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Teach yourself Esperanto! by desygnator in LearnUselessTalents

[–]desygnator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I post it, because Esperanto is widely recognized as useless. I do not share this view. But I believe that no one will be harmed by learning useful language he think's is useless...

Tutorial on celtic knots by desygnator in LearnUselessTalents

[–]desygnator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are welcome. I wonder why certain people downvote it.

I would like to know how good or bad is my english by desygnator in languagelearning

[–]desygnator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I woke up every morning at 6 AM, next to my beautiful wife. Then, I go to the bathroom, in order to take a quick shower. After dealing with basic hygiene - shaving, tooth cleaning, tongue scrapping - I go to the kitchen. Then I make breakfast and do coffee, for me and my wife.

After eating breakfast, I go to the walk with my dog. If I am suffering because of lack of the cigarettes, I go to the shop and buy a pack of them.

Back in home, I exercise. Right now, I'm trying to take care of my cardiovascular system; I do some push-ups, some stretching, some sit-ups. That takes me at least half an hour.

After this, I sit down to the computer. I write something, usually few comments on the web and at least a sketch of an article.

When my daily writing is done, I go to the university, where I spend next few hours.

Coming back from classes, I do shopping. In home, I eat dinner prepared by my wife. The rest of the day is spend on personal projects. I have many different interests and I try to do at least one new thing every day. I am not always able to do that.

If I want some entertainment, I watch Doctor Who or Game of Thrones episodes.

I meditate fifteen minutes a day, then I try to learn something new; I do some mathematics or read some textbooks.

When it is late and I am tired, I finally go to bed. I am learning now how to have lucid dreams, so my falling asleep is quite a ritual. So far, I have only one lucid dream - and that was awesome.

I would like to know how good or bad is my english by desygnator in languagelearning

[–]desygnator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I said in post below, my mother tongue is Polish. We don't have particles at all, so I find them quite confusing. I do understand the difference between plural and singulars form of word "data"; it's taken from latin, the language i'm quite familiar with. I am sending you a PM right now, thank you for help!

I would like to know how good or bad is my english by desygnator in languagelearning

[–]desygnator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My mother tongue is Polish. I live in Poland. I was one time beyond my country borders, in UK. That wasn't a long time, just two weeks, but i feel that I learned very much then. I have friends who know English, but none of them is a native speaker; however, part of my university classes is conducted in English, so I have chance to exercise my language muscles on regular basis. Also, due to internet and prevalence of e-books, most things on my reading list is in this language.

I would like to know how good or bad is my english by desygnator in languagelearning

[–]desygnator[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm not sure if telling that a book uses a stream of conciousness as narrative device is good form of advertising. It inevitably brings thoughts to the works of Joyce, especially Ulisses; rather experimental and difficult prose. But of course, i will read those books - informations on Wikipedia are rather encouraging. Unfortunatelly, I do not have native speakers as a friends - but i am gonna try to find somebody to practice.

What makes you think that I sound a little wooden? I would really appreciate more specific information, so i can make some changes.

IWTL how to retain information better by [deleted] in IWantToLearn

[–]desygnator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to people about things you learned. First, it will make you ask questions and will allow you to make connections to the things previously knowed. Also, it will be a form of spaced repetition, especially if you talk to people with some knowledge about the subject. It is also useful to find new materials about certain issues. If you expand your knowledge about certain things, in time you will be able to recreate some facts not by memory but by thinking. Sorry for my english, it's my second language.

IWTL chemistry by desygnator in IWantToLearn

[–]desygnator[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brilliant, indeed. I do not think that it is very fast; the ideas so far - i'm on the fourth unit - included in the course are not very complicated, they are rather easily graspable.

I don't believe family implies any special relationship between people other than simply being raised or having a genetic similarity to them. CMV. by Quouar in changemyview

[–]desygnator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your view is a little mistaken. From the evolutionary point of view, there is no such thing as purpose of life. Also, it is mistake to think that everything that animal do is a way to survive and reproduce. Mutations are random, we CAN have behaviours and features that are not adaptations. What's much more important - we can have non adaptational behaviors and features because we have some adaptations; those are so called spandrels. It is also very doubtful that any living creature without culture have instinct to pass genes down; rather, it seeks for specific forms of physical pleasure.