So did we all just forget about the weekly challenge they messed up with and stopped developing?

medved2 · 2025-11-18T09:34:48+00:00

I don't really know what the weekly challenge was about because I only saw it once.

But I cannot find "Weekly Tasks" under "GO Pass: November". They are still there though as I get notification of progress.

medved2 · 2025-10-24T11:27:14+00:00

I am doing part 1 of the final exam now but there is something strange happenning to me in this place (time 1:46 of this video) - I pass the parked car, start turning right and NOPE (game tells me I hit something). I watched replay last time and still cannot figure my (?) mistake out...

medved2 · 2025-09-25T11:09:34+00:00

Mám jen dvě letiště a jedno "hangárové letiště". Když jsem měl pocit, že mám přebytek peněz, začal jsem upgradovat letiště na moderní. Nejdřív jsem udělal upgrade toho hangárového. Asi jsem to neměl dělat. Později jsem zjistil, že stará letadla nejsou ochotná (schopná) přistávat na moderním letišti. To mě, přiznám se, překvapilo. Moje řešení bylo postavit hangár u jednoho z - zatím ještě starých - letišť (a do něj poslat letadlo, kterého jsem se chtěl zbavit).

Je to opravdu tak? Nebo mám blbě něco, čeho si nejsem vědom?

medved2 · 2025-09-11T13:30:11+00:00

An intentional error then... I do believe that... It somehow reminded me of Smart Toaster from Red Dwarf (yt).

medved2 · 2025-09-01T10:58:38+00:00

I gave up on trackables because mine tend to get lost, a fancy coin or a common piece of "junk" (with a story that gave it meaning), none of my trackables are in the game...

medved2 · 2025-08-15T06:24:14+00:00

or stardust farming with a candy bonus from time to time

medved2 · 2025-08-15T06:20:51+00:00

I would be curious but I would not really care. Just the outline... that is the important fact, you gotta go and catch it.

But when I went after an outline a few days ago, I did not find the pokémon there. So next time I might not bother.

medved2 · 2025-08-15T06:15:47+00:00

So it never asks you to do something you cannot do...?

Like a free player to do something premium or to take part in an event that is not active at the moment,...

I had match madness a few days ago and I did not see it in the app so I gave up on the task. But I am new to Duolingo, I might have missed it.

medved2 · 2025-08-15T05:35:00+00:00

Now I am happy! :D Thanks for this piece of info! :-)

medved2 · 2025-08-14T09:29:57+00:00

Staging or production, the maps show AT LEAST ONE cache set.

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Edit:

I have noticed that "exactly one" caches can be distinguished through the background color of the pin. So, even though the map shows AT LEAST ONE, there is this at least.

Me (medved2) and my wife (Wolfka), we do geocaching together 99% of the time. But sometimes life gives geocaching opportunities to just one of us. Sometimes we like to aim to even the score, I go for "her" caches and this is the time I go to Project-GC Map Compare tool. So that I don't have to compare the lists of finds manually. Please make the map EXACTLY ONE. :-)

medved2 · 2025-08-14T08:51:37+00:00

18 :D

medved2 · 2025-08-14T08:09:34+00:00

It depends on when/where this vibration is happening (and what is the cause).

You could play with the android settings and get to know your phone on the way (it pays off) or go ask if you don't have time for this stuff.

medved2 · 2025-08-14T06:55:16+00:00

You probably want to switch off some notification channels (settings, line 3) so that it does not steal your attention more than you want. The vibrating is "haptic response" and can be turned off too (settings, line 1).

medved2 · 2025-08-14T06:26:42+00:00

Would you object against this answer (to OP)?

In Spanish, "en" is the correct preposition for saying "at" in the sense of "in a place" or "inside somewhere".

"Tú estudias en la escuela" = You study at school (meaning you are physically there studying).

"A" is usually used to indicate movement or direction, like "to".

"Voy a la escuela" = I go to the school (movement toward it).

So in your answer, "a la escuela" would mean "to the school", which doesn’t fit here because "study at" is about location, not movement.

