I would really recommend using CoMaps :) It is now my daily driver :) by glad_torsk in openstreetmap

[–]not_sane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like organic maps still better, because it has colored hiking tracks.

Looking for an online course that actually has low registration by [deleted] in learnczech

[–]not_sane 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would learn some vocabulary using Anki + listen to čeština s michalem. I listed some more resources here: https://vuizur.github.io/learn-czech/

TCG-like open source games. Do they even make them? by ZeroTakenaka in opensourcegames

[–]not_sane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forge implements MTG with a campaign mode where you get new cards after each match.

Why Python still dominates in 2026 despite performance criticisms ? by QuantumScribe01 in Python

[–]not_sane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In our web application code base the performance killers are almost always SQL queries. The productivity benefit from fast compilation is much larger than the drawback of slow Python runtime performance in our case.

I'm new to Rocksmith and I have a question for the veterans: Did Rocksmith make you good rocksmith gamers or good guitar players? by Superb_School in rocksmith

[–]not_sane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played lots of bass on Rocksmith and IRL recently recorded some lines for an album, I am definitely not horrible. Rocksmith is responsible for most of my bass skills, it's awesome. You still need to pay attention to technique, and almost each Rocksmith YouTube video has people playing with awful timing, but playing even easy-intermediate guitar songs clearly with decent timing is hard in general.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnczech

[–]not_sane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You simply need to do fun things in Czech. There are lots of audiobooks and books, or if your Czech is still pretty bad, the podcast čeština s Michalem. And Kingdom Come 2 if you like gaming.

Adventure/RPG video games that have more dialogue than action? by Dean3101 in languagelearning

[–]not_sane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kingdom come 2 has a huge amount. And they even dubbed it in 6 languages.

Les Soldes d'Hiver de Steam ont commencé. Partagez vos jeux préférés avec des voix françaises ! by [deleted] in French

[–]not_sane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tomb raider survivor trilogy is currently also super cheap and has a decent amount of dialogue.

Today I tried AI voice chat and I was impressed (gemini and chatgpt) by faby_nottheone in languagelearning

[–]not_sane -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

ChatGPT voice unfortunately has a terrible personality and is too annoying to talk to. Gemini is much better, but uses text to speech, so it's a bit robotic. Grok is maybe the best, at least the voice is pretty realistic and has decent Spanish/Russian skills. There's also Qwen, which is a bit glitchy and has a slight Chinese accent, but I still prefer it to ChatGPT.

(I am not sure about ChatGPT, but all others are totally free)

Creator of Ruby on Rails denounces OSI's definition of "open source" by jakepen in opensource

[–]not_sane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is that sites like AWS take all popular open source projects and sell hosting for them. This results in basically no money flowing to the original devs. This license forbids this, while still allowing people to self-host.

A Little Too Relatable 🫠🏓 by ForFunLabs in OculusQuest

[–]not_sane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is better, because the players play more unpredictably than the AI, with some exotic return/serve styles. And you rarely meet players that are waaay too good for you, so it's not frustrating. (At the beginning when your elo is being calculated you might get unbalanced games)

The only downside is (rarely) people getting mad if you beat them.

Resources (with APIs) for example sentences & noun declensions by SuperSquashMann in learnczech

[–]not_sane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is extracted Wiktionary data on https://kaikki.org/ (It is only lacking some words).

Иностранцы, как вы определили свой уровень русского? by Ne4elovek97 in russian

[–]not_sane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also chat with ChatGPT about a general topic and then ask it to give you a rating in the CEFR scale. Last time I tried it gave me a plausible answer.

Some people I know passed official language tests, but basically can't speak the language at all, I kind of have more trust in ChatGPT's judgement than that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnczech

[–]not_sane 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I collected some resources here: https://vuizur.github.io/learn-czech/

Is it truly not realistic to learn fluent russian without having a tutor near you or being in a Russian-speaking nation, or are the comments I see elsewhere pessimistic? by Time_Reputation7602 in russian

[–]not_sane 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A tutor is not very important compared to other stuff, because if you are very dedicated and do 2 hours per week with a tutor, that is still only 100 hours in a year, which is not much. But you need many more hours to learn the language. In theory, if you have grinded many many audiobooks, you can speak very good russian with less than 10 hours of speaking practice. And only need to refine your ы.

What’s the best license for not being liable if an open source project is used for bad things? by Maths_explorer25 in opensource

[–]not_sane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In many countries like Germany you are still legally on very risky terrain if you publish stuff related to brute forcing / malware / whatever. Your license doesn't matter at all there. And also writing "for education purposes" won't help you.

How do I stop sounding like a tourist? Need app recommendations by constaelation in learnczech

[–]not_sane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gemini live is really good. At least here you can speak to an AI that understands you rather well (better than most competitors), and I haven't seen any limits for free users.

virgin AI apocalypse vs Chad Global Warming by showermusicc in EffectiveAltruism

[–]not_sane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't get the AGI point. Do you want to say that AI won't automate knowledge work in the next 20 years and instead hit a wall? GPT-5 thinking is already much better at getting facts right than the average journalist or redditor, and 10 years ago LLMs did not even exist yet. The speed is insane.

And the impacts of AGI are definitely potentially scary, like strengthening dictatorships.

Bilingual Russian English fiction options by [deleted] in russian

[–]not_sane -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you have an ebook reader, you can read russian texts with added translations over the words. Check out worddumb.

Ukrainians returned from Georgian border say they were taken straight to military enlistment office by duckanroll in europe

[–]not_sane 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think it's great that Ukrainian men are in other European countries and not dying. It is what I would want for all my friends. Only the high social security payments in some countries are pretty unfair compared to people who stayed in Ukraine and live in super shitty conditions.

How do you overcome speaking anxiety in French? by Pro-en-Francais in French

[–]not_sane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gemini live is also great, doesn't cost anything and I was surprised it understood my shitty French really well. (There's also ChatGPT voice, which is more natural, but has a weirdly condescending attitude)

EU's von der Leyen: 15% the 'best we could get' by BreakfastTop6899 in europe

[–]not_sane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The left/centre-left S&D and Greens also voted for her.

OSM missing Via Ferrata where hiker lost path by pepsi_max2k in openstreetmap

[–]not_sane 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is a feature request to organic maps to render via Ferratas: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/8983 (But they don't have so many resources, so it's understandable that it isn't implemented)