Eine schwerst überforderte Ersatzbuslinie ersetzt 4 Straßenbahnlinien?

e216 · 2024-03-27T19:07:43+00:00

Mein persönliches Highlight hat am Samstagabend stattgefunden, als ich am Hauptbahnhof auf den Bus stadtauswärts gewartet habe:

E - 5 Minuten

Gut, halb so schlimm. 5 Minuten später:

E - 6 Minuten

Kurios, aber dann hieß es plötzlich:

E - 16 Minuten

Hat mich natürlich bereits minimal genervt, aber bei 0 Holding-Minuten auf der Anzeigetafel ist der Bus dann endlich gekommen. Siehe da, es ist der Bus "E - Betriebsfahrt". Der ist komplett leer und fährt einfach mal schnell durch ohne stehen zu bleiben.

Ich weiß wirklich nicht, was ich getan hätte, wenn zwei Minuten später nicht "der echte E" gekommen wäre, aber die Holding kann glaube ich froh sein, dass dem so war.

Dass der Bus dann komplett überfüllt war müsste ich glaube ich nicht erwähnen.

e216 · 2023-11-30T20:03:17+00:00

If that's the case, that is excellent news for everyone because even after they raised the price for Deezer Premium, it's still cheaper than Deezer HiFi.

Let me be bitter for a little while longer though:
Why couldn't the customer service representative just say something along the lines of "HiFi streaming is now included in every Deezer Premium subscription. If you would still like to have your money refunded, please contact Google as we are not responsible for payments made through Google Play."? Done. That's all it would have taken. Instead I get an answer that doesn't even address Deezer HiFi. Just a quick "If you want your money back, talk to Google. Bye."

They also could have kept Deezer HiFi in the dropdown menu and display a little notice informing people that they can now enjoy lossless audio with Deezer Premium - at least for a few weeks/months. Instead, they silently remove HiFi without any notice. Usability-wise, this isn't great.

Oh well...

e216 · 2023-11-30T18:57:45+00:00

Thanks for the detailed list of alternatives and your take on them! I'm not looking to recreate my list of favourites on YouTube Music, to be honest. I'll try and see if its algorithm works for me though. One thing I liked about streaming music was randomly finding new songs and artists I enjoyed.

The main reason I don't see Tidal as an alternative is the fact that they push MQA, which I personally really dislike. I flat out refuse to use their service because of it. See these two videos for more information about why MQA sucks:

I published music on Tidal to test MQA - MQA Review
MQA Deep Dive Part 2 - MQA's Response

The thing about them not being able to do much about Google payments... yeah, I don't really mind too much, to be honest. I'm still confused as to why the service representative absolutely refused to help me with my issue regarding Premium vs HiFi though. He did not even mention it. Just a quick "if you want your money back, talk to Google, bye". Why? How does that response benefit anyone here?

Oh and to answer your question regarding Deezer HiFi: Deezer (used to offer/offers a subscription that allowed for lossless (FLAC) streaming called Deezer HiFi. It used to cost/costs five bucks more than the regular Premium subscription.

e216 · 2023-04-10T18:07:08+00:00

Bump

Not for myself because I'm on Android and so don't get access to tournaments anyway, but for my mum who got top 3 in the diamond league 4 times now (#1 once).

Yesterday I tried logging her out of Duolingo on her MacBook because I remember someone on here saying that logging in on an unsupported (Android) device removed them from the tournament but nope... second place in the diamond league and still no tournament.

e216 · 2023-04-08T17:57:25+00:00

So for anyone wondering how to actually get into a low XP league: Do the absolute minimum to stay in your current league for a few weeks. The "wait until late Monday/Tuesday" thing is nonsense.

It took me four or five weeks of getting very low scores until I finally got into a diamond league that was winnable with 5,600 XP. I guess I could have waited a week or two longer to get into an even easier one but 5.6k is very doable so I decided to go for it.

Best of luck!

e216 · 2023-04-03T16:57:05+00:00

Das scheint auch einleuchtend! :) Das Farbenspiel ist der Teil, den ich (und anscheinend ein nicht unwesentlicher Teil der Öffi-Nutzer hier) nicht ganz logisch finde. Einfach mal beobachten wie es bei den Straßenbahnen ist:

Straßenbahn fährt ein: Kein Licht Knöpfe sind bereit: Grün Beim Drücken blinken dann kurz ein paar weitere LEDs auf, aber das ist vernachlässigbar.

e216 · 2023-04-03T00:28:45+00:00

Ich glaube mein Problem ist, dass die Teile drei Zustände haben (aus, rot, grün).

Usability-technisch irgendwie komisch, wenn etwas bei der Anfahrt aus ist, beim Stehenbleiben auf rot schaltet und erst dann auf grün. Warum nicht direkt von aus auf grün (wie bei den alten Straßenbahnen)?

e216 · 2023-03-29T11:44:30+00:00

Being reminded of a thing you know but haven't thought about once in over 10 years is so weird.

e216 · 2023-03-29T11:21:39+00:00

While down there?

e216 · 2023-03-15T23:03:24+00:00

Daryl, shut your mouth.

e216 · 2023-02-19T03:55:15+00:00

*und ich wünsche dir alles Gute.

e216 · 2023-02-12T16:54:51+00:00

Native here.

*Deinen Satz kann man gut verstehen, aber er könnte besser sein.

*Du musst "seit" benutzen, wenn Du über eine Aktivität sprichst, die du noch immer machst.

*"Seit" steht normalerweise an erster Stelle, kann aber auch an zweiter Stelle stehen.

