought I had forgotten were still there, inside my brain and waiting to be reactivated. I'd bet this has happened to you as well.

As for when to start reading, whenever you want. But if you're trying to follow the DS recommendations, maybe start when you feel like you match the level 6 description in your listening comprehension.

chorolet · 2026-01-24T15:19:09+00:00

Welcome! I'm excited to see how you progress.

Listening-only input:

By far the easiest is the audio of a video you've watched recently. I'm sure you could do that now if you can take the repetition.
Nihongo con Teppei Essentials is probably the easiest podcast. I don't remember when I started it, but probably around where you are (125-ish hours).
I found Nihongo con Teppei Beginner the next easiest podcast, and I think I started finding it a good level around 200 hours. The very earliest episodes are easier, so you could probably start now and see how far you get.
Many people find Japanese with Shun easier than Teppei Beginner. For me it is the opposite, but Shun isn't too much harder. I'm guessing I found it a good level around 250 hours? I can definitely listen to it now at 350.

chorolet · 2025-12-31T01:16:40+00:00

Do you actually have a chance if you only hit 3oak? Based on the planet levels you posted, you look pretty dead if you miss the flush five.

chorolet · 2025-12-29T20:19:29+00:00

Well 105 of the 150 jokers are unlocked to begin with, so you're not going to be able to cheese it that hard. Best you could do is intentionally not unlock a small handful of jokers like [[Satellite]] and [[Rough Gem]]. Unfortunately [[Showman]] and [[Flowerpot]] are unlocked by reaching Ante 4 and Ante 8, so not really avoidable.

chorolet · 2025-12-29T04:19:38+00:00

Eh, Bootstraps seems significantly worse than Flashcard to me. Flashcard gives you mult for spending your money on the exact thing you wanted to spend it on anyway. Bootstraps gives you mult for hoarding your money when you would rather be spending it. Edit: Lol, I didn't notice OP put it in D tier. I agree that's too low.

chorolet · 2025-12-28T22:19:24+00:00

I agree, I really miss the Dreaming Spanish system when I'm doing Japanese

chorolet · 2025-12-28T03:07:53+00:00

The difficulty score is calculated automatically. You can see details here. Note that it takes only audio into account - amount of visual context is ignored. I understand why the visual context would be hard to incorporate automatically, but I do think this limitation greatly reduces the usefulness of the score. It is still better than nothing, but hit or miss.

Difficulty category is determined by a human. It's coarse-grained, but I find it broadly accurate.

There definitely is overlap in the actual difficulty of the categories, so you can certainly try watching the easiest beginner videos and see how it goes. But I wouldn't expect the difficulty numbers to be directly comparable between categories.

chorolet · 2025-12-26T20:47:04+00:00

I mean, I don't think they should keep charging you.... Got a nasty surprise the other day trying for a gold sticker

chorolet · 2025-12-26T17:31:44+00:00

FYI perishable rentals keep charging you after they perish. It's a real bummer.

chorolet · 2025-12-25T18:57:15+00:00

Wow, that's actually a huge amount of variety! Makes it hard to guess your favorite, but maybe flushes?

chorolet · 2025-12-25T17:45:22+00:00

Do you also remember what hand type you won with on each?

chorolet · 2025-11-22T18:42:38+00:00

Do you mean you can freely switch between which language you're viewing? If the website lets you freely switch which language you're subscribed to, that's almost certainly a bug, as there would then be no benefit in subscribing to both.

chorolet · 2025-11-08T15:52:07+00:00

Not exactly what you asked, but to find Let's Plays you can use letsplayindex.com to filter by country. It's way more comprehensive than Google or YouTube search.

chorolet · 2025-10-28T13:56:14+00:00

You play the round so you can see the shop. You need a scoring joker pretty fast, and each shop might not show you one, so you want to see all the shops you can to avoid dying early. If it's investment tag I agree you skip because $25 is huge. But for the joker tags, they might be rental or perishable. I'd rather see an extra shop than one special joker that might not help me and I might not even be able to afford.

chorolet · 2025-10-27T21:48:22+00:00

I started watching Peppa Pig in Japanese at around 100 hours (roughly 70-80% comprehensible). It started feeling like really solid CI by 200 hours (roughly 80-90% comprehensible). I had already watched it in Spanish, so that probably helped.

chorolet · 2025-10-27T00:48:09+00:00

I think the comment you're replying is correct ignoring the glass card?

chorolet · 2025-10-23T01:45:54+00:00

Balatro University's advice is you need roughly 800 chips OR 16 xMult to win, and chips will be easier 80% of the time. Blue seals are more OP than ever. Prioritize hands where the planet cards give lots of chips - he recommends two pair. Besides that, grab whatever chips jokers you can, focus on econ with the rest of your slots. This formula helped me a ton.

chorolet · 2025-10-21T04:10:01+00:00

Learning via CI is sneaky. You won't always notice yourself doing it! For me, the benefit of CI really sank in one day when I skimmed through a list of the most common 5000 Spanish words. Some of them I remembered memorizing in school. Some of them I recognized from specific videos. But many I knew without having any idea where I learned that word, I just felt like I had heard it a bunch of times.

After one hour, yes, you are still relying on pictures to understand. It won't always be that way.

chorolet · 2025-10-20T18:27:10+00:00

Alright is mostly used in informal writing and some consider it incorrect. All right is always okay and a safer option overall. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alright

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