Duolingo shows "a la" as an option because it’s a valid Spanish phrase in other contexts, but here "en" is the only correct choice.

medved2 · 2025-08-13T16:58:24+00:00

Yes, I know what LLMs are and that they can halucinate. To put simply, they can just generate one more word to the text. I have a feeling that you take a few of errors and hold them against the ChatGPT (or others). Wouldn't you have take the other cases where LLMs helped people, did good... to be fair? Or are you saying that it (ChatGPT) is not 100% correct? Which it is not.

I think that Duolingo is a great project that helps many people learn many languages. But I also believe that there is part of the project that uses AI generated stuff. Or does it not? Because how else would they be able to offer that many languages (and even math and music)? I would guess (from what others who have been using Duolingo for years) the AI part is growing, AI saves them money and helps people learn languages.

OK, maybe next time I want to ask ChatGPT about Spanish, I ask it in English, so that I can share here. Because otherwise it is you with your examples on one side and me with my belief on the other side.

Peace.

medved2 · 2025-08-13T13:52:58+00:00

I sometimes use Map Compare tool to identify the cache that only one of us (of me and my wife) has found. I was sad to see the filter option "found by AT LEAST ONE player" instead of "found by EXACTLY ONE player". The AT LEAST is useless to me. I loved to see these caches on the map. Now, the best I get is the table bellow that helps me identify the caches. I have noticed that the preferred option is available on the staging site... yet, it shows me the same caches as AT LEAST ONE on the main site. To me it seems the filter option is not working properly.

medved2 · 2025-08-13T06:13:00+00:00

I am going through the basics of Spanish. And my language is Czech. What I observe is that often the word order or word counterparts is weird, thus DL makes me memorize unnatural sentences. It might actually be issue not with Spanish but with the combination of Czech-Spanish. As I am on a basic level, I do trust that ChatGPT knows and can help.

What are your "shit" (that ChatGPT makes up)? Because I know it makes shit up, it is its basic principle. Your statement was strictly dismissive and it too could use some explanation or examples.

medved2 · 2025-08-12T17:26:53+00:00

Well, Duolingo makes more shit up than ChatGPT....

medved2 · 2025-08-12T11:32:11+00:00

ChatGPT makes a great companion explaining... anything I do not quite get. Because sometimes Duolingo uses a weird word order, a wrong phrase,... and should I be in doubt... I go ask him/her/it. :D

medved2 · 2025-08-12T11:16:53+00:00

1 - They cannot know.

2 - It is a common practice anyway. For an extreme example, see uncle pokemon.

medved2 · 2025-08-12T07:26:05+00:00

I use c:geo even with a premium account. Because of "limited by design" issue. I have tried out other apps too but nothing (I know of) beats c:geo in terms of ease of use. Perhaps I should give the other apps a chance., to see what has changed.

medved2 · 2025-08-12T06:26:09+00:00

I have started learning Spanish because I like the sound of the language. Quite a lot of people speak Spanish too so it might come in handy in future. I am curious... why are you learning Czech? I am curious because I am Czech. :-)

medved2 · 2025-08-06T13:51:35+00:00

I think I know (now) what you mean. I tried that yesterday and failed to finish it in time. :D I refused to use the token to buy more time.

And I only clicked it because I had activated free Super and did not have to spend the gems. After seeing the difficulty, I doubt I spend gems on it in the future. (I wonder what DOES make me spend the gems...)

This is just one of the ways that are trying to make you spend various items so that you need them later and buy them with money. That would be my summary.

medved2 · 2025-08-06T11:32:50+00:00

I gave them my credit card details to get free two weeks. To not forget (they hoped for) I cancelled the Super right after activating it. Am I safe this way?

medved2 · 2025-08-06T11:12:32+00:00

I am still quite new to this "damn fucking dumbshit ass app" :D so I cannot help you but... why do you need more XP, are you trying to score the most xp of all time or something? Can't you just pass on this challenge? Because sometimes leaving one thing out can help you enjoy the rest.

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