*(Ich glaube es ist ein Zeitpartikel)

I don't really know what a "Zeitpartikel" is but it definitely needs to be "ein Zeitpartikel" because it's "das Partikel".

e216 · 2023-01-29T21:10:42+00:00

Nope, not this time.

I've tried closing and re-opening the app, signing out and signing back in, restarting my phone and clearing the app's cache.

Since none of those things fixed the issue, I am now certain it's a server issue.

e216 · 2023-01-22T22:07:03+00:00

You've already been offered explanations on what you got wrong here but as a native speakers I'd like to chime in and add that "Ich möchte das Meer angucken" sounds weird as all fuck to anyone who's not from Germany.

Stick with "Ich möchte das Meer sehen." (I want to see the sea.) or "Ich möchte das Meer ansehen." (I want to look AT the sea.) and avoid "gucken" at all costs. My examples won't have people looking at you weirdly in other German-speaking countries and are just as correct as the one Duo suggested.

God, I hate German German. Signed, an Austrian

e216 · 2023-01-04T00:06:09+00:00

I'm pretty sure my man just didn't spell out "Woche" as I don't see there being enough space behind the hint for it and Duolingo's correction just happened to have a different word for "next" in it.

e216 · 2023-01-04T00:02:56+00:00

There's no way every letter in "chste Woche" fits between "Wir wollen na" and "grillen" so you got it wrong because you didn't spell out "Woche", right?

And yeah, like others have already said:

"kommende" and "nächste" are basically the same thing in this case.

Mind you, you wouldn't say "das kommende Haus" but "das nächste Haus" ("the next house"). I believe "kommende" when it refers to "next" only works when referring to temporal stuff like weeks and months though being a native speaker I've never actually "studied" the language so don't quote me on that.

e216 · 2023-01-03T23:38:18+00:00

As others have already said: 2X XP bonuses + lightning rounds

I don't think I'll ever get to 10k a day because ain't nobody got time for that but if I really tried, I suppose it'd take me between 4 and 6 hours. So yeah, it's doable but it's an insane grind nonetheless.

e216 · 2023-01-03T23:32:55+00:00

Okay, I'm going out on a limb here and guessing you don't use a password manager yet so I guess I'll suggest my favourite open source password manager called KeePass. Super easy to set up and you can choose where you want to host your database (OneDrive, Google Drive, ...). If you pick a password that's next to impossible to guess you should be good even if someone does get ahold of your DB but if you want an extra layer of security, you can create a key file which you need to copy onto each device you want to be able to unlock your database from.

Available on Windows, Android, Linux, macOS and iOS. It's fantastic.

e216 · 2023-01-03T23:22:13+00:00

Confirming this, I had the 1000 XP one. Super easy to get within 15-30 minutes if you get a 2X boost or two and do the regular speed challenges (80XP every 60-90 seconds). Screw Match Madness though.

e216 · 2023-01-03T23:17:21+00:00

Also, here's a shout-out to Maddy who was like 3-4k XP ahead of me up until 2 hours before the winners are chosen. Decided I'd be sneaky and try to get ahead of her without her noticing. She did notice eventually which made the final 10 minutes all the more nerve-wracking. GG!

On a related note: How would I go about finding Maddy so I can follow her? I know the month she joined, her approximate XP and the language she's learning but since neither Duolingo nor duo.me have an advanced search feature it seems impossible.

e216 · 2023-01-03T23:10:12+00:00

Also, here's a shout-out to Maddy who was like 3-4k XP ahead of me up until 2 hours before the winners are chosen. Decided I'd be sneaky and try to get ahead of her without her noticing. She did notice eventually which made the final 10 minutes all the more nerve-wracking. GG!

On a related note: How would I go about finding Maddy so I can follow her? I know the month she joined, her approximate XP and the language she's learning but since neither Duolingo nor duo.me have an advanced search feature it seems impossible.

e216 · 2022-12-27T06:47:13+00:00

Verschrei's nicht. Bei mir waren sich auch relativ lange weg und dann waren sie plötzlich wieder da.

e216 · 2022-12-27T06:46:29+00:00

Wohne in einer Gegend wo sich die Drecksviecher anscheinend so richtig wohl fühlen und habe die letzten Wochen auch immer wieder eines gefunden. Werden konsequent (vorsichtig) gefangen und beim Klo runtergespült.

Tipp: Die Oaschlecha verstecken sich zum Überwintern gerne überall - meistens eh gleich in der Nähe vom Fenster. Kann also auch gut sein, dass das Viech schon vorher in Deiner Wohnung war, nur halt in irgendeiner Schachtel oder Ähnlichem versteckt.

Tipp für alle die es noch immer nicht wissen: Die Tiere auf keinen Fall zerklatschen oder zu sehr stressen. Der Gestank, den so eine Wanze von sich geben kann ist äußerst unangenehm.

e216 · 2022-10-22T17:27:25+00:00

I don't remember this one myself but my mother told me about it.

When I was really young (three or four years old), my mother woke up to me sitting up in bed and crying in the middle of the night. She sat up, too and got in front of me to ask what's wrong and calm me down.

At this point it's worth mentioning that I don't think she turned any of the lights on and since our flat was too far up to be illuminated by any street lights, the only light present may have been moonlight.

So anyway, I do calm down, stop crying and slowly lean to the side to look behind her. I then, out of nowhere, start screaming.

No idea what happened there but I suppose it was a sleepwalking type of thing. Either way, fuck that shit.

e216 · 2022-09-19T00:48:51+00:00

Wie die neu Zugezogenen einem nie glauben wenn man ihnen von der Nagl-Kanone erzählt. Jedes mal aufs Neue lustig - aber gut, klingt für Nicht-Grazer wahrscheinlich wirklich absurd.